Canal laureate Jo Bell will be reading new poetry inspired by canals by well-known and unknown voices as part of the Waterlines project on Saturday 12 October in Birmingham, the hub of England’s canal network. She will be joined by guest poets Liz Berry, Tony Walsh, and Heather Wastie at The Kingfisher Corridor: Poetry on the Canals, at the studio at Library of Birmingham at 2pm. The event, which also includes screenings of four films made by Alastair Cook of waterways poems by Jo Bell, Liz Berry, Ian Duhig and Ian McMillan, is part of Birmingham literature festival.