UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Word Kitchen Spring Open Mic
The Power of Place - prose and poetry
Budleigh Salterton Brook Kitchen
Wed 25th Mar, 2026
Door time: 18:00
Start time: 18:30
The link for this event is https://wegottickets.com/event/694692
Tickets will go on sale at: 9:00am Wed 25th Feb, 2026
General Admission
Price: £3.00
Time limits for open mics - these sometimes vary from event to event so please check!
Prose - c700 words /< 7 minutes of reading
Poetry - 5 minute limit
email sidmouthdavid@outlook.com to book reading slots
for all events, go to WORD KITCHEN to buy tickets
Readers don’t have to pay but it is very helpful if they do in terms of us covering expenses!
“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.”
Spring Open Mic - The power of place
An evening of wonderful prose and poetry connected to the power of place, some from our upcoming anthology. Come to read or to listen and enjoy the excellent company and food.
To book a reading slot, email David at sidmouthdavid@outlook.com
Prose Open Mic
A marvellous array or writers and ideas being shared in the convivial setting of Brook Kitchen, Budleigh Salterton, including Elizabeth Delo and Orlando Murrin. Come and listen, be inspired, sign up to read next time!
Writing Workshop
A creative writing session to get the juices flowing in the run up to our first prose Open Mic. Pippa will offer succulent prompts to get the pen moving across the page, and author Elizabeth Delo will talk to us about her journey to publication. Free. FULLY BOOKED
Dunkeswell Youth Club
A series of writing sessions to cook up ideas about character and place, and how to get a story going. We will share some of our work too, when we are ready! Everyone welcome.