I organise a Poetry Society Stanza which meets every month (first Saturday of each month, 2-4pm) at Drawing Projects UK, Bridge House, Trowbridge.  Poetry Society Stanzas are poetry groups run voluntarily by members of The Poetry Society.  Trowbridge Stanza is a friendly group,  a mixture of published and unpublished poets.  We read and talk about contemporary poetry, read and comment on each other’s work in progress, organise open-mic events and guest readers, and we perform our work at different venues.

If you would like more information about joining our group, please email me josephinecorcoran13@gmail.com.  You can also sign up for a monthly newsletter  https://tinyletter.com/JosephineCorcoran

Our next meeting is Saturday, 6 April, 2-4pm.  We’re thrilled to be welcoming two guest poets, Stephen Lightbown and Caleb Parkin plus open-mic.  Everyone welcome.

Sign up for our monthly newsletter  https://tinyletter.com/JosephineCorcoran to keep up-to-date with our group.

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On Saturday, December 1, we enjoyed a wonderful reading by  Bloodaxe poet Abigail Parry, whose book Jinx was shortlisted for this year’s Forward Prize for Best First Collection.  Abigail read from Jinx, and other work, and took part in a lively and fascinating Q & A about her writing life, answering questions about this year’s Forward Prize, commissions, her route to publication, her motivations for writing, and more.  Audience members listened attentively to Abigail’s poems, asked brilliant questions and read fantastic poems at the open-mic.  It was wonderful to receive many appreciative tweets and messages after the event!

 

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