Events in January / February 2026
6 January Poetry Readers Group meets at the White Hart, 10, Wharfage, Ironbridge, Telford, TF8 7AW, 2-4 pm, and the theme will be ‘colour’. For more information contact me or Paul Francis: francisliberty@btinternet.com
9 January ‘Seeing the Trees and the Woods’ reading with Simon Fletcher, Kuli Kohli and local ‘tree’ poets at Penn Library, Coalway Ave, Penn Rd, Wolverhampton, WV3 7LT. 11.40-12.40. Free event.
15 January ‘Seeing the Trees and the Woods’ reading with Simon Fletcher, Kuli Kohli and local ‘tree’ poets at Stourbridge Library, Crown Centre, Stourbridge, West Mids, DY8 1YE. 3-4pm. Free event. For further information phone: 01384 812945.
17 January ‘Country Voices’ with Martin Kennedy Yates, Sheeba Eeswaramoorthy & David Bingham, at the White Hart, 10, Wharfage, Ironbridge, Telford, TF8 7AW, 2.30-4pm. Tickets £5 on the door.
22 January ‘Unsung’ - Emma Purshouse is running a series of Zoom events celebrating the work of some of the unsung individuals who do so much for poetry and spoken word. The first event will feature Simon Fletcher who ran ‘City Voices’ in Wolverhampton for 23 years. Expect conversation and poetry. These will be pay-as-you-feel events with the money going to the guest. 7 - 8pm. Email emmaasif@hotmail.com for a Zoom link.
24 January ‘Virtual Voices’ with Kuli Kohli plus Nick Pearson & Marion Cockin and some of the ‘tree’ poets, 5.00-6.30pm. This is a pay-as-you-feel event. To join us you can find the Zoom libnk on the Offa's press website: www.offaspress.co.uk/events
3 February Poetry Readers Group meets at the White Hart, 10, Wharfage, Ironbridge, Telford, TF8 7AW, 2-4 pm, and the theme will be ‘trains’. For more information contact Paul Francis: francisliberty@btinternet.com
Wolverhampton Literature Festival
8 Feb Wolverhampton Literature Festival event at Bantock House, Finchfield Road, Wolverhampton, WV3 9LQ
2.30-3.30pm Seeing the Trees and the Woods.
Lively poetry from the anthology about all aspects of trees and their environments with Cherry Doyle and Kuli Kohli. Tickets are available on the door or from the festival Box Office.