Festivals, Poetry Events & Workshops
28
FEB
Rhubarb 67 with Kim Moore and open mic
Wednesday 28 February 2024
@ The Triangle, 47 Bradford Road
7pm for 7.30 start
Pay-as-you-feel
29
FEB
Online Launch Party: The Process of Poetry
Fly on the Wall Press:
Inside the Poet's Studio: Renowned Editor Rosanna McGlone Explores the Creative Process
6:45pm - 8:15pm
Greenwich Mean Time
£0-£4
Join Fly on the Wall Press in celebrating the launch of best-selling craft book, 'The Process of Poetry'! Isabelle Kenyon, Managing Director of Fly on the Wall Press will host an illuminating discussion with award-winning poets Sean O'Brien, John McCullough, Regi Claire, Kim Moore, Pascale Petit, and Jacob Sam-La Rose, exploring their creative processes from start to finish. Editor Rosanna McGlone will also offer her thoughts.
In this special online event, the poets will delve into their inspirations, artistic approaches, editing decisions, and more. Attendees will gain insider insight into a diverse range of styles and backgrounds. From adept use of poetic techniques to channelling themes of love, grief, and politics, there is something for poetry fans of all stripes.
There will be exclusive poetry readings from the book, allowing the audience a rare glimpse into new and much-loved works, and a chance for questions.
Don't miss this special opportunity to join the intimate conversation inside the poet's studio.
2
march
Poetry Workshop with Kim Moore
People Powered Press
£50
*SOLD OUT*
Join poet Kim Moore for a day of reading, writing and talking about poetry. Using a series of carefully tailored writing exercises, you’ll come away with plenty of ideas, drafts of poems and lots of inspiration.
Bring your own lunch, or try one of Saltaire's many fantastic bakeries...
Kim Moore’s first collection The Art of Falling (Seren 2015) won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. Her second collection All The Men I Never Married (Seren, 2021) won the 2022 Forward Prize for Best Collection.
Her first non-fiction book What The Trumpet Taught Me was published by Smith/Doorstop in May 2022, and her second - a book of hybrid lyric essays - Are You Judging Me Yet? Poetry and Everyday Sexism was published by Seren in March 2023. She is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Poetry workshop, with Kim Moore — from the People Powered Press
8
march
International Women's Day
Manchester Poetry Library
Free
Join us at Manchester Poetry Library to celebrate International Women’s Day at our poetry reading and open mic, hosted by Kim Moore.
We will be reading and sharing poetry by women – past and present – throughout this event – and we need you to join in the celebration!
Come and read a poem by a woman either your own or a woman you admire! Please email kim.moore@ad.mmu.ac.uk if you’d like to book a spot to read a poem.
*This is a trans-inclusive event*
16
march
Made in Maryport
Emma McGordon and Kim Moore
Saturday 16th March
Doors open 6.30pm
Rigby's Cafe
Free event
24
apr
Afternoon Tea with Kim Moore
Society of Authors
2.30-3.15pm
Online
Free event
Grab a cuppa and get to know poet, Kim Moore. Kim will be in conversation with poet and chair of the SoA’s Poetry and Spoken Word Group (PSWG), Katrina Naomi, to discuss her work and career and to offer a glimpse into her creative routine.
This event is in conjunction with the Society of Authors’ Poetry and Spoken Word Group (PSWG)
Programme
- Welcome, introductions and housekeeping from Katrina Naomi (2 mins)
- Introduction to Kim Moore and a glimpse into her creative routine (15-25 mins)
- Q&A with audience (10-15 mins)
- Summary and closing comments (3 mins)
- This event will be moderated by Johanna Clarke – Publishing Contracts Advisor, SoA
24
apr
Go to the Poets with Katie Hale
Hosted by Kim Moore
Online
EVENT DETAILS
Curated and hosted by poet Kim Moore, our online contemporary poetry reading series ‘Go to the poets, they will speak to thee’ continues throughout 2023. We will be listening to what poets have to say about our turbulent times, and how poetry can cross borders to challenge, delight and inspire us. Each event in the series is part reading, part open mic – and the theme of the open mic changes every month!
Our next event will feature poet and novelist Katie Hale.
Our open mic theme this month is still to be announced...
Open mic slots are limited and must be booked in advance. Each open mic poem should be no longer than two minutes. Email Kim Moore at wordsworthreadingseries@outlook.com for a slot. Slots do book up quickly, so don’t leave it to the last minute! (Update: the open mic is now FULL.)
7
may
Poetry Reading
Dusty Miller
Mytholmroyd
7pm
More info to follow
1-6
jul
Garsdale Retreat
Tutor: Kim Moore
Guest Poet: Liz Berry
£890-£990
*SOLD OUT*
During this course, we will explore the joy and the perils of writing about the self in poetry. Looking at a broad range of poetry, we will examine voice, self-portraits, memory and masks to examine how the self can be both disguised and illuminated in poetry.
Using a wide and diverse range of poetry, we’ll examine how our life experiences can enrich our poetry and how our inner landscape can be rich and fertile ground for creativity.
06
nov
Go to the Poets with Amy Acre
Hosted by Kim Moore
Online
EVENT DETAILS
Curated and hosted by poet Kim Moore, our online contemporary poetry reading series ‘Go to the poets, they will speak to thee’ continues throughout 2023. We will be listening to what poets have to say about our turbulent times, and how poetry can cross borders to challenge, delight and inspire us. Each event in the series is part reading, part open mic – and the theme of the open mic changes every month!
Our next event will feature poet and founding editor of Bad Betty Press Amy Acre. Amy’s recent debut collection is Mothersong, published by Bloomsbury Books. Motherhood is a thrilling, gritty, moving excavation of early motherhood, grief and how we create a community. In The Prelude William Wordsworth writes ‘A babe, by intercourse of touch/I held mute dialogues with my Mother’s heart’. The centrality of the body and physicality to the importance of mothering is a thread that connects these two writers together, despite the hundreds of years that divides them.
Our open mic theme this month is to bring a poem which responds in some way to motherhood – whether this is exploring the act of mothering, or being mothered, of losing a mother or finding one in the strangest of places – feel free to interpret this theme widely!
Open mic slots are limited and must be booked in advance. Each open mic poem should be no longer than two minutes. Email Kim Moore at wordsworthreadingseries@outlook.com for a slot. Slots do book up quickly, so don’t leave it to the last minute! (Update: the open mic is now FULL.)
1-31
jan
January Writing Hours 2025
1st -31st January
Online: £60 for the month - or £20 per week
Concessions: £0 and pay-what-you-feel
TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM NOVEMBER 2024 - WATCH THIS SPACE!
Imagine January...
It's a New Year but the mornings are dark, the evenings are cold and the best Christmas chocolate has been eaten. It's all feeling a bit grim.
January 2025 is going to be different...
because Kim Moore and Clare Shaw will be running an online Writing Hour every morning throughout January! From 10am-11am on Zoom, come prepared to read poems. Come prepared to think about poems. Come prepared to write poems.
Come in your pyjamas. Come with your breakfast. Come every day - or come when you can - and commit an hour to yourself and your writing.
We will provide the inspiration, the poetry fuel. All you need to do is turn up.
Our Writing Hours use simple prompts, readings and reflections to inspire and encourage you to write throughout January. In an interactive Zoom workshop, you'll work interactively with Kim Moore, Clare Shaw and writers from across the UK - and beyond! The emphasis is on generating new work, and writing in company: expect connection, creativity and motivation rather than detailed feedback or instruction.
Accessibility
Bursary Tickets available - a limited number (25) of free tickets are available. You don't need to ask - just head over to the ticket page and book one if you couldn't otherwise afford to come.
Pay-as-you-feel tickets also available - if you can pay a little bit but not the full price, please book a Pay-as-you-feel ticket!
If you are feeling flush, and would like to donate a Bursary Ticket, please pay for either a week ticket or a full month, and drop us a line to let us know that you've paid for another space. We will announce extra free tickets as they are paid for on social media.
We will be using Otter to provide a transcript for all sessions and any poems used during the workshops will be screenshared.
Zoom links
*Zoom links come out direct from Eventbrite at 9.45am each morning. If you buy a ticket before 9.45am, you will receive a link for that day. If you buy after 9.45am, you will not receive a link until the following morning.
