INTRODUCING the Royal Holloway Small Press Takeover, a new Bloomsbury event series of launches, showcases, and experiments in UK independent press. First up we have Hem Press on 21/01/25 at 6.30pm in Senate House room 201 👕

Announcing ~ Peter Barlow's Cigarette #47 ~ ft. Sam Commotion, Nia Polly Davies, @fullnommunism ~ Sat 15 February, 4-6pm, Carlton Club, Whalley Range Free entry, but booking advised. See eventbrite: bit.ly/4jck6E0

Have you completed our survey? We're keen to hear your experiences of participating in writer development programmes in the UK, and to understand your perspectives on accessibility. You can complete the survey here: shorturl.at/6SbfN. Open til 3rd February.

Have an idea for a poetry event? We're now inviting proposals for our 2025-26 Special Edition programme, seeking proposals for events in the NPL from a broad range of organisers, poets and poetry enthusiasts! Apply by 5pm Wed 5 Feb 2025 - more info here: southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/nationa…

If you want one send a nominal donation to the Poets Hardship Fund with your name and address, or email [email protected] poetshardshipfunduk.com paypal.com/donate?hosted_…

LITERATURE: GUIDE UPDATE! Readings are springing up everywhere as the live literature and spoken word scene starts to defrost. Read more here… creativetourist.com/literature/

✍️🎶Coming soon: Sleeve Notes, 12/04/2025, a collaborative performance response to coincide with Record Store Day – 10 writers x 10 musicians. This week Sarah-Clare Conlon x Jez Dolan laid down their piece, “Breathe Silence”. Tickets already selling fast! eventbrite.co.uk/e/sleeve-notes…

To raise funds for future More Song events, we have created a hand-bound pamphlet, featuring new poems from 19 poets who read at the series between 2023-2024 including Fran Lock, J. R. Carpenter, Sarah Corbett, Scott Thurston and many more ⭕️⛓️ moresong.co.uk/fundraiser-pam…

A week today, we’re celebrating TEN YEARS of Verbose! 🥳 All the hosts past and present will be in attendance, and you’re invited! 🎉 Read all about this super special event in the Creative Tourist Literature in Manchester Guide… creativetourist.com/event/verbose-…

Get structured career support, mentoring & £2000 to develop your poetry collection towards publication! The Northern Debut Awards for Poetry are open to poets based in the North of England who are yet to publish a full-length collection ✍️ D/L 6 Feb: newwritingnorth.com/northern-write…

⚡️BLACKBOX MANIFOLD 33 is now live!⚡️ Poems by James Byrne, Sheila Black, Kelvin Corcoran, David Herd, John Goodby, Lisa Kelly, Joseph Minden, Dr Eleanor Perry & others. Ralph Pite reviews Philip Terry, & Adam Piette reviews Rom Raworth & others blackboxmanifold.sites.sheffield.ac.uk

More Song this Thursday at The 1 in 12 Club, Bradford! Readings from Rowan Evans, Sean Roy Parker and Rebecca Lockwood. 7-9pm £4/PWYC <3

Some Materials Press books that were out of print, including Anne Boyer’s MONEY CITY SICK AS F*CK, are now back in print material-s.blogspot.com/?m=1

Azad Ashim Sharma is joining us, this time on the other side of the conversation, for Hummingbirds 4.0 on this Friday Feb 7th at Housmans Bookshop 7 - 9pm! Azad will be joined by Waithera Sebatindira followed by a discussion with Dr. Abeera Khan buff.ly/40db4Or

Who's coming down to our first event of the year? 1st of March, we showcase the winners of our competition held last year in collaboration with @Withybookfest as well as launching our next competition! Special guest readings too! More info here... greenhousebooks.co.uk/event-details-…

Next reading! Join me and david gaffney and ElizabethBaines and Nicholas Royle and adrianslatcher and Steve Smythe and Nathan Bailey and Lee Ashworth Greenhouse Books on 1 March, 6.30pm greenhousebooks.co.uk/event-details-… Maybe we'll redo this pic from last year!

Join us for a very special evening presented by Manchester Metropolitan Uni for #GoGlobal Week: Jason Allen-Paisant in conversation with our Monique Roffey. Jason will be reading from and talking about his first non-fiction book, "The Possibility of Tenderness". eventbrite.co.uk/e/jason-allen-…

Thanks to Arts Council England we have another year's funding 😀. Our first free event is on 1st March at 2.30-4 Anthony Burgess Foundation with Zaffar Kunial, Hannah Copley, Rachel Davies and Hilary Robinson and music from Chuva. Full details on our website. All welcome.

📚⏰📢Been busy at the Creative Tourist Literature Guide coalface – now you can read all about Peter Barlows Cig PoetsandPlayers Manchester City of Literature Word Central BlackwellsManchester The Edge Elizabeth Gaskell's House - Join us on Insta & FB Anthony Burgess Foundation Manchester Libraries oooooh all sorts creativetourist.com/literature/

This is coming up this Saturday!