Welcome to ‘unLISTED’
We get a lot of requests from poets, perfomance groups, fellow organisations and artists from all levels to share and promote their events. It’s not possible to support all of you and a lot of requests don’t quite fit under the small umbrella that is spoken word.
We’re been working for a while now on our ‘notice board’ to give you a place to share everything that is happening. Whether it’s a poetry launch, a performance poetry theatre show, or a local open mic – get it on the board. This is a place for everything otherwise unlisted.
Below you’ll find submitted events and opportunities from the poetry and spoken word scene.
Book Launch at Cafe OTO: Omar Sakr + Kazim Ali + Jimin Seo + Kat Sinclair
November 23, 2024
Celebrating the launches of The Pharmacy by Kat Sinclair, OSSIA by Jimin Seo, Son of Sin by Omar Sakr, and The Voice of Sheila Chandra by Kazim Ali!
A Horse, Not Jumping: On Refusals, an online poetry workshop with Victoria Adukwei Bulley
November 17, 2024
What is refusal? What terms of the world might refusal seek to reject, and what does it demand of us as writers and readers?
Archiving Smoke: an online poetry workshop with Alycia Pirmohamed
November 17, 2024
We'll explore archival poetics, examining archives as theme and source, questioning the politics of preservation and what evades archiving.
Submissions open for queer disabled poetry anthology
December 1, 2024
eff-able: a spicy anthology of queer crip poetry is an Arts Council funded project, published by fourteen poems in May 2025 – submissions open 17 Oct!
Homebrew Poetry ft. Sven Stears, Tyrone Lewis & Open Mic
October 23, 2024
Homebrew is a freshly-brewed poetry open mic and feature night at the newly-opened Hillbilly Social 101, Bounds Green.
Writers collective
November 7, 2024
This is a creative writers group for people of mixed heritage. A place to practice any form of creative writing, with discussion & prompts.
Home & Away: Somali Poetry from Britain and Somaliland With Yasmin Mohamad Kahin, Alto, Ibrahim Hirsi and Amina Jama
November 3, 2024
This reading features Yasmin Mohamad Kahin, a visiting poet from Somaliland, UK poet and translator Ibrahim Hirsi and award winning poet Amina Jama!
Polylingual Poetry Workshop with Fathima Zahra @ Off the Shelf (online)
November 2, 2024
This workshop will invite you to use your many tongues, dialects, accents and registers to shape your poetry.
Somali Week: Trailblazing Women Poets
October 25, 2024
Celebrate Somali Week with Yasmin Mahamed Kahin, Asha Lul Yusuf Mohamed and translators Alto, Clare Pollard and Anna Selby!
Somali Showcase with Weedhsame, Daljit Nagra & Friends @ Off the Shelf Festival, Sheffield
October 23, 2024
Join us at Israac Somali Community Centre, Sheffield for an evening of Somali poetry!
Polylingual Open Mic, Hosted by Danaé Wellington @ Off the Shelf Festival, Sheffield
October 18, 2024
A unique poetry open mic celebrating all languages!
Laura Wittner & Juana Adcock at BCLT, Norwich
October 23, 2024
Laura Wittner and Juana Adcock launch Translation of the Route at the British Centre for Literary Translation, Norwich
Translation of the Route: Reading and Conversation with Laura Wittner and Juana Adcock, Oxford
October 22, 2024
Laura Wittner and Juana Adcock at Queen’s College, Oxford
I Sugar the Bones & Translation of the Route: Double Book Launch with Laura Wittner and Juana Adcock
2024-10-21
Juana Adcock will give a reading from her latest collection from Out-Spoken, followed by a dual-language reading from Laura Wittner
Queer Poetry Sauna – Oct 17th
2024-10-17
Queer Poetry workshop at Hackney Wick Sauna! October 17th 2024
