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  • December 2025

  • Mon 15

    LIT Reading Group- December Session

    December 15, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

    Got started with poetry but not sure where to go next?  Need some support and feedback for a specific piece of writing that is bugging you right now? Just looking … Continue reading LIT Reading Group- December Session

    Free
  • January 2026

  • Tue 6

    This Is Just to Say: spoken word open mic

    January 6 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
    The Community Works Event Space

    Oxford Poetry Library presents a spoken word open mic night! Join us in the library on the first Tuesday of every month to enjoy all manner of word-weaving, story-sharing, and … Continue reading This Is Just to Say: spoken word open mic

    £2 – £5
  • Sat 10

    The Shape of Poetry

    January 10 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    Online

    Note that these sessions will take place online – links to the Zoom sessions will be circulated to those who have registered in advance of these events.  Many of us … Continue reading The Shape of Poetry

    £2 – £10
  • Sat 10

    Poetry in Science: A workshop

    January 10 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    The Community Works Event Space

    Science and poetry might seem to spin in different spheres. While science aims to build robust models on how nature functions, poetry deepens meaning through subjective rediscovery of the world … Continue reading Poetry in Science: A workshop

    Free
  • Mon 12

    Getting Started with Poetry

    January 12 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
    The Community Works Event Space

    Whether you’ve never written a poem before, have just started to write, or aren’t sure if what you’re writing is poetry, this monthly workshop is a chance to carve out … Continue reading Getting Started with Poetry

    Free
  • Fri 16
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    Write Space

    January 16 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
    The Community Works Event Space

    What is it? Write Space is a pop-up space for you to work on your creative writing projects in the company of other local writers. Come and write with us … Continue reading Write Space

  • Sat 17

    The Reading Circle

    January 17 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    People who never read poetry don’t write poems that are worth reading – Wendy Cope   If you’re keen to find a way in to reading and appreciating poetry, discover new … Continue reading The Reading Circle

    Free – £10
  • Mon 19

    LIT Reading Group- January

    January 19 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
    Online

    Got started with poetry but not sure where to go next?  Need some support and feedback for a specific piece of writing that is bugging you right now? Just looking … Continue reading LIT Reading Group- January

  • Sun 25

    Drafting Table – featured poet session

    January 25 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    The Community Works Event Space

    Welcome to Drafting Table, where we share our emerging poems with each other and provide feedback in a safe and inclusive environment. Maybe you have been attending the Getting Started … Continue reading Drafting Table – featured poet session

  • Fri 30

    The Hip Crowd open mic

    January 30 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
    The Community Works 21 Park End Street, Oxford, United Kingdom

    Hey! The rumours are true. It’s… The Hip Crowd Open Mic! Oxford Poetry Library and Makespace Oxford bring you an open mic event especially for folks with babes-in-arms, but also … Continue reading The Hip Crowd open mic

    £2 – £5
  • Sat 31

    Poetic Dreamscapes in a World of Broken Sleep

    January 31 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
    The Community Works 21 Park End Street, Oxford, United Kingdom

    Edgar Allan Poe famously wrote: All that we see or seem / Is but a dream within a dream. These three poets, some of them fittingly linked to or published … Continue reading Poetic Dreamscapes in a World of Broken Sleep

    £2 – £5
  • February 2026

  • Tue 3

    This is Just to Say: spoken word open mic

    February 3 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
    The Community Works Event Space

    Oxford Poetry Library presents a spoken word open mic night! Join us in the library on the first Tuesday of every month to enjoy all manner of word-weaving, story-sharing, and … Continue reading This is Just to Say: spoken word open mic

    £2 – £5
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