I'm one of 60 poets reading in an all-day non-stop poetry reading to raise funds for the Poetry Café and The Poetry Society. Each poet will read for eight minutes, entry is by donation, and you can come and go as you please. There’ll also be a tombola – your chance to win fabulous prizes! It’s going to be a wonderful day!

What are we raising funds for?

We want to keep improving the Poetry Café visitor experience and provide a home for poetry for years to come. Not only will you be supporting the physical transformation of the Poetry Café and buildings, but you will be directly supporting us in our mission to create a central position for poets and poetry across the UK and beyond; our rejuvenated Poetry Society spaces will be invaluable in helping us carry out our work. From this building, we place poets in schools across the country, run vital talent development programmes and competitions such as the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award, Young Poets Network, the Ted Hughes Award and the National Poetry Competition - and we publish the UK’s leading poetry magazine,The Poetry Review. The Poetry Society does all of this as a charity... help fund us!

Check our website for all we do: www.poetrysociety.org.uk