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Poetry WhitchurchPercy's Cafe Bar, The Star Hotel, Watergate, Whitchurch SY13 1DW20 October 20258pm
Kings Lynn Poetry FestivalKing's Lynn Town Hall 28 September 20253pm
European Poetry FestivalDragon Hall, Norwich tbc03 July 2025
Ledbury Poetry Festival with Helen IvoryBurgage Hall, Church Ln, Ledbury HR8 1DW, UK30 June 20258pm
Festival of Chichester with Helen IvoryAssembly Rooms, Chcichester24 June 20257.30pm
Lit Balm with Helen Ivory, Julia Webb & Tom SastryZoom14 June 202510pm
Alchemy of Words with Helen IvoryScript Haven 1 Amber Gate, City Walls Road, Worcester WR1 2AH02 June 20255pm
Yes, We Cant – Wolverhampton with Helen IvoryThe Great Western Corner of Sun Street and Corn Hill Wolverhampton WV10 0DG01 June 20257.30pm
Shrewsbury Poetry with Helen IvoryThe Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, SY1 1TE13 May 2025tbc
Poets’ Café, Reading with Helen IvoryPoets' Café, South Street, Reading09 May 20258pm
Cambridge Literary Festival in Conversation with Ashley John Baptiste EventGlasses Station Stage (Old Divinity School), St John's College Cambridge CB2 1TP27 April 20254pm
Fire River PoetsZoom03 April 20257.30pm
ShedThe Byre, St Andrews16 March 20255pm
Utter, Luton with Helen IvoryThe Hat Factory06 March 20257.30pm tbc
Satellite of Love Bristol with Helen IvoryThe Loco Klub , Nr Temple Meads Clock Tower Yard Bristol BS1 6QH26 February 20257pm
Canon LiveURC Oxford24 February 2025tbc
Forest Poets with Helen IvoryWalthamstow Trades Hall, 61-63 Tower Hamlets Road London E17 4RQ22 January 20257.30pm tbc
Ware Poets with Helen Ivory Southern Maltings, Kibes Lane, Ware, Hertfordshire SG12 7BS13 December 20248pm
Four Poets Series with Helen IvoryThe Wheatsheaf, 25 Rathbone Place London W1T 1JB11 December 20247pm
Enfield Poets with Helen IvoryFORTY HALL, FORTY HILL, ENFIELD, EN2 9HA04 December 20247-9pm
Wymondham Literature Festivaltbc23 November 2024tbc
Medway River Lit Festival with Helen Ivorytbc22 November 2024tbc
Wivenhoe Poetry with Helen IvoryThe Old Grocery, Wivenhoe21 November 20247.30 tbc
Nottingham with Helen IvoryFive Leaves Bookshop20 November 20247pm
Verbose MCR with Helen IvoryThe King's Arms 11 Bloom St, Salford, M3 6AN18 November 20247.30pm
Poetry BreakfastZoom (Much Wenlock)14 November 20249am
Milton Keynes Literary Festival – Movember EventZoom12 November 20247pm
Winchester Poetry with Helen IvoryWinchester School of Art, South Building11 November 20247pm
Buzzwords, Cheltenham with Helen Ivorytbc10 November 20248pm
A Lovely Word, Liverpool with Helen IvoryThe Everyman Bistro07 November 20248pm
Ouse Muse, Bedford with Helen IvoryEagle Bookshop, MK40 2NN,05 November 20247.45pm
Red Door Poets with Helen IvoryZoom27 October 20246pm
Forest Arts Centre with Helen IvoryForest Arts Centre, Old Milton Rd, New Milton BH25 6DS22 October 20247.30pm
Bury St Edmunds Literature FestivalUnitarian Meeting House, Churchgate St, Bury St Edmunds IP33 1RH11 October 20246.30pm
Wirral Poetry Festival with Helen IvoryBridge Hotel, Port Sunlight06 October 20247.30pm
Tiger Bay Poetry, Cardiff with Helen IvoryCarruthers Room, Coal Exchange, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff30 September 20247.30pm
Gloucester Poetry FestivalThe Dick Whittington Westgate Street Gloucester GL1 2PE28 September 20242pm for 2.30pm
Tangerine Cafe and Poetry Space, Beaminster, with Helen Ivory & Rosie JacksonTangerine Cafe and Poetry Space, Beaminster, Dorset.26 September 20247pm
Word Cafe, Totnes with Helen IvoryThe Barrel House, Totnes25 September 20247.30pm
Uncut Poets, Exeter with Helen IvoryExeter Phoenix Bradninch Place Gandy Street Exeter EX4 3LS24 September 20247.30pm
Morecambe Poetry Festival with Helen IvorySecond Stage, Winter Gardens22 September 20241pm
Under Red Guitar, Bristol with Helen IvoryEl Rincon, the Spanish Bar, 298 North Street Bedminster BS3 1JU18 September 2024Doors 6.30pm Start 7.30pm
Poetry Alight, Lichfield with Helen Ivory Duke of York Lichfield, 23/25 Greenhill,Lichfield, 17 September 20247.30 pm
Poetry CafeHampton Hill Theatre, Noel Coward Suite24 August 2024tbc
Words & EarsWest Wilts Radio 30 June 20243pm
The Summer Time Sleepover, led by Laurie BolgerZoom11 June 20249pm
Cafe Writers with Jess MookherjeeMaddermarket Theatre, Norwich10 June 20247.30pm
Torriano with Peter DanielsTorriano Meeting House, 99 Torriano Ave, London NW5 2RX09 June 20247.30pm
Welshpool Poetry Festival with Helen IvoryChurch House, Church Bank, Welshpool SY21 7DP08 June 2024Workshop 1-3pm Reading 7-9pm
Gobby, Wakefield with Helen IvoryLobby 1867 on Westgate Wakefield05 June 20247.30pm
Chemistry, LeedsChemic Tavern, Leeds31 May 2024
Fire and DustThe LTB (Litten Tree Showrooms) 1 Warwick Rd, Coventry city centre, CV1 1EX02 May 20247.30pm
Poetry WivenhoeOld Grocery, 48 High St, Wivenhoe, Colchester CO7 9AZ28 April 20247.30pm tbc
Cleethorpes Library, Workshop & Reading with Helen IvoryCleethorpesLibrary25 April 2024Workshop 2-5pm Readings 7.30pm
ShedCockpit Theatre19 April 20247.30pm
Cinnamon Launch The Remaining MenZoom16 April 20247.30pm
Shed – Ink Festival 2024The Angel Hotel, Halesworth11 April 202412 noon
CB1 CambridgeTown & Gown 8 Market Passage, Cambridge CB2 3PF07 April 20246.30pm
Toast Coastal Tour – SheringhamSheringham Little Theatre 2 Station Road Sheringham, England, NR26 8RE06 April 20247.30pm
Toast Coastal Tour – Great YarmouthSt George's Theatre King Street Great Yarmouth, England, NR30 2PG05 April 20247.30pm
Toast Coastal Tour – LowestoftEast Point Pavilion, Royal Plain, Lowestoft NR33 0AP04 April 20247.30 pm
Cafe Writers’ CompetitionZoom11 March 20247.30pm
Wellbeing DayWaterloo Park Community Room28 November 202310am - 4pm
Word Club with Helen Ivory Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre 29 Granby Terrace, Leeds, LS6 3, United Kingdom10 November 20236.30pm
Kendal (with Helen Ivory)Brewery Arts Centre04 November 2023
Stanza Reading with Helen Ivory & Katie HaleThe George Hotel, Devonshire St, Penrith CA11 7SU, UK03 November 20237pm
Poetry Jam, DurhamWaddington Street Resource Centre 3 Waddington St, Durham DH1 4BG, UK02 November 2023
Sheffield Hallam University with Helen IvorySheffield Hallam University01 November 2023
Athens Poetry FestivalAthens, Greece26 September 20238pm
King’s Lynn Poetry Festival with Wendy Cope & John FullerThe Town Hall, Saturday Market Place, King’s Lynn PE30 5DQ23 September 20233pm
Suffolk Poetry FestivalJohn Peel Centre, Stowmarket13 May 20236.45pm
Reading & Workshop tbcCleethorpes Library04 May 2023
Reading with Helen Ivory & Jeffrey Cyphers WrightJefferson Market Library NYC24 April 20236pm
Reading with Helen Ivory & Marc VincenzGrolier Poetry Book Shop 6 Plympton St, Cambridge, MA 0213813 April 2023
Reading with Helen Ivory & Marc VincenzWIlliams College Bookstore 81 Spring St, Williamstown, MA 0126708 April 20234pm
Sixteen Sonnets for Care LaunchThe Forum, Norwich16 March 2023Midday
Lit BalmZoom - USA11 February 202310pm UK time 5pm East Coast Uk
Desert Island PoetsZoom24 November 2022tbc
Falmouth Poetry Group 50th Birthday CelebrationPrincess Pavilion, Falmouth.17 September 20221.30pm & 3pm
The Adelaide, TeddingtonThe Adelaide, Teddington04 September 20227.30pm
Lit Balm – with Helen Ivory, George Szirtes, Clare Shaw & Jessica MookherjeeUSA via Zoom11 June 2022
Aldeburgh Pump HouseAldeburgh Pump House 05 June 20224pm
Cafe WritersLouis Marchesi, Tombland09 May 20227.30pm
Poets, Prattlers, and PandemonialistsZoom03 April 20227.30pm
Ukraine FundraiserNorwich Arts Centrre25 March 20227pm
NHS – My Name is MercySalisbury Cathedral22 March 2022tbc
York Lit FestYork Explore & Hungate Reading Café20 March 20227pm
Social Care Day of Remembrance and Reflection, Memorial Event One Great George Street, Westminster & Zoom17 March 202212.30pm
Last Pub StandingLast Pub Standing, King St Norwich09 February 20227.30pm tbc
My Name is MercyLive From The Butchery06 February 20224pm
Belfry EventThe Oxfam Bookshop, Bedford Street, Norwich14 December 20214.45pm
Dr Zeeman’s Catastrophe MachineSwindon Poetry Festival21 October 2021
Poetry at the Belfry with Helen IvoryThe Belfry, Overstrand08 October 20217.30pm
Salisbury NHS Residency CelebrationSalisbury Cathedral 24 September 2021tbc
Salisbury NHS Staff AwardsSalisbury Cathedral 23 September 20216pm
Salisbury NHS Residency Performance StaffBrown Street, Salisbury13 September 20217.30pm
Salisbury NHS Residency PerformanceHoratio Garden, Salisbury Hospital12 September 2021tbc
Salisbury NHS Residency PerformanceLeague of Friends11 September 20217.30pm
Live From The Butchery Live From The Poetry PharmacyThe Poetry Pharmacy07 August 20214pm
Lit BalmUSA - Zoom17 July 202110pm
Winchester Muse03 May 2021
Hungry Hill Anthology LaunchZoom 06 March 20215pm
The Resilience ShuffleZoom 27 February 20217pm
Poet’s Café with Helen IvorySouth Street Arts Centre, 21 South Street, Reading, RG1 4QU 08 January 20218pm
The Barrel House/Word Café PODCASTPodcast09 December 20202.30pm
The Poets of Christmas Past, with Candlestick Press (online)On Line05 December 20207pm
Word ClubZoom27 November 20207.30pm
Veronica Aaronson BooklaunchZoom25 November 20207.30pm tbc
Spread The WordOnline10 November 20207.30-9pm
Undercroft CabaretZoom 04 November 20208pm
Shed – One Man ShowNorwich Arts Centre25 October 20203pm
Live from the Butchery presents Jessica Mookerjee, Tim Turnbull with John MillsThe Butchery 04 October 20204pm
The Crabbe Poetry Competition Awards CeremonyZoom 03 October 20203pm
Satellite, BristolGreenbank Pub 57, Belle Vue Rd, Easton, Bristol BS5 6DP. 08 July 2020
The Poetry Pharmacy Workshop & ReadingThe Poetry Pharmacy, Bishop's Castle30 May 2020
VerbatimRiffels 2 The High Street, SY21 7JF Welshpool27 May 2020
Dr Zeeman’s Catastrophe MachineStamford Arts Centre03 May 20207.30pm tbc
Zoom Reading with Helen Ivory – includes Q&A.The Butchery03 May 20202pm
No News Anthology LaunchYork Library (Marriott Room), Museum Street, York. 18 April 20203pm
Hammer & Tongue, Oxford14 April 2020
with Helen IvoryThe Hive University of Worcester07 April 2020
Shed – Marchland 202Library Theatre, Canada Water 28 March 20202pm Matinee tbc
Shed – Marchland 2020Library Theatre Canada Water27 March 20207pm TBC
Shed – Marchland 2020Library Theatre, Canada Water 24 March 20207pm tbc
Undercroft CabaretWensum Lodge Norwich05 March 20208pm
The Poetry LoungeLudlow03 March 20207.30pm
Poem and a Pint – Dr Zeeman’s Catastrophe MachineLaurel and Hardy Museum, Ulverston15 February 2020
Morcambe FringeAlt-Space14 February 20207.30pm
Dr Zeeman’s Catastrophe Machine – Wolverhampton Literature FestivalSlade Rooms, Wolverhampton01 February 20203pm
First Wednesday (But on Tuesday this time!!)Platform 12, St Benedict's St, Norwich03 December 20197.30
BournemouthThe Artist's Studio, Southbourne Classical Art Academy12 November 2019
Words & EarsThe Swan Hotel, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire BA15 1LN31 October 20197.30pm
The Word Cafe with Helen IvoryBarrel House, 59 High St, Totnes TQ9 5PB, UK30 October 20197:30
Norfolk Fiction (sic) FestivalFakenham Racecourse26 October 2019
Winchester Poetry Festival Prize GivingWinchester Discovery Centre12 October 20192.30pm
Reading with Helen Ivory and Andrew McDonnellWaterstones, Norwich03 October 20196pm
Army Benevolent Fund 75th AnniversaryFlat Iron Square, 64 Union Street, London SE1 1TD02 October 20196.30pm
Pighog, Brighton with Helen Ivory26 September 2019
The CutHalesworth14 September 20197.30pm
Ware Poets with Helen IvoryWare Arts Centre13 September 201919:30
Write Now, with Helen IvoryHaslington04 September 2019
BuzzwordsCheltenham, with Helen Ivory01 September 2019
Dr Zeeman’s Catastrophe MachineGarden Theatre Edinburgh Book Festival17 August 201917:45
Lord Mayor’s ParadeThe Birdcage, Norwich06 July 2019Midday to two
Poetry TakeawayLong Stratton30 June 20191100
Fly FestivalUEA26 June 20191030 am
VoltaThe Birdcage, Norwich20 June 20197.30pm
Lighthouse/Gatehouse FundraiserThe Birdcage, Norwich06 June 20197pm
The RoomThe Room, 33 Holcombe Road, Tottenham Hale, London N17 9AS04 June 20197.30pm
Word! LeicesterAttenborough Arts Centre30 May 20197.30pm
Dr Zeeman’s Catastrophe MachineTheatre aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht08 May 2019
WhistleTheatre aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht07 May 2019
Toast, NorwichNorwich Arts Centre14 April 20197.30pm
Bang Said The GunSoho Theatre10 April 20199:30pm
Dr Zeeman’s Catastrophe MachineTeignmouth Poetry Festival24 March 20192.30pm
WhistleWrexham University21 March 2019
Support for Andrew GravesNorwich Arts Centre12 December 20187.30pm
Dr Zeeman’s Catastrophe MachineBloomsbury Theatre11 December 20187.30pm
Balloon Debates: War What Is It Good For?Norwich Arts Centre11 November 20187:30pm
Aldeburgh Poetry FestivalAldeburgh02 November 20188:30pm
Dr Zeeman’s Catastrophe MachineWymondham Baptist Church26 October 20187.30pm
SoapboxLeeds10 October 20188pm
Dr Zeeman’s Catastrophe MachineShrewsbury Poetry04 October 20187.30pm
Dr Zeeman’s Catastrophe MachineWrexham University 03 October 201811am
Amnesty: New BeginningsNorwich Arts Centre03 September 2018
Dr Zeeman’s Catastrophe MachineWord, Leicester30 August 2018
Shambala FestivalNorthamptonshire23 - 26 August 2018
Dr Zeeman’s Catastrophe MachineThetford Ancient House Museums20 July 20182pm
Dr Zeeman’s Catastrophe MachineGressenhall Museum19 July 20182pm
Dostoyevsky Wannabe Anthology LaunchBicycle Shop, Norwich19 July 2018
Dr Zeeman’s Catastrophe MachineDereham Meeting Point18 July 20182pm
Dr Zeeman’s Catastrophe MachineSwaffham Assembly Rooms17 July 20182pm
Dr Zeeman’s Catastrophe MachineAttleborough Methodist Church16 July 20182pm
All Stars Poetry ReadingFly Festival UEA11 July 201810am

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