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SUMMARY:Drafting Table Zine Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an extraordinary evening of poetry celebrating the launch of Drafting Table’s debut zine! \nWe at Drafting Table have published the first ever issue of our zine\, Kill Your Darlings. We will mark this special moment with a unique evening of poetry featuring an exquisite lineup of writers whose poems appear in the zine. \nBuy your tickets here. \nThis is going to be a popular event\, so please make sure to book in advance to avoid disappointment. \nCopies of Kill Your Darlings will be available to buy on the night. We’ll ask for contributions of between £5 and £15 (depending on your circumstances). \n  \nThe event will take place at The Community Works on July 16th at 7:00pm (doors open at 6.30pm) \nThe Oxford Poetry Library is an accessible space but please do contact us in advance if you have specific requirements. You can email us about this or with any questions at oxfordpoetrylibary@gmail.com \n\n 
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/drafting-table-zine-launch/
LOCATION:The Community Works\, 21 Park End Street\, Oxford\, OX1 1HH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Reading Circle
DESCRIPTION:People who never read poetry don’t write poems that are worth reading – Wendy Cope \n  \nIf you’re keen to find a way in to reading and appreciating poetry\, discover new writing\, and open your mind to the world of poetry\, welcome to The Reading Circle. \n  \nCome to OPL’s poetry reading group where we’ll share and discuss poems written in the 20th and 21st centuries in a relaxed and inclusive peer-led environment. \n  \nQuestions we’ll be asking include: \n  \nWhat makes a poem ‘work’?  \nWhy do we like a poem? Why don’t we?  \nIs there such a thing as a fashionable poem? Does it matter?  \nCan we love a poem we don’t fully understand? What makes mystery different to obscurity?  \nWhat might we learn from other poets that can help us enrich our own craft?  \n  \nThe Reading Circle meets on the third Saturday of each month\, 2-4 pm in The Community Works. \n  \nWe suggest a donation to attend each session: £5 for general admission (£10 for those able to donate a bit more) and registration is required here. Donations are optional and shouldn’t be prohibitive to you attending\, but all proceeds go to the running costs of the Oxford Poetry Library and our ability to continue providing these sorts of sessions. \n  \nFacilitated by the established writers and prolific readers Alan Buckley and Vanessa Lampert \n  \nThe building is accessible\, but if you have any specific access needs\, please drop us an email at oxfordpoetrylibrary@gmail.com beforehand.
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/the-reading-circle-6/
LOCATION:The Community Works\, 21 Park End Street\, Oxford\, OX1 1HH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Hip Crowd
DESCRIPTION:Hey! The rumours are true. It’s… \n\n\nThe Hip Crowd Open Mic! \n  \nOxford Poetry Library and Makespace Oxford bring you an open mic event especially for folks with babes-in-arms\, but also open to all and everyone. \n  \nIf you’re feeling like daytime is the right time for you to entertain or be entertained\, join us at The Community Works on the last Friday of every month. The action begins at 11.30am\, but performers please do arrive from 11am to sign up for your turn on the stage. \n  \nWe welcome poetry\, music\, storytelling\, comedy and whatever else you think might dazzle in a 5-minute slot \n  \nThe entire event will be baby friendly and baby welcoming\, with lots of floor space at the front\, changing facilities\, buggy parking area outside\, and clear walkways to exit the performance area easily if needed.  There will also be that most beautiful and warmly appreciated of gifts: free tea and coffee provided. \n  \nThe event is non-ticketed\, but costs £5 to spectate (£2 for concessions) and is totally free to performers. Cash only (there are nearby cashpoints)! \n  \nBe there or be square.
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/the-hip-crowd-2/
LOCATION:The Community Works\, 21 Park End Street\, Oxford\, OX1 1HH\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240727T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240727T153000
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SUMMARY:From Page to Stage: Acting Techniques in Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Page to Stage is a series of 5 workshops designed to help writers or aspiring writers take their poetry off the page and onto the stage using a variety of performance skills and confidence-boosting activities. Each session will be run by a different trained performer who will focus on the key elements you’ll need to take your performance to the next level. \nSessions will take place at The Community Works (21 Park End St\, Oxford\, OX1 1HU)\, at 1pm-3.30pm on the last Saturday of the month from April – August. Participants must book each session individually and are invited to book for all five sessions\, or just the one or ones which are of interest to them. \nAfter the workshop series has ended\, all participants will have the chance to show off their finely honed performance skills and perform alongside the workshop leaders in our September showcase event! Further details and dates to follow. \nTickets are sold on three tiers\, based on means: £10 is the general admission price\, with a £15 tickets for those wishing to pay a bit more\, but there are a limited numbers of tickets sold for £5 for those on a lower income. We emphasize that there are a limited number of these lower-cost tickets\, so please only register for this lower-cost option if you need it. There is also one free ticket per session available for anyone who would benefit from these sessions\, but for whom the ticket price is prohibitive. Please email us at oxfordpoetrylibrary@gmail.com if you would like to request this free ticket. \nThe building is accessible\, but if you have any specific access needs\, please drop us an email at oxfordpoetrylibrary@gmail.com beforehand. \n  \nThe theme for this session is… \nActing Techniques in Poetry with Gommie \nA relaxed\, non judgemental environment where you are invited to discover a deeper connection with your own text and a richer relationship with your audience through methods founded by legendary theatre practitioners such as Stanislavski\, Sanford Meisner\, Rudolf Laban and David Mamet. \n“Don’t get better\, go deeper” \nThe key phrase for this session will be “action” or want in poetry. In this workshop Gommie will give a brief introduction to Stanislavski’s method and then perform two contrasting poems for the group. We will discuss how he implements Stanislavski’s technique\, breaking the poem down into units and transitive verbs. Gommie will then invite the students to perform\, offering one-on-one coaching. \nThis will very much function as an acting coaching session so I ask poets to bring work they wish to develop and put in-front of an audience: the more ambitious the better. This is a safe space for poets and performers to work on material they wish to take to the next level. \nGommie is a performance artist who uses poetry as a vehicle to express himself. He trained for three years at The Drama Centre London before working as an actor for ten years\, performing with the Royal Exchange Theatre\, The National Theatre and The BBC. He then moved into the visual arts and performance art working with prestigious galleries such as Bohnams\, Hauser and Wirth and Messums. \n 
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/from-page-to-stage-acting-techniques-in-poetry/
LOCATION:The Community Works\, 21 Park End Street\, Oxford\, OX1 1HH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Drafting Table Performance Session
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Drafting Table\, where we share our emerging poems with each other and provide feedback in a safe and inclusive environment. \nMaybe you have been attending the Getting Started sessions and feel ready to edit your work and develop your ideas. Maybe you’re an experienced but unpublished poet who wants to take those next steps in your poetry career. Just bring a willingness to receive and provide feedback with the whole group! \nOnce a month\, we invite a published poet to join us. There will be a short reading of their poems followed by a workshop where attendees can learn more about the creative process\, get an insight into what it means to be a poet\, and share our work with them. \nThis month’s poet is Brennig Davies. Brennig is a writer from South Wales. He was the winner of the inaugural BBC Young Writers Award\, and his work has appeared in The London Magazine\, Poetry Wales\, Litro USA\, and on BBC Radio 4. In 2023 he was one of the Hay Festival’s Writers at Work. \nFeel free to email any queries to opldraftingtable@gmail.com
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/drafting-table-performance-session-11/
LOCATION:The Community Works\, 21 Park End Street\, Oxford\, OX1 1HH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Drafting Table Workshop Session
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to our poetry drafting group\, where we share our emerging poems with each other and provide feedback in a safe and inclusive environment. \nMaybe you have been attending the Getting Started sessions and feel ready to edit your work and develop your ideas. Maybe you’re an experienced but unpublished poet who wants to take those next steps in your poetry career. If you feel you’d like to join us\, please bring along at least one unfinished\, unpublished work-in-progress that you’re willing to share with the whole group. We are normally able to hear and give feedback to around 6 or 7 poets per session. \nRegular attendance is encouraged\, to help us build a trusting and collaborative community. \nFeel free to email queries to opldraftingtable@gmail.com \nWe meet: \n1-3pm \nFirst Saturday of every month at The Community Works\n \n21 Park End Street OX1 1HH
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/drafting-table-workshop-session-18/
LOCATION:The Community Works\, 21 Park End Street\, Oxford\, OX1 1HH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:This Is Just To Say: spoken word open mic
DESCRIPTION: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 spell-casting. \nWe welcome poets\, storytellers\, and writers of all kinds to share their work (or the work of others) in a safe\, supportive\, and inclusive space. Slots are 5 minutes long\, and performers sign up on the door – first come\, first served! \n\nThe theme for the evening is PORTALS AND PARALLELS. Poetry can be a gateway to another world. We want your alternative dimensions\, your parallel universes – give us just a peek behind the curtain! \n\nEvery month we feature a performer with a slightly extended set and this month’s featured performer to grace our stage will be Rawz. Rawz is a multidisciplinary artist\, poet\, musician and MC from Oxford. His practice centres around words and music\, and is rooted in social justice and the exploration and understanding of our interconnected worlds. Portals and Parallels is the title of his upcoming theatre show which he’ll be bringing to the Old Fire Station as part of Offbeat Festival in September. You can find more info about Rawz here https://linktr.ee/rawz_official \nThe session starts at 7.30pm (performers are advised to arrive from 7pm)\, at The Community Works (21 Park End St\, OX1 1HU). \n£5 entry (£2 concessions)\, performers free. \nThere will be a bar at this event\, so it is no longer BYOB! \nThe building is accessible\, but if you have any specific access needs\, please drop us an email at oxfordpoetrylibrary@gmail.com beforehand!
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/this-is-just-to-say-spoken-word-open-mic-20/
LOCATION:The Community Works\, 21 Park End Street\, Oxford\, OX1 1HH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Shape of Poetry workshop
DESCRIPTION:Note that until further notice\, these sessions will happen online – links to the Zoom session will be circulated to those who have registered in advance of these events. \nMany of us feel intimidated by formal poetry: Some of us consider it too restrictive and governed by rules\, while others write exclusively in form. This workshop is an invitation to all writers of poetry\, whether you’re just starting out or have been writing for years\, to explore the creative potential of poetic forms. \nOur monthly sessions happen on the second Saturday of the month from 2pm til 4pm online. During each of our workshops\, we will look at the conventions of a particular form such as the sonnet\, ghazal\, or haiku\, read example poems\, and write our own versions. This workshop will be a collaborative space for us to explore how experimenting with limitations or restrictions in our writing can give us whole new ways of expressing ourselves\, and open unexpected doors! 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 some time for writing. \nIn each workshop\, we’ll read a poem together\, and use it as our starting point. We’ll suggest some prompts you could take from the poem\, and ideas you might like to borrow. There will be plenty of time to write\, and plenty more prompts if you get stuck. At the end of the session\, you’ll be able to share what you’ve written in a supportive environment. \nAll you need to bring is yourself – these workshops are here for you to enjoy writing and build confidence in your voice. The workshop is open to anyone aged 16+. \nTickets are priced at £5 for general admission (£10 for those able to donate a bit more\, £2 for those on lower income) and registration is required. If this cost would be prohibitive to your attending\, please email us at oxfordpoetrylibrary@gmail.com and we can allocate you one of our limited free spots in the workshop. Please book your tickets here: https://tinyurl.com/theshapeofpoetry \n  \n 
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/the-shape-of-poetry-workshop-4/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240811T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240811T123000
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SUMMARY:Postbox Poetry
DESCRIPTION:In a world of flooding inboxes\, instant messages and video calls\, nothing compares to the feeling of writing a letter. Unlike the immediacy of emails or calls\, with letters\, one reflects on what they want to say to someone and takes the time to share their thoughts and experiences with them. \n  \nFrom March to August 2024\, the Oxford Poetry Library is running the Letterbox Poetry workshop series on the 2nd Sunday of each month from 11 to 12.30 PM UK time (3.30 to 5 PM India time). \n  \nThe workshop will explore the process of writing letters as a way to create poems. It will encourage participants to write about places\, people\, ideas and objects using letters as a medium of expression. The workshop is for readers of poetry\, people who share a love for letters\, beginners and experienced writers and anyone else in between or beyond. \n  \nDuring the workshop\, participants will find how they can use the letter writing process to build their own narratives and understand themselves and those around them a little better. They will work on writing prompts\, read famous epistolary poems and excerpts from epistolary novels and have the option to be paired with another participant to have a mini letter-writing exchange through the course of the workshop! \nFor those interested in presenting their poems to a wider audience can take part in the Workshop Showcase in which a few handpicked poems will be spotlighted on the Oxford Poetry Library’s social media pages. \nThe sessions are suitable for anyone over the age of 16. While each session will cover different writing themes and activities\, one could enrol for all six sessions or any session or sessions they prefer. Each session is priced at £5\, and participants also have the option to opt from a sliding ticket price range of £2-£10 based on their means. \n  \nPlease email us at oxfordpoetrylibrary@gmail.com if you have any questions about the workshop series. \n  \nAbout the facilitator: Prarthana Banikya is a poet and editor with over 12 years of experience in the learning design industry. Her writings\, photographs and other work have appeared in Scroll\, Homegrown\, Mid-Day\, Architectural Digest\, Asia Writes\, Feminism India\, Namnai and Stories of the Nature of Cities\, among others. She is the recipient of the 2018 Orange Flower Award for poetry and the founder and editor of The Little Journal of Northeast India. She has most recently conducted the Stillness in Words poetry workshop for the Oxford Poetry Library.
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/postbox-poetry-6/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Activities To Do,Daytime,online,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Getting Started with Poetry
DESCRIPTION: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 some time for writing. \nIn each workshop\, we’ll read a poem together\, and use it as our starting point. We’ll suggest some prompts you could take from the poem\, and ideas you might like to borrow. There will be plenty of time to write\, and plenty more prompts if you get stuck. At the end of the session\, you’ll be able to share what you’ve written in a supportive environment. \nAll you need to bring is yourself – these workshops are here for you to enjoy writing and build confidence in your voice. The workshop is open to anyone aged 16+. \nTell us you’re coming by booking your free ticket here. \nThe Oxford Poetry Library is an accessible space but please do contact us in advance if you have specific requirements. You can email us about this or with any questions about the workshop at oxfordpoetrylibary@gmail.com
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/getting-started-with-poetry-19/
LOCATION:The Community Works\, 21 Park End Street\, Oxford\, OX1 1HH\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240819T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240819T213000
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SUMMARY:LIT Reading Group- August Online
DESCRIPTION: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 for a friendly\, low-pressure space to hang out and chat with folks who love words as much as you do? \nWhy not join us at LIT? \nWe are a reading and writing group for cis and trans women\, trans men\, non-binary people\, and people of other minority genders to share their own work and the work of others. We take the broadest\, most inclusive interpretation of what this means- if you feel like you might fit with us\, you probably do! \nWe are a group of writers who host twice-monthly friendly sessions around different themes. We meet in person and online. \nFor more information about us\, you can read our statement of aims and values on our group page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/223789834941256 or email francesca_moll@hotmail.co.uk to request to join our WhatsApp group. \nThis is the event for our August online session. There’s no need to book or buy tickets- feel free just to join us on the zoom link here:\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/85006693701?pwd=TzJpeTBRZGdudlBQTlM0OWJQcVZxdz09
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/lit-reading-group-august-online-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Activities To Do,LGBTQAI+,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240825T010000
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SUMMARY:Drafting Table Performance Session
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Drafting Table\, where we share our emerging poems with each other and provide feedback in a safe and inclusive environment. \nMaybe you have been attending the Getting Started sessions and feel ready to edit your work and develop your ideas. Maybe you’re an experienced but unpublished poet who wants to take those next steps in your poetry career. Just bring a willingness to receive and provide feedback with the whole group! \nOnce a month\, we invite a published poet to join us. There will be a short reading of their poems followed by a workshop where attendees can learn more about the creative process\, get an insight into what it means to be a poet\, and share our work with them. \nThis month’s poet is Issabella Orlando. Issabella is a poet\, filmmaker & creative mentor running workshops to support people to develop their unique creative journeys\, careers\, practices and lives. She writes around many themes — culture\, loss\, how we connect with our past\, and what we make of the future\, just to name a few. \nFeel free to email any queries to opldraftingtable@gmail.com
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/drafting-table-performance-session-15/
LOCATION:The Community Works\, 21 Park End Street\, Oxford\, OX1 1HH\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240830T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240830T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T210218
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: The Hip Crowd
DESCRIPTION:  \nWe’re very sorry to announce that The Hip Crowd this month will be cancelled! We will be back in September for all your hip needs – see you then! \n\n  \n  \n\nHey! The rumours are true. It’s… \nThe Hip Crowd Open Mic! \n  \nOxford Poetry Library and Makespace Oxford bring you an open mic event especially for folks with babes-in-arms\, but also open to all and everyone. \n  \nIf you’re feeling like daytime is the right time for you to entertain or be entertained\, join us at The Community Works on the last Friday of every month. The action begins at 11.30am\, but performers please do arrive from 11am to sign up for your turn on the stage. \n  \nWe welcome poetry\, music\, storytelling\, comedy and whatever else you think might dazzle in a 5-minute slot \n  \nThe entire event will be baby friendly and baby welcoming\, with lots of floor space at the front\, changing facilities\, buggy parking area outside\, and clear walkways to exit the performance area easily if needed.  There will also be that most beautiful and warmly appreciated of gifts: free tea and coffee provided. \n  \nThe event is non-ticketed\, but costs £5 to spectate (£2 for concessions) and is totally free to performers. Cash only (there are nearby cashpoints)! \n  \nBe there or be square.
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/the-hip-crowd-3/
LOCATION:The Community Works\, 21 Park End Street\, Oxford\, OX1 1HH\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240831T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240831T153000
DTSTAMP:20260403T210218
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SUMMARY:From Page to Stage: Playing with Performance
DESCRIPTION:Page to Stage is a series of 5 workshops designed to help writers or aspiring writers take their poetry off the page and onto the stage using a variety of performance skills and confidence-boosting activities. Each session will be run by a different trained performer who will focus on the key elements you’ll need to take your performance to the next level. \nSessions will take place at The Community Works (21 Park End St\, Oxford\, OX1 1HU)\, at 1pm-3.30pm on the last Saturday of the month from April – August. Participants must book each session individually and are invited to book for all five sessions\, or just the one or ones which are of interest to them. \nAfter the workshop series has ended\, all participants will have the chance to show off their finely honed performance skills and perform alongside the workshop leaders in our September showcase event! Further details and dates to follow. \nTickets are sold on three tiers\, based on means: £10 is the general admission price\, with a £15 tickets for those wishing to pay a bit more\, but there are a limited numbers of tickets sold for £5 for those on a lower income. We emphasize that there are a limited number of these lower-cost tickets\, so please only register for this lower-cost option if you need it. There is also one free ticket per session available for anyone who would benefit from these sessions\, but for whom the ticket price is prohibitive. Please email us at oxfordpoetrylibrary@gmail.com if you would like to request this free ticket. \nThe building is accessible\, but if you have any specific access needs\, please drop us an email at oxfordpoetrylibrary@gmail.com beforehand. \n  \nThe theme for this session is… \n31 August: Playing with Performance with Orlando \nIn this relaxed and welcoming session\, Orlando will help you build the confidence and flexibility that comes with getting your writing off the page and out onto the stage. This workshop will explore the question: what would happen if I dared put down the paper? How much fun could I have if my hands were free? Through a series of playful exercises and live coaching\, Orlando will help you find your own individual performance style and encourage you to approach your work from a variety of different playful angles. By the end of the session you will be able to approach the microphone with confidence\, and bring the audience into your poetry through more than just your words. \nSince picking up the mic in 2017 in a whirlwind of peer pressure and wine\, Orlando has featured on the London poetry scene for events such as the Farrago Poetry Slam\, Speak Equal\, and Big Trouble. Having received national acclaim in both Canada and the UK National Poetry slams\, Orlando speaks with passion and ease born of a deep love of words\, captivating and moving audiences in the most exquisitely powerful way. \n 
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/from-page-to-stage-playing-with-performance/
LOCATION:The Community Works\, 21 Park End Street\, Oxford\, OX1 1HH\, United Kingdom
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240903T220000
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SUMMARY:This Is Just To Say: spoken word open mic
DESCRIPTION: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 spell-casting. \nWe welcome poets\, storytellers\, and writers of all kinds to share their work (or the work of others) in a safe\, supportive\, and inclusive space. Slots are 5 minutes long\, and performers sign up on the door – first come\, first served! \n\nThis month’s theme is VOICE! We want your whispers and screams\, your inside voice\, your outside voice\, hoarse and husky\, mellifluous and melodic\, your murmurs and mutters… It’s poetry night and we’re going to be doing all the voices. \nEvery month we feature a performer with a slightly extended set and this month’s featured performer to grace our stage will be Laura Varnam. Laura Varnam is the Lecturer in Old and Middle English Literature at University College\, Oxford. She was one of the winners of the Nine Arches Press Primers competition in 2023 and her poetry sequence ‘Grendel’s Mother bites back’ (inspired by the Old English epic Beowulf) was published in Primers Volume Seven in August 2024. Her poems have been published in journals including Bad Lilies\, Banshee Lit\, Berlin Lit\, Dust Poetry\, The London Magazine\, Under the Radar\, and Wet Grain; in the anthologies Gods & Monsters (ed. Ana Sampson and illustr. Chris Riddell) and All Shall Be Well: Poems for Julian of Norwich (ed. Sarah Law); and with creative-critical essays in Annie Journal and the academic journal postmedieval. She has a poem and interview forthcoming with Poetry Wales in their ‘How I write a poem’ series. \n\nThe session starts at 7.30pm (performers are advised to arrive from 7pm)\, at The Community Works (21 Park End St\, OX1 1HU). \n£5 entry (£2 concessions)\, performers free. \nThere will be a bar at this event\, so it is no longer BYOB! \nThe building is accessible\, but if you have any specific access needs\, please drop us an email at oxfordpoetrylibrary@gmail.com beforehand!
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/this-is-just-to-say-spoken-word-open-mic-21/
LOCATION:The Community Works\, 21 Park End Street\, Oxford\, OX1 1HH\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240907T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240907T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T210218
CREATED:20240625T122038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T122038Z
UID:6960-1725714000-1725721200@oxfordpoetrylibrary.com
SUMMARY:Drafting Table Workshop Session
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to our poetry drafting group\, where we share our emerging poems with each other and provide feedback in a safe and inclusive environment. \nMaybe you have been attending the Getting Started sessions and feel ready to edit your work and develop your ideas. Maybe you’re an experienced but unpublished poet who wants to take those next steps in your poetry career. If you feel you’d like to join us\, please bring along at least one unfinished\, unpublished work-in-progress that you’re willing to share with the whole group. We are normally able to hear and give feedback to around 6 or 7 poets per session. \nRegular attendance is encouraged\, to help us build a trusting and collaborative community. \nFeel free to email queries to opldraftingtable@gmail.com \nWe meet: \n1-3pm \nFirst Saturday of every month at The Community Works\n \n21 Park End Street OX1 1HH
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/drafting-table-workshop-session-19/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240909T070000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240909T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T210218
CREATED:20240407T154728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240407T154728Z
UID:6142-1725865200-1725913800@oxfordpoetrylibrary.com
SUMMARY:Getting Started With Poetry
DESCRIPTION: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 some time for writing. \nIn each workshop\, we’ll read a poem together\, and use it as our starting point. We’ll suggest some prompts you could take from the poem\, and ideas you might like to borrow. There will be plenty of time to write\, and plenty more prompts if you get stuck. At the end of the session\, you’ll be able to share what you’ve written in a supportive environment. \nAll you need to bring is yourself – these workshops are here for you to enjoy writing and build confidence in your voice. The workshop is open to anyone aged 16+. \nTell us you’re coming by booking your free ticket here. \nThe Oxford Poetry Library is an accessible space but please do contact us in advance if you have specific requirements. You can email us about this or with any questions about the workshop at oxfordpoetrylibary@gmail.com
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/getting-started-with-poetry-20/
LOCATION:The Community Works\, 21 Park End Street\, Oxford\, OX1 1HH\, United Kingdom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240914T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240914T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T210218
CREATED:20240419T162534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240802T140547Z
UID:6293-1726322400-1726329600@oxfordpoetrylibrary.com
SUMMARY:The Shape of Poetry workshop
DESCRIPTION:Note that until further notice\, these sessions will happen online – links to the Zoom session will be circulated to those who have registered in advance of these events. \nMany of us feel intimidated by formal poetry: Some of us consider it too restrictive and governed by rules\, while others write exclusively in form. This workshop is an invitation to all writers of poetry\, whether you’re just starting out or have been writing for years\, to explore the creative potential of poetic forms. \nOur monthly sessions happen on the second Saturday of the month from 2pm til 4pm online. During each of our workshops\, we will look at the conventions of a particular form such as the sonnet\, ghazal\, or haiku\, read example poems\, and write our own versions. This workshop will be a collaborative space for us to explore how experimenting with limitations or restrictions in our writing can give us whole new ways of expressing ourselves\, and open unexpected doors! 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 some time for writing. \nIn each workshop\, we’ll read a poem together\, and use it as our starting point. We’ll suggest some prompts you could take from the poem\, and ideas you might like to borrow. There will be plenty of time to write\, and plenty more prompts if you get stuck. At the end of the session\, you’ll be able to share what you’ve written in a supportive environment. \nAll you need to bring is yourself – these workshops are here for you to enjoy writing and build confidence in your voice. The workshop is open to anyone aged 16+. \nTickets are priced at £5 for general admission (£10 for those able to donate a bit more\, £2 for those on lower income) and registration is required. If this cost would be prohibitive to your attending\, please email us at oxfordpoetrylibrary@gmail.com and we can allocate you one of our limited free spots in the workshop.
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/the-shape-of-poetry-workshop-5/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240916T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240916T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T210218
CREATED:20231209T170222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231209T170222Z
UID:5057-1726515000-1726522200@oxfordpoetrylibrary.com
SUMMARY:LIT Reading Group- September Online
DESCRIPTION: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 for a friendly\, low-pressure space to hang out and chat with folks who love words as much as you do? \nWhy not join us at LIT? \nWe are a reading and writing group for cis and trans women\, trans men\, non-binary people\, and people of other minority genders to share their own work and the work of others. We take the broadest\, most inclusive interpretation of what this means- if you feel like you might fit with us\, you probably do! \nWe are a group of writers who host twice-monthly friendly sessions around different themes. We meet in person and online. \nFor more information about us\, you can read our statement of aims and values on our group page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/223789834941256 or email francesca_moll@hotmail.co.uk to request to join our WhatsApp group. \nThis is the event for our September online session. There’s no need to book or buy tickets- feel free just to join us on the zoom link here:\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/85006693701?pwd=TzJpeTBRZGdudlBQTlM0OWJQcVZxdz09
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/lit-reading-group-september-online-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Activities To Do,LGBTQAI+,Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240921T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240921T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T210218
CREATED:20240719T163956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240920T131333Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: The Reading Circle
DESCRIPTION:With apologies\, we have had to cancel this edition of Reading Circle. We hope you’ll join us in October for the next session! \n  \nPeople who never read poetry don’t write poems that are worth reading – Wendy Cope \nIf you’re keen to find a way in to reading and appreciating poetry\, discover new writing\, and open your mind to the world of poetry\, welcome to The Reading Circle. \nCome to OPL’s poetry reading group where we’ll share and discuss poems written in the 20th and 21st centuries in a relaxed and inclusive peer-led environment. \n  \nQuestions we’ll be asking include: \nWhat makes a poem ‘work’?  \nWhy do we like a poem? Why don’t we?  \nIs there such a thing as a fashionable poem? Does it matter?  \nCan we love a poem we don’t fully understand? What makes mystery different to obscurity?  \nWhat might we learn from other poets that can help us enrich our own craft?\n \n\nThe Reading Circle meets on the third Saturday of each month\, 2-4 pm in The Community Works. \nWe suggest a donation to attend each session: £5 for general admission (£10 for those able to donate a bit more) and registration is required here. Donations are optional and shouldn’t be prohibitive to you attending\, but all proceeds go to the running costs of the Oxford Poetry Library and our ability to continue providing these sorts of sessions. \nFacilitated by the established writers and prolific readers Alan Buckley and Vanessa Lampert \nThe building is accessible\, but if you have any specific access needs\, please drop us an email at oxfordpoetrylibrary@gmail.com beforehand.
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/the-reading-circle-7/
LOCATION:The Community Works\, 21 Park End Street\, Oxford\, OX1 1HH\, United Kingdom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240927T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240927T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T210218
CREATED:20240407T160020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240407T160020Z
UID:6168-1727436600-1727442000@oxfordpoetrylibrary.com
SUMMARY:The Hip Crowd
DESCRIPTION:Hey! The rumours are true. It’s… \nThe Hip Crowd Open Mic! \n  \nOxford Poetry Library and Makespace Oxford bring you an open mic event especially for folks with babes-in-arms\, but also open to all and everyone. \n  \nIf you’re feeling like daytime is the right time for you to entertain or be entertained\, join us at The Community Works on the last Friday of every month. The action begins at 11.30am\, but performers please do arrive from 11am to sign up for your turn on the stage. \n  \nWe welcome poetry\, music\, storytelling\, comedy and whatever else you think might dazzle in a 5-minute slot \n  \nThe entire event will be baby friendly and baby welcoming\, with lots of floor space at the front\, changing facilities\, buggy parking area outside\, and clear walkways to exit the performance area easily if needed.  There will also be that most beautiful and warmly appreciated of gifts: free tea and coffee provided. \n  \nThe event is non-ticketed\, but costs £5 to spectate (£2 for concessions) and is totally free to performers. Cash only (there are nearby cashpoints)! \n  \nBe there or be square.
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/the-hip-crowd-4/
LOCATION:The Community Works\, 21 Park End Street\, Oxford\, OX1 1HH\, United Kingdom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240929T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240929T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T210218
CREATED:20240625T123535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240920T181947Z
UID:6986-1727614800-1727622000@oxfordpoetrylibrary.com
SUMMARY:Drafting Table Performance Session
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Drafting Table\, where we share our emerging poems with each other and provide feedback in a safe and inclusive environment. \nMaybe you have been attending the Getting Started sessions and feel ready to edit your work and develop your ideas. Maybe you’re an experienced but unpublished poet who wants to take those next steps in your poetry career. Just bring a willingness to receive and provide feedback with the whole group! \nOnce a month\, we invite a published poet to join us. There will be a short reading of their poems followed by a workshop where attendees can learn more about the creative process\, get an insight into what it means to be a poet\, and share our work with them. \nThis month’s poet is Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana. \nAlexandra Corrin-Tachibana is a poet and teacher living in Newcastle with her son\, Ryoma. Her first poetry collection Sing me down from the dark (SALT; 2022) is in its 3rd issue. She teaches workshops for The Poetry Business\, The Writing School and The Writing Well\, specialising in Japanese cultural concepts and forms. This October\, she will visit Japan to work on her second collection and give a presentation on zuihitsu\, at The Japan Writers Conference\, in Futaba. \nAlexandra has been placed and shortlisted in many competitions including The Oxford Brookes International Poetry Prize\, The Fish Prize\, The Troubadour Prize\, and The Winchester Prize\, and she was longlisted for the 2023 National Poetry Competition. \nThis year\, her newest poems are published or forthcoming in The North\, Anthropocene\, The Interpreter’s House\, The Madrid Review\, SPELT and Obsessed with Pipework and English Review  \n(Hodder Education). She has performed her poems internationally at the American Writers Program conference\, in Portland\, Oregon\, in Amsterdam\, and at  U.K venues including the Wee Gatherin\, Tears in the Fence\, and the Leeds Poetry festival. \nFeel free to email any queries to opldraftingtable@gmail.com
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/drafting-table-performance-session-16/
LOCATION:The Community Works\, 21 Park End Street\, Oxford\, OX1 1HH\, United Kingdom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241001T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241001T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T210218
CREATED:20240407T161033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240830T104711Z
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SUMMARY:This Is Just To Say: spoken word open mic
DESCRIPTION: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 spell-casting. \nWe welcome poets\, storytellers\, and writers of all kinds to share their work (or the work of others) in a safe\, supportive\, and inclusive space. Slots are 5 minutes long\, and performers sign up on the door – first come\, first served! \nNational Poetry Day is happening the very same week\, so we’re nicking their theme – and the theme is COUNTING. Got a lucky number? Been fastidiously counting syllables in your haikus? What counts in life for you? Who do you count on? We know we can count on you to get creative. (You can even head over the National Poetry Day website for some resources to get inspired on the theme) \nEvery month we feature a performer with a slightly extended set and this month’s featured performer to grace our stage will be Lewis Buxton! Born 1993\, Lewis’s work has appeared in Poetry Review The Rialto and The Independent and won the Winchester Poetry Prize. His first collection\, Boy in Various Poses (Nine Arches Press) was published in 2021. His next book Mate Arias is forthcoming from The Emma Press and his one person theatre show ‘FRIEND’ is on tour in 2024-25.  \nThe session starts at 7.30pm (performers are advised to arrive from 7pm)\, at The Community Works (21 Park End St\, OX1 1HU). \n£5 entry (£2 concessions)\, performers free. \nThere will be a bar at this event\, so it is no longer BYOB! \nThe building is accessible\, but if you have any specific access needs\, please drop us an email at oxfordpoetrylibrary@gmail.com beforehand!
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/this-is-just-to-say-spoken-word-open-mic-22/
LOCATION:The Community Works\, 21 Park End Street\, Oxford\, OX1 1HH\, United Kingdom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241005T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241005T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T210218
CREATED:20240625T122123Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T122123Z
UID:6962-1728133200-1728140400@oxfordpoetrylibrary.com
SUMMARY:Drafting Table Workshop Session
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to our poetry drafting group\, where we share our emerging poems with each other and provide feedback in a safe and inclusive environment. \nMaybe you have been attending the Getting Started sessions and feel ready to edit your work and develop your ideas. Maybe you’re an experienced but unpublished poet who wants to take those next steps in your poetry career. If you feel you’d like to join us\, please bring along at least one unfinished\, unpublished work-in-progress that you’re willing to share with the whole group. We are normally able to hear and give feedback to around 6 or 7 poets per session. \nRegular attendance is encouraged\, to help us build a trusting and collaborative community. \nFeel free to email queries to opldraftingtable@gmail.com \nWe meet: \n1-3pm \nFirst Saturday of every month at The Community Works\n \n21 Park End Street OX1 1HH
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/drafting-table-workshop-session-20/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241011T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241011T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T210218
CREATED:20240913T102040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T145337Z
UID:7714-1728648000-1728658800@oxfordpoetrylibrary.com
SUMMARY:Many Voices Collection: books and storytelling at the library!
DESCRIPTION:October is Black History Month and to celebrate\, the Many Voices Collection will be popping up at the library during our opening hours! \nThe Many Voices Collection is a collection curated by Oxford Poetry Library and The Children’s Allotment of childrens books featuring black characters\, written by black writers\, or which centre an anti-racist message. These books form part of the Oxford Poetry Library’s lending collection\, free to be borrowed and enjoyed for free by kids and adults alike. \nThe full Many Voices Collection will be available for visitors to browse\, read\, borrow\, and enjoy during our opening hours of 12pm-3pm at The Community Works on both Friday 11 October and Saturday 12 October. The pop-up is completely free\, drop in whenever you like and stay for as long as you like between 12pm and 3pm – suitable for kids of all ages! \nAs well as our books\, and made possible by the Transition Network and CAG Oxfordshire\, we have created a selection of videos of local black storytellers reading their favourite stories from the collection. From 12pm-3pm\, we will screen these videos in a cosy storytelling space! Kids and their grown-ups are invited to join Aunty Kiko as she shares Baby Elephant’s Safari by Aunty Kiko and illustrated by Moses Wanjuki\, Rawz in a story of magic\, music\, and monsters\, as he reads Abiyoyo by Pete Seeger\, illustrated by Michael Hays\, and Tiece who shares a favourite story from her childhood\, Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman\, illustrated by Caroline Binch. \nThis event is happening in partnership with Makespace Oxford’s Black History Month programming. \n \n 
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/many-voices-collection-books-and-storytelling-at-the-library/
LOCATION:The Community Works\, 21 Park End Street\, Oxford\, OX1 1HH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Activities To Do,Community Event,Daytime,Family Friendly
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241012T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241012T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T210218
CREATED:20240913T102229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T145236Z
UID:7720-1728734400-1728745200@oxfordpoetrylibrary.com
SUMMARY:Many Voices Collection: books and storytelling at the library!
DESCRIPTION:October is Black History Month and to celebrate\, the Many Voices Collection will be popping up at the library during our opening hours! \nThe Many Voices Collection is a collection curated by Oxford Poetry Library and The Children’s Allotment of childrens books featuring black characters\, written by black writers\, or which centre an anti-racist message. These books form part of the Oxford Poetry Library’s lending collection\, free to be borrowed and enjoyed for free by kids and adults alike. \nThe full Many Voices Collection will be available for visitors to browse\, read\, borrow\, and enjoy during our opening hours of 12pm-3pm at The Community Works on both Friday 11 October and Saturday 12 October. The pop-up is completely free\, drop in whenever you like and stay for as long as you like between 12pm and 3pm – suitable for kids of all ages! \nAs well as our books\, and made possible by the Transition Network and CAG Oxfordshire\, we have created a selection of videos of local black storytellers reading their favourite stories from the collection. From 12pm-3pm\, we will screen these videos in a cosy storytelling space! Kids and their grown-ups are invited to join Aunty Kiko as she shares Baby Elephant’s Safari by Aunty Kiko and illustrated by Moses Wanjuki\, Rawz in a story of magic\, music\, and monsters\, as he reads Abiyoyo by Pete Seeger\, illustrated by Michael Hays\, and Tiece who shares a favourite story from her childhood\, Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman\, illustrated by Caroline Binch. \n  \nThis event is happening in partnership with Makespace Oxford’s Black History Month programming.
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/many-voices-collection-books-and-storytelling-at-the-library-2/
LOCATION:The Community Works\, 21 Park End Street\, Oxford\, OX1 1HH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Activities To Do,Community Event,Daytime,Family Friendly
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241012T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241012T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T210218
CREATED:20240419T162628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240802T140541Z
UID:6295-1728741600-1728748800@oxfordpoetrylibrary.com
SUMMARY:The Shape of Poetry workshop
DESCRIPTION:Note that until further notice\, these sessions will happen online – links to the Zoom session will be circulated to those who have registered in advance of these events. \nMany of us feel intimidated by formal poetry: Some of us consider it too restrictive and governed by rules\, while others write exclusively in form. This workshop is an invitation to all writers of poetry\, whether you’re just starting out or have been writing for years\, to explore the creative potential of poetic forms. \nOur monthly sessions happen on the second Saturday of the month from 2pm til 4pm online. During each of our workshops\, we will look at the conventions of a particular form such as the sonnet\, ghazal\, or haiku\, read example poems\, and write our own versions. This workshop will be a collaborative space for us to explore how experimenting with limitations or restrictions in our writing can give us whole new ways of expressing ourselves\, and open unexpected doors! 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 some time for writing. \nIn each workshop\, we’ll read a poem together\, and use it as our starting point. We’ll suggest some prompts you could take from the poem\, and ideas you might like to borrow. There will be plenty of time to write\, and plenty more prompts if you get stuck. At the end of the session\, you’ll be able to share what you’ve written in a supportive environment. \nAll you need to bring is yourself – these workshops are here for you to enjoy writing and build confidence in your voice. The workshop is open to anyone aged 16+. \nTickets are priced at £5 for general admission (£10 for those able to donate a bit more\, £2 for those on lower income) and registration is required. If this cost would be prohibitive to your attending\, please email us at oxfordpoetrylibrary@gmail.com and we can allocate you one of our limited free spots in the workshop.
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/the-shape-of-poetry-workshop-6/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Getting Started With Poetry
DESCRIPTION: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 some time for writing. \nIn each workshop\, we’ll read a poem together\, and use it as our starting point. We’ll suggest some prompts you could take from the poem\, and ideas you might like to borrow. There will be plenty of time to write\, and plenty more prompts if you get stuck. At the end of the session\, you’ll be able to share what you’ve written in a supportive environment. \nAll you need to bring is yourself – these workshops are here for you to enjoy writing and build confidence in your voice. The workshop is open to anyone aged 16+. \nTell us you’re coming by booking your free ticket here. \nThe Oxford Poetry Library is an accessible space but please do contact us in advance if you have specific requirements. You can email us about this or with any questions about the workshop at oxfordpoetrylibary@gmail.com
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/getting-started-with-poetry-21/
LOCATION:The Community Works\, 21 Park End Street\, Oxford\, OX1 1HH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Lewis Buxton: Friend
DESCRIPTION:This show is an average guy’s guide to making new friends. \nJoin award-winning poet and performer Lewis Buxton in a story about sport\, sitcoms and socialising. He’ll write poems for his best mates\, confess his darkest secrets and with his trade mark welcoming wit\, ask how on earth does a man in his thirties make new friends? \nLewis Buxton is a poet and theatre maker described by the Eastern Daily Press as being ‘a performer in full control of his craft.’ \nHe has written for The Independent and The Arts Review as well as having poems published in the foremost literary magazines in the world: The Poetry Review\, The Rialto and Magma amongst others. His first one man show ‘Boy!’ toured the UK in 2023 and his new show ‘Friend’ will tour in 2024. His first book ‘Boy in Various Poses’ was published in 2021 and he has played to sold out audiences around the UK. \n  \nFor tickets\, please click here!
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/lewis-buxton/
LOCATION:The Community Works\, 21 Park End Street\, Oxford\, OX1 1HH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Reading / Launch
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SUMMARY:The Reading Circle
DESCRIPTION:People who never read poetry don’t write poems that are worth reading – Wendy Cope \n  \nIf you’re keen to find a way in to reading and appreciating poetry\, discover new writing\, and open your mind to the world of poetry\, welcome to The Reading Circle. \n  \nCome to OPL’s poetry reading group where we’ll share and discuss poems written in the 20th and 21st centuries in a relaxed and inclusive peer-led environment. \n  \nQuestions we’ll be asking include: \n  \nWhat makes a poem ‘work’?  \nWhy do we like a poem? Why don’t we?  \nIs there such a thing as a fashionable poem? Does it matter?  \nCan we love a poem we don’t fully understand? What makes mystery different to obscurity?  \nWhat might we learn from other poets that can help us enrich our own craft?  \n  \nThe Reading Circle meets on the third Saturday of each month\, 2-4 pm in The Community Works. \n  \nWe suggest a donation to attend each session: £5 for general admission (£10 for those able to donate a bit more) and registration is required here. Donations are optional and shouldn’t be prohibitive to you attending\, but all proceeds go to the running costs of the Oxford Poetry Library and our ability to continue providing these sorts of sessions. \n  \nFacilitated by the established writers and prolific readers Alan Buckley and Vanessa Lampert \n  \nThe building is accessible\, but if you have any specific access needs\, please drop us an email at oxfordpoetrylibrary@gmail.com beforehand.
URL:https://oxfordpoetrylibrary.com/event/the-reading-circle-8/
LOCATION:The Community Works\, 21 Park End Street\, Oxford\, OX1 1HH\, United Kingdom
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