Poetry Cafés
Halesworth Swans
We are a lively reincarnation of Mike Bannister’s Pinky’s, then Swans, Poetry Café. We meet on the second Wednesday of the month, every other month, in theCommunity Room at Halesworth Co-op, Saxons Way, Halesworth, IP19 8LU. Entry £2 and plenty of free parking! As well as performing our own work or a favourite poem from any era, friends and…
Poetry Aloud, Bury St Edmunds
Poetry Aloud, Oakes Barn, St Andrews Street South, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3PH. £2.00. Meetings 19:30, third Tuesday of each month (except December). Contact: Colin Whyles, email: Poetry Aloud admin 01787 374516. Visit Poetry Aloud’s website here to read and hear poems from their poets.
Sudbury Café Poets
Sudbury Café Poets, Friends Meeting House, Friars Street, Sudbury CO10 2AA. Meeting second Thursday of each month 7:30pm . £3.50 Contact: Gillian Phillips 01787 377802 e-mail: derek.phillips1@btinternet.com or Jill Dawson 01787 379940
Waveney Poets
This local group (which formerly met at Bungay Library under the title Bungay Library Group) has a new venue and a new name, and now meets at The Waveney Centre, New Market, Beccles, Suffolk NR34 9HE on the last Tuesday of every month (except August and December) at 2.30 p.m. We share and discuss mainly but not…
Arlington’s Poetry Café, Ipswich
Arlington’s Poetry Café, Ipswich meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm. The poets meet at the Ipswich Institute. Usually it is a small group and people are welcome to share their poems by reading them or passing round copies. Coffee and cake included for £5 with wine and other drinks on…
Browser’s Poetry Café, Woodbridge
Current Venue: St Mary’s Church Hall, Market Hill, Woodbridge, IP12 4LP Day of Month: Third Friday Time: 7.00pm Contact: Fred Ellis, PoetryAnglia, 07946 529197
New Words:Fresh Voices, Lowestoft
New Words:Fresh Voices happens at the Seagull Theatre, Moreton Road, Pakefield, Lowestoft, NR33 0JH at 7.30pm on a bi-monthly basis. Entry is £4 and includes a drink for performers. Original poetry, music and songs in a convivial atmosphere. If you would like to take part please contact Ian Fosten on 07791 068080 or ian@fosten.com
Felixstowe Café Poets
Felixstowe Café Poets meetings are usually on the third Thursday of the month (no meeting in August, and the second Thursday in December) at 7.30pm at: Cuppa 81 High Road WestFelixstoweIP11 9AA Tel: 01394 547160 Felixstowe Café Poets are friendly, enthusiastic sharers of poetry, including writers, readers and listeners. If you are a lover of…
Blyth Poets
Our gathering includes : Lovers of poetry, writers of poetry, published or unpublished. All welcome. Bring poems you would like to read and share with the group or listen and enjoy the poetry. First Wednesday of each month at 7.30-9pm. Free: Southwold Library.