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The Worst Poets Club
Four bestselling poets answer years of being called terrible by sharing the stage, their work and the insult itself.
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Hollie McNish, Nikita Gill, Donna Ashworth and Len Pennie take the criticism levelled at their work and turn it into the organising idea for a shared live event. Rather than presenting a fictional story, they read from recent and favourite collections, talk together and use the label of being supposedly bad poets as a self-mocking frame for celebrating the writing they continue to make.
A live poetry-and-conversation format with four writers sharing work, talking together and leaning into the comic absurdity of their hostile critical reputation.
live poetry, writer conversations, self-deprecating humour and artists answering criticism on their own terms.
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- From 11 Oct 2026
- Booking until 11 Oct 2026
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