Tomorrow! I'll be in Bristol Central Library to chat to everyone who fancies it about why books are great and thebplaces that stories can take us :-)
Come along and let's co-create a poem!

Bristol Libraries

Celebrate World Book Night with the Friends of Bristol Central Library and Bristol City Poet Kat Lyons
Tuesday 23 April 5pm-7pm
Bristol Central Library
Interactive activities from the Friends and from Kat
Find out more about the Friends Group (and maybe even get involved!)

This Thursday! I'll be in Weston Super Mare oijg poems for your faces alongside some other excellent poets :-)

Looking forward to co-creating some place-based poetry with Sea Mills and Fishponds folks later this week 😀

Hey Weston, look what's coming your way!

👷 The Builders, a new poem by Kat Lyons, #Bristol 's City Poet, looks at building houses, communities, beacons, and cities

📜 It was performed on Wednesday for the first time at Bristol Beacon, that's welcomed 100,000 people in its first 100 days: tinyurl.com/KatLyonsTheBui…

Poetry Against Patriarchy 👏💛 earlier this month was hosted by Kat Lyons. Thank you so much to everyone who packed out StrangeBrewBristol for such a special evening, to all our performers and to all the venue staff.

Next show, Apr 13: bristolbeacon.org/whats-on/raise…

Our final feature act 🌟 the wonderful Jaidah joins us at StrangeBrewBristol for Poetry Against Patriarchy! This is heading for a sellout - the FINAL 10 TICKETS are available here: hdfst.uk/e102879 The event is hosted by our very own Kat Lyons.

We're back with a new series of The Poetry Detective on BBC Radio 4. The intrepid Vanessa Kisuule digs into the surprising backstories of more treasured poems bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Bristol wordlovers get in there and FEAST your earsbrainsoul

Poetry is people's stories of how they experience the world. It builds understanding of others' viewpoints and opens windows into different lives. Poetry is for EVERYONE

Poetry for the Many was INCREDIBLE 👏👏 Jeremy Corbyn shared poems and inspirational stories in the company of Danny Carlo and Kat Lyons. A HUGE thank you to everyone who packed out Bristol Beacon for an unforgettable evening celebrating the power of poetry.

📷 ShamPhat 🇵🇸

Discussing the importance of poetry with Jeremy Corbyn was a surreal & brilliant experience. Poetry opens windows to empathy & wider worlds, & offers new ways of seeing our own experiences. The ability to creatively reimagine our lives is for everyone. Not just the few.

From now on, every Sunday evening I’ll share a poem I wrote and a poem I love, over on youtube ❤️

Have a lovely night 🛀

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Event incoming wordlovers... get your feminist selves down to StrangeBrewBristol in March for Poetry Against Patriarchy. Hosted by yours truly with a blazing array of performers inc. the stunningly talented Jasmine Gardosi headlining

Another one! ⭐ After two sellout events to start the year, we're back at StrangeBrewBristol. Featuring a dynamic array of performers raising their voices in solidarity with those affected by misogyny or marginalised because of their gender.
Tix 👉 hdfst.uk/e102879

I am VERY excited to be part of this. Poetry is for everyone, everywhere. Thank you Jeremy Corbyn for continuing to use your platform to inspire and uplift others' voices.

A sitting member of Parliament is live tweeting an ongoing massacre, in which her own family as at grave risk.

Even this has not provoked widespread outrage among British politicians and media outlets.

Obscene doesn't even cover it.

Despite the enforced venue change, the 2 Bristol Palestine Film Festival events will still take place, hosted by 2 other prominent local arts charities. The film will be shown by Watershed & our Raise the Bar Poetry on Palestine event feat. Lowkey will now be hosted by Sparks Bristol

Tonight at Zed Alley #Bristol 💥

The winner and first runner up join us in London next year for the Grand Slam Finale!

Tickets: mindovermatterldn . com / OTD

#poetryslam #poetrytwitter