Poets' Cafe
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Reading's oldest and best loved open mic night on 2nd Fri of the month, featuring the best guest poets in the business!
Reading, England
Joined May 2016
Join us this Friday 8 November for an unforgettable night of poetry with @carlostommo1967 🌟 Open mic spaces are limited in number so be sure to arrive in a timely fashion! As always we're at @southstreetarts Doors at 8pm, tickets here: https://t.co/a4DpPH0KbU
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Just one week to go until the November Poets' Cafe - do you know what you'll be reading for the open mic? Join us at @southstreetarts on 8 November for guest poet Carl Tomlinson and host @VicPickup - we can't wait! Tickets: https://t.co/a4DpPH0cmm
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📢 End of Month Submissions ALERT 📢 28 literary comps, journals & other opportunities closing by 1 Nov, including @bansheelit @PoetrySociety @FrogmorePress @parisreview @okaydonkeymag @BrokenSpineArts @humanaobscura @ChairOfPoetry & more. Don't miss out!
Over 160 calls for submissions of #poetry #fiction #flash #nonfiction #art #photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in October 2024. Best of luck & pls share! https://t.co/R25MkY096h
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'Tis the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness! This November we're very pleased to welcome guest poet Carl Tomlinson to the stage. 🍂 When: 8 November, doors at 8pm. Where: @southstreetarts Tickets: https://t.co/a4DpPH0cmm
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We have a couple of spaces left on tomorrow's workshop, but they're going fast so please do get in touch if you'd like to take part!
Next week! Join @VicPickup and @kmeehan at the Caversham Library for a FREE poetry workshop. This event is perfect if you want to cap off the week with a little creative boost ✨ 🌟This workshop made possible thanks to funding from @CreativeLivesCL and @ReadingCouncil🌟
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Next week! Join @VicPickup and @kmeehan at the Caversham Library for a FREE poetry workshop. This event is perfect if you want to cap off the week with a little creative boost ✨ 🌟This workshop made possible thanks to funding from @CreativeLivesCL and @ReadingCouncil🌟
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We were channelling autumnal vibes in our poems at yesterday’s Poets’ Cafe! Our thanks to @phoebestuckes and host @kmeehan for putting on a great show @southstreetarts last night, and to our open mic contributors who were all kinds of wonderful! 🍂
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Poets' Cafe is just a couple of days away and this is your monthly reminder to please abide by our open mic guidelines ✨ This month we're hosting @phoebestuckes, with host @kmeehan - do come and join us @southstreetarts on 11 October at 8pm https://t.co/a4DpPH0cmm
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Over 160 calls for submissions of #poetry #fiction #flash #nonfiction #art #photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in October 2024. Best of luck & pls share! https://t.co/R25MkY096h
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Join us this Friday for guest poet @phoebestuckes and host @kmeehan - it's going to be awesome! 🌟
This week at South Street! Theatre with 'The Duke' by Shôn Dale-Jones (Thu), comedy from @georgelewiscom & poetry at @Poets_Cafe (Fri), interactive children's theatre with 'Boxville' & live music as High Vibes presents Wild Island (Sat)! Book now at https://t.co/2fYCxdk6Gp
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Just one week to go until the October Poets' Cafe and today we're shining the spotlight on this month's host, @kmeehan Katie will be supporting guest poet @phoebstuckes - we can't wait! Find us @southstreetarts on 11 October, doors at 8pm https://t.co/a4DpPH0KbU
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🥳Happy National Poetry Day everyone! This year the theme is #Counting. 📚We've picked our favourite books on the theme, from those with a numerical twist to poems which urge us to stand up and be counted. Get inspired & read more poetry today! > https://t.co/kvvmtzvZvV
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Introducing our October guest poet, the amazing, award-winning @phoebestuckes ✨ Phoebe is the author of the novel 'Dead Animals' and the collection 'Platinum Blonde,' published in 2020 with @BloodaxeBooks Get your tickets here: https://t.co/a4DpPH0KbU
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Don’t forget, our poetry submissions close today, 5pm Monday 30th September! There’s still time to send us your collections & pamphlets. Find the full details of what to submit on our submissions page https://t.co/F9voXZbRTN.
@ZoeBrigley @RhianEdwards5
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October is just around the corner and we can't wait! We recommend you run and mark your calendar now because we're bringing @phoebestuckes to the stage at @southstreetarts - this is not one to miss! Join us 11 October - doors at 8pm, tickets here: https://t.co/a4DpPH0KbU
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Coming up to ten days left to send poems to our submissions window! More information here:
badlilies.uk
Guidelines to submit to Bad Lilies
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Writers! It's the end of another week, which means it's time for another #FiveThingsFriday! 5 #writing opportunities you can apply for over the coming weekend. Keyboards at the ready? Let's go: 🧵
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We kicked off our autumn series with @matriches & @roguestrands of Rogue Strands fame - and what generous and talented guests they were. Hearty thanks to all who read in our open mic AND @southstreetarts for their always-amazingness 💕@VicPickup @kmeehan #poetry #rdguk
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📢Attention Poet's Cafe Pals! 📢 We've been informed by @southstreetarts that the card reader at the box office may be a bit slow tomorrow night... So please do buy your tickets online if you can - it would be a huge help! 🙏 https://t.co/a4DpPH0cmm
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Reading's longest running poetry night continues into 2024 with the much loved format of an open mic section for local writers alongside a specially invited guest poet all hosted by Reading Stanza....
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