The Morning Star, home of the Well Versed weekly poetry column edited by Jody Porter, and the Stoke Newington literary festival are teaming up at a Christmas assembly at Stoke Newington's Mascara Bar on Saturday, 8 December. The bill in north London includes Perry Benson, Tim Wells, Sophia Blackwell, Niall O'Sullivan, Emlyn Hugill, Graham Bendel, Matthew Hedley Stoppard, Jah-Mir Early, Nicola Gledhill, and Charlotte Henson. It starts at 8pm and goes on until 3am. More details and Map