Write and Release Open Reading

Open Mic Event

Contact: randall.lloydh@gmail.com

Our guests this month are Emma Purshouse and Steve Pottinger. This is a poetry/prose open reading. We will simply each take 4-minute slots until we run out of time, so bring plenty of material. Tea, coffee, and biscuits available. Feel free to bring your own beverage of choice.

An event page is posted on Facebook. You can also reach me at 07510 167635.

Emma Purshouse was born in Wolverhampton, and is a freelance writer and performance poet. She is a poetry slam champion (winner of the Shambala Festival Slam 2018) and performs regularly at spoken word nights and festivals far and wide, often using her native Black Country dialect in her work. Her appearances include, The Cheltenham Literature Festival, Ledbury Poetry Festival, Much Wenlock Poetry Festival and Solfest. She has supported the likes of John Hegley, Holly McNish and Carol Ann Duffy.
Emma has undertaken poetry residencies for Wolverhampton Libraries, The New Vic Theatre in Stoke-on-Trent and The International Festival of Glass in Stourbridge. She writes for both children and adults. In 2016, Emma’s first collection of children’s poetry was produced by Fair Acre Press. This dyslexia-friendly book is aimed at 6 to 11 year-olds This book won the poetry section of the Rubery Book Award in 2016. In 2017 Emma won the ‘Making Waves’ international spoken word competition which was judged by Luke Wright. Her most recent publication ‘Close’ (Offa’s Press, 2018) has not long been released. Here is a link to a review of this book: https://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=85122


Steve Pottinger is a born story-teller. His latest collection "a fine fine place" was published in autumn 2017, and followed on from the acclaimed "more bees, bigger bonnets". This year he was one of the winners of the Bread & Roses poetry competition, supported by Unite, and he's worked closely with the CWU on delivering spoken word and poetry for their members. He has entertained audiences the length and breadth of the UK, and is also a member of the 'Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists' collective in Wolverhampton. Expect poems on subjects from the personal right through to the global, with a wild detour via outrageous dreaming. You can read an interview with him here: https://www.neillaurenson.com/2019/03/pleased-to-meet-you-again-steve-pottinger/

Price: £0.00

Time: 7:30pm (Strictly from 19:30 to 21:30. )