Poetry

Poetry / T.S. Idiot

Tom Stockley, aka T.S. Idiot: ‘Bristol has made me the artist I am’

Their debut poetry collection ‘Back to the Fuchsia’ is out now

Poetry / News

An evening of verse: poetry reading at Heron Books

Celebrate National Bookshop Day with an after-hours poetry reading at Heron Books

Poetry / News

Sukina Noor named as new city poet

Noor will become Bristol's fifth city poet

Writing / James Baldwin

One-day festival ‘Conversations with Baldwin’ returns

The 2024 event will take place at Bristol Beacon on July 27

Poetry / Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival

Lyra – Bristol Poetry Festival announces lineup for 2024

This year’s event takes place from April 12-21, and is themed around ‘Poetic Futures’

Poetry / Elizabeth Parker

Bristol poet Elizabeth Parker publishes collection inspired by her adopted city

A launch event on March 21 will introduce ‘Cormorant’ at Waterstones, The Galleries

Poetry / Raise The Bar

REVIEW: Poetry for the Many, Bristol Beacon – ‘An enlightening evening’

The event featured Jeremy Corbyn, Bristol City Poet Kat Lyons and Danny Pandolfi

Poetry / Kaycee Hill

‘A major talent in the making’: Bristol-based poet Kaycee Hill

Hill will be headlining monthly poetry night ‘Under The Red Guitar’ in February

Poetry / Poetry

The community poetry events lifting the January blues

There’s an abundance of options for local poetry fans

Poetry / poets

Bertel Martin to perform at monthly poetry night at El Rincón

Martin founded the Bristol Black Writers group in the late 1980s

Writing / Poetry Festival

Hotwells Festival of Words & Music returns

The inaugural HotFest took place in 2021

Poetry / StoryMongers

StoryMongers perform Shakespeare’s sonnets soundtracked by guitar and Native American flute

The group’s night of artistic fusion is at Totterdown’s Old Picture House on July 7

Poetry / Jasmine Gardosi

Birmingham’s boundary-breaking Poet Laureate Jasmine Gardosi to headline Milk Poetry night

‘Dancing to The Music You Hate’ is The Wardrobe Theatre on July 10

Poetry / debut collection

Matt Gilbert publishes ‘Street Sailing’, a Bristol-inflected poetry collection

There are poems featuring Bristol, Portishead and Tickenham

Poetry / View Art Gallery

Coinciding with Lyra – Bristol Poetry Festival, View Art Gallery presents: Visual Poetry

The exhibition includes work from seven artists, and runs until June

Poetry / misfits theatre company

Theatre and social group Misfits host Harbourside walking tour for Lyra – Bristol Poetry Festival

The walk will feature poems inspired by the group’s favourite places around the Harbourside

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