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  • Joelle Taylor – The Night Alphabet vs. C+NTO & Other Poems

    The Exchange Theatre Twickenham 75 London Rd, Twickenham, United Kingdom

    Join us for a collision of queer futurism, butch identity, & feminism with award winning poet and author Joelle Taylor.  Performing from her electrifying debut…

    £13 – £15

  • Spaces of Significance: Anthology Launch

    Rich Mix London 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London, United Kingdom

    Off The Chest returns to launch their inaugural anthology titled Spaces of Significance! Expect readings from some of the poets published within the anthology, as…

    £8

  • OneTrackMinds

    Kings Place 90 York Way, London, United Kingdom

    Stories about life-changing songs. An engaging cross between Desert Island Discs, TED Talks and The Moth, OneTrackMinds is a live storytelling show all about the…

    £18

  • The Poetry Brothel: Feed the fire with my fear

    Red Lion Leytonstone 640 High Road Leytonstone, London

    The Poetry Brothel is a sanctuary for the misfits, the dreamers, the beautifully strange souls of London. In this idiosyncratic temple, you'll encounter a cast…

    £10
  • Book Launch in London

    Warriors and Saints book launch

    The poetry cafe 22 Betterton St, London

    Dizzy Press is pleased to announce the official book launch for Warriors and Saints, a new anthology of poetry and art co-edited by Joe Bidder and…

    Free
  • London Festivals

    28th Made in Prague Festival in London

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    Czech Centre London 30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London, Kensington, United Kingdom

    The Made in Prague Festival returns to the UK capital, showcasing the best contemporary Czech culture in many central London venues throughout November. This year,…

  • Film Workshop Discussions

    Brothers + Q&A with Mark Cornwall – Film & Discussion

    Regent Street Cinema 307 Regent Street, London

    In this gripping true-life Cold War drama, brothers Josef and Ctirad, sons of legendary anti-Nazi resistance fighter Josef Mašín, take up arms against the oppressive…

  • Free Events in London

    Flora Johnston in Conversation with Lisa Highton

    HTA Design HTA Design, 75 Wallis Road, London

    Join Flora Johnston and Lisa Highton in conversation for the paperback launch of The Paris Peacemakers. The Paris Peacemakers Paris, 1919. As the fragile negotiations…

  • Magdalena Platzová: Life After Kafka

    Czech Embassy London 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London

    Join us for the launch of Life After Kafka, a compelling novel about Felice Bauer, Franz Kafka’s first fiancée, and the untold story behind Letters…

    £5

  • Smokestack Farewell

    The Cockpit Gateforth Street, London, United Kingdom

    An evening of radical poetry to celebrate 20 years of Smokestack Books- estabished by Andy Croft to publish oppositional, dissident, unfashionable and radical poets. After 20…

    £11.30

  • Free Exhibitions in London

    Anna Hulačová at Each Place Its Own Mind – Free Exhibition

    Edel Assanti 1b Little Titchfield St, London

    Edel Assanti presents Each Place Its Own Mind (17 January - 15 March 2025), featuring Czech artist Anna Hulačová among eight international artists. Hulačová's innovative…

    Free

  • God’s Women, Good Men and Monsters – Exhibition

    the crypt gallery St Pancras New Church 165, Euston Rd, London

    God’s Women, Good Men and Monsters – a collection of illustrations inspired by Bram Stoker’s novel, ‘Dracula’.   ILLUSTRATING DRACULA The illustrations by artist Kirsty Maclennan…

    Free

  • London Bookshop Crawl 2025

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    London City Wide, London

    The London Bookshop Crawl celebrates its 10th year in February! It brings together book lovers for a weekend of celebration and exploration of the bookshops…

  • The Vegan Tigress – London Theatre

    The Vegan Tigress
    bread and roses theatre, london 68 Clapham Manor St, London

    A 19th-century feminist fairytale writer accidentally summons a ghost. The spirit is the highly offended mother of the lover the writer spurned years before. The…

  • Re-Enchant: March

    The Cockpit Gateforth Street, London, United Kingdom

    RE:ENCHANT - Poetic Experiments For A New World Live literature every third Sunday at 5.00pm. The world changes: we make new poetry to vandalise literary…

    £10 – £12

  • Photofusion x LIP Book Fair

    Photofusion Unit 2, 2 Beehive Place, Brixton, London

    Join us for our first book fair! In collaboration with London Independent Photography we will be hosting a book, zines and print fair on Sunday…

    Free

  • Book Festival in London

    Ealing Book Festival

    UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON St Mary's Road, London, United Kingdom

    Description THE HUNTLEY ARCHIVE TALK 7.30 pm, St Mary's Road, Weston Hall Lanre Bakare ‘We Were There: How Black Culture, Resistance and Community Shaped Modern…

  • Poetry Room – London

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    St Margaret's House 21 Old Ford Road, London, United Kingdom

    The UK’s finest poets, thinkers, and musicians will provide a diverse chilled ambience as we consider the big issues for the African, Caribbean, Asian and…

    Free – £10

  • We Are The Many Festival

    EartH (Evolutionary Arts Hackney) 13 Stoke Newington Rd, London, United Kingdom

    Counterpoints Arts presents: We Are The Many at EartH Hackney on Sunday 15 June – a festival kicking off London Refugee Week 2025 – curated…

  • Matchwomen’s Festival

    London's most unique and friendly boutique festival! Celebrates the Matchgirls of 1888 with INSPIRING SPEAKERS- A L KENNEDY AND JEREMY CORBYN ORIGINAL SINGER-SONGWRITERS bar. food.…

    Free – £17

  • Poet Peasant: an exhibition by SJ Fowler

    Bouda Gallery 132 Palace Gardens Terrace, London

    An exhibition of poetry as curios, discovered text and found literary sculptures drawn from previously unseen works, selected asemic writing and the poetic props of…

    Free