14th June 2023
Open Mic at NineLivesPoetry with Will Harris and Beth Davies
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An exciting open mic with NineLivesPoetry.
“Our performance nights feature an established guest poet from outside Sheffield, supported by an up-&-coming local poet. There is always an open mic segment for up to 7 emerging poets. We want to support emerging local poets to hone their skills in a friendly & encouraging space. We are a registered Charity run by volunteers. Any money we make goes into paying performers, meeting venue costs & buying new bow ties for Nine Lives, our stylish cat mascot.”
Will Harris (he/him) is a London-based writer. He is the author of the poetry books RENDANG (2020) & Brother Poem (2023), both published by Granta in the UK & by Wesleyan University Press in the US. He has been shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize & won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. He helps run the Southbank New Poets Collective with Vanessa Kisuule, & co-translated Habib Tengour’s Consolatio with Delaina Haslam in 2022. He currently works in extra-care homes & is a Visiting Poetry Fellow at UEA working towards a community-led archive of poets’ work
Beth Davies (she/her) is a poet from & based in Sheffield. She is a winner of the 2022 New Poets Prize & her debut pamphlet, The Pretence of Understanding, will be published in June by The Poetry Business. She won second place in the 2021 Dead Cat Poetry Prize & in the 2022 Magdalena Young Poets Prize. Her poetry has been published in various journals & anthologies including Poetry Wales, Atrium, & Candlestick Press’ Ten Poems about Flowers.
A wide variety of hot & cold alcoholic & non-alcoholic drinks & cakes will be available on the night from John St. Kitchen.
7pm.
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