Wanted - a volunteer to expand Write Out Loud's Gig Guide!
Did you know that the Write Out Loud website started out as just a gig guide, emailed to poets in Bolton and the surrounding area back in 2004? In the following year it turned into a website, and developed all the features you see today – poetry blogs, news, reviews, photos, opinions, and all the rest.
But hold on … did we say, “just a gig guide”? The Write Out Loud website recorded over 42,0...
23rd October 2024
Marsden Write Out Loud enters new era
For over ten years, Write Out Loud has run its popular and highly successful open-mic poetry group at the library in the Mechanics, a physical landmark in a village of poetic ones, being the birthplace of poet laureate Simon Armitage and dialect poet Samuel Laycock, and now home to other well-establ...
1st July 2022
Casey Bailey and Victoria McNulty lead Write Out Loud's Spoken Sessions no 4
As the summer heat holds many of us hostage, live poetry in air-conditioned venues is a welcome and long overdue escape from the daily grind. But virtual poetry events continue to delight us, and here...
12th August 2021
Sign up for our latest poetry workshop - with Matt Abbott
After delivering a hat-trick of sold-out poetry masterclasses, we’re excited to present the second in our new series of poetry workshops. It’ll take place on Wednesday 28 July, featuring guest tutor M...
25th July 2021
A new look for Write Out Loud - and an updated Gig Guide for in-person AND online events
You may well have noticed that we have updated the look of the Write Out Loud website. Not only that, we have updated our popular Gig Guide, so that you can now list online and in-person events as wel...
21st July 2021
Sign up for our latest Spoken Sessions with Inua Ellams and Theresa Lola
Poetry events are springing up in venues around the country. Strict social distancing measures are in place; some feature audience members wearing face coverings, others feature audience members prayi...
25th June 2021
Sold out again! Our latest Write Out Loud poetry masterclass with Anthony Anaxagorou
Our first two poetry masterclasses were a roaring success. Delivered by Rachel Long and Caroline Bird respectively, they fully sold out and generated some wonderful feedback. It’s clear that there’s a...
18th June 2021
Watch it tonight! Our second Spoken Sessions, with Ella Frears and Sean Wai Keung
You’ll no doubt have seen Greg Freeman’s article on poetry promoters tentatively returning to in-person venues. These are springing up around the country at a delightful rate, with performers and audi...
10th June 2021
Have a look at what you can view on Write Out Loud's new Patreon channel
Write Out Loud has taken another big step forward by screening the first of our Spoken Sessions shows, featuring Kirsten Luckins, Forward prize winner Will Harris, plus four open micers. It was hosted...
24th May 2021
Bringing the poetry community together: join the first online Spoken Session on our new Patreon channel - and help us grow!
As the UK eases out of lockdown, the prospect of in-person poetry events is on the horizon. But the appetite for live poetry can’t wait that long! And the phenomenal success of virtual poetry events a...
6th May 2021
Find your poetic voice! Sign up for our first poetry workshop with Saili Katebe
Our new series of poetry masterclasses has so far produced two sold-out events. The second one, with guest tutor Caroline Bird, takes place at the end of this month and sold out within 13 hours.
Th...
14th April 2021
Sold out again! Our second poetry masterclass - with Forward prizewinner Caroline Bird
The first in our new series of poetry masterclasses, with Rachel Long as guest tutor, was useful and inspiring - and quickly sold out! The same has happened with our second poetry masterclass on Wedne...
13th April 2021
Going global: why not submit excerpts of your poems to our Instagram account?
When Write Out Loud relaunched our Instagram account back in November, we introduced a rolling open call for submissions of poetry excerpts. These are shared to our public feed, and so far, we’ve had ...
27th March 2021
Fully booked! Our Write Out Loud poetry masterclass with guest tutor Rachel Long
We’re currently working hard behind the scenes to strengthen Write Out Loud and prepare ourselves to be able to support the post-Covid poetry community. We couldn’t have done that without your incredi...
26th March 2021
A huge thank-you to everyone that supported our fundraising appeal - you did us proud!
A heartfelt thank-you to all those who contributed - some more than once - to Write Out Loud's Crowdfunder appeal, which ended on 1 February. Although we didn't reach our target figure, we are more th...
28th February 2021
Maggie teams up with Louise to lend rugby exercise expertise to Write Out Loud's cause
Write Out Loud’s Crowdfunder appeal took a different turn on the final day of our campaign. Rugby coach Maggie Hammond from Forest Hill in south-east London generously offered to share her regular Sun...
3rd February 2021
TOP POETRY PERFORMERS LINED UP FOR WRITE OUT LOUD'S FUNDRAISING EVENT AS APPEAL NEARS DEADLINE
Top poetry performers Tony Walsh, Rachel Long, Louise Fazackerley, Luke Wright and Antonia Jade King will be taking part in an online Write Out Loud fundraising event on Thursday 28 January as our Cro...
27th January 2021
POETRY IS IMPORTANT IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES - HELP US TO HELP OTHERS CREATIVELY, IF YOU CAN
We hope you managed a well-earned rest over the festive period in spite of all the plans that had to be cancelled. We know things are looking gloomy and the last thing you need is a plea for support f...
20th January 2021
OUR FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN IS UP AND RUNNING – AND 'ONE COMMUNITY' WILL DOUBLE YOUR DONATIONS
Two months ago, we told you that we’d be launching a fundraising campaign to start building the new era for Write Out Loud. Since then, we’ve been working hard behind the scenes to put the campaign to...
1st January 2021
Hope you had a merry little Christmas - and that things can only get better in 2021
Write Out Loud would like to wish all our regular readers and friends a happy Christmas and a much better new year - wherever you are (maybe somewhere you didn’t intend to be), and whoever you’re with...
1st January 2021
Are You Content with Write Out Loud's Content?
Write Out Loud has a long tradition of bringing more people to poetry through offering a superb selection of resources, information exchange and platform for on-line publishing, reading and discussion...
21st July 2018
New faces and YOU at Write Out Loud
April 2018 saw the introduction of some new faces here at Write Out Loud, the arrival of whom marks a key moment in the development of this, the online poetry portal of choice. Earlier this year Edi...
21st May 2018
Three Write Out Louds at once: Sale Tues, Marsden Weds, Middleton(Rochdale) Sun.
You wait all month…
All are welcome to share their words at each of these popular events. Expect poems as diverse as their creators are individual.
Tonight,19th Jan, Write Out Loud Sale's (pictu...
22nd January 2016
