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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)
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Dubrek Studios, 67 Bridge Street, Derby, United Kingdom
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