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events
Upcoming Events
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Past Events
2023
5 October 2023, launch of And I Climbed, And I Climbed, Waterstones Bristol
21 February 2023, Rest Less Events, Hosting Poetry Pause
19 February 2023, Verve Poetry Festival, Birmingham, reading as part of The Verve Competition on the Theme of Protest
2022
12 November 2022, Clifton Lit Fest, Bristol
25 March 2022, Lyra Festival, Weston v Bristol Slam, Weston-super-Mare
11 February 2022, Parenthood in Verse, Baby Umbrella, Online
2021
10 October 2021, Cook along and The Last Custodian reading
23 September 2021, The Last Custodian Launch, online
12 September 2021, Online yoga class and The Last Custodian reading
12 August 2021, A Life wit PIP, Humanistan, Theatre Absolute, Coventry
30 July 2021, CRIPtic online retreat featured set
28 July 2021, Raise The Bar, St George’s Garden, Bristol
25 July 2021, OOIPP Fest, (pre recorded and online)
23-26 July 2021, Poet in Residence at Camp Kin, Kelmarsh
5-9 July 2021, Cover to Cover reading of The Last Custodian, Insta Live
1 July 2021, Fire and Dust, Zoom
30 March 2021, Locked Down anthology celebration, Zoom
2020
12 November 2020, What Words Are Ours, Zoom
21 October 2020, AIDU, Live from the Jam Jar, Bristol
26 August 2020, Zoeglossia Fellows Reading, Zoom
26 June 2020, Poetry and Health, Zoom
7 May 2020, Phantom Thursday, online showcase for Shambala
3 February 2020, Milk Poetry, Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol
8 January 2020, Spork, Little Drop of Poison, Exeter
2019
19 December 2019, Lower the Bar, PRSC, Bristol
7 October 2019, Milk Poetry, Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol
25 October 2019, Hours Showcase, Hours Space, Bristol
14 September 2019, Words Aloud, Sutton
3 September 2019, Testify Poetry, Chester
10 September 2019, The Testaments launch, Waterstones, Bristol
22-25 August 2019, Shambala
25-28 July 2019, WOMAD
21 July 2019, Bristol Harbour Festival
13-14 July 2019, Positive Images Festival, Coventry
20 June 2019, Access All Poetry (Only Air book launch), Darwen Library Theatre, Darwen
16-19 May 2019, Zoeglossia, San Antonio, Texas, USA
4 May 2019, Access All Poetry (Only Air book launch), Poetry Cafe, London
14 April 2019, Craftwords, The Crafty Cow, Bristol
11 April 2019, Access All Poetry (Only Air book launch), Spike Island Cafe, Bristol
6 April 2019, Poetry@Drawing Projects UK
21 March 2019, Raise the Bar, part of Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival, Arnolfini, Bristol
February 2019, Verve Poetry Festival, Old Rep Theatre, Birmingham, reading as part of Closed Gates or Open Arms anthology launch (purchase book here)
2018
October 2018, Raise The Bar, Arnolfini, Bristol showcase act
July 2018, Magma 71 The Film Issue, Launch Event, The Cinema Museum, London
May 2018, Tobacco Factory Theatres, Milk Poetry Festival, Bristol
April 2018, Smoke & Mirrors, Hammer & Tongue, Bristol
2017
July 2017, Poetry Tent, Bristol Harbour Festival
May 2017, Anathema, Arnolfini, Bristol