Sun 19 July / Poetry Book Club

An afternoon poetry book club celebrating global majority artists, with live performances + free books

Welcome to the third year of the sold out, Live Poetry Book Club Tour, a summer book club exploring and celebrating live readings from global majority writers, curated by writer Rebecca Tantony and hosted by Davina Quinlivan at Bookbag, Exeter.

On 20th July we welcome Shagufta K. Iqbal. Shagufta is an award-winning writer, filmmaker, TEDx speaker and workshop facilitator based in Bristol. Longlisted for the Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellowship and named one of Asiana Magazine’s favourite British Asian poets, she is the founder of The YoniVerse Poetry Collective and Kiota Bristol. Her debut poetry collection Jam Is For Girls, Girls Get Jam (Burning Eye Books) was praised as “a socio-political masterclass” (Nikesh Shukla) and “heart-wrenching and relatable” (gal-dem). Her children’s book Bibi and Rumi (HarperCollins) celebrates wonder, connection and cultural heritage. Commissioned by the V&A, Tate Lates, Southbank Centre, WOMAD Festival, and CBBC, her poetry film Borders — a meditation on displacement and resilience — has won multiple international awards.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Bookbag Bookshop, Exeter. You can book now via the ticket link on this page.

So come, one and all, join for this very special evening of language.

Tickets are just £5 and include a free poetry book of the writer's work and free refreshments.

Concessions available, no questions asked, just reach out.

Children and babies welcome, but please be aware content won't be censored and may not be age appropriate.

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Made possible through Arts Council UK and Emblaze

EMBLAZE illuminates powerful stories. They are an imprint of Bath Spa University's Paper Nations, celebrating the talent and creativity of writers of colour and rural writers across the South West by nurturing inclusive communities and providing support to help their voices shine.