Poetry performance and open mic with special guests: Jasmine Gardosi and Rob Walton. Arts University Bournemouth invites you to join them for an event which celebrates all things new and exciting in the world of poetry.
We have two fantastic headliners to entertain you from the comfort of your sofa, and there’s an opportunity to air some of your own verse in the open mic.
Jasmine Gardosi is a multiple slam champion, Birmingham Poet Laureate finalist and winner of the Out-Spoken Prize for Poetry. Jasmine uses audience participation, beatboxing and manipulation of voice and body in order to explore LGBTQ+ issues, sex education and mental health.
Rob Walton is from Scunthorpe, and now lives in Whitley Bay. His poems, flash fictions and short stories for adults and children have appeared in various anthologies and magazines in the UK, USA, Canada, Ireland and New Zealand. Arachne Press published his debut collection, This Poem Here, in March 2021.
Date: Wednesday 26 May 2021, 19.00
Location: Online
Cost: Free
If you would like to take part in the open mic, please email Natalie Scott nascott@aub.ac.uk to book a spot (max 2 poems per reader).
You can join this free online event via Zoom on the day here
Part of the AUB Festival