An evening of performances with Lucy English and Jo Eades

When: October 9, 2026 - 20.00

Join us for an evening of performances by two renowned (slam) poets. Lucy English (@slamlucy) will be reading from her new book. Featuring bonus performances from Jo Eades (@joeadespoet).

About

Lucy English is an award-winning poet, writer and Professor of Creative Enterprise at Bath Spa University. Her work explores memory, identity, family, place and environmental change. She is co-director of Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival and co-founder of Poetry Film Club. Her poetry films have been screened internationally and combine words, images and sound. Her recent project ‘Cancer Alley’ was a hologram poetry installation which was screened at the Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival in 2024. Dream Time is her third poetry collection published by Burning Eye Books.

Jo Eades performs regularly on the Bristol spoken word scene, and beyond. She is a multi-slam winning poet (including the Poetry Shack Slam at WOMAD Festival, the Lyra Bristol Poetry Slam and the Ledbury Poetry Festival Slam) and has been featured four times on BBC Radio Bristol’s Upload, being one of their ‘best of’ poets for 2024.