Satellite of Love Poetry and Spoken Word run monthly events, workshops and writing retreats. Our monthly events at the Lightship Theatre offer a platform for local and touring poets, open mic and a community poem.

All languages welcome.

Tickets will be available on the door. Cash and card accepted.

Open Mic slots available by signing up through the facebook event page, contacting Helen Sheppard directly - [email protected], and on the door.

Doors & Bar open - 7pm
Night starts - 7:30pm
Night ends - 10pm

The John Sebastian Lightship, Cabot Crusing Club, Bathurst Basin, Redcliffe, Bristol BS1 6SG


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This month's headliner is Asmaa Jama.

Asmaa Jama is a Somali artist + poet and co-founder of art collective Dhaqan Collective, based in England. This year, Asmaa was shortlisted for Brunel African Poetry Prize, shortlisted for the Wasafiri Writing Prize + longlisted in the National Poetry Competition. Asmaa’s a Cave Canem 2021 Fellow.

Asmaa has been published in places like Poetry Review, The Good Journal, Ambit, Ballast and Magma. And have been translated into French, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili, German and Somali. Asmaa’s writing has been commissioned by Arnolfini, Hayward Gallery and Ifa gallery.


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This month we will be teaming up with Bookhaus and they will be running a pop-up bookshop at our event. Find out more about Bookhaus at https://www.bookhausbristol.com/

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