Open-mic – 4th May
Thank you to everybody who came to the April event and, of course, special thanks go to Dan Leighton and our fantastic open mic readers.
We’re excited to be back again on the 4th May with our open-mic and a spotlight reader, this time it’s Andrea Porter!
Andrea has written poetry since she was a teenager which makes 60 years of continuous attempts at getting it right. She has been published in many magazines and anthologies in the UK ,Ireland, Canada Australia and the USA . She has taught for The Poetry School and read at a number of Poetry Festivals, such as Aldeburgh, Canterbury and Ledbury, She was a member of The Joy of Six Poetry ensemble who performed in many venues and Poetry Festivals throughout the UK and in New York.
She was included in the Forward Best Poems of the Decade Anthology and has had her poems displayed in Canterbury Cathedral in a series of poems about women and their lives. Her poem which was part of a project asking poets to respond to artefacts in the Scot Polar Museum was written on the glass that allowed a view of William Parry’s barrel organ that he took with him when he attempted to find the North West Passage.
We’ll also have plenty of open-mic spots and CB1 is an incredibly welcoming, encouraging place to read so feel free to bring along a poem to share! We can’t wait to hear what you’ve been working on!
Entry will be £2: 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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