Join us on the 3rd Sunday of every month, where The Community Works will be open for Family Sunday! The library will be open for browsing, borrowing, or just hanging out to read, write, and relax. Lula's Ethiopian Cuisine will be open for an affordable buffet, and we will provide a safe, inclusive space for … Continue reading Family Sunday
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? Why not join us at … Continue reading LIT Reading Group- February Session
Join poet and performer Michaela Brady for this exclusive one-off workshop on Saturday 22 February, from 2pm-4pm at The Community Works! Welcome to the Cringe Clinic. You are invited to a journey to your poetic past. Scour your earliest notebook, Notes App entries or other scribblings and find a poem that, upon reflection, deserves redemption. … Continue reading Cringe Clinic: A workshop
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 Performance Session
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 open to all and everyone. If you’re feeling like daytime is the right time for you to entertain or be entertained, join us at The … Continue reading The Hip Crowd open mic
What is it? From 2025, Friday opening hours at the Library are making way for Write Space, a new pop-up place for you to work on your creative writing projects in the company of other local writers. For two hours every other Friday, come and write with us in a friendly low-key environment. When is … Continue reading Write Space
Welcome to our poetry drafting group, 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 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 Maybe you’re an experienced but unpublished poet who wants to take those … Continue reading Drafting Table Workshop Session
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
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 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 … Continue reading The Shape of Poetry
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 (International Women’s Day edition)
What is it? From 2025, Friday opening hours at the Library are making way for Write Space, a new pop-up place for you to work on your creative writing projects … Continue reading Write Space
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
