Bespoke Poetry with Jen Feroze
Pop in to our Oxford Street Poetry Pharmacy where award-winning poet Jen Feroze and her trusty vintage typewriter will be writing bespoke, on-the-spot poems about anything you can dream up.
No need to book - drop in on the day
Personalised poems £10
Further dates:
Sunday 25th October Friday 6th & Sunday 22nd November Sunday 13th December
'Do Wildness: Myth, mystery, and mischief' book launch
Join us to raise a glass and celebrate the launch of Do Wildness: Myth, Mystery, and Mischief by Anna McCracken.
What happens when the life you’ve built no longer feels like the life meant for you? When something wilder and more alive begins to call?
Come and hear more about Anna’s journey, and raise a glass of prosecco with us to celebrate the launch.
Writing With Darkness
'Darkness is rarely just the absence of light. It can be menace and mystery, grief and dream, danger and desire. It can also be the place where the mind loosens its grip and a different kind of seeing becomes possible.' - The Poetry Pharmacy, Poetry Poison: Darkness
'Writing with Darkness' is a restorative creative writing workshop at The Poetry Pharmacy on Oxford Street. Over 90 minutes we’ll be warming ourselves up to get writing, exploring what darkness means to us, looking at how darkness is explored in poems and responding to some creative writing prompts.
Inspired by the changing seasons and the search for light within the dark, the workshop also celebrates the launch of The Poetry Pharmacy’s new Poetry Poisons anthologies, including Darkness.
Writing Social
A 90-minute writing session with award winning poet and playwright Toby Campion. All levels of experience welcome!
Suitable for anyone, from complete beginners to experienced writers looking for fresh inspiration. All stationary provided (feel free to bring your own notebook).
Poisonous Party
Join us & Macmillan for an evening of poison, poetry and general ill-will as we celebrate the publication of our new Poetry Poisons series
Expect bitter remedies, venomous verses, streams of foul curses, spite, vengeance & wickedness with readings from some of the poets whose work festers within the covers.
Come & drink deep from the poison cup.
'You Can Do It With a Broken Heart' book launch with Ana Sampson
Join us & Macmillan to celebrate the launch of this raw, relatable and wise new anthology- a beautiful, bittersweet collection of poems about heartbreak, resilience, love and finding your way through.
Come along for an evening of poetry, conversation and comfort, as Ana and poets including Charlie Brogan, Catriona Innes, Jen Feroze, Esther Lay and Jo Bratten who poems are featured in the anthology share poems from the collection and explores how words can help us make sense of heartache, hold onto hope and begin again.
Every copy bought at the event will come with a free bottle of our new You Can Do It with a Broken Heart Poetry Pills - poetic first aid for tender hearts.
'VERVACEOUS' launch: Celebrating 10 Years of VERVE
Celebrate the launch of this landmark anthology of contemporary poetry with us!
Join us at the London Poetry Pharmacy to celebrate the launch of VERVACEOUS - a landmark anthology marking 10 years of VERVE Poetry Festival.
Featuring poems from 160+ poets, including Raymond Antrobus, Liz Berry, Mary Jean Chan, Daljit Nagra, Ruth Padel, Roger Robinson, Joelle Taylor and Karen McCarthy Woolf, this vibrant collection celebrates a decade of bold, generous and boundary-pushing poetry.
Come along for an evening of poetry, celebration and community as we raise a glass to ten wonderfully VERVACEOUS years, with readings from a selection of the anthology’s contributors. Poets to be announced.
Accessibility
We aim to make our events as welcoming and accessible as possible.
The Poetry Pharmacy is on the top floor of LUSH, accessible by a lift at the back of the ground floor. Please ask a member of staff if you are unable to locate it.