Something Borrowed, Something Blue is a Bristol-based poetry event series.

This isn’t an open mic or a circle-jerk; it's a monthly meeting place to read poetry, and discuss writing practice and performance. Each week we will aim to broadly discuss two questions: how and why do we write?

We'll follow a loose structure of both readings and discussion. Participants are encouraged to perform both their ‘borrowed’ texts, i.e. poetry/prose from an existing writer, as well as a text of their own/something they are currently working on.

Following this, we will consider these texts as a group and discuss the session’s theme.

'Duty' is this month's theme. Do we have obligations as writers, and what are they? Do we write for and from our own identities, or as part of a collective (and to what extent each way)? What are our intentions when we write, and what happens to them when the writing's done?

Funds raised from tickets will be donated to @dandeliondiy. No one turned away for lack of funds.

Please contact us via our email if you have any questions at all :)

Logistics bits:

Where: Britsol Wood Recyling Project, Unit 4, William Street, St Philips Bristol, BS2 0RG
When: Monday 27th April, 18:00 - 20:30
Getting there: We're a short walk away from the Old Market bus station(s) (where all the pubs are). We'll be around ahead of the event in the evening if you're in need of directions!
Accessibility info: Both the room and the venue/toilets are fully accessible, just send us an email if you have further queries though!
Who: no more than 12 fellow writers (and then us 2)
Contact: [email protected]