# FREE TRIALS #3: MayDay Rooms radical poetry archiving and readings

FREE TRIALS #3: MayDay Rooms radical poetry archiving and readings at maydayrooms, Thursday 12 November 2026, 18:00.

- Price: Free
- Venue: maydayrooms, 88 Fleet Street, EC4Y 1DH London
- With: Lila Matsumoto, Sarah Riggs, Danny Hayward, Lizzie Homersham, Luke Roberts
- Go to page: https://maydayrooms.org/event/free-trials-3-mayday-rooms-radical-poetry-archiving-and-readings/

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FREE TRIALS #3 is the third in a new monthly series of events engaging with the MayDay Rooms radical poetry archival collection. It opens with participants collectively pulling out the archive, reading and scanning materials together, followed by readings from the archive and then from two contemporary poets, Lila Matsumoto and Sarah Riggs. The collection features historical and contemporary dissident, heretical, non-conformist and revolutionary poetries, and the series invites people to congregate and discuss these texts. The event is hosted by Danny Hayward, Lizzie Homersham, Luke Roberts, Aurelia Guo and Rowan Powell, and visitors may join for scanning, reading, or both.

## Dates

- Thursday 12 November 18:00 — maydayrooms

Written by a model, sources: [maydayrooms.org](https://maydayrooms.org/event/free-trials-3-mayday-rooms-radical-poetry-archiving-and-readings/)

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