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Friday May 8th is a meal with #openmic at Tutus Ethiopian Table in palmer Park #ReadingUK There will be a Dreading Slam table at the event. If you want to eat with us please use either or Facebook event in Dreading Poetry Slam FB group or Reading Poetry Writing group in www.meetup.com before the Sun May 3rd so I can book places at our table. #poet @Ericfaimrn is Befuddled that anyone might chose to miss out #foodie #openmicnight #RdgUK

List of #spokenword related events in #RdgUK this April Check with venues or organisers for any late changes

tomorrow is 4th Saturday of the month (yes #poets can count) Which means it is #bards in a Bir SirenRG1 In Frar street #RdgUK #Berkshire #free #poetry workshop over a friendly beer or tea (not free that the way pubs do business) starting at 13:00

Easter is coming, a few #writtenword related things to note On Sat April 4th @bookfacearts will hold the #rdguk zine fair at Sip & Spin Many regular events are rearranged -Dreading slam is on Sun April 12 (a week alter than normal) at the usual time, 19:30, and place Rising Sun #spokenword

East Reading festival (#ERF ) returns to Palmer Park on Sunday June 21st. The #spokenword stage has been confirmed and Dreading #slam are looking for acts to share it with East #RDGUK #festival is # free family event through the afternoon

This one from the Dreading #Poetry archives is when we met in Palmer Park #RdgUK outside Tutus Ethiopian Table when plague rules prevented an indoor meet up

#picture and audio from recent #bards in a Bar. Still a #poerty work in progress by the Legend that is Richard Stephneson Next Bards in a bar is Stat Mar 28 Sirenrg1 in Friar st #RdgUK

Friday March 6th is a meal with #openmic @EthiopianTable in palmer Park #ReadingUK There will be a Dreading Slam table at the event. If you want to eat with us please use either or Facebook event or Reading #Poetry Writing group in www.meetup.com before the Feb 1st so I can book places at our table. This is a popular event that often books out #foodie #openmicnight #RdgUK

As ever the Park #Poets were given a warm welcome at Tutus Ethiopian table in Palmer Park #RdgUK last weeknd Next #Poetry In The Park will be 11:00 March 14th at the same venue Listen to and share #poems with froends #poetrysocail .

Dreading #slam host, the Legend That is Richard Stephenson, as guest speaker at #Reading Geek night in Zero degrees earlier this week. Photos by Simon Morris #rdguk

Recorded at last Park #poets Gill Paasmon reads her #poem “Selling the family home. More #poetry this Sat (Feb 14) Tutus Ethiopian table in Palmer Park, #Rdguk #Berkshire 11:00 Free parking nearby

Dreading #Slam tonight Rising Sun #arts centre RG1 2ST 19:30 Sun Feb 1 Doors 19:15 #free to watch or take part Help make #poetry fun Poetry #community of #RDGuk #berkshire

this weekend in #rdguk #Berkshire Dreading #slam on Sun Feb 1 is the first chance to qualify for next grand slam. #free to watch or take part, bring 3 #poems up to 3 mins long (19:30 Rising Sun #arts RG1 2ST) And practice your #poem at Bards in the bar day before 13:00 @sirencraftbrew.bsky.social

#poetry and #spokenword related events in #Rdguk and #Caversham this month Starting with Dreading #slam Rising Sun #arts Centre See the https://www.fourbearsbooks.co.uk for much more detail on the #bookshop 's festival in Feb 2026