Saturday is packed with poetry and spoken word, including the Poetry Society Young Poets Open Mic, Magma Matters: Past, Present & Future, and a Poetry Unbound Special with Imtiaz Dharker and Padraig O Tuama. Headline performances include Theresa Lola, Victoria Kennefick, and Anthony Vahni Capildeo, while Big Gay Poetry Night closes the evening with performances from Joelle Taylor, Kandace Siobhan Walker, and Sanah Ahsan.
Poetry Workshops and Events in Birmingham on Saturday 15th February;
WORKSHOP: Making the Ordinary Extraordinary Laurie Bolger 9:30am
WORKSHOP: The Sonnet – Inside & Outside Form Anthony Joseph 10am
YOUNG PEOPLE: Poetry Society Young Poets Open Mic 11am
WORKSHOP: Ancestry, Intertextuality & Ghosts Richard Scott 12pm
WORKSHOP: After Poems Theresa Lola 12:30pm
SPOKEN WORD: Poetry Performance Lecture Susannah Dickey 1pm
POETRY: Magma Matters – Past, Present and Future Various Magma Editors 2:30pm
WORKSHOP: Finding Mary – Irish Ancestry Helen Calcutt 2:30pm
WORKSHOP: The Swerve Ruth Padel 3pm
SPOKEN WORD: Poetry Unbound Special Imtiaz Dharker & Padraig O Tuama 4:30pm
SATURDAY NIGHT HEADLINE EVENT Theresa Lola, Victoria Kennefick, Anthony Vahni Capildeo with host Jo Bell 6pm
SPOKEN WORD: Big Gay Poetry Night Joelle Taylor, Kandace Siobhan Walker & Sanah Ahsan 8pm
You get so much more poetry for your money with a FESTIVAL PASS. We have them for the entire fest or just for the live events (excluding Workshops) with a Saturday and Sunday pass.
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