Books & Spoken Word
Spotlight – Melanie Branton
Milk Poetry and Raise the Bar’s regular collaboration, Spotlight, present headline act, Melanie Branton, who will be launching her new poetry collection, Can You See Where I’m Coming From?
Since taking up spoken word in 2014, Bristol-based Melanie Branton has performed at Womad, Bristol Harbour Festival and poetry nights all over the country, including multiple feature sets for Raise the Bar and Hammer and Tongue. Her previous collection, My Cloth- Eared Heart was published in 2017.
“Melanie Branton is an unexpected poetry slap. The kind that makes your face tingle and your eyebrows skyrocket. She is funny, clever, ironic, dry, gripping, needed, and you won’t see her coming until she is standing in your face.” – Liv Torc
“Melanie Branton’s poetry is by turns deeply funny and achingly honest. She performs with humanity and passion and I think I’m a little in love with her. Words dance at her command.” – Robert Garnham
There will also be the usual open mic session. Those interested should sign up on the door.
Hosted by Tim Ledwitch and Beth Calverley.
Please arrive promptly to sign up for the open mic.
This monthly event “puts the Spotlight on the emerging talent pool of Bristol and its surrounding areas, providing a relaxed and welcoming environment for newbies, veterans and anybody in between to perform their work to a warm and intimate audience in the heart of Stokes Croft.”
Price: £3 on the door
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