Past Events

Virtual Voices – with Offa’s Press

Date: October 28, 2023
Time: 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Location: Zoom

Virtual Voices for October will feature Karen Evans, Fraser Scott, Emma Purshouse, and Jeff Phelps.

Runcible Spoon Open Mic Bonanza

Date: October 24, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: The Carriers Arms, 38 Glen Road, Morley, Leeds LS27 9HG

Emma will be performing poetry alongside Steve Pottinger, John McCullough, and Jamie H Scrutton aka Hattie Go Lucky.

Emma Purshouse and Steve Pottinger in Lichfield

Date: October 17, 2023
Time: 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Location: The Duke of York, 23-25 Greenhill, Lichfield, WS13 6DY
This event will take place in the back room at The Duke of York pub, Lichfield.

Admission is £3 which gives free entry to a raffle with 3 poetry book prizes.3 min open mic slots can be booked on the night.Hosted by Gary Longden.

Bad Ideas Club – Free Workshop and Open Mic

Date: October 15, 2023
Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Central Library, Snow Hill, Wolverhampton

Emma will be running a poetry writing workshop from 3 – 5 at Central Library in Wolverhampton.  Come along and get that pen moving!

The workshop will be followed by an open mic event later that evening hosted by Casey Bailey and Sophie Sparham.

Both events are being put on by Bad Betty Press.

 

 

Emma Purshouse at Poets’ Cafe in Reading

Date: October 13, 2023
Time: 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Poets' Cafe at South Street, 21 South Street, Reading, Berkshire. RG1 4QU.

Reading’s longest-running and best-loved poetry platform, Poets’ Café, is organised and hosted by The Poetry Society’s Reading Stanza.

Tickets £5

For more information visit www.poetscafereading.co.uk

Guest poet will will be Emma Purshouse.  Open mics available.

Poets, Prattlers & Pandemonialists at Bewdley Festival

Date: October 10, 2023
Time: 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: St. George's Hall, Load Street, Bewdley, DY12 2EQ

Join Emma and award winning poet, Steve Pottinger, for an afternoon of first-class performance.  Expect witty, intelligent, and accessible wordsmithery.

Poetry on Demand at Blackberry Fair

Date: October 7, 2023
Time: 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
Location: Whitchurch Town Centre

Emma Purshouse and Steve Pottinger write ‘Poetry on Demand’ for the people of Whitchurch.  Roaming poets will be wandering around creating Free poems as part of Blackberry Fair shennanigans.

Albrighton Library Celebrates National Poetry Day

Date: October 4, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Albrighton Library, Station Road, Albrighton, Shropshire. WV7 3QH.

Emma will be performing with Steve Pottinger at Albrighton Library in Staffordshire the day before National Poetry Day.  This performance is a Poetry on Loan event.

Voices from the Fountain with Emma Purshouse

Date: October 3, 2023
Time: 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: The Fountain, 49 Lower Forster Street, Walsall. WS1 1XB.

Emma will be a featured poet for October’s ‘Voices from the Fountain’.  This is a monthly spoken word night that runs in Walsall on the 1st Tuesday of the month.

Launch Event for ‘Festival in a Book’

Date: September 28, 2023
Time: 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Location: Various

Emma is reading a poem at the online launch for ‘Festival in a Book’ on 29th September.

This book is jam packed full of poetry from the poets who took part in ‘Wenlock Poetry Festival’ over the years.  There are three events  to help launch this wonderful book.

Thursday 28th September – online launch 8pm BST for a place contact l.lefroy@glyndwr.ac.uk ).

Thursday 5th October – Shrewsbury Poetry – 7.30pm St Nicholas Cafe Bar, opposite Shrewsbury Library – contributors are welcome to read their anthology contribution for the open mic section of the evening. Free entry.

Thursday 12th October – online Poetry Breakfast 9am. This is Anna Dreda’s regular Poetry Breakfast, and for this month it will have a focus on the Festival Poetry Breakfast section of the anthology. The event will be dedicated to the memory of John Foggin, whose beautiful poem Wren is included. Please email info@wenlockbooks.co.uk if you’d like information. Guide price is £5.

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