Poetry Open Mic
*PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT WILL BE NOT BE HAPPENING AT “THE FRONT ROOM”, CLOSE TO FINSBURY PARK STATION*
Come join us at The Front Room for a night of community and poetic exchange.
Whether you're a seasoned poet or just trying it out for the first time, our Poetry Open Mic is a warm inclusive place to share your creativity. Grab a cup of coffee, or wine, step up to the mic, and let your words flow. Open mic sign ups start at 6:30pm.
This month we are so happy to have two stunning featured poets: John McCullough and Suyin Du Bois.
John McCullough lives in Hove. His book of poems, Reckless Paper Birds (Penned in the Margins) won the 2020 Hawthornden Prize for Literature as well as being shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award. John’s collections have been Books of the Year for publications including The Guardian, The Times, The Independent and The Telegraph and he also won the Polari First Book Prize. The poem ‘Flower of Sulphur’, from his fourth collection Panic Response (Penned in the Margins), was shortlisted for the 2021 Forward
Prize for Best Single Poem. His fifth collection, Crowd Voltage was published in March 2026 by Bloodaxe.
Suyin Du Bois is a poet of mixed Chinese-Malaysian and Belgian heritage, living in London. Her poems have been published in Propel, Iamb, Stanzas, Bi+ Lines: An Anthology of Contemporary Bi+ Poets (Fourteen Publishing, 2023) and Malaysian Places and Spaces (Maya Press, 2024), amongst others. She is a member of the Southbank Centre’s New Poets Collective 2024/25. When not obsessing over word choice, Suyin spends her time building a profit-with-purpose start-up that seeks to ensure 24/7 access to nutritious, affordable food for NHS hospital staff. Her debut pamphlet, Eating Air, has just been published by The Emma Press.
Sign ups start at 6:30pm
Poetry kicks off at 7pm
See you there!