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SUMMARY:Verbose MCR
LOCATION:The Kings Arms
DESCRIPTION:PRESS RELEASE: VERBOSE MONDAY 2 8th September 202 6 \, KINGS AR
 MS SALFORD\, 7.30PM One of Manchester’s longest running spoken word even
 ts\, Verbose\, returns on Monday 28th September 2026 at the Kings Arms. Ve
 rbose has a proud history of bringing together a vibrant mix of live liter
 ature from poetry\, prose and everything in between. Verbose welcomes new 
 talent to the open mic alongside established writers and performers wantin
 g to showcase new material\, giving audiences the chance to hear work that
  is on its way to be published or perhaps feature at festivals including G
 lastonbury\, Edinburgh Fringe and many more. Introducing our headliners fo
 r September! Kim Moore’s third poetry collection The House of Broken Thi
 ngs was published by Corsair in May 2026. Her second collection All the Me
 n I Never Married (Seren\, 2021) won the 2022 Forward Prize for Best Colle
 ction. In 2026 she was awarded a Cholmondeley Award. She is a Senior Lectu
 rer in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and the Depu
 ty Programme Leader of the MA and MfA in Creative Writing. Photo credit 
 – Rebecca Higson Dean Wilson is a compulsive rhymer from Withernsea on t
 he Yorkshire coast. He’s best known for his Pebble Of The Day social med
 ia hit which he started in 2019. His poetry collections Sometimes I’m So
  Happy I’m Not Safe On The Streets and Take Me Up The Lighthouse are pub
 lished by Wrecking Ball Press. He’s made over sixty poetry films with pl
 aywright and filmmaker Dave Lee including the documentaries East Coast Fev
 er\, Dean World and a cartoon strip film Jiggery Blokery with Lee Healey f
 rom Viz. He’s been performing live since the nineties and his live album
  Sometimes I’m So Happy I’m Not Safe On The Stage and his audiobook An
  Uncharacteristically Lengthy Poem By Dean Wilson About Interpretive Dance
  are out on the Irregular Patterns record label. His latest book ASK came 
 out in June and is published by DeanWorld.org and a compilation book A Dec
 ade Of Dean is out soon. Kate Noakes lives in Bristol\, and has a PhD from
  the University of Reading. Her new book arising from this work is Sublime
  Lungs (Two Rivers Press\, 2026). Bog Queens \, a pamphlet from Green Bott
 le Press was also published this year. Kate was elected to the Welsh Acade
 my in 2011. Her website\, www.boomslangpoetry.blogspot.com\, is archived b
 y the National Library of Wales. She is one third of poetry performance gr
 oup\, Braid ( www.braidpoetry.com )\, leads the Lyra Poetry Festival’s p
 oetry walk in Clifton\, and curates the poetry events for the Clifton Lite
 rature Festival. Kate was founding president of Paris Lit Up. She acted as
  a trustee for Spread the Word (2018-2022). Kate has taught creative writi
 ng for Paris Lit Up\, Oxford University\, the Poetry School\, and Malika
 ’s Poetry Kitchen\, and she offers one to one poetry coaching. To enter 
 the draw for an open mic slot\, please email us on verbosemanchester@gmail
 .com between 1st and 6th September Tickets are pay what you can from the l
 ink Verbose: Monday 28th September 2026 Kings Arms\, Bloom Street Salford 
 7.30pm to 9.30pm (doors open 7.15\, show starts 7.30) Find us on Instagram
  and Facebook at @verbosemcr\n\nBoletos: https://www.fatsoma.com/e/g8wdyok
 e/verbose-mcr
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