Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word
Hosted by Tony Curry
Presented by Flapjack Press & Manchester Libraries
A free event every month at
Manchester Central Library, St Peter's Square, Manchester M2 5PD
Ground Floor Performance Space
Next event:
Tuesday 24th June, 6.00pm - 7.45pm
(doors open 5.40pm)
with special guest Kim Moore
Our special guest Kim Moore is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and hosts a monthly reading series for Wordsworth Grasmere, as well as running regular writing workshops for young people and adults. She has won an Eric Gregory Award, the Geoffrey Dearmer Prize, and the Ledbury Poetry Competition. Her first full length collection, The Art of Falling (Seren 2015),won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and her second collection, All the Men I Never Married (Seren, 2021),won the Forward Prize for Best Collection. Kim has also been a judge for the Forward Prize and the National Poetry Competition, and her work has been translated into many languages as part of the Versopolis project.
Book your open mic slot from noon on Tuesday 10th June via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk
N.B. Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer - it is essential that you stay within this timeframe
Performance slots are allocated on a 'first come first served' basis from the stated booking time
If they are already filled you will be offered a place on the reserve list
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Coming up ...
Tues 29th July 'Now We Are Nine' birthday celebration with special guest Angela Smith (book your open mic slot from noon on Tues 15th July)
Tues 26th August with special guest GoodnightTheSkye (book your open mic slot from noon on Tues 12th August)
Tues 30th September with special guest Lisa Moore (book your open mic slot from noon on Tues 16th September)
Tues 28th October with special guest Zena Barrie (book your open mic slot from noon on Tues 14th October))
Tues 25th November with special guest Kieren King (book your open mic slot from noon on Tues 11th November)
[No event in December]
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