Memory is essential and intangible. We rely on it and yet it is unreliable. Memory is who we are. Or is it? Explore the answers at an annual showcase of new works by the London Philharmonic ...

Milton Keynes Literary Festival launches a competition to anyone living, working or studying in Bucks, Beds or Northants aged 14 or older, to submit a story (fictional or factual) or a poem around the ...

The Hedgehog Poetry Press is now open for submissions for their next series of Crimson Spine Pocket Books. The winner will be published by Hedgehog Poetry Press in 2026, and will receive 100 copies of ...

A panel of artists, activists and architects share stories of housing activism in past movements and present-day campaigns. Artist Sonia Uddin’s project Dokhol দখল ’84 is an important starting point ...

Join Alex Corrin-Tachibana for a session exploring Sei Shōnagon’s The Pillow Book (枕草子, Makura no Sōshi). This session will dive into the literary classic, exploring it’s structure, origins and ...

The European Poetry Festival is celebrating collaborations between Lithuanian and British poets in OPEN Ealing, London. Poets Egidija Čiricaitė and Greta Ambrazaitė will present their own work to open ...

On Thursday 26th join The Writing Shed to talk to poet, translator and educator Leo Boix about his upcoming collection Southermost Sonnets, his past work and the anthology of young queer Latin ...

Join Michael Symmons Roberts (poet, writer and broadcaster) for a reading of Auden’s poems accompanied by visuals of Moore’s illustrations and a discussion about the relevance of this encounter ...

The Transforming Words Foundation presents the Black in White Poetry Competition 2025, helping to illuminate race-related issues that many people of colour experience. The competition aims to help ...

Schedule 7pm: doors 7.30pm – 8.15pm: Monica Martin 8.15pm – 8.45pm: interval 8.45pm – 10pm: James Blake Please check final stage times here on the day of the event. Haze and strobe may be used during ...

Hosted by Izzy Withers and Stems by Mar!k, the event flows in the spirit of London’s youth clubs, offering activities that invite you to be playful, to experiment and to create. This event is produced ...

The Young Poets Network is joining up with the Modern Poetry in Translation (MPT) for this new challenge. This new challenge invites you to write a poem in response to MPT’s archive. The archive ...