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On the Corner

A programme of original and insightful workshops and courses for writers at every level of their practice. A welcoming, relaxed space to read contemporary and traditional poetry, write under timed exercises, and share work in a supportive environment. Guest facilitators to be announced.

These sessions offer critical engagement, time to dedicate to your work and a safe space to learn. Themes aim to respond to modern social and political contexts.

Workshops are pay-as-you-feel and have been created to build as a programme but can also be attended on a drop-in basis. Please purchase a ticket before attending and let the organiser know if you can no longer make it. This supports planning.

All participants are invited to read their work at our bi-anual On the Corner poetry night. The next will be in February.

Access information

The venue has step-free access.

Toilets are gender-neutral.

Please get in touch if you need this information in a different format, for any other additional adjustments, or general questions.

Book

Reading list

Gertrude Stein (1914), Tender Buttons. Judith Butler (1997), Excitable Speech. Gboyega Odubanjo (2024), Adam. Mark Fisher (2018), K-Punk. Terrance Hayes (2023), So to Speak. Alice Oswald (2011), Memorial. Cathy Park Hong (2012), Engine Empire. Achille Mbembe (2019), Necropolotics. Joe Carrick-Varty (2026), Before Violence. Mahmoud Darwish (2007), A Butterfly’s Burden. Liz Berry (2014), Black Country. Rosanna Young Oh (2023), The Corrected Version. Victoria Adukwei Bulley (2022), Quiet. Jean Baudrillard (1981), Simulacra and Simulation. Katie Faris (2024), Standing in the Forest of Being Alive. Bell Hooks (2000), All about Love: New Visions. Veronica Forrest-Thomson (1978), Poetic Artifice. Maya C. Popa (2019), American Faith. Karen Solie (2025), Wellwater. Eric Sneathen (2023), Don’t Leave me This Way. Najwan Darwish (2024), No One Will Know You Tomorrow. Walter Benjamin (1921), Capitalism as Religion. Frank O’Hara (1964), Lunch Poems. Dianne Seuss (2021), Frank: Sonnets. Marilyn Hacker & Karthika Naïr (2021), A Different Distance. Jay Bernard (2019), Surge.

On the Corner

Poetry Night

Raising over £4000 in support of Palestine, this is relaxed, bi-annual open mic night at Perkyn’s in South Tottenham. Guest readers have included Lola Olufemi, Will Harris, Jake Wild Hall, Hasti, Neesha Ramayya, Jay Bernard, Toby Campion, Joe Carrick-Varty and Maya Caspari. Funds made have gone to MAP, The Sameer Project, The Masharawi Fund and direct individual funding.

Next poetry night will be on Thursday 25 February 2027.

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