Upcoming Events

Past Events

• Shifting Territories: Modern and Contemporary Poetics of Place
  Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher conference organised by Oxford Brookes and Reading University in association with the Institute of English Studies, British Academy Literature Week and the Royal Society of Literature
• The Chearful Companion: an evening of culture by candlelight in the eighteenth-century home
  This interactive event will explore the varied world of eighteenth-century poetic miscellanies, popular collections of verse, prose and music that were the main way in which many ordinary people consumed literature in contemporary parlours and drawing rooms
• Oxford Brookes at the Oxford Literary Festival
  Voice: How to Figure Out What You Should Be Writing About with Meg Rosoff
• Oxford Brookes at the Oxford Literary Festival
  Poets of the City with Kate Clanchy
• Two Rivers Press Poetry Reading
  An exciting opportunity to hear the work of three local poets from the celebrated Reading-based publisher, Two Rivers Press.
• Modernist magazines in the Americas: Points of Departure
  This one-day conference is hosted jointly by Oxford Brookes University and the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford
• Launch of Skying, a new poetry collection by Steven Matthews
  Skying is a collection of poems written by local poet (and Director of the Poetry Centre) Steven Matthews and published by Waterloo Press
• Lullabies and Cupcakes - Tina and Lucy's Edinburgh Previews
  Hammer and Tongue presents the Edinburgh preview shows of its hosts - Lucy Ayrton and Tina Sederholm. THAT'S RIGHT - two spoken word shows for the price of one! How we spoil you...
• Bawdy-Ville!
  A summer cabaret of lust and sauciness through quirky Somerset folk songs, satirical poetry and comedy
• Performance Poetry in Oxford
  This evening will feature five of Oxfords best performance poets, an open mic session, and a guest headlining act