{"title": "Poetry Group", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Essex Unitarian Church", "address": "Palace Gardens Terrace 112, W8 4RT London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "Poetry Group is a gathering where participants bring a favourite poem to read aloud on any subject. It may be a poem you have written yourself, one you have just discovered, or one you have known for many years. The group is led by Brian Ellis, and attendees are asked to let him know they plan to come and send their choices in advance. 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Poet-mediums Sophie Herxheimer and Clare Pollard will commune with the spirits of these subversive, darkly imaginative outsider poets, sharing their lives, works and influence, with readings haunted by their ghosts and compered by poet Helen Bowell of Dead [Women] Poets Society. The group, who since 2015 have been resurrecting women and non-binary poets of the past, will continue the resurrections with an open mic where poets and performers of all and no genders may take the stage; for every poem of your own, you should also read one by a dead woman or non-binary poet. Books by the guest poets, dead poets and D[W]PS merch will be available.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/dead-women-poets-seance-sophie-herxheimer-clare-pollard-resu-39395/", "official_url": "https://www.londonlibrary.co.uk/whats-on/dead-women-poets-seance-sophie-herxheimer-clare-pollard-resurrect-amy-levy-christina", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fb5a2d4b77ab0484788ea3fc28643cd614cba5a354828998d592a276496e82eb-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Homely Poetry", "start": "2026-11-01T20:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T22:30:00Z", "place": "Ram Jam Records", "address": "46B Richmond Rd, KT2 5EE Kingston Upon Thames", "price": "£5 OTD", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word"], "description": "Homely Poetry is an open mic night where anyone can bring their bars, poems or spoken words to perform. 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It is run by Upper Norwood Library, and its books are selected from the Library's Reading Group Collection, giving members the chance to explore a variety of titles and enjoy lively discussions with fellow readers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/reading-group-60890/", "official_url": "https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/events/reading-group", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4f820e4dc739ccff229eef01b146e52c2c461495b24cf715c120154552c17392-1200.webp"}]}