An event in which poems interact with sound and art, choreographed comedy sketches, Sufi-inspired DJ sets and surreal films – all inspired by the ancient symbol of the moth. There will be performances ...

Punning and playful, Freudian Typo invites visitors to consider how the English language, entangled with the vocabulary of corporate finance, debt and development, underpins the globally precarious ...

Take a deep dive with us behind the scenes of music across all genres, as composers share and discuss their new works. New Music Biennial is presented in partnership by PRS Foundation, Southbank ...

Award-winning composer Linda Buckley’s Thar Farraige (Over Sea) combines contemporary chamber music with Irish and Scottish folk traditions. Composed for small pipes, string quartet and electronics, ...

GLOW presents a magical sound-world that blends the Magnetic Resonator Piano with a contemporary chamber ensemble, weaving semi-improvised elements and field recordings together with intricate, ...

Dhamaal – Core is a high-energy collaboration of South Asian, jazz and electronic traditions, creating an exhilarating and dynamic celebration of musical diversity. Created by Indian-born British ...

An interdisciplinary project blending classical, electronic, jazz, avant-garde and West African traditions with poetry and storytelling, Nocturnal Sun was written by award-winning composer and ...

Join Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana for Karada: the body (through a Japanese lens) – Poetry Writing Workshop. During this session you will find new ways of writing poems about the body using Japanese ...

Submissions are now open for the Dementia Together Poetry Competition 2025. Entrants are welcome to submit up to three poems exploring the theme of dementia. Poems can be up to 30 lines each. The ...

On Thursday 26th join The Writing Shed to talk to poet, translator and educator Leo Boix about his upcoming collection Southermost Sonnets, his past work and the anthology of young queer Latin ...

Join Alex Corrin-Tachibana for a session exploring Sei Shōnagon’s The Pillow Book (枕草子, Makura no Sōshi). This session will dive into the literary classic, exploring it’s structure, origins and ...

Milton Keynes Literary Festival launches a competition to anyone living, working or studying in Bucks, Beds or Northants aged 14 or older, to submit a story (fictional or factual) or a poem around the ...