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:
Tues 30 July, 6.00pm - 7.45pm
(doors open 5.40pm)
with special guest Dave Morgan
Our special guest for July is Dave Morgan, a writer, community educator, and arts organiser in the North-West of England. He co-founded the performance poetry organisation Write Out Loud, and curates events for the Bolton-based arts collective Live from Worktown. Dave is co-author of China: an integrated study [George G.Harrap & Co Ltd, 1975], and has two poetry collections with Flapjack Press – Chuang Tse’s Caterpillar [2016], several poems from which have recently been translated into Tamil for South Asian journal Thalam Quarterly, and On Not Being Observed, which was published earlier this year.
Book your open mic slot from noon on Tues 16 July viamail@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
You can catch up with our lockdown live streams and special guests' sets on Word Central's Facebook page
Word Central Facebook Group · X: @WordCentralMcr · Manc Libraries Blog · Library Live
Upcoming:
Tues 27 August with special guest Cathy Crabb (book your open mic slot from noon on 13 Aug)
Tues 24 September with special guest Steve Mingle (book your open mic slot from noon on 10 Sept)
Tues 29 October with special guest Oliver James Lomax (book your open mic slot from noon on 15 Oct)
Tues 26 November with special guest Melanie Neads (book your open mic slot from noon on 12 Nov)
Previous special guests:
