Live literature every third Sunday, produced and presented by The Cockpit. Tickets here: full price: £12 Concessions: £10 (Incl booking fees)
Evan Jones, reading from his 2025 collection, Men of the Same Name (Carcanet Books)
Canadian poet Evan Jones lives in Manchester. His first collection of poetry, Nothing Fell Today But Rain (2003), was a finalist for the Governor-General’s Literary Award for Poetry. He co-edited Modern Canadian Poets (2010) and has since published Paralogues (2012) and Later Emperors (2020). His translation from Modern Greek, The Barbarians Arrive Today: Poems and Prose of C.P. Cavafy (2020), was a TLS Book of the Year.
Alan McGuire, reading from his new book Our England (Culture Matters)
Madrid-based Alan McGuire is a poet, writer, English teacher, and founder of The Sobremesa Podcast, and serves as an Associate Editor at Culture Matters.
His work blends class politics, culture, and place-based storytelling across page, mic, and screen. His first poetry pamphlet, The Last Days of Alicante, was published by Culture Matters (2025) and is available here.
Plus open mics and regular readers. To apply for the open mic slot click here. Curated and introduced by Nick Moss in collaboration with The Cockpit.
The world changes: we make new poetry to vandalise literary forms or retrieve those we need to renew. We make new poetry to hybridise new species of understanding and reframe consciousness. We make new poetry to have a good time.
Readings, recitations, incantations and events from established and upstart poets, word artists, ranters, spell-casters, rappers……and you, if you want.
Sunday 19 April – 5:00pm, The Cockpit, Gateforth Street, London NW8 8EH.
