Events

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

If you’d like to learn how to take poetry and writing off the page and onto the stage with skill and confidence, Page to Stage is the place for you. … Continue reading Page to Stage Workshop

Dig out your favourite notebook and your most trusted ink pen on 2 October, it’s poetry night at the Old Fire Station! Join us for a very special LIT Reading … Continue reading LIT Reading Group: Exploring Land & Grief

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 … Continue reading This Is Just to Say: spoken word open mic

Welcome to this new poetry writing group, where we share our emerging poems with each other and provide feedback in a safe and inclusive environment. Maybe you have been attending … Continue reading Drafting Table: workshop session

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

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 an invitation … Continue reading The Shape of Poetry workshop

A workshop series on poetry and mindfulness We live in a world full of distractions. In today’s fast-paced digital world, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to be mindful. Writing poetry can … Continue reading Stillness in Words Workshop

Join Will Harris, Jane Draycott and Joseph Minden for a reading exploring Englands; counter-Englands; the long, shadowy lance of memory; knight-strafing; the trembling of leaf-shade; the problems of address; the … Continue reading An evening of poetry with Will Harris, Jane Draycott, Joseph Minden

Hey! The rumours are true. It’s…   The Hip Crowd Open Mic!   Oxford Poetry Library and Makespace Oxford bring you Oxford’s newest Open Mic event especially for folks with … Continue reading The Hip Crowd open mic session

If you’d like to learn how to take poetry and writing off the page and onto the stage with skill and confidence, Page to Stage is the place for you. … Continue reading Page to Stage Workshop