Calling all poets, spoken word artistes, emcees, rappers, toasters, singers and spitters! Monthly poetry nights are back at The Drum. Perform your work and have the opportunity to interact with editors, publishers, theatre producers and other members of the West Midlands poetry scene. Word Up! is compered in rotation by four of The Drum’s in-house poets and will feature a guest poet reading, and a Q&A session, embedded in the midst of an open mic event.

Supported by Ladywood Constituency Offices

Guest poets

Thu 7 Oct
Kei Miller (Jamaica)
Kei has written collections of both short fictions and poetry. Alongside his ongoing work he is also the editor of Carcanet's New Caribbean Poetry: An Anthology and has been a visiting writer for a number of international Universities and colleges.

Thu 11 Nov
Amarjit Chandan (Punjab)
Translator and editor of many anthologies of Indian and world poetry and fiction, Amarjit has published five collections of his own poetry, three collections of essays and has received two life-time achievement awards.

Thu 9 Dec
Vahni Capildeo (Trinidad)
Whilst with a Research Fellowship at Girton College, Cambridge she spent time in Trinidad and Jamaica producing No Traveller Returns (Salt, 2003) and One Scattered Skeleton, a non-fiction book on the palimpsestic nature of place, memory, and language.

As part of A Night Less Ordinary ��" Arts Council England’s Free Theatre Ticket Initiative, The Drum has a limited number of tickets to give away for this event to anyone aged 26 or under. For more information visit www.anightlessordinary.org.uk or call The Drum’s Customer Service Team on 0121 333 2444