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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - 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 PETER SPAFFORD \nPeter is a writer\, songwriter and broadcaster. He has written for radio\, theatre\,\nmusical theatre and opera. \nHis poetry collections so far are QUICK (Valley Press) and FRISK\n(Yaffle). His latest collection\, SUN TANKING was released by Yaffle Press in 2025. \nHe is also Director of Words at Chapel FM Arts Centre where he curates the annual WRITING\nON 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 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-poetry-open-mic/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,poetry open mic
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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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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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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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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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250609T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250609T210000
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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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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:20250210T190000
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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 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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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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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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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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241014T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241014T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T050611
CREATED:20240624T150122Z
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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:20240610T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T050611
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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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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240311T210000
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UID:32151-1710183600-1710190800@heartcentre.org.uk
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 and this month were delighted to welcome JOHNNY MONROE. \nJohnny is a poet\, novelist\, essayist\, satirist\, polemicist\, international playboy and housewife. \nHe’s published eight volumes of poetry\, none of which have garnered him any awards\, though he did win a Blue Peter badge in 1978. \nHe cites post-war poets like Larkin\, Betjeman\, Hughes and Plath as his biggest influences\, and his work has appeared in publications as varied as the Big Issue and Whizzer and Chips. \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-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:20240108T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240108T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T050611
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UID:32112-1704740400-1704747600@heartcentre.org.uk
SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly 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 JOHN HARBOUR DEVLIN. \nJohn is a spoken word performer from Leeds. His debut poetry audiobook\, Banging On About Stardust\, is available for free listening at all the usual streaming services.\nJohn also has a musical alter-ego\, Blaze Hamlet\, whose debut mini-album is out now. \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-event/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231211T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231211T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T050611
CREATED:20230310T171846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T221845Z
UID:29709-1702321200-1702328400@heartcentre.org.uk
SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Open Mic Poetry 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 welcome CHRISTOPHER R. MOORE. \nChristopher is a socialist writer based in Leeds. His work has appeared in Cringe\, Litro\, The Independent\, and elsewhere. He has won the Canterbury Christchurch International Poetry Prize and the Leeds Poetry Festival Award. He teaches at Arden University and is bad at chess. \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-poetry-event/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231113T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231113T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T050611
CREATED:20230310T171418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231002T154121Z
UID:29705-1699902000-1699909200@heartcentre.org.uk
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 and this month we’re delighted to welcome LAURA STRICKLAND. \nLaura Strickland is a poet\, MA student and carer based in North Yorkshire. Her work has appeared in The North\, Northern Gravy\, Dreamcatcher\, Ink\, Sweat and Tears\, The Frogmore Papers and Strix. Laura is working on her first pamphlet. \n  \n  \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-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:20230911T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230911T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T050611
CREATED:20230310T170838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230801T212533Z
UID:29701-1694458800-1694466000@heartcentre.org.uk
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 LINDA MARSHALL – Linda’s appearance will be on video. \nLinda Marshall\, poet and former co-editor of Aireings poetry magazine\, has three collections\nof poetry to her name. Her latest\, Cloud Cuckoo Café\, is published by Yaffle Press\, and\ncontains poems that will make people wake up and smell the coffee! \nLinda is currently working on a poetry book focused on Headingley to be launched later this year. She enjoys taking part in various zoom poetry workshops and is a member of Heartlines writers and Lucht Focail\, the Leeds Irish group of poets. \nHer style is often surreal with a twist humour. \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-10/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230814T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230814T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T050611
CREATED:20230310T170538Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230716T143435Z
UID:29699-1692039600-1692046800@heartcentre.org.uk
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 and this month we’re delighted to welcome JAMIE H SCRUTTON \nJamie is a Yorkshire based artist\, specialising in performance poetry and animation. He has showcased his work at various events around the UK\, including ‘Exploding Cinema’ and ‘Kino Open Mic Film Night’\, both based in London. \nHe has headlined events such as ‘Stanza Extravaganza’ and ‘Big Poetry’\, both based in Torquay. He won the Audience Choice Award for his animation ‘The Day My Gran Rode a Rollercoaster’ at the Winter Gardens Film Festival in Blackpool\, 2017. He released his debut book titled ‘The devil Makes Work for Creative Hands’\, which touches upon his processes as an artist and his personal debilitating episodes through mental health. The book is available through Waterstones. He will be releasing his forthcoming animation ‘The Mirage’ this summer. \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-9/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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