Tag: Poetry and Prosecco

POETRY AND PROSECCO on Sat 13 June

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I’m thrilled to be reading at Sarah Briault’s POETRY AND PROSECCO event coming up on Saturday 13 June. I was booked to read at last month’s P&P but, floored by covid, I had to pull out. I’m so pleased to be reading this time alongside my friends, both excellent poets, Charlotte Ansell and Maggie Harris. Thank you, Sarah, for organising these events so beautifully. More details are here:

On Saturday 13 June, 2026, from 7.30 – 9.30pm, Sarah Briault brings POETRY & PROSECCO to north Kent again for another  ‘fun, bubbly evening’ and I am excited to be a featured poet reading alongside CHARLOTTE ANSELL and MAGGIE HARRIS. We’ll be in the glamorous surroundings of the Oriole Cafe at Kent County Cricket’s Spitfire ground in Canterbury. Your ticket price includes a glass of Prosecco or non-alcoholic drink, and the chance to read your own words in the OPEN MIC. You can find more about the event here, with a photograph of Sarah reading ‘Safe Ground’. Books will be available at a pop-up book stall run by Chapters Coffee & Books of Sturry and tickets are through EVENTBRITE.  

Events coming up soon – Faversham Lit Fest, Canterbury & Greenwich, London

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January’s heading out of the door already and some poetry events are coming up fast for me. First is the annual feast-smorgasbord-cornucopia of books and writing in Faversham. The FAVERSHAM LITERARY FESTIVAL #FavLit runs for 10 days between 20 February and 1 March, 2026 and Faversham, Kent will be flooded again with marvellous authors, more exciting than ever. I host the free POETRY HUB on Saturday 21 February, in the medieval GUILDHALL again, between 3 and 8.30pm. Headliners are Richard Skinner and Jean Atkin at 6pm, and I read alongside Maria McCarthy from 5pm. (I’ll also be behind the bar in St Mary’s church for most of the main week.) From 7 to 8.30pm on Saturday, local poet and all-round star Angela Dye hosts the OPEN MIC. And on Sunday 22 February, between 3 and 4pm, I have the fun again of hosting the Local Author Showcase in the Guildhall. Also free. Everybody’s welcome. 

On Saturday 7 March, 2026, 7.30 – 10pm, Sarah Briault is bringing POETRY & PROSECCO to north Kent again for another  ‘fun, bubbly evening’ and I’m really excited to be among the featured poets. Your ticket price includes a glass of Prosecco or non-alcoholic drink, and the chance to read your own words in the open mic. More details tbc.

On Tuesday 24 March, 2026 from 6.30pm, I’m joining ALEX JOSEPHY and N J HYNES as a featured poet in south east London. IRENA HILL (a dear friend) of In-Words will host this marvellous event at WEST GREENWICH Library and I look forward to seeing you there if you can come. Our poems will be about home, wherever we find it.