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Wed, 11 Nov, 2026 at 07:30 pm UTC+00:00

Poetry Mafia open mic with So Sparham

  • The Victoria Inn - Derby · Derby
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Poetry Mafia open mic with So Sparham
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Poetry Mafia free spoken word open mic with So Sparham as the headliner.
So Sparham is a poet and writer from Derby. They have written commissions for BBC Radio 4,
The V&A and The People's History Museum. Their latest collection 'The Man Who Ate
50,000 Weetabix' came out in April 2021 via Verve Poetry Press.
So's work has been published in Poetry Review, Myslexic, Orbis, Under the Radar and The Morning Star. Their poem Sunrise Over Aldi won third place in the 2020 Charles Causley International Poetry Competition.
So has been longlisted and shortlisted for the Outspoken Award for page poetry. They won the
2024 Nature and Sustainability short story competition run by Leicester Literary Festival.
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The Victoria Inn - Derby, 24 Railway Terrace, Derby, DE1 2RU, United Kingdom

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