WORD! BrightSparks present: Clothes Swap Story Shop with Cathi Rae

WORD! and Brightsparks present:

Clothes swap story shop with Cathi Rae

12 pm - 4 pm (12 pm -2 pm drop-in poetry workshop, 3 pm-4 pm performance)

Come on down for the launch of a brand new word! Season - kicked off in style by Brightsparks’ brilliant, clothes swap story shop and Cathi Rae - poet, campaigner against ageism and body positive model.

With a clothes swap, drop-in poetry workshop and spoken word open mic - bring your clothing, poems, tops and tales, and take away more.

The afternoon will be headlined by ‘spoken word icon’ and activist, Cathi Rae, alongside Clothes Swap Poetry Shop - a group of diverse women, meeting with Cathi in the Belgrave community to explore fashion, textiles, journeys, sustainable living and mental health

Cathi Rae is a poet, spoken word artist and educator. She is currently in the final stages of a practice led/creative PhD at the University of Leicester, where she was also a graduate of the MA in Creative Writing. She has performed throughout the UK, including readings at Womad Festival, The Houses of Commons, Chiltern Arts Festival and many spoken word and poetry events up and down the M1 and M6. She has just published two new pamphlets of poetry with Two Pigeons Press: Just This Side of Seaworthy and Other Poems, and Rock, Paper, Scissors and Other Poems.