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Rhubarb #97 ft. Elvire Roberts + open micWednesday 28 October 2026
@The Triangle, 47 Bradford Rd, Shipley BD18 3DS
7pm for 7.30 start
Pay-as-you-feel
As the clocks go back and we hunker down for the dark months, we're thrilled to welcome Elvire Roberts as our October guest reader. We'll also have our usual open mic for poetry & prose in the first half, so get scribbling and bring us your latest musings - we love hearing new work. Or just come to listen, if you prefer.
About our guest reader:
Elvire Roberts is a Queer poet and BSL interpreter. She is widely published in journals including 14 Magazine, Dark Mountain, Finished Creatures, Magma, Reliquiae, The Rialto, Tears in the Fence, Tentacular, and anthologies The Language of Salt, Ten Poems About Getting Older and Apocalyptic Landscape. She was judge of Loughborough University’s Overton Prize for poetry 2026.
Her pamphlet North by Northnorth was published Five Leaves publications in 2023.
Knee to Knee (Dialect Press) is a collaborative, synergetic poetry book, each poem co-written with Rachel Goodman.
www.elvireroberts.co.uk
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Rhubarb is a pay-as-you feel event that welcomes poetry & prose readers on an open mic in the first half, followed by an invited guest reader. Sign up on the night for an open mic slot up to 4 minutes.
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The Triangle, 45 Bradford Road, Shipley, BD18 3DS, United Kingdom
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