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

This isn’t an open mic or a circle-jerk. We want to establish 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?

The event will offer:

- a dedicated space for attendees to read and perform their poetry, and/or other poetic work they find stimulating
- an ongoing commitment to developing writing practice by engaging with others’ work
- loosely structured discussions about why we all write, why we perform, and writing’s political potential.

Something Borrowed, Something Blue is intentionally amateur and DIY: we don’t claim seniority over others’ work and practice. We wish to act as facilitators and lead a series of discussions about writing and performance practice, hoping to set up a collective with shared approaches to poetic practice.

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.

This month we want to consider: what does our environment do to our writing? If possible, please bring work that brings questions of place and placement; belonging and isolation (or any similar lines of inquiry) to mind for you.

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: Tuesday 31st March, 19:00 - 21:30
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]