Name: Word Wise #93 Jo Bell
Start: 2026-01-30T19:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-01-30T23:00:00+00:00
Location: Dubrek Studios, 67 Bridge Street, Derby

Word Wise returns with our first show of 2026.
We’re buzzed to announce that this month’s headliner is Jo Bell!
Jo Bell is a poet and boat-dweller, the UK's first Canal Laureate and the former director of National Poetry Day. Author of best-selling books 52: Write a Poem a Week and How to Be a Poet (with Jane Commane) she's the founder of The Poetic Licence, a perpetual poetry community. Her new memoir Boater is about to come out in paperback. Jo is a well-loved performer on stages from Glastonbury Festival to the House of Commons.
Open mic sign up is available on the night with 5minutes for each performer.
Admission is £5 on the door (Word Wise is a not-for-profit event and all funds go towards paying out artists).
See you there or be you square!
(Photograph by Alistair Cook)