Poets from the Pennine Lancashire Poetry Stanza will take to the stage at Starbucks, at the Capitol Centre in Preston, next Wednesday, 17^th February.

The readers will include award winning poet Jo Harding, proprietor of Clitheroe Books, and Phil Burton, known as Pip the Poet, who performs and runs workshops in schools and libraries throughout the U.K., and has been extensively published.

The hour long event starts at 7pm, and is entitled ‘Family’ - it will feature work with a family, community and relationships theme. The reading is the first in a series taking place at Starbucks coffee shops in the Preston area throughout 2010, and the next Starbucks reading will be at the Fishergate Shopping Centre, Preston on Wednesday, 17^th March at 5.30pm.