Next week #Bards in a Bar
at Siren RG 1 inFriars Walk, #RdgUK RG1 1EP for a #poetry #workshop Sat Jun 21 13:00
Plan is to meet up on a regular basis to discuss all things #poetry over a drink and food with focus on #writing process. The month we will talk about which #poem to select for which event .

#poetrycircle #spokenword #PoetryWriting

Thank you everyone for your patience! Our newest episode is out now after a rigorous battle with some audio demons. This month we cover Canvas! Definitely of our own free will, not forced at all! ;) #Canvas #Bards

https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-vdu6w-18c5c48

#Bards in a Bar return to @SirenRG1 in Friar Street #RdgUk #Berkshire tomorrow (Sat 24th) at 13:00.
The theme for discussion is inspiration, how to become inspired, how to inspire.
There will be much more #poetry talk over food and possibly drink
#amwriting #poetsofig #writtenword

Dreading #slam next event is #Bards in the Bar
On Sat May 24 we meet in Siren RG1 on Friar Street #RdgUK to discuss all things poetry over a drink and food (food optional) with a focus on the #writing process.
Theme for this meeting is inspiration
Please Join us
#creative #community #amwritingpoetry #writingcommunity

In the Exilian Bards' Club area of our forums, we have a lot of collected chords for interesting filk, folk, and bardic songs, and the list keeps expanding - if you're a musician, there may be some stuff of interest here!

Take a look:
https://exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?board=188.0

#Bards #Music #Songwriting #Chords

Just some of the Upcoming #spokenword and #poetry related event in, or near, #RdgUK #Berkshire for April
Please check with the venues/organisers in case of late change

No #Bards in a Bar due to Easter, that will be back in May. Though there will be Bards in other Bars

See Reading Poetry Writing on WWW.meetup.com

#amwriting #community

As promised, Andreas' interview with me on the Hagstone Podcast. I had forgotten how wide-ranging it was; folklore, art, the climate crisis, politics, magic. Hope you enjoy it.

https://northernspirithouse.substack.com/p/art-as-resistance-folklore-as-magic

#northernspirithouse #folklore #art #writer #magic #ballads #sleipner #seiðr #runes #bards

I was recently interviewed for The Hagstone Podcast, and the episode goes live tomorrow. In it, I talk about the intersections of folklore, witchcraft, art, and resistance with my mentor and friend Andreas Kornevall of Northern Spirit House. I've been looking forward to sharing this with everyone.

https://northernspirithouse.substack.com

#podcast #northernspirithouse #folklore #art #writer #magic #ballads #sleipner #quantum #quantumphysics #seiðr #runes #bards

#Bards in a Bar meet soon at SirenRG1 in Friar street

The subject is #poet forms
Join us for #poetr chat and more

Busy weekend for #poetry in #rdgUK
With meal & #openmic Tutus Ethiopian table starting soon
#Bards in a Bar on at 13:00 Sat @sirencraftbrew.bsky.social Friar street
And the #spokenword friendly #openmicnight Rising Sun Arts Centre on Sunday evening

#Bards in a Bar meet 13:00 this Sat at SirenRG1 in Friar street #RdgUK

The subject is #poet forms maybe including six word stories,
Smitten by #sonnets ?
happier with a #Hiaku ?
lover a #limerick
regard a Roundel

why use the? Join us to discuss?
#amwriting #Berkshire

Next #Bards in a Bar will be Saturday Mar 8th 13:00 SIrenRG1 in Friar St #RDGuk
Theme is #poetic form.
Have you got form? Is it long or short?
Does it matter
Join the discussion over a beer or food

#amwritingpoetry #creative #berkshire

This weekend as well as #bards in a Bar on Sat (13:00) at Siren RG1 in Friar Street #RdgUK. Theme to #rhyme or not to rhyme
there are also 2 #openmics with a strong #spokenword tradition
Friday at Tutu Ethiopian Tables & Sun Evening at Rising sun #arts center
#poetry #community #Berkshire

Lots of #poetry in #rdguk his weekend
Friday @PoetCafe South street #artscentre 20:30
Sat #bards in a Bar Siren RG1 on Friar St
Sun #openmic 19:00 Rising Sun #art centre RG1 2ST
#community #Berkshire

How do you fill the blank pages? Sat 15:00
This month’s #Bards in The Bar, the subject is #writer s block and how to overcome it.
Everyone welcome, #free
Siren RG1 1 Friars Walk, Reading RG1 1EP Sat Jan 11th 14:00
#creativewriter #Poetsofmastodon

To add spice to
The Battle of the #Bards
The War of the #Wordsmiths
clash of Champions
Farrago Poetry have confirmed
Sunday’s Grand #slam will compete in the England National Slam
Picture is Sven Stears who won 2024

Dreading Grand Sun Jan 5th Rising Sun #Arts Centre RG1 2ST 19:30 (doors 19:15)

watch #poetry made fun for #free

Dreading Slam in 2024 Part 5
AS well as the #Slam on the 1st Sun of each month we have also held other events around #RdgUk to help make poetry fun
John Giles organized #poetry in the park, a #poetrycircle i Palmer Park
Gill Passman runs #bards in a bar, a monthly #workshop
& a new #spokenword #openmic at Up the Junction and the Christmas Party
#poetrysocial

New Year new Champion!!
The Dreading Grand #slam final takes place Sun Jan 5th.
In place of our usual #openmic. The #poets competing will be the winners from 2024. Start the year with a bang.
Join the audience as the battle of the #bards , war of the #wordsmiths , contest of the champions, take place
19:30 Rising Sun #art RG1 2ST
#showtime

Join us tomorrow afternoon for #Bards in a Bar in Sirenrg1 Friar Street at 2pm for friendly poetry related chat. This month we will be discussing sharing and reading our #poems to an audience.
Looking forward to seeing everyone
#RgdUK #poetry #Poetsofmastodon

Tomorrow Gill Passman will host the first #Bards in the Bar,
The bar is SirenRG1 in Friar street #RdgUK
The bards could include you.

Start 14:00