Speakeasy with A.K Blackmore

A showcase and sharing event for emerging writers to hear and share short stories, poetry, song and spoken word. Award winning author and poet A. K. Blackmore will open this session!

Share your work, meet other writers, discover new talent.

Are you a storyteller, poet, fiction writer, comic or perhaps a musician? Well, this is where we want you! Come and experience some of Cornwall’s up-and-coming writing talent. Do you want your ears tickled? Then this is the place to satisfy the need. Have a good listen and discover what else is out there.

This session will be opened by award-winning A. K. Blackmore: “A. K. Blakemore is the author of two full-length collections of poetry: Humbert Summer (Eyewear, 2015) and Fondue (Offord Road Books, 2018), which was awarded the 2019 Ledbury Forte Prize for Best Second Collection. She has also translated the work of Sichuanese poet Yu Yoyo (My Tenantless Body, Poetry Translation Centre, 2019). Her poetry and prose writing has been widely published and anthologised, appearing in the The London Review of Books, Poetry, Poetry Review and The White Review, among others.”

A showcase and sharing event for emerging writers. 18+. Short stories, poetry, song and spoken word.