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  • Many Voices Collection: books and storytelling at the library!

    The Community Works 21 Park End Street, Oxford, United Kingdom

    October is Black History Month and to celebrate, the Many Voices Collection will be popping up at the library during our opening hours! The 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. … Continue reading Many Voices Collection: books and storytelling at the library!

    Free

  • Many Voices Collection: books and storytelling at the library!

    The Community Works 21 Park End Street, Oxford, United Kingdom

    October is Black History Month and to celebrate, the Many Voices Collection will be popping up at the library during our opening hours! The 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. … Continue reading Many Voices Collection: books and storytelling at the library!

    Free

  • Lewis Buxton: Friend

    The Community Works 21 Park End Street, Oxford, United Kingdom

    This show is an average guy’s guide to making new friends. Join 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 … Continue reading Lewis Buxton: Friend

    £7

  • The Reading Circle

    The Community Works 21 Park End Street, Oxford, United Kingdom

    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 … Continue reading The Reading Circle

    Free – £10

  • The Hip Crowd

    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 … Continue reading The Hip Crowd

    £5

  • This Is Just To Say: spoken word open mic

    The Community Works 21 Park End Street, Oxford, United Kingdom

    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. We welcome poets, storytellers, and writers of all kinds to share their work (or the work of others) in a safe, supportive, and inclusive … Continue reading This Is Just To Say: spoken word open mic

    £5

  • The Shape of Poetry workshop

    Online

    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. Many 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 … Continue reading The Shape of Poetry workshop

    £2 – £10