What's On Monday 6th June in Bristol

Events on Monday 6th June

“• Poetry & Disobedience | Raymond Antrobus + TJ Dema (BSL Interpreted and Live Captioned) • Women Poets Network | Alisha Dietzman, Natalie Linh Bolderston & Warda Yassin • The Waste Land 100th Anniversary lecture | Jim McCue (BSL Interpreted) • Working Class Writers: New Commissions (BSL Interpreted) • Poetry and Accessibility | Nikki Harris, Ben Glover & DL Williams (BSL Interpreted and Live Captioned) • Poetry Film Screening | Breaking Boundaries: New Worlds (BSL Interpreted and Captioned) • Lyra Poetry Slam Qualifying Rounds”
From: Lyra 2022 | Digital Package

“Live from SS Great Britain, The former Children’s Laureate reads and discusses a selection of his best-loved poems and stories, with his unique sense of humour and witty observations, followed by a short Q&A.”
From: Michael Rosen

“Includes an on-demand viewing of a 12 minute excerpt from President of the Poetry Society, Roger McGough, plus a support set from Edson Burton. This event took place live at St. George's Bristol on April 8th 2022.”
From: Roger McGough + Edson Burton

“Includes an on-demand viewing of this exclusive workshop from recent T. S. Eliot Prize Winner Joelle Taylor, responding to the themes in The Waste Land on its 100th anniversary. Participants can consider the relevance of the poem in today’s world and how we, too, can find ways to write about chaos, desolation and apocalyptic themes whilst still retaining a sense of hope and wonder.”
From: Joelle Taylor: The Waste Land

“Includes an on-demand viewing of this special event featuring readings from Terrance Hayes (American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin), Luke Kennard (Notes on the Sonnets) and Jacqueline Saphra (One Hundred Lockdown Sonnets).”
From: 21st Century Sonnets