Medway Poetry Night

19/08/2024

Got your poems ready for next week Saturday?

The Medway Poetry Night Open Mic is sometimes sad, sometimes funny, but always good. We look forward to welcoming you and your poems on August 31, 2024.

Venue - Turaka Chatham (218 High Street, Chatham, ME4 4AN)
Time - 6pm
Date - Saturday, August 31, 2024

Tickets here - medwaypoetrynight.com or click link in bio.

19/08/2024

Got your poems ready for next week Saturday?

The Medway Poetry Night Open Mic is sometimes sad, sometimes funny, but always good. We look forward to welcoming you and your poems on August 31, 2024.

Venue - Turaka Chatham (218 High Street, Chatham, ME4 4AN)
Time - 6pm
Date - Saturday, August 31, 2024

Tickets here - medwaypoetrynight.com

10/08/2024

Medway Poetry Night is back in August. 🥳

Venue - Turaka Chatham (218 High Street, Chatham, ME4 4AN)
Time - 6pm
Date - Saturday, August 31, 2024

Read about our feature poet below:

Charlotte Ansell’s third poetry collection Deluge (Flipped Eye) was a 2019 Poetry Book Society winter recommendation and her fourth Amittere is forthcoming in Spring 2025. Her poems have appeared in Poetry Review, Mslexia, Ink, Sweat and Tears, Butcher’s Dog, Iamb and various anthologies. Charlotte was a recipient of a Royal Society of Literature - Literature Matters Award in 2020.

Tickets here - https://medwaypoetrynight.com/

Supporting poets in the Medway

01/08/2024

Happy to announce our book for the month of August.

Talking in Tears is a Christian poetry collection by Timothy Green

Get a copy here - https://www.authorhouse.com/en-gb/bookstore/bookdetails/856548-talking-in-tears

23/07/2024

This weekend in Chatham we are inviting poets and poetry lovers.

Date - Saturday July 27, 2024
Time - 6pm
Venue - Turaka Chatham (218 High Street, Chatham ME4 4AN)

Tickets here - medwaypoetrynight.com

16/07/2024

Bring yourself, a friend and even a poem to the Medway Poetry Night Open Mic on July 27, 2024!

We love to provide a safe space for you to perform and enjoy poetry.

Venue - Turaka Chatham (218 High St, Chatham ME4 4AN)
Time - 6pm
Tickets here - medwaypoetrynight.com

See you there!

Supporting poets in the Medway

16/07/2024

Bring yourself, a friend and even a poem to the Medway Poetry Night Open Mic on July 27, 2024!

We love to provide a safe space for you to perform and enjoy poetry.

Venue - Turaka Chatham (218 High St, Chatham ME4 4AN)
Time - 6pm
Tickets here - medwaypoetrynight.com

See you there!

08/07/2024

We are happy to announce that after a few Instagram Lives and a change of venue, we are back for in-person performances this July.

Join us on July 27, 2024 at Turaka Chatham (218 High St, Chatham ME4 4AN)

We will be having performance poet - Chika Jones as the feature poet for the night and all poets who would like to perform at the Open Mic are welcome!

Purchase tickets and get other details here - medwaypoetrynight.com (link in bio)

Supporting poets in the Medway

08/07/2024

We are happy to announce that after a few Instagram Lives and a change of venue, we are back for in-person performances this July.

Join us on July 27, 2024 at Turaka Chatham (218 High St, Chatham ME4 4AN)

We will be having performance poet - Chika Jones as the feature poet for the night and all poets who would like to perform at the Open Mic are welcome!

Purchase tickets and get other details here - medwaypoetrynight.com

05/07/2024

Our book of the month of July is a collection of poems written by Priscillia Assemien ()

Title - The Love Drive

More details here - https://www.priscilliaassemien.co.uk/product-page/the-love-drive-a-collection-of-poems

05/07/2024

After a short (or long depending on who you ask) hiatus. We are back.

We now have a website, where you can get necessary information and also see our book for the month (more about this in our next post).

For now - familiarize yourself with medwaypoetrynight.com and tell a friend to tell a friend.

14/05/2024

We have been away, while we prep our new venue. Some amazing news from Kent Poetry

Get your tickets and if you are up for the slam, send a DM!

14/05/2024

We have been away, while we prep our new venue. Some amazing news from

Get your tickets and if you are up for the slam, send a DM!

10/01/2024

Our second Instagram Live Poetry night is on Saturday January 27, 2024.

Want to perform on the Open Mic? Just send us a DM with your name.

Follow us and get ready for an evening of sharing poetry with our feature poet

Lola Oh is a Black British poet and photographer based in South London.

Lola’s poem ‘Bad Daughters’ was shortlisted for The White Review’s Poet Prize. Lola is an alumni of the Roundhouse Poetry Collective, Griots Well and Barbican Young Poets. She is a 2021 Roundhouse Slam Finalist, and has been featured by Apples and Snakes, BBC1xtra, English Touring Theatre, BoxedIn and Roundhouse’s The Last Word Festival

10/01/2024

Our second Instagram Live Poetry night is on Saturday January 27, 2024.

Want to perform on the Open Mic? Just send us a DM with your name.

Follow us on Instagram and get ready for an evening of sharing poetry with our feature poet Lola Oh.

Lola Oh is a Black British poet and photographer based in South London.

Lola’s poem ‘Bad Daughters’ was shortlisted for The White Review’s Poet Prize. Lola is an alumni of the Roundhouse Poetry Collective, Griots Well and Barbican Young Poets. She is a 2021 Roundhouse Slam Finalist, and has been featured by Apples and Snakes, BBC1xtra, English Touring Theatre, BoxedIn and Roundhouse's The Last Word Festival

03/01/2024

Special thanks to our guest poets, open mic performers, supporters and the entire Medway Poetry community for a good 2023! We look forward to writing, performing and sitting with you all in 2024.

Happy New Year.

20/11/2023

Our first Instagram Live Poetry night is this Sunday. Want to perform on the Open Mic? Just send us a DM with your name.

Follow us on Instagram and get ready for an evening of sharing poetry with our feature poet Anneliese Amoah.

Anneliese is a British-Ghanaian writer and poet.

Her past features and creative engagements include Cece's Speakeasy and BBC’s Words First in collaboration with Apples and Snakes.

She has headlined events such as Spine Festival, Dulwich Festival and Jawdance x Bloomsbury Festival, and performed at prestigious venues such as the US Embassy.

Her first short story was selected as a winning entry for her borough and subsequently published in Spread the Word's City of Stories: Home anthology and she has since had her work published by Magma Poetry.

16/11/2023

This winter, Medway Poetry Night goes online. This means you get to enjoy poetry on our Instagram Live from the comfort of your home.

Also way more people can participate for free, so start cleaning up those poems.

To stay updated register for free through this link - turaka.co.uk/medwaypoetrynight

18/10/2023

3 days to go!

On Saturday, our doors open for the October version of Medway Poetry Night and it promises to be unforgettable.

We'll kick off with open mic performances, so bring your poems, even the ones you have been afraid to read out loud.

Then everyone present will get to read a poem from a Black poet. We'll have poems printed waiting for you. It's a great opportunity to learn about Black literature and poets!

Date - October 21, 2023
Time - 6pm
Venue - Unit 52/53, Box City, Sunderland Quays, Culpeper close, Rochester, Kent ME2 4HN

Tickets here - https://www.turaka.co.uk/medwaypoetrynight
Bring a friend.

05/10/2023

It’s almost time for Medway Poetry Night this month!

Join us on the 21st of October at 6pm for a special episode.

Why is it special?
Hint: Everyone present will read a poem.

The open mic is open as usual. Get your tickets here - https://app.tickettailor.com/events/turaka/965074

Hosted By Chika JonesA monthly gathering of poets and poetry lovers. This is a stage for poets in Medway who want or need a spa...

11/09/2023

5 days to go!

Join us for Medway Poetry Night this Saturday, September 16th at 6pm.

The Open Mic part is always fire!

Hosted By Chika JonesA monthly gathering of poets and poetry lovers. This is a stage for poets in Medway who want or need a spa...

07/09/2023

This month we have as our feature, the recording and performing artist - Aduke.

You are in for a treat. Music, poetry and our amazing open micers!

Get your tickets here - https://www.tickettailor.com/events/turaka/965074

🗓️- Saturday, September 16, 2023
⏰- 6pm
📍- TURAKA - Unit 52/53 Box City, Culpeper Close ME2 4HN

Tell a friend to tell a friend and see you soon.

Hosted By Chika JonesA monthly gathering of poets and poetry lovers. This is a stage for poets in Medway who want or need a spa...

05/09/2023

This month the show is slated for earlier in the month. If you missed earlier editions, this is the one not to miss.

Get your tickets here - https://www.tickettailor.com/events/turaka/965074

🗓️- Saturday, September 16, 2023
⏰- 6pm
📍- TURAKA - Unit 52/53 Box City, Culpeper Close ME2 4HN

Open micers bring your poems, the ones you love and even the ones you are not so sure about, especially those ones.

Tell a friend to tell a friend and see you soon.

21/08/2023

We are starting a new initiative to help promote poetry books published by Medway poets. All you have to do is send us images of the book, the link to buy and details about the author to this email - [email protected]

We will select one book a month.

This month, we are starting with our feature poet for this month's Medway Poetry Night - Barry Fentiman-Hall.

His poetry collection 'Austerity Soup' contains 22 poems.

You can read more about it and purchase it here - https://www.wordsmithery.info/bfh-books

14/08/2023

The Medway Poetry Night Open Mic is the perfect place to try out new poems and new styles.

Spaces are limited, so book your tickets! We look forward to seeing you.

Tickets here -

Hosted By Chika JonesA monthly gathering of poets and poetry lovers. This is a stage for poets in Medway who want or need a spa...

04/08/2023

After a really good first edition, we are back in August for the second Medway Poetry Night.

We have Barry Fentiman-Hall as our feature poet for August.

Tickets are available -
turaka.co.uk/medwaypoetrynight

🗓️- Sunday, August 27, 2023
⏰- 6pm
📍- TURAKA - Unit 52/53 Box City, Culpeper Close ME2 4HN

As usual we look forward to welcoming everyone.

Open micers bring your poems!

Tell a friend to tell a friend.

Hosted By Chika JonesA monthly gathering of poets and poetry lovers. This is a stage for poets in Medway who want or need a spa...

03/08/2023

Our next poetry night is Sunday, August 27, 2023.

Our feature poet will be announced on Saturday, he is quite popular in the Medway poetry circle.

Who do you think it is?

28/07/2023

Calling Medway poets!

Charlotte Ansell and Sarah Hehir have been awarded funding from The Old High Street Cultural Consortium to run a series of FREE poetry workshops once a month on Friday nights from 7.30-9.30pm starting in September on the following dates:

8th September - Interrogating Words
13th October- Poetry of Place- exploring the Intra area
10th November- led by a guest poet t.b.c
1st December- Feedback and critique session

All the workshops will take place in the lovely front room at:

Intra Arts, 337-341 High St,
Rochester ME1 1DA

and will culminate in a performance of work produced in the workshops on the 9th December, also at Intra Arts which will be open to a public audience.

The workshops will be suitable for anyone aged 16 or over, those new to poetry as well as more experienced poets and we welcome anyone who wants some dedicated time to write, with an interest in improving their craft.

For more information or to book yourself a place, please email either Charlotte or Sarah:

[email protected]
[email protected]

Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.