{"title": "Poetry reading with Stewart Sanderson", "start": "2026-10-29T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "SOAS University of London", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "SOAS Library hosts a poetry reading and conversation with the award-winning Scottish poet Stewart Sanderson, an SOAS graduate. He will read poems from his latest collection, Weathershaker, as well as sharing new work. The collection explores lost, recovered and imagined meanings, digging into place names, fictional histories and fragmentary texts. 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It is presented by Apples and Snakes, the national organisation for performance poetry, and spotlights the transformative origins, present and future of the art form. The line-up includes The Last Poets, Michael Rosen, Inua Ellams, AFLO. the poet, Jordan Stephens, Rakaya Fetuga and David Okodeh, hosted by Yomi Ṣode. The evening of raw storytelling and unmissable energy is never to be repeated.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/more-fire-performance-poetry-ignited-40362/", "official_url": "https://www.woolwich.works/events/more-fire", "image": "https://noky.io/images/069f86da197260f99be8b5625e0d7039338f8d01164b76055dd345e28ef762bd-1200.webp"}, {"title": "A Night with the Madpo3t: showcasing 'Po3tryVent: Before I Self Destruct'", "start": "2026-11-12T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "SOAS University of London", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word", "society/mental-health"], "description": "A 90-minute live performance event titled 'A Night with the Madpo3t: showcasing Po3tryVent: Before I Self Destruct'. Acclaimed creator Madpo3t presents his latest work, Po3tryVent: Before I Self Destruct, a kinetic exploration of survival, mental architecture, and turning chaos into art through high-energy, unfiltered spoken word. A live Q&A on the realities of the creative process follows.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/a-night-with-the-madpo3t-showcasing-po3tryvent-before-i-self-43670/", "official_url": "https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/night-madpo3t-showcasing-po3tryvent-i-self-destruct", "image": "https://noky.io/images/221f583bc312da52872f92aba2620d1d55ac8d11853b8a880d52f00a87d123c9-600.webp"}, {"title": "New Beacon Books invites you to \"The Stories that Shape Us\", an evening of African storytelling, mythology and indentity", "start": "2026-11-06T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "New Beacon Books", "address": "Stroud Green Road 76, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.newbeaconbooks.com/new-beacon-books-1", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word/storytelling", "history/africa"], "description": "New Beacon Books hosts \"The Stories that Shape Us\", an evening of African storytelling, mythology and identity. 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It is organised by RIBA Learning and centres on the Poetry Buildings group exhibition, where visual poets and artists explore the relationship between poetry and the built environment. The exhibition's collection spans from ancient eras to the concrete poetry movement of the 1950s and today's voices. After an introduction, participants join a short activity writing their own poetry inspired by the brutalist Southbank Centre surroundings, starting from scratch or using prompts from the places they are in.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/exploring-architecture-national-poetry-library-65012/", "official_url": "https://www.riba.org/whats-on/exploring-architecture-national-poetry-library-november-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7e4420f30946eba1267b5711fbcbd24f65bdca1761f04da37530082a15107ea4-2000.webp"}]}