Category: Poetry reading

Our next Contextual virtual poetry reading event will be held tomorrow, Thursday 26th January starting at 19:30 (UK-time) and will run for one hour. Our main reader will be Richard Lister whose collection, Edge & Cusp, was published late last year. The second reader will be Graeme Ryan who has a revised edition of Valley [...]

Our next Contextual virtual poetry reading event will be held on Thursday 26th January starting at 19:30 (UK-time) and will run for one hour. Our main reader will be Richard Lister whose collection, Edge & Cusp, was published late last year. The second reader will be Graeme Ryan who has a revised edition of Valley [...]

Our next Contextual virtual poetry reading event will be held on Thursday 26th January starting at 19:30 (UK-time) and will run for one hour. Our main reader will be Richard Lister whose collection, Edge & Cusp, was published late last year. The second reader will be Graeme Ryan who has a revised edition of Valley [...]

During 2023 we plan to host another twelve Contextual virtual poetry reading events. At the moment these are likely to run on the last Thursday of each month starting at 19:30 UK-time and running for one hour. The first one will be on January 26th. For the new year we are opening a fresh list [...]

Yesterday evening we held our last Contextual virtual poetry reading event for 2022. It was another good turnout - and it proved to be a successful evening with an eclectic selection of work once again! My thanks to our readers - David Punter (reading from his book Ship's Log), Lizzie Ballagher, Jenny Robb (who read [...]

Our thirteen Contextual virtual poetry reading event - and probably the last one for 2022 - will take place on Wednesday 30th November starting at 19:30 UK-time. Readers will include: David Punter (from his book Ship's Log), Lizzie Ballagher, Jenny Robb and Barbara Sapienza. There will also an extract from an experimental 'long form' work-in-progress [...]

Our thirteen Contextual virtual poetry reading event - and probably the last one for 2022 - will take place on Wednesday 30th November starting at 19:30 UK-time. We will be finalising our readers over the coming few days. If you would like an invitation to the event please complete the form below. To ensure you [...]

Our twelfth Contextual virtual poetry reading event was held yesterday, Thursday 27th October starting at 19:30 Uk-time. Adopting more of an 'Open Mic' format, we were able to enjoy the work of fourteen poets across the hour's session. Without doubt, there were some really strong pieces shared, with a number of the poems having stunning [...]

Our twelfth Contextual virtual poetry reading event will take place tomorrow, Thursday 27th October starting at 19:30 Uk-time. Given the session represents the conclusion of a year's span of Contextual meetings, it will follow more of an 'open mic' format in that there will be no main reader. Have still identified our readers in advance [...]

Our twelfth Contextual virtual poetry reading event will take place on Thursday 27th October starting at 19:30 Uk-time. Given the session represents the conclusion of a year's span of Contextual meetings, it will follow more of an 'open mic' format in that there will be no main reader. We will still follow the process of [...]