Check out this amazing opportunity from Poetry School Perfect for anyone looking to begin their poetry writing journey 👇👇👇

It’s a week to go until Bad Betty Live + Masterclass 🧵1/?

May 5th Peggy's Skylight Jazz Club
Doors: 6:30pm
Tix: £10 (either) £15 (joint)

Featuring: Harry Baker, Helen Mort, Katie Ailes, Cara Thompson, Rob Green and NEone the Wonderer.

Host: Bridie Squires!

Tix: linktr.ee/badbettypress

Help us shape our future programming! 📚 📝 ✍️

We've launched our Artists Survey to get your feedback on Apples & Snakes' next steps.

Much of our work is driven by you, our wonderful audiences, so all ideas are warmly welcomed.

Take the survey here 👉 bit.ly/4d7YEgl

The second of our Huddersfield poetry workshops takes place on Sat 11 May, and will be led by Dr Kim Moore! As always, it's open to everybody ✍️

Tickets are Pay As You Feel (£3, £5, £7) and are available below:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-writi…

Ohhh! Couple new events added to Unlisted recently!

Is there some poetry fun happening near you (we reckon there might be!) if there isn't why not start something & then have the pleasure of adding it to Unlisted.

The go to place for poetry events... bit.ly/3J7hIOc

The final Red Sky Session is incoming!! 😞

But don't be sad because we have a cracker of a session lined up... we welcome the brilliant Vanessa Kisuule as our guest tutor for the final week.

📅 Wed 1 May
⏰ 6.30-8.30pm.
🔗 bit.ly/3rQNQjR

The line up for May's Jawdance is looking 🤩 🤩 🤩

Join us as host Yomi Ṣode 🇳🇬 welcomes Salena Godden, Jeremiah Brown & Chloë Clarke to the stage plus we'll have an open mic opportunity too.

📅 Wed 15 May
🕖 7pm
📍Rich Mix
🔗 bit.ly/3U4Gt2h

#Jawdance

A reminder that we've reopened our Insta submissions! We want to share your short poems and excerpts on our feed 📝

Basic guidelines below:
livewirepoetry.org/2024/04/11/int…

🔊Job Opportunity 🔊

If you are aged 18 – 25, apply to join the TR team and work at the heart of one of London’s most exciting venues Roundhouse alongside a new cohort of talented presenters and producers.

🗓️ 12th May
careers.roundhouse.org.uk/Roundhouse/Job…

1 week until the deadline for @citybridgefoundation poet-in-residence scheme!

Open to published poets of any style who can regularly visit the Foundation's 5 London bridges & charities they support.

More info👉citybridgefoundation.org.uk/poetry

Get your applications in now!

Presented by Rhael ‘LionHeart’ Cape, 'The Poets' Revival' aims to reignite the prominence of contemporary British poetry with the help of some of today's accomplished writers and performers including George the Poet, Kae Tempest and more
Wed 1 May: royalalberthall.com/tickets/events…

To celebrate #WorldEarthDay why not enter Synergy Slam Poets latest comp, all you need to do is enter your Soil or Earth themed poem at bit.ly/3U9UgVt

The closing date has been extended for World Earth Day! 🌿 Get your poems in by Mon 29 Apr!

#SynergySlamPoets

To celebrate Earth Day we have a new masterclass for young people to explore how to write about colour in a new and exciting way 🌎❤️🧡💛

We’ll also look at how we can use all our senses to bring a story to life.

Watch it here: arvon.org/learning/learn…

𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞!

Kat Lyons is a Queer writer, performer, facilitator, and creative producer. Their poetry collection 'Love Beneath the Nails' is available on Verve Poetry Press and they recently finished touring 'Dry Season', a spoken word theatre show exploring menopause.

Are you a published writer with a passion for nature? Nature Calling seeks writers to explore England's breathtaking landscapes! Share your connection with Chilterns, Dorset, Forest of Bowland, Lincolnshire Wolds, Mendip Hills, or Surrey Hills! shorturl.at/pvRY4

One month to go!! 🚨

The deadline for our Writers' Award Competition is just 1 month away.

It's completely *free* to enter so you have nothing to lose. 15 winners across 3 categories will receive £23k worth of cash &development prizes 🌟

Enter now! 👉 bit.ly/CFWA2024

The fab adam kammerling was Poet in Residence for Tower Hamlets for #SPINEFestival 2024 & what a great job he did too!

Adam features in our latest Artist Spotlight, discover whose words he loves, what inspires him & more!

Take a read here 👉 bit.ly/3UnkpkV

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Our next Red Sky Session takes place Wed 24 April & we welcome writer Rachel Long

Rachel is a writer & the founder of the Octavia Poetry Collective for Women of Colour. Join Rachel from 6:30pm for some fab writing tips. Discover more 👉 bit.ly/3rQNQjR

#RedSkySessions