Fen Speak is Ely's regular poetry, spoken word and storytelling open mic night where local writers come together to share their work in a friendly environment.
This month we have a headline set from Janet Sutherland. She is the author of five poetry collections, most recently The Messenger House (Shearsman Books, 2023) about her great-great-grandfather’s travels to Serbia in the 1840s. Published in magazines such as New Statesman and The Spectator, she won the 2017 Kent and Sussex Poetry Prize and
received a 2018 Hawthornden Fellowship.
There will also be open mic slots for poems and stories, sign up on the night. Cash bar.