The Week Ahead at the Poetry Cafe, London

Please find below a quick look at the week ahead for the Poetry Cafe in London, always a hive of poetic activity, but with more on offer this month than usual.For further details of these events, you can email the Poetry Society at this address: poetrycafe@poetrysociety.org.uk

The Poetry Cafe is situated at 22 Betterton Street, London (nearest tube Covent Garden). It’s fully licensed and serves great food too. (Food has become a major preoccupation with me since giving up the demon weed, so poetry venues that feed the body as well as the soul always get my approval!)

In particular, don't miss the legendary John Hegley on the 20th, though I think there may be another chance this month to catch him at the Poetry Cafe.

If you’re a poet looking for places to perform, I can thoroughly recommend the Poetry Unplugged open mic event with Niall O’Sullivan. It happens every Tuesday as far as I know and is a small intimate space with a welcoming crowd for newcomers. A good place to network, make friends and talk about poetry if you’re looking for new contacts in the poetry world. I’ve read there myself and would certainly go more often if I lived nearer.


THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE POETRY CAFE:

16 8.00 £4/3
Lost Legends of the British Underground - songs and spoken word with Steve Lake, Joseph Porter and Mark Astronaut.

18 8.00 £5/4
The Cellar with Baden Prince Junior, Salena Saliva Godden, S.P. Howarth. Hosted by Niall O'Sullivan.

20 6.00
John Hegley in performance

21 7.30 £3.50/2.50
Poetry Unplugged – Open Mic with Niall O’Sullivan
Arrive between 6-7 pm if you want to read

22 8.00 free
Tall Lighthouse pamphlet Launch Pierre Ringwald with Heather Taylor, Tom Chivers, & special guest Todd Swift.