Good afternoon everyone! It’s coming up to our next monthly meeting, and we’re pleased to announce that Maggie Butt will be joining us for a reading.
As usual, we’ll be meeting at the Royal Wells Hotel on the 21st of October, starting at 8pm. We’ll have an open mic before we’re joined by our guest poet, so please bring a poem of your own (40 lines or fewer) – we can’t wait to hear what you have for us!
As always, entry is free for members of the Kent & Sussex Poetry society, and £3 on the door for non-members. Please don’t hesitate to bring along any friends who may be interested.
Our guest poet – Maggie Butt – is a journalist, BBC TV documentary producer, creative writing academic Royal Literary Fund fellow, novelist and poet. Her latest poetry collection is Wish – new and selected poems (Greenwich Exchange) 2025.
This gathers together work from her six previous collections – about the strength of women, concern for our planet, and hope in the power of love – alongside bitter-sweet new poems about the joys and fears of a grandmother in this troubled, vulnerable and precious world.
Her poetry has appeared widely in international magazines and anthologies, and has escaped the page into a mobile phone app, choreography, BBC Radio 4, readings and festivals. She has judged international poetry competitions for Ver poets, Torriano, Barnet, Ware poets and Segora.
If you’d like to learn more about her, please visit her website at maggiebutt.co.uk.
We look forward to seeing you there!
The Kent & Sussex Poetry Society 