The Poetry Readers Group meets at the White Hart, 10, Wharfage, Ironbridge, Telford, TF8 7AW, 2-4 pm, and the theme will be ‘crime & punishment’. For more information contact Paul Francis: francisliberty@btinternet.com

‘City Voices’ with Preeti Kailey, Glyn Phillips, Kerry Hadley-Pryce, Tom Allsopp & Carol Howarth, 7.30-9pm, at the ‘Lych Gate’, 44, Queen Square, Wolverhampton, WV1 1TX, 7.30-9pm.

MC Simon Fletcher. Tickets £5 on the door.

‘Country Voices’ with Bethany Rivers, Colin Wells & Santosh K. Dary, 2.30-4pm, at the ‘All Nations’, 20 Coalport Road, Ironbridge, Telford, TF7 5DP, 2.30-4pm.

Tickets £5 on the door. MC Simon. Free parking at this traditional ‘brew pub’.

Ros Woolner will be one of two headline poets at ‘Live Poets Society’, an evening of performance poetry from published, prize-winning and slam champion poets organised by Colin Wells. 7.30-9.45pm at Bridgnorth Library, Listley Street, Bridgnorth, WV16 4AW.

This event is part of the Bridgnorth Music and Arts Festival. Tickets £5 (all proceeds go to the library). Places limited.

To book, call in at the library, or contact them via Facebook, phone 01746 763358, or email bridgnorth.library@shropshire.gov.uk 

‘Virtual Voices’ 5-6:30pm featuring D C Duell, Lorraine Mighty, and Priyanka Joshi plus open mic-ers. Email cherrydoylepoet@gmail.com to sign up for a 3 min open mic slot! Hosted by Cherry Doyle and Kuli Kohli. Pay-as-you-feel event on Zoom.

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The Poetry Readers group meets at the White Hart, 10, Wharfage, Ironbridge, Telford, TF8 7AW, 2-4 pm, and the theme will be ‘Friends’.