Emma Purshouse

A trip to Cumbria beckons.

Pottinger & Purshouse On The Road - Performance Poetry - The Heron Theatre - Beetham Drama Pottinger & PurshousePerformance Poetry Friday 20th February 2026: 7:30pm ‘Two Wolverhampton storytellers and poets share their one-man / one-woman show.’ Steve Pottinger’s Sweat & Mugs & Rock a...

One week today, two of the pandemonialists bring their Fringe shows to the Heron Theatre in Beetham (Cumbria). Tickets for 'Sweat & Mugs & RocknRoll' by @bigstevepoet.bsky.social and 'Poet Laureate in a Pandemic' by @emmapurshouse.bsky.social are on sale here: theherontheatre.com/whats-on/pot...

That was a fantastic evening. Great work in progress from the middle ten performer Ceri. And then wonderful storytelling and song from Maya Catherine Foster.

This was good!

You performed really well. I could tell you'd been rehearsing.

It's important you get some time for yourself. Poetry might be pointless for some people, but for many folk it's important. I hope you'll come to the next PASTA, Martin.

Still a few tickets left for Wolverhampton talk on Sunday

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Looking forward to returning to Wolverhampton on Sunday - tickets here

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Bumping this back up your timeline... 😎

Wolverhampton Literature Festival's publishers' event today (6th February). I'll be there from 11 til 4.00ish representing Ignite Books, Offa's Press and The Blackcountryman magazine. We'll be in the room towards the back of Glaze cafe I believe. Pop in and say hello.

Another pandemonialist performing at this weekend's #WolvesLitFest! @emmapurshouse.bsky.social will also be reading from her latest collection 'Unsung' on Sunday. 😊

Just watched a DVD of 'Everything is Illuminated'. Why has no one told me of this film before!? I loved it. Particularly the dog.

Oooh, look!!

I enjoyed this very much...

White text on an orange background. Text reads: Poetry and politics, and why they both matter.

I've been writing again. You'll see why... stevepottinger.substack.com/p/poetry-and...

Stormzy calls reading a ‘superpower’ as he backs accessible books campaign The musician is championing the annual Quick Reads initiative, which will release six short, digestible titles for ‘nonreaders and lapsed readers’ in April for £1 each Stormzy called reading a “superpower” as he backed an initiative aimed at encouraging people who don’t see themselves as readers to pick up a book. The musician’s publishing imprint #Merky Books, which is part of Penguin, is publishing one of this year’s six Quick Reads – short, accessible books created “specifically for nonreaders, lapsed readers, people with short attention spans, and neurodivergent readers”, according to The Reading Agency, which has run the Quick Reads initiative for 20 years. Continue reading...

Stormzy calls reading a ‘superpower’ as he backs accessible books campaign

Bedtime stories – Ben Blench Bedtime stories . . Ben Blench writes poems, hymns, and incantations about life and love. He has been published by Broken Sleep, Full House, Iamb, and Visual Verse. He lives in Amsterdam and mostly…

Bedtime stories – Ben Blench @benblench.bsky.social

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Our train services are now so bad in Yorkshire that we have to factor in huge delays and begin our journeys as fish so we will have evolved into human beings by the time we get to Manchester

An image of a puppy – one of those breeds with lots of folds of skin. Text reads: PASTA, change of date. Tuesday 3rd February. Free entry. This month's theme? Creases.

Tonight, in Wolverhampton's Arena Theatre, it's time for another helping of PASTA. A welcoming, friendly, and ever-so-slightly wonderful open-mic night. See you there! 😊

Just came on here to say the same...but Steve has beaten me too it. It's a brilliant book.

Tomorrow night, one of the friendliest open-mic nights you could wish to find returns to Wolverhampton's Arena Theatre. Come and join us!

Love a good poetry slam? You're in luck...

Text of a letter to PPP from The Haven in Wolverhampton (which works with women and children escaping domestic violence) thanking us for a donation of £509.10

Our sincerest thanks to everyone who throws money in the hat at our events. You make this possible, and you're stars, every last one of you. 🙏

Interested in the Black Country and it’s history? Here you go…

Chuffed to be Commended by Patrick Cotter in the @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social Southword Editor's Poetry Award for my poem "Figurine and Candle", which will be published this summer in Southword issue 50 with the other winners and Commendeds. munsterlit.ie/southword-ed...

A green & blue poster with an image of a man sitting on a bench. Text reads: Emma Purshouse presents 'Unsung - in conversation' an evening of poetry and chat. January's guest is poet, publisher, event organiser Simon Fletcher. 7-8pm Thurs 22nd January. A PAYF event.

Well, that was just brilliant. An entertaining hour on Zoom with @emmapurshouse.bsky.social in conversation with poet and publisher Simon Fletcher, Fascinating, warm, and funny. The next Unsung is on March 12th, when Emma will be chatting with poet Ann Grant. Put it in your diary!

...but first, a cuppa. And a break from the laptop. For those of you who can't wait, or worry the events *you* want to see might sell out, the whole festival programme is here: www.wolvesliteraturefestival.co.uk We'll be back in a bit. 😊

We're looking forward to absolutely all of this. #WolvesLitFest is a great example of what a small, committed team of people can put together, and we're very thankful for all their hard work. Coming up next, we'll do another thread about all the great poetry events they're putting on....

A thread about some of things happening as part of Wolverhampton Literature Festival. It's going to be fabulous...

Get in touch if you'd like to be in the Zoom room this evening...