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  • 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

    Free

  • TASTE Poetry Competition: Prize-giving event

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

    Oxford Poetry Library has been collaborating with The Oxford Hub on our very first poetry competition, and at this special event, we will be hearing from the shortlisted poets and announcing the winners! This OPL poetry competition in association with the Oxford Hub was a clarion call to all new and experienced poets to make … Continue reading TASTE Poetry Competition: Prize-giving event

    £5

  • “Wow, what happened to me there?”: A Workshop Day

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

    Join poets Vanessa Lampert and Alan Buckley for a full workshop day on poetry and the art of surprise. The title of this workshop (a quote from the Irish poet Paul Muldoon) reflects how we feel as readers when a poem startles us, and helps us see some part of the world – or ourselves … Continue reading “Wow, what happened to me there?”: A Workshop Day

    £10 – £30

  • Postbox Poetry

    Online

    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.   From March to … Continue reading Postbox Poetry

    £2 – £10

  • Getting Started With Poetry

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

    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. In each workshop, we’ll read a poem together, and use it as our starting point. We’ll suggest some prompts you could … Continue reading Getting Started With Poetry

    Free

  • 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 new writing, and open your mind to the world of poetry, welcome to The Reading Circle.   Come to OPL’s poetry reading group where we’ll … Continue reading The Reading Circle

    Free – £10

  • Drafting Table: performance session

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

    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 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 … Continue reading Drafting Table: performance session

  • The Hip Crowd open mic

    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 open mic

    £5