Hello lovely followers, we have so enjoyed sharing poetry with you here, but just to let you know, we are also on 🦋 and insta. See our profile, and find us there, because our days here are numbered.

@octolingualman @UoBrisBPI @BristolSML I was sitting in a different section!

Ben Okri's poetry reading @UoBrisBPI was beautiful, including his aborted attempt to read "my mother is sleeping". I would likely "become a child again" if I tried to read something about my late parents again in public, too. #africanwriter #poetry @BristolSML

✨ TONIGHT! Join @UoBrisBPI as they welcome Sir Ben Okri to deliver their annual reading Ben is a #BookerPrize winning novelist who has written celebrated collections of poetry, including Grenfell Tower, June 2017 ⏰ 6-7.30pm 📌 Wills Memorial 🔗 https://t.co/zuAhB3N1kz (free!)

TODAY at PM! (and join us later at 6:30PM @EBB_Books for more!)

Thursday!! Join us 🎃👻

The BPI 2024 Annual Reader Ben Okri in this week's Guardian: "For too long literature has been defined narrowly by one set of people. But being human is a vast thing, and that very vastness will stretch and even re-imagine how the human experience can be expressed in literature."

Still time to join us (and the over 400 people already booked!) for Ben Okri on 1 November!

Still time to book and join us for these great poetry&translation events on 🎃31 October🎃. You can even join us in fancy dress (true for all our events tbh)

Join the Bristol Poetry Institute on 31 October for two events on poetry and translation with Katherine Hedeen @kmhedeen and Víctor Rodríguez Núñez. 3-4 PM interactive translation discussion at the University of Bristol, book here: https://t.co/1r6bTKle0K

The Bristol Poetry Institute, in coordination with the @BrisBlackHums, is delighted to announce that the 2024 Annual Reading will be delivered by Sir Ben Okri. 1 November 6PM. Book your free place here:

Later that evening, at @EBB_Books, they will be reading with James Byrne. Book below. Hope to see you there!

Join the Bristol Poetry Institute on 31 October for two events on poetry and translation with Katherine Hedeen @kmhedeen and Víctor Rodríguez Núñez. 3-4 PM interactive translation discussion at the University of Bristol, book here: https://t.co/1r6bTKle0K

Next weekend in Bristol! @WordsofColour @rtbspokenword

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Hello all. A lot of you were kind enough to help A last year: an extraordinary student who nearly had to drop out of her course due to lack of funds. You saved her. Many people asked if they could help in future. A is facing the same challenge this year

We are delighted to announce that Lyra will now be formally managing the Bristol City Poet scheme. This Summer we will be releasing a call-out for applications to become the next City Poet from 2024 - 2026.

We are looking forward to Writer's Day at the University of Bristol, coming up on 22 June! Still time to book for a series of great events including a reading by BPI board member @Carrie_Etter!

Our friends @LyraFest have released their digital package, where you can catch up with events from this year's festival, including our collaboration with @HelloBrigstow on Poetry and AI.

Want to share your own key question about the future of poetry/art and AI? Please use this form, we'd love to hear your opinions: https://t.co/DKJv7bgyKX @UoBrisBPI @HelloBrigstow @PMStudioUK