Words Aloud!

Poetry can often become more accessible in performance and Hackney has some great venues for it.

Burley Fisher books is a few minutes from the library along Kingsland Road, towards Haggerston

SET is even closer - a few steps away on Dalston Lane (an upcoming highlight is the launch of polymath Jen Kalleja's new collection on Mar 24).

Both have a regular programme of events and readings, with a focus on small presses. You can check them out here

Pages of Hackney and their sister shop  Pages of Cheshire Street also have readings, details here

Jawdance in Rich Mix is one of the boldest spoken word nights in London with a brilliant varied programme and cheap entry. Next up on Mar 18th is a Women's History Month special with Malika Booker and special guests.

I wanted to alert you to brilliant poet Danez Smith, who will be reading and chatting with Travis Alabanza at Sutton House in Homerton on Monday March 9th.
On stage they are a tour de force, and highly recommended.

Next Meeting: Tues 10 Mar

Dalston Writers Group will meet on Tues 10 Mar, 6.00 to 7.30pm in the archives.

It will be an introductory session with Zoe, looking at Point of View.

n.b. there will be no session on Tue 26 Mar.

Upcoming dates for your diary:

Tue 31 Mar 
Tue 14 Apr 
Tue 28 AprTue 12 May
Tue 26 May