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.
Genesis Poetry Slam – Nov 24
November 7, 2024
REMEMBER, REMEMBER GENESIS POETRY SLAM IS 7th OF NOVEMBER!
Theresa Lola: What’s In A Name?
November 12, 2024
An evening of conversation, poetry, and afro-beat jazz music to celebrate the release of Theresa Lola’s poetry collection Ceremony for the Nameless.
Rhyme and Recycle: An electronic waste poetry competition
Environmental charity Hubbub and Virgin Media O2 are looking for poetry that highlights e-waste with £50 up for grabs for winning submissions!
She Grrrowls
November 14, 2024
She Grrrowls is a feminist arts night with an emphasis on spoken word poetry, every second Sunday at Catford Mews.
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!
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.
Warriors and Saints book launch
October 29, 2024
We are pleased to announce the official book launch for Warriors and Saints, a new anthology of poetry and art.
Jill Abram presents: Steve Ely launching Orasaigh and Apocalyptic Landscape
November 1, 2024
Join Steve Ely and Jill Abram to celebrate the launch of two new books, with Katy Evans Bush, JP Seabright, Martyn Crucefix and Anita Pati
Poetry & Mindfulness Uplift – 4 sessions in November
November 5, 2024
Write from a deeper place of wisdom and clarity in four short Mindfulness & Poetry Uplift sessions, mornings in November.
Crafting an Award-winning Poem, Malika Booker
November 27, 2024
Malika Booker generously talks you through the conception & editing of her brilliant poem that won the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem.