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Open Mic: Heartspoken Open Mic Night

1 December 2022, 6:00 pm
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9:00 pm
Your organisation: Nunnery Gallery
Calling poets and poetry lovers of all levels and languages! Heartspoken Word are back for their second open mic night at the Nunnery Gallery, revolving around the theme of ‘a Read more…

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First Thursdays Late Opening: imagining new climate narratives through speculative fiction with Angela YT Chan at Bow Arts

3 November 2022, 7:00 pm
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9:00 pm
Using speculative fiction and sci-fi as a springboard, join Angela YT Chan in this workshop about how we can use fiction as a vehicle to imagine, agitate, and move towards Read more…

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Writeidea Festival at Bethnal Green Library

4 November 2022
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6 November 2022
After three years Writeidea returns at a new venue, Bethnal Green Library, in celebration of the library’s 100th anniversary. East London’s free reading festival will take place from Friday 4 Read more…

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Somali Week Festival 2022 at Oxford House

22 October 2022, 2:00 pm
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30 October 2022, 10:00 pm
Kayd Somali Arts & Culture present a packed programme of events including book launches, panel discussions and a children’s event as part of Somali Week Festival 2022, from Saturday 22 Read more…

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28 January 2023, 10:30 am
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12:30 pm
Your organisation: St Margaret’s House
A 5-week course for those new to writing & those getting back to it. Whether you want to write short stories, fiction, plays or poetry – Ignite is for you! Read more…

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IGNITE by Write Like A Grrrl - 4 February 2023

4 February 2023, 10:30 am
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12:30 pm
Your organisation: St Margaret’s House
A 5-week course for those new to writing & those getting back to it. Whether you want to write short stories, fiction, plays or poetry – Ignite is for you! Read more…

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IGNITE by Write Like A Grrrl - 11 February 2023

11 February 2023, 10:30 am
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12:30 pm
Your organisation: St Margaret’s House
A 5-week course for those new to writing & those getting back to it. Whether you want to write short stories, fiction, plays or poetry – Ignite is for you! Read more…

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IGNITE by Write Like A Grrrl - 18 February 2023

18 February 2023, 10:30 am
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12:30 pm
Your organisation: St Margaret’s House
A 5-week course for those new to writing & those getting back to it. Whether you want to write short stories, fiction, plays or poetry – Ignite is for you! Read more…

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IGNITE by Write Like A Grrrl - 25 February 2023

25 February 2023, 10:30 am
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12:30 pm
Your organisation: St Margaret’s House
A 5-week course for those new to writing & those getting back to it. Whether you want to write short stories, fiction, plays or poetry – Ignite is for you! Read more…

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Home Truths talk at the Museum of the Home

24 September 2022, 2:00 pm
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4:00 pm
Home Truths: In conversation with Hallie Rubenhold is a Q&A session exploring how researching Jack the Ripper’s victims informs new ways of understanding the intersection of sleep, homelessness and misogyny Read more…

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Poetry Workshop with Bayan Goudarzpour at Rich Mix

6 August 2022, 4:30 pm
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6:00 pm
Join Poet Bayan Goudarzpour for a workshop for 16-24 year olds, and learn to develop poetry writing skills. The workshop will help develop your poetry writing skills under the guidance Read more…

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A Night of Poetry at Rich Mix

6 August 2022, 6:00 pm
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10:00 pm
Off The Chest Poetry Night returns to East London for the first time in two years, featuring acclaimed poets lisaluxx, Bayan Goudarzpour, and Jeremiah Brown. Part of Bridging Landscapes, a Read more…