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SUMMARY:Medway Poetry Night: Special Guest Astrid Solace
DESCRIPTION:Medway River Lit Presents: \nPoet Chika Jones hosts the very popular Medway Poetry Night\, kicking off this year’s Medway River Lit\, with featured performer Astrid Solace. \nChika is a performance poet living in Chatham\, Kent. Endorsed by the Arts Council of England in 2021\, he received the Global Talent Visa and relocated to the UK. Chika’s past performances include the British Billingual Poetry Collective in 2022 and he is currently working on a Poetry translation to a British Sign Language project. Chika also set up and hosts Medway Poetry Nights\, which is a monthly gathering of poets and poetry lovers. \nAstrid Solace is a multi-slam winning transgender performance poet from Birmingham. Astrid has worked in collaboration with the likes of Verve Poetry Festival\, Leeds Literature Festival\, I Am Loud Productions\, Shindig\, and Bath Fringe Fest. She graduated with a Masters in Creative Writing at The University of Birmingham in 2026. Astrid was a grand finalist for the Roundhouse Poetry Slam and the LyraFest Slam\, and this year was crowned the Leeds Literature Festival Slam Champion. She was a member of the Apples and Snakes writing residency Words A Stage\, and is the producer and host of Pretty Privilege Poetry in Birmingham. Astrid self-published a lyric essay titled ‘On Orgasms\, Jesters and Autism’ as a transgender surgery fundraiser in May 2026\, and her debut stage play ‘How to Change a Tire’ premiers at the Outside In Theatre in Los Angeles on December 5th. \nPlus pre-bookable open mic slots up for grabs. \nBook tickets on Medway River Lit’s website: \nBook Now\n 
URL:https://sunpierhouse.co.uk/whatson/medway-poetry-night-special-guest-astrid-solace/
LOCATION:Community Hire Space\, First Floor\, Sun Pier House\, Chatham\, Kent\, ME4 4HF
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SUMMARY:I Put a Spell on You - Romantasy Themed Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Medway River Lit Presents: I Put a Spell on You – Romantasy Themed Panel Discussion. Three great writers in the genre discuss what it means to write Romantasy! \nRomantasy is one of the fastest growing modern genres. Blending high-stakes fantasy worldbuilding with central romance plots\, our panel of romantasy writers will discuss the genre’s rise and answer your questions. Featuring local romantasy authors Aimee Riddell\, Georgia Spearing and Cate James. \nGeorgia Spearing writes dark fantasy romance and Greek mythology retellings; Growing up\, Aimee Riddell has written two parts of the ‘Echoes’ series; Cate James writes predominantly fantasy romance. \nBook tickets on Medway River Lit’s website \n> Book Now
URL:https://sunpierhouse.co.uk/whatson/i-put-a-spell-on-you-romantasy-themed-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:Community Hire Space\, First Floor\, Sun Pier House\, Chatham\, Kent\, ME4 4HF
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SUMMARY:A Celebration of Rosemary McLeish
DESCRIPTION:Medway River Lit Presents: A Celebration of Rosemary McLeish. An evening dedicated to our dear friend. Writer. Painter. All round work of art! \nRosemary McLeish was a Kent-based poet and artist. In this celebration\, we’ll hear work from Kent-based poets who were inspired by her\, SM Jenkin\, Setareh Ebrahimi and Clair Meyrick\, plus launch a new collection of her poems and art. \nPlus announcement of the winners of this year’s Rosemary McLeish Poetry Prize. \nBook tickets on Medway River Lit’s website: \n> Book Now
URL:https://sunpierhouse.co.uk/whatson/a-celebration-of-rosemary-mcleish/
LOCATION:Community Hire Space\, First Floor\, Sun Pier House\, Chatham\, Kent\, ME4 4HF
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Pier: Dorothy Lehane / Theresa Lola / Charlotte Ansell
DESCRIPTION:Medway River Lit presents: Poetry at the Pier \nDorothy Lehane is a writer\, interdisciplinary researcher\, creative consultant\, and editor with a passion for exploring the intersections of creativity\, medical humanities\, and science. \nTheresa Lola is a British Nigerian poet\, writer\, and artist. Her second poetry collection Ceremony for the Nameless won the 2025 Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry\, while a poem from her debut collection In Search of Equilibrium was added to the UK’s GCSE syllabus. \nCharlotte Ansell’s years working as a child and adolescent psychotherapist come to the fore in this latest book Amittere. \nBook tickets on Medway River Lit’s website> Book Now
URL:https://sunpierhouse.co.uk/whatson/poetry-at-the-pier-dorothy-lehane-theresa-lola-charlotte-ansell/
LOCATION:Community Hire Space\, First Floor\, Sun Pier House\, Chatham\, Kent\, ME4 4HF
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Pier: John McCullough . Samatar Elmi / Barry Fentiman Hall
DESCRIPTION:Medway River Lit Presents: Poetry at the Pier: John McCullough . Samatar Elmi / Barry Fentiman Hall \nReckless Paper Birds was shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award 2019 and won John McCullough the Hawthornden Prize in 2020. His latest collection Crowd Voltage addresses yearnings for community and probes fragmentation within groups and individuals. \nSamatar Elmi is an award-winning writer\, musician\, editor and educator whose work brings poetry into conversation with myth\, history\, diaspora\, sound and speculative futures. Samatar is touring nationally with three collections published concurrently: Agen Bien Fou (Kulvert Books\, 2026)\, Reclamations: Disregard Prior Prompt (Aout Fecit\, 2026) and 26 Poems for Cash\, co-written with Sam Telford (Kulvert Books\, 2026). \nBarry Fentiman Hall is a writer who walks\, based in the Medway Delta. He is the editor of Confluence magazine. His latest collection is Zoognosis – is a meditation on where humans and the rest of the natural world meet. \nBook tickets on the Medway River Lit website: \n> Book Now
URL:https://sunpierhouse.co.uk/whatson/poetry-at-the-pier-john-mccullough-samatar-elmi-barry-fentiman-hall/
LOCATION:Community Hire Space\, First Floor\, Sun Pier House\, Chatham\, Kent\, ME4 4HF
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SUMMARY:Pierfest - a day-long celebration of words and music
DESCRIPTION:Medway River Lit presents: Pierfest! \nLine up line up for the day-long extravaganza at the intersection of words and music – Pierfest! Come for one event\, or stay for them all\, feel free to drop in and out\, and do some creative activities with Puffing and Wooling from 12-4pm. \n12pm – 4pm: A creative chillout session\, Puffing and Wooling\, hosted by Tilley and Del\, which is suitable for neurodivergent attendees. \n2pm: Patience Agbabi will read from her YA novel in verse\, Wonderland\, about a young girl’s passion for a musical genre\, followed by a disco playing Northern Soul classics. \n5pm: Jake Nathan will perform poems from his hip-hop inspired collection A Life In The Day of Jake Nathan accompanied by beats and samples. \n6.30pm: Performance artist and poet Naomi Wood will perform ‘Monster’ ‘hilarious’ and joyful spoken word show. autobiographical about fear and all the weird ugly things we hide. It’s about looking and being seen and all that we keep hidden from sight. It looks at what we consider to be ‘monstrous’ especially in women. It is about reconnecting with the ferocious\, ravenous and wild. \n8pm: Poet-musician Gabriel Moreno will perform songs from his book Gibraltar\, accompanied by music. \n> Book Now\n 
URL:https://sunpierhouse.co.uk/whatson/pierfest-a-day-long-celebration-of-words-and-music/
LOCATION:Café & Gallery\, Second Floor\, Sun Pier House\, Chatham\, Kent\, ME4 4HF
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SUMMARY:Big Trouble: Featuring Rachel Long\, and Cia Mangat
DESCRIPTION:Medway River Lit Presents: Big Trouble \nBig Trouble is the longest running Medway live lit night and something of a Kent legend. As well as the traditional open mic they have two great special guests. \nRachel Long’s 2026 collection Sparrow On The Rooftop has been described as a study of toxic love\, crisis and recovery\, at once moving and whip-smart\, from one of our brightest stars in poetry. Cia Mangat is a writer and zinemaker from London. Her work has been published in fourteen poems\, gal-dem\, Propel\, and bath magg\, and has been broadcast by the BBC. Her debut pamphlet Lobe is out with The Poetry Business. \nBook tickets on the Medway River Lit website: \n> Book Now
URL:https://sunpierhouse.co.uk/whatson/big-trouble-featuring-rachel-long-and-cia-mangat/
LOCATION:Community Hire Space\, First Floor\, Sun Pier House\, Chatham\, Kent\, ME4 4HF
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