Upcoming
Events
Mon 8 Jun 2026
Moderator: Where The Shadows End by Louisa Bello London Book Launch
Burley Fisher Books, 400 Kingsland Rd, London E8 4AA
6:30-9pm
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Poetry at Lala: Rachel Long with special guests Isabelle Baafi and Momtaza Mehri
Lala Books, 4a Grove Lane, London SE5 8SY
7-9pm
Mon 22 Jun 2026
Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize Award Night
Crescent Arts Centre, University Road, Belfast BT7 1NN
6-7:30pm
Tue 28 Jul 2026
Poetry Reading: Isabelle Baafi and Matthew Rice
Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre, 9 Market St, Armagh BT61 7BW
11:15-12:15m
Workshops & Courses
Sun 5 Jul 2026
Anthem of the Aftermath
the87press (online)
6-9pm
Tue 14 Jul 2026
First Steps: Finding Inspiration with Isabelle Baafi
The Poetry School (online)
6:30-9pm
Tue 11 Aug 2026
First Steps: A Closer Look with Isabelle Baafi
The Poetry School (online)
6:30-9pm
Tue 8 Sep 2026
First Steps: Finding Inspiration with Isabelle Baafi
The Poetry School (online)
6:30-9pm
Wed 9 Sep 2026
(Guest Speaker) Residential Writing Course: Starting to Write
The Hurst and Clockhouse, Clunton, Craven Arms, Shropshire SY7 0JA
7-9pm
Tue 13 Oct 2026
First Steps: A Closer Look with Isabelle Baafi
The Poetry School (online)
6:30-9pm
Tue 10 Nov 2026
First Steps: Finding Inspiration with Isabelle Baafi
The Poetry School (online)
6:30-9pm
Tue 8 Dec 2026
First Steps: A Closer Look with Isabelle Baafi
The Poetry School (online)
6:30-9pm
Past
Events
Thu 4 Jun 2026
Poetry Club: Tishani Doshi, Asmaa Azaizeh and Isabelle Baafi
Coronet Theatre, 103 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3LB
7:30pm
Sat 16 May 2026
Isabelle Baafi and Dean Browne
Cork International Poetry Festival, Cork Arts Theatre, Ireland T23 X72D
4:30-5:30pm
Fri 15 May 2026
Moderator: Anthony Joseph and Patricia Smith
Cork International Poetry Festival, Cork Arts Theatre, Ireland T23 X72D
10-11pm
Thu 14 May 2026
St Mungo’s Mirrorball
Waterstones, 153-157 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3EW
7-9pm
Sat 25 Mar 2026
Poetry Spotlight: Isabelle Baafi and John McCullough
MK Lit Fest, Milton Keynes Central Library, MK9 3HL
2-3pm
Thu 23 Apr 2026
BORN::FREE presents Veranda
SPANNERS, arch 504, Loughborough Junction, SW9 7EX
7-11pm
Fri 17 Apr 2026
Bad Betty Live
New Art Exchange, 39-41 Gregory Blvd, Nottingham NG7 6BE
6:30-10pm
Sat 14 Mar 2026
Wake up, Poetry with Charles Lang & Isabelle Baafi
StAnza Poetry Festival, Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9LA
10-11pm
Fri 13 Mar 2026
You Are Not Alone: festival opening night
StAnza Poetry Festival, Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9LA
7-9pm
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Reading with Isabelle Baafi and Falmouth Poetry Group
The Writers’ Block, TR16 6RZ
6-7:30pm
Mon 2 Feb 2026
Isabelle Baafi & Eve Ellis plus Open Mic
Cheltenham Poetry Festival (online)
7-8pm
Sun 18 Jan 2026
T.S. Eliot Prize Shortlist Readings
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XX
7-9pm
Sun 23 Nov
Magma 93 Launch: The Liberation Issue
Push the Boat Out Festival, Edinburgh
12-1pm
Sat 22 Nov
Finding meaning, seeking consolation
Push the Boat Out Festival, Edinburgh
4-5pm
Sat 22 Nov
Holding On and Letting Go: Isabelle Baafi & Jessica Traynor
Push the Boat Out Festival, Edinburgh
11:30am-12:30pm
Sun 26 Oct 2025
Forward Prizes Ceremony 2025
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XX
7pm
Sat 25 Oct 2025
Next Verse: A Young Poets’ Summit
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XX
7-8:30pm
Fri 24 Oct 2025
MUSHAIRA – Blue Pieta & Bhanu Kapil (with Kath Gifford) + Gabrielle Bates + Omar Sakr & Safdar Ahmed (virtual) + Hannah Copley + Isabelle Baafi
Cafe Oto, 18-22 Ashwin St, London
7:30-11:30pm
Sat 11 Oct 2025
Debuts Panel: Isabelle Baafi, Erica Hesketh, Dzifa Benson
Winchester Poetry Festival, The ARC, Winchester
1-2pm
Sun 21 Sep 2025
Forward Prize Launch
St George’s Hall, Bridge St, Bradford BD1 1JT
2:15-3:30pm
Thu 17 Jul 2025
Isabelle Baafi, Rachel Trousdale, and Callie Garnett
Unnameable Books, 615 Vanderbilt Ave. Brooklyn, NY
7-8pm
Tue 15 Jul 2025
Bryant Park Reading Series
The Reading Room, Bryant Park, W 42nd St, New York, NY
6-7pm
Mon 14 Jul 2025
Reading Series
Franklin Park, 766 Franklin Avenue, 618 St Johns Pl, Brooklyn, NY
8-10pm
Sat 5 Jul 2025
Ellen Cranitch & Isabelle Baafi
Ledbury Poetry Festival, Burgage Hall, Herefordshire
11:30-12:30pm
Fri 27 Jun 2025
Ledbury Poetry Critics: A Discussion Panel
Ledbury Poetry Festival, Burgage Hall, Herefordshire
6-7pm
Sat 31 May 2025
Nina Mingya Powles and Isabelle Baafi: poetry readings and in conversation
Launceston Poetry Festival, Launceston Town Hall, Western Rd, Launceston PL15 7AR
2:45-3:45pm
Thu 8 May 2025
Out-Spoken: May
Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre
7:45pm
Sat 12 Apr 2025
Celebrating Maximum Summer and Chaotic Good
Jeannie Avent Gallery, 14 North Cross Rd, London SE22 9EU
6pm
Wed 9 Apr 2025
Chaotic Good Launch
London Review Bookshop, 14 Bury Place, London WC1A 2JL
7pm
Fri 9 Sep 2022
The Essay: Isabelle Baafi, Alvin Pang and Anil Pradhan
Birmingham Hippodrome
3:30pm
Workshops & Courses
May–July 2026
Fortnightly Feedback with Isabelle Baafi
The Poetry School (online)
Wed 22 Apr 2026
Advanced Poetry Workshop: Writing Against Logic
Cúirt International Festival of Literature (online)
6-9pm
Fri 17 Apr 2026
Bad Betty Masterclass: The Age of Disenchantment
New Art Exchange, 39-41 Gregory Blvd, Nottingham NG7 6BE
2-4pm
Mar–Apr 2026
First & Last Lines Studio Course (Spring 2026)
The Poetry School (online)
Sun 22 Mar 2026
Out-Spoken Masterclass: March
Sunley Pavilion, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX
1-4pm
Sat 28 Feb 2026
The Age of Invention
The Writers’ Block, TR16 6RZ
2-5pm
Mon 5–Tue 27 Jan 2026
Arvon Online Writing Month (evening): Writing the personal with Victoria Kennefick
Arvon Foundation (online)
Mon 3 Nov–Mon 1 Dec 2025
First & Last Lines Studio Course (Autumn 2025)
The Poetry School (online)
Tue 2 Sep 2025
Workshop: Not to Scale
[Online] Verve Poetry Festival Zoom Workshop Series
7-9pm