Enjoy National Poetry Day at best of Times Bookshop & Cafe
Doors 6.30pm
Event 7 - 9pm
Celebrate National Poetry Day with a selection of performers both celebrated and up-and-coming...
Join celebrated local poets and performers Maggie Harris, Jessica Taggart Rose, Poppy Cockburn, Tracey McEvoy and Ty and Ayesha Watling for a wondrous evening of poetry and music.
Book a slot to perform your own work on the theme of “wonder” or just grab a drink and enjoy the huge range of poetic and musical talent that Thanet has to offer. Open performance slots are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and can be booked with your £5 ticket
Guest Poets include:
Maggie Harris “Formally inventive; always lyrical.” Winner of the Jhalak Prize.
Jessica Taggart-Rose, whose The River Has No Colour was recently translated by the Poetry Book Society.
Poppy Cockburn, Longlisted for the Jerwood Prize for First Collection.
Tracey McEvoy, author of Tell Us About Snow, “an impressive, stunning debut pamphlet.”
With music and poetry from Ty & Ayesha Watling.
NB: Open performance slots are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
£5
