Events
Upcoming
> Lilac Cube #05 will take place on Tuesday 3rd November 2026 at Southbound Café-Bar in Leamington Spa, featuring readings by Will Harris, Mary Jean Chan and Mantra Mukim. Doors at 6:30, readings from 7. Entry is free and all are welcome. This event is being hosted in collaboration with Sequoia Zine. Click on the 'Lilac Cube' tab for more information.
> Student PoetryFest Three Weeks of Poetry and Performance. Seven events, three weeks, all free.
Welcome to the first Warwick PoetryFest, a vibrant celebration of energy, creativity, and the freshest voices Warwick has to offer. Across three weeks and seven free events, this new festival brings together Warwick alumni poets, rising student voices, and sessions shaped and led by students, where poetry meets community and every voice matters. We invite all Warwick staff and students to join us for poetry and performance that inspires, challenges, and delights. Whether you love spoken word, new writing, or want to take the mic yourself, there is something for everyone. PoetryFest is developed collaboratively with students and hosted by poet Professor David Morley, and forms part of the Warwick Writing Programme’s Warwick Thursdays series in the School of Creative Arts, Performance and Visual Cultures. Please share the word. Everything is free and open to all current students and staff.
Events & Details:
> Thu 26 Feb, 5–6:15 pm | Jane Commane
OC1.01, Oculus Building Coventry-born poet and publisher Jane Commane launches Assembly Lines with opening poet Aanu Akintola.
> Mon 2 Mar, 1–1:45 pm | You Must Not Come Lightly!
FAB0.20, FAB Building Warwick Poetry Society shares readings inspired by Stephen King’s On Writing.
> Thu 5 Mar, 5–6:15 pm | Jonathan Edwards
OC1.01, Oculus Building Costa Award-winning poet and alum Jonathan Edwards reads with opener Fig Leary.
> Mon 9 Mar, 1–1:45 pm | UniSlam Reading
FAB0.20, FAB Building Warwick’s slam champs perform live, including University Slam Champion Aanu Akintola.
> Thu 12 Mar, 5–6:15 pm | Cathy Galvin
OC1.01, Oculus Building Launch of Ethnology: A Love Song for Connemara by poet and alum Cathy Galvin.
> Thu 12 Mar, 7–8:30 pm | The Agora Poets Invite You…
JX2.03, The Junction Open mic hosted by Agora Poets. To perform, RSVP claire.cunningham@warwick.ac.uk.
> Mon 16 Mar, 1–1:45 pm | Concordia: Voices in Harmony
FAB0.20, FAB Building Poetry anthology launch and student reading.
Past
> Lilac Cube #04, 4 Nov 2025, with readings from Jeanne Heuving and Robert Hampson. In collaboration with The Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre.
> Lilac Cube #03, 30 May 2025, with readings by Stephen Collis, Annie Lafleur, Steven Seidenberg
> Lilac Cube #02, 24 April, 2025, with readings by CAConrad, Holly Pester, Isabel GAlleymore
> Ecopoetics Reading Group with CAConrad, 24th April 2025, 4-5pm, FAB 5.01. All welcome, contact pim.puapanichya@warwick.ac.uk for details
> Lilac Cube #01, 28 November 2024, with readings by Jonathan Skinner, Betsy Porritt, Sam Weselowski
> On Poetic Determination: Poetry and Philosophy Colloquium, 4 May 2019
> Wordsworth Reading Group, 7, 13, 20 June, 2 July, 2018, University of Warwick
> Inscriptions: Image | Text | Sound, 20 April - 2 May, 2018, University of Warwick
> Peter Larkin: A Symposium, 26 April, 2018, University of Warwick
> Neurosis, Poetry, and the Present, 18 March, 2017; Goldsmiths, University of London
> Elizabeth Jennings (1926-2001), 29 October, 2016, St Anne's, Oxford
