Word Central Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word. Presented by Flapjack Press and Manchester Libraries.

Join host Tony Curry and special guest Rosa Wright for an evening of poetry and spoken word.

You can book your 3-minute open mic slot from noon on Tuesday 1st September via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk.

Performance slots are allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis from the stated booking time. If they are already filled, you will be offered a place on the reserve list.

September’s special guest, Rosa Wright, is a poet, performer and professional weirdo. Based in Salford, she has been the editor of Swordplay Zine, the singer for Illegal Fireworks and nominated for Best Spoken Word at the Manchester Fringe. You can find out more at RosaWright.co.uk or instagram @rosawrightperformer, and her first collection For All My Mothers is available for download on Amazon.

Event host Tony Curry is a performance poet, playwright, workshop facilitator and enabler. Raised in Crawley by English and South African parents he has lived and worked in Manchester for over three decades, running literature-in-the-community projects with a specific leaning towards mental health and wellbeing. His solo spoken word shows include Brit Boy, Complicit Relations, Moving and The Odyssey, performed at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre. His play, The Teddy Bear, was staged at Manchester’s Contact Theatre and his work has been exhibited at the city’s art gallery and museum. Tony’s most recent poetry collection, We Kid Ourselves, is out now.