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Guest & Open-mic – 1st December

Helen Ivory

Huge thanks to everyone who came along to our November event! Special thanks go to our guest poet Bassie Gracie for her electric spoken-word performance!

This month we’ve got the sensational Helen Ivory coming to share her poems with us. Helen Ivory is a poet and visual artist and lives in Norwich with her husband, the poet (and CB1 alum) Martin Figura. She edits the webzine Ink Sweat & Tears and teaches for Arvon and online the for National Centre for Writing Academy. In 2024 she received a Cholmondeley Award from the Society of Authors, an award recognising the achievement and distinction of individual poets.

Entry will be £5: time & venue the same as ever, the Town and Gown at 18:30. We look forward to seeing you there, whether you come just to listen or also to read a poem of your own.

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