Monthly Archives: July 2025

Unfortunately the 28th July SpokenWord has had to be cancelled due to illness. So the summer break is starting a little earlier than planned. SpokenWord will start up again Monday 1st September at the Chat Noir. Cheers all, David Barnes

Emmet O’Brien burst into the scene in March 2017, and has done more than your average 25 year old. Within the first 3 years alone he released a book, entitled “A Perspective From The Corrupt Mind Of The Youth” aswell … Continue reading →

Heidi Seaborn is the author of three books of poetry, tic tic tic, (September 2025), An Insomniac’s Slumber Party with Marilyn Monroe, Give a Girl Chaos, and three chapbooks, Bite Marks, Once a Diva and Finding My Way Home. She’s won or been shortlisted for over sixty prizes, including … Continue reading →

Skye Jackson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her work has appeared in RHINO, The Southern Review, Palette Poetry, RATTLE and elsewhere. Her poetry has been a finalist for the Iowa Review Poetry Award, the RATTLE Poetry Prize, the RHINO Founders’ Prize, and in 2021 she received the AWP Intro Journals Award. … Continue reading →