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SUMMARY:ACOUSTIC NIGHT
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/acoustic-night-50/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Acoustic,Events,Open Mic
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SUMMARY:ACOUSTIC NIGHT
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/acoustic-night-49/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Acoustic,Events,Open Mic
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251110T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251110T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T152925
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic  \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month. This month we’re delight to welcome IZZY BRITTAIN \nIzzy is a Leeds based artist\, performer\, facilitator and poet\, and works across dance\, story-making\, theatre and film. Her work is often interdisciplinary\, participatory and improvisational. She started to write poetry in her mid 20s. Her poetry has been published in Popshot\,\nBloody Amazing\, Artychoke and other publications\, and she has performed at Leeds\nPlayhouse and Lawrence Batley Theatre among others. Finalist in the Write Bloody UK 2022\ncompetition\, her short film Still Witches (1) was selected for Verve Poetry festival’s Film\nEvent 2023. Her pamphlet Invocation was longlisted for the National Poetry Prize. \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated)
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-22/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251013T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T152925
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic  \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nUnfortunately Mark and Gill Connors are unable to appear. \nHowever we’re pleased to say that Matt Nicholson has agreed to appear instead. \nMATT NICHOLSON is all the way from East Yorkshire\, and on the back of launching his 5th collection\, Side-eye\, in August\, with Yaffle Press. \nMatt is a prolific writer and performer who loves his job. He writes about life\, love\, and humanity\, anything that moves him. \nBob Beagrie described Side-eye as ‘hard-edged vignettes through the lens of pragmatic\nabsurdism’\, while Helen Mort described Matt’s poems as ‘capable of breaking your heart\nand mending it again.’ \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated)
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-21/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251010T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251010T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T152925
CREATED:20250609T120929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250609T120929Z
UID:34013-1760121000-1760130000@heartcentre.org.uk
SUMMARY:ACOUSTIC NIGHT
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/acoustic-night-48/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Acoustic,Events,Open Mic
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250912T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250912T210000
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CREATED:20250609T120651Z
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SUMMARY:ACOUSTIC NIGHT
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/acoustic-night-47/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Acoustic,Events,Open Mic
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250908T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250908T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T152925
CREATED:20241114T170051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250719T194136Z
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic  \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month and this month it’s PETER KAY. \nPeter Kay was born in Heywood. He is the author of ‘A Pennine Way Odyssey\,’ ‘Show me the way to Santiago\,’ and ‘The Owl and the Mole\,’ a children’s book. \nHe has been published in many anthologies and on-line. His poetry pamphlet ‘IMPRINTS’ was published in May 2025 by Yaffle Press. \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated)
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-20/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic  \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month and this month we’re delighted to welcome \nFaye Marshall – a poet and spoken word artist who founded the Cloth and Coal Poetry Community in south Leeds and has hosted workshops and panels in the UK\, Europe\, the Americas and South East Asia. \nHer poetry has been published in several anthologies\, and her debut pamphlet\, ‘Throwing\nSugar on the Fire’ was published by Yaffle Press in May 2025. \n  \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated)
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-19/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250808T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250808T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T152925
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SUMMARY:ACOUSTIC NIGHT
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/acoustic-night-46/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Acoustic,Events,Open Mic
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250714T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250714T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T152925
CREATED:20241114T165314Z
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic  \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month. This month we’re delighted to welcome Leeds poet HOLLY BARS \nShe has an MA in Creative Writing and a BA in English and Philosophy from the University of Leeds.\nShe has been published by Stand; The Moth; The London magazine\, and more\, as well as being a New Modern Poet for Ilkley Litfest Festival in 2024. \nHer debut collection\, Dirty\, is published by Yaffle Press. \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 4 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated)
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-18/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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SUMMARY:ACOUSTIC NIGHT
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/acoustic-night-45/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Acoustic,Events,Open Mic
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250613T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250613T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T152925
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SUMMARY:ACOUSTIC NIGHT
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/acoustic-night-44/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Acoustic,Events,Open Mic
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250609T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250609T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T152925
CREATED:20241114T164926Z
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic  \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month and this month we’re delighted to welcome Doug and Maria Sandle  \nA PAIR OF SANDLES – POETRY AND SONG  \nDoug has been published  in several publications\, including Poetry and Audience\, Poetry and Covid\, The New European\, The Ekphrastic Review\, The Psychologist\, Manx Reflections\, Orbis\, and most recently The  High Wolds Poetry Collection 2023 and 2024.   \n Singer song writer Maria has set some of Doug’s\, her own and other poems to music. She has performed\, for example\, at High Wolds Poetry Festival 2023\,  Heart Music Night\, Headingly Market\, Leeds Railway Station\, Meanwood Valley\, Meanwood Waitrose\, and Leeds Book Club. Several of her poetry songs can be found online at Band Camp.   \n OPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 4 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated)
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-17/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250512T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250512T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T152925
CREATED:20241114T164438Z
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic  \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month and this month we delighted to welcome JANE SHARP \nJane Sharp is a poet from Barnsley. She’s been published in The Dalesman\, Dream Catcher\, Voices for Change\, and the online zines Fig Tree\, 60 Odd Poets and The Starbeck Orion\, has had work in various anthologies and broadcast on BBC Radio. She won the Nine Lives Slam in Sheffield and has headlined at several poetry events. \nHer publications include two novels: Tears from the Sun – a Cretan Journey and Higgs Bottom\, and three collections of poetry: A Poet in Glenridding\, A Poet in Barnsley (Amazon.co.uk) and Cretan Whispers published by Sherwood Handcraft. \nJane also enjoys learning to play the cello. \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nOn the night put your name down for a 4 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated)
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-16/
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250414T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250414T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T152925
CREATED:20241114T163759Z
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic  \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nImportant update \n\nUnfortunately our guest poet TIM BROOKES is unable to be with us – we hope to see him later in the year.\n\n\n\nMany thanks to ANTONY DUNN for agreeing to appear\n\nAntony Dunn is winner of the Newdigate Prize and an Eric Gregory award. He has published\nfour collections of poems\, Pilots and Navigators (Oxford University Press)\, Flying Fish\n(Carcanet Oxford Poets)\, Bugs (Carcanet Oxford Poets) and Take This One To Bed (Valley\nPress). \nAntony is a regular tutor for The Poetry School and the Arvon Foundation. He has worked on\na number of translation projects with poets from Holland\, Hungary\, China and Israel. \nHe has been Poet in Residence at the University of York\, Ilkley Literature Festival and the\nPeople Powered Press. Until 2018 he was Artistic Director of the Bridlington Poetry festival. \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 4 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated)
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-15/
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250314T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250314T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T152925
CREATED:20250127T122848Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250127T122848Z
UID:33552-1741977000-1741986000@heartcentre.org.uk
SUMMARY:Acoustic Night
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/acoustic-night-33/
CATEGORIES:Acoustic,Events,Music,Open Mic
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250310T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250310T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T152925
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic  \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month\, and this month we’re delighted to welcome ROB MILES \nRob Miles is from Devon\, and he has lived in Leeds. He is Fellow in Film Studies at the University of Leeds. His poetry has appeared widely in magazines and multiple anthologies\, and he has won various competitions including the Philip Larkin Prize\, judged by Don Paterson\, the Resurgence International Ecopoetry Prize\, judged by Imtiaz Dharker and Jo Shapcott\, and the Poets & Players Prize\, judged by Sinéad Morrissey. \nHis collection\, Dimmet\, is published 2024 by Broken Sleep Books. Of Dimmet\, Katharine Towers notes: ‘These are poems of great precision and delicacy’; Lucy Newlyn describes it as ‘[t]he best collection of contemporary poetry I have read in a long while’\, and John Glenday writes: ‘When it’s done as well as this\, there’s nowhere on earth poetry can’t go.’ \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 4 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated)
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-14/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250214T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250214T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T152925
CREATED:20250125T162101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250125T162101Z
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SUMMARY:Acoustic Night
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/acoustic-night-16/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Acoustic,Events,Open Mic
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250210T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250210T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T152925
CREATED:20241114T162910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250113T141300Z
UID:33391-1739214000-1739221200@heartcentre.org.uk
SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic  \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month and this month were delighted to welcome SUSAN E DARLINGTON. Susan is a Leeds-based poet. Her work regularly explores the female experience through nature-based symbolism and stories of transformation and has been published in Northern Gravy\, Pennine Platform\, Dreich\, Dream Catcher\, Anti-Heroin Chic\, Hedgehog Press and Ethel Zine among others. \nShe has three books available: ‘Never Wear White’ (Alien Buddha Press 2022)\, ‘Traumatic\nHeart’ (Selcouth Station 2021) and ‘Under the Devil’s Moon’ (Penniless Press Publications\n2015). \nFollow her at @S_sanDarlington \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated)
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-13/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250113T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250113T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T152925
CREATED:20241029T123738Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241210T211928Z
UID:33373-1736794800-1736802000@heartcentre.org.uk
SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic  \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month. \nThis month we’re delighted to welcome TONNIE RICHMOND: \nTonnie only started writing poetry after retiring and moving to Leeds in 2013. Her first collection\, Rear-view Mirror was the first to be launched by Yaffle’s here at Heart in November 2023. She is currently working on a full collection which\nshe hopes will come out in 2025. She has had poems in various anthologies\, Black Nore\, Fragmented Voices\, Dreamcatcher\, Dawntreader\, Lit Shark\, The Storms and International Times. She won both First and Second Prize in a Queens English Society competition in May 2023. She has spent her summers over the past decade and a half assisting on the archaeological dig at The Ness of Brodgar on Orkney andmany of her poems express her love of those magical islands. \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated)
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-12/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241209T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241209T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T152925
CREATED:20240624T150628Z
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic  \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month and this month were delighted to welcome Mark and Gill Connors  – Mark and Gill will be reading from their debut joint collection ‘The Where We Were’\, out now through Yaffle Press.  \nMark Connors is a widely published poet from Leeds. His debut\, ‘Life is a Long Song’ was published by OWF Press in 2015. ‘Nothing is Meant to be Broken’ was published by Stairwell Books in 2017. ‘Optics’ was published by Yaffle Press in 2019. ‘After’ was published by Yaffle Press in 2021. His novels\, Stickleback (2016)\, and Tom Tit and the Maniacs (2018)\, were published by Armley Press. He is currently working on his third novel\, and a hybrid book of memoir\, travel writing\, short fiction and poetry. He is a managing editor and co-founder ofYaffle Press and Yaffle’s Nest. \nGill Connors is from North Yorkshire where she lives and works. Her pamphlet ‘Uninvited Guests’ was published by Indigo dreams in 2017\, and her two collections\, ‘Tadaima’ and ‘A\nSmall Goodbye at Dawn’ were published by Yaffle in 2019 and 2022. Gill is working on a\nthird collection which will be the result of her PhD\, on the subject of the links between\nSixteenth Century and Twenty-First Century women. She is a managing editor of Yaffle and\nYaffle’s Nest. \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated)
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-11/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic  \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated)
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-open-mic/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241111T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241111T210000
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic  \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month. This month we’re delighted to welcome LIZ McPHERSON \nLiz’s poetry has been widely published in both print and online poetry journals and anthologies\, including Prole\, The High Window\, The Lake\, and Black Nore Review\, among others. She was runner-up in the 2021 Poetry Society Stanza Competition and has been shortlisted for the 2024 Leeds Poetry Prize. A familiar face at open mic events across West\nYorkshire\, she recently headlined at Gobby in the Lobby in Wakefield and will be at the Purple Room\, Ilkley\, on 19th October with the Fabulous Mustard Brothers. \nLiz’s work explores the unanticipated aspects of life with her unique combination of humour\nand sensitivity. ‘Unexpected Items’ will be published by Yaffle in October 2024. \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated)
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-10/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241014T210000
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic  \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month. This month we’re delighted to welcome KATHLEEN STRAFFORD \nKathleen is a graduate of Leeds Trinity College\, holding an MA in creative writing.\nShe has been widely published in webzines and anthologies. She is the chief editor of\nRuncible Spoon Webzine and publishing press. Her first collection of poetry ‘Her Own\nLanguage’ was published in 2017 by Dempsey and Windle\, followed by ‘Wilderness of Skin’\nin 2019 with Yaffle Press\, and ‘Life Under Glass’\, published by Runcible Spoon in 2023.\nHer latest collection\, ‘Girl in the Woods’ was published by Yaffle Press in 2024. \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated)
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-9/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240909T210000
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic  \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month and this month were delighted to welcome ‘on video’ LINDA MARSHALL\, poet and former co-editor of Aireings poetry magazine\, she has four collections of poetry to her name\, including Cloud Cuckoo Café\, published by Yaffle Press\, and contains poems that will make people wake up and smell the coffee! Her latest collection\, Headingley Hullabaloo\, was published just last year. \nShe enjoys taking part in various zoom poetry workshops and is a member of Heartlines writers and Lucht Focail\, the Leeds Irish group of poets. Her style is often surreal with a twist humour. \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated).
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-8/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240812T210000
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic  \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month and this month we’re delighted to welcome HANNAH STONE \nHannah Stone is the author of a number of solo authored and collaborative poetry books\, most recently The Invisible Worm (Indigo Dreams Publishing\, 2023) which commemorates friendship and asks how we navigate end of life in face of terminal diagnosis. Among other\nactivities within the poetry community of Leeds\, she convenes the poets/composers forum for the Leeds Lieder festival\, and is the editor of Dream Catcher literary journal. \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated).
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-7/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,poetry
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240708T210000
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic Event \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month and this month we’re delighted to welcome JAMES NASH. \nJames is a writer and poet. A long-term resident of Leeds and\nBridlington\, his third collection of poems\, Coma Songs was published in 2003 and reprinted in 2006 \nSince 2012 his poetry has been published by Valley Press\, beginning with selected poems ‘A Bit of An Ice Breaker’ and his first collection of sonnets\, ‘Some Things Matter’. ‘Cinema Stories’ celebrating the history of cinema in Leeds and written with fellow poet Matthew Hedley Stoppard came out in 2015. \n‘A Bench for Billie Holiday’\, was published in 2018\, followed by his latest collection of sonnets ‘Heart Stones’ in 2021. His new collection ‘Notes of Your Music’ will be published by Valley Press in October 2024. \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated).
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-6/
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,poetry
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic Event
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic Event \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month. This month we’re delighted to welcome BILL FITZSIMONS. \nBill is a Dublin born poet and has lived in England for the past 67 years. He began writing poetry in his late 50s and has had poems published in various poetry magazines\, including Dream Catcher\, Algebra of Owls\, Dawn Treader and Electrifying Women. His pamphlet WRITTEN ON THE SKIN was published in 2016 by Otley Word Press. He has also been published by Yaffle Press in their anthology Whirlagust 2. and appeared onlocal radio. \nHis collection ‘PLAYING WITH FIRE’ was published in 2024. \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated).
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-event-14/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic Event \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month and this month we’re delighted to welcome PETER SPAFFORD. \nPeter is a writer\, songwriter and broadcaster. He’s written for radio\, theatre\, musical theatre and opera. \nHis poetry collections so far are QUICK (Valley Press) and FRISK\n(Yaffle). He’s working on a third at the moment. \nPETER is also Director of Words at Chapel FM Arts Centre where he curates the annual WRITING ON AIR festival and presents the weekly podcast LOVE THE WORDS. \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated).
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-5/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,poetry
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES: Monthly Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic Event\n\n\nOpen mic listing from 6.30pm Event begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \n\n\n\n\nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month were delighted to welcome performance poet and author\, AMANDA CRUNDALL. \nAmanda began to write again in January 2022 after her friends urged her to write down how she was feeling as a therapeutic outlet; so she did. She has rediscovered her creative self\, amongst being a busy mummy and working life. Amanda works as a full time heart failure nurse specialist and is a single mother to two amazing children. Surprising many of her friends how she finds the time amongst such a busy life remains her best kept secret.  \nHer poetry was featured in The Scroll Magazine during October 2022\, and in 2023\, Amanda performed her poetry at The Festival of Love\, D31 Art Gallery\, Doncaster and Scunthorpe Pride on behalf of the Speak Out Scunny. She co hosted and performed for the spoken word stage at the No Limits Festival 2023 held at Normanby Hall\, Scunthorpe. \nMore recently\, Amanda has taken to the radio waves and has featured both pre-recorded and ‘’live on air’’ for Phoenix Community Radio\, Goole. \nYou can find Amanda performing at her local spoken word events at Speak Out Scunny\, The Confessional\, Away with Words. Her debut performance was at Yada Yada Noise in February 2022. She now proudly co-hosts ‘‘Rabbiting On’‘ spoken word group held at ‘The Rabbit Hole’ Independent bookshop\, Brigg with partner in poetry Amy Garratt. \n“Powerful poems\, some meant to be performed\, some to be read. Plain written\, uninhibited observations of the challenges of everyday life and the toll they take on our mental well being. A must read for the empath and the emotionally aware” Geoff Probert\, Performance Poet \n“Amanda takes the mic and whoosh!!! There she goes! A firecracker! A powerhouse of enthusiasm\, putting her all into her poetry\, with her burning commitment to deliver a stellar performance. She never fails to disappoint! Sarah Drury\,” Performance Poet \n‘Heart on her sleeve’ is her debut publication. \nFacebook page \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated).
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-2/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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