Shoals Poetry Night 2025

📍 Rockets & Rascals, The Barbican

📅 Saturday 8th November, 7:30–9:30 PM

Join us for the third annual Shoals Poetry Night, an evening of captivating readings and new work from local poets at Rockets & Rascals on the Barbican.

We’ll be celebrating a reworked collection, a debut, and a new second collection — with readings from Dan Hartigan, Elena Brake, Andrew Martin, and Brian Herdman.

The evening will be compered by Matt Thomas, who’ll be sharing a poem or two from his own collections between acts.

As always, the night will be relaxed, welcoming, and full of conversation — a chance to enjoy poetry and support local authors and independent publishing.


Books being read from at this event.