Poetry

Sundays; 7.30pm; £6/5 according to pocket

There have been poetry readings on Sunday nights at Torriano Meeting House since 1982. As well as the evening’s main readers invited from a broad range of literary practice, there are usually a number of  ‘poets from the floor’, who may include full-time poets and also beginners presenting a piece in public for the first time. The range has spanned Stephen Spender and John Heath-Stubbs to Labi Siffre and John Hegley.

The publishers Hearing Eye was born from the Sunday readings and has its base at Torriano.

Torriano Poetry readings 2024

Sundays 7.30pm. £6/£5 according to pocket, cash on door. Poets from the floor welcome.

21st January – Martyn Crucefix and Julian Stannard

28th January – James Pendle and Tom Rubens

4th February – Kate Bingham, Lisa Kelly and William Wootten read from their New Walk Editions pamphlets

11th February – CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS Tim Waller

18th February – VENN DIAGRAMS Leo Boix and Theodora Lalova-Spinx hosted by Patrizia Longhitano 

25th February – tba

3rd March – tba

10th March – Charlotte Gann, Richard Scott and Sarah Barnsley hosted by Pauline Sewards

17th March – VENN DIAGRAMS hosted by Patrizia Longhitano 

3rd March – tba

10th March – Charlotte Gann, Richard Scott and Sarah Barnsley hosted by Pauline Sewards

17th March – VENN DIAGRAMS hosted by Patrizia Longhitano 

Sunday 24th March

Sunday 31st March Easter SUnday

Sunday 7th April Chrys Salt and saxophonist Richard Ingham

Sunday 14th April No reading

Sunday 21st April Fiona Larkin and Jill Abram VENN DIAGRAMS hosted by Patrizia Longhitano 

Sunday 28th April Harry Eyres

Sunday 5th May Dinah Livingstone

Sunday 12th May No reading

Sunday 19th May Sue Burge and Rona Luo VENN DIAGRAMS hosted by Patrizia Longhitano 

Sunday 26th May – Rory Waterman and Dino Mahoney introduced by Lisa Kelly

Sunday 2nd June – Mike Bartholomew Biggs, Martha Kapos & Katy Mack

Sunday 9th June – Peter Daniels and Martin Figura
Sunday 16th June Jane McCarthy Wilkinson and Jenny Pagani VENN DIAGRAMS hosted by Patrizia Longhitano

Torriano Poetry in Cyberspace.
Every Sunday at 6.30pm Kathryn Southworth hosts a Zoom gathering. “Doors” open 6.15pm. Free, donations appreciated. All welcome. Bring poems to read or just listen:
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St Bride’s Day Feast
Friday 2^nd February 6pm. 
Bring a dish of food (veggie/vegan), some drink and a poem to share and celebrate the Patron Saint of Poetry.

All Torriano Folk old and new are invited to see in the start of Spring together.

Monday 22nd April 2024
A Tuba Press Event
Poetry & Prose. Celebrating 47 years of  publishing. Doors open  7.30pm – 10.30pm   Entry  Free

The following Tuba Press poets, will be reading both their own work, and from that of those unable to be present. Peter Ellson, Patricia Scanlan, Alan Price, Margaret Hannigan Popp, Susan Clydesdale-Cotter

 

ONLINE
Every Sunday at 6.30pm Joan Michelson is hosting an online Poetry in Cyberspace. All welcome to read or listen. Free.
Bring poems to read or just listen. Join us there:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3940991487?pwd=VXN0djNHU0F5M2pDK0dscXdRTkJwZz09
Meeting ID: 394 099 1487
Passcode: 8dFNdWq