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"Sell out warning! Satellite of Love’s monthly poetry gatherings return with a huge headline reading from esteemed poet Joelle Taylor - shining a dazzling light on queer love, working class life and the beauty of dark places."
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A event held at The Loco Klub on Wednesday 25th September. The event starts at 19:30.
Tickets available on the door
VENUE CHANGE: THIS EVENT IS NOW TAKING PLACE AT THE LOCO KLUB
Satellite of Love Poetry and Spoken Word run monthly events, workshops and writing retreats. Our monthly events are usually at the John Sebastian Lightship and offer a platform for local and touring poets, open mic and a community poem.
All languages welcome.
Open mic sign ups are currently closed.
We will have 10 'on the door' open mic slots available on the night from 7pm. If we are over-subscribed we will draw names from a hat.
Doors & Bar open - 7pm
Night starts - 7:30pm
Night ends - 10pm
Address: The Loco Klub, Clock Tower Yd, Under stone archway, Bristol BS1 6QH
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About the headliners:
Joelle Taylor is the author of 4 collections of poetry. Her most recent collection C+NTO & Othered Poems won the 2021 T.S Eliot Prize, and the 2022 Polari Book Prize for LGBT authors. C+NTO is currently being adapted for theatre with a view to touring. She is a co- curator and host of Out-Spoken Live at the Southbank Centre, and tours her work nationally and internationally in a diverse range of venues, from Australia to Brazil. She is also a Poetry Fellow of University of East Anglia and the curator of the Koestler Awards 2023. She has judged several poetry and literary prizes including Jerwood Fellowship, the Forward Prize, and the Ondaatje Prize. Her novel of interconnecting stories The Night Alphabet will be published by Riverrun in Spring of 2024. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and the 2022 Saboteur Spoken Word Artist of the Year. Her most recent acting role was in Blue by Derek Jarman, which was directed by Neil Bartlett and featured Russell Tovey, Jay Bernard, and Travis Alabanza. Blue sold out its run across the UK and more dates are expected for the future.
When we asked Bradley for a bio, all he wrote was:
'Bradley Taylor (he/him) is a poet from Birmingham. Apologies.'
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
VENUE CHANGE: THIS EVENT IS NOW TAKING PLACE AT THE LOCO KLUB
Satellite of Love Poetry and Spoken Word run monthly events, workshops and writing retreats. Our monthly events are usually at the John Sebastian Lightship and offer a platform for local and touring poets, open mic and a community poem.
All languages welcome.
Open mic sign ups are currently closed.
We will have 10 'on the door' open mic slots available on the night from 7pm. If we are over-subscribed we will draw names from a hat.
Doors & Bar open - 7pm
Night starts - 7:30pm
Night ends - 10pm
Address: The Loco Klub, Clock Tower Yd, Under stone archway, Bristol BS1 6QH
***********************************************************
About the headliners:
Joelle Taylor is the author of 4 collections of poetry. Her most recent collection C+NTO & Othered Poems won the 2021 T.S Eliot Prize, and the 2022 Polari Book Prize for LGBT authors. C+NTO is currently being adapted for theatre with a view to touring. She is a co- curator and host of Out-Spoken Live at the Southbank Centre, and tours her work nationally and internationally in a diverse range of venues, from Australia to Brazil. She is also a Poetry Fellow of University of East Anglia and the curator of the Koestler Awards 2023. She has judged several poetry and literary prizes including Jerwood Fellowship, the Forward Prize, and the Ondaatje Prize. Her novel of interconnecting stories The Night Alphabet will be published by Riverrun in Spring of 2024. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and the 2022 Saboteur Spoken Word Artist of the Year. Her most recent acting role was in Blue by Derek Jarman, which was directed by Neil Bartlett and featured Russell Tovey, Jay Bernard, and Travis Alabanza. Blue sold out its run across the UK and more dates are expected for the future.
When we asked Bradley for a bio, all he wrote was:
'Bradley Taylor (he/him) is a poet from Birmingham. Apologies.'
Entry requirements: no age restrictions