Fire & Dust at PVC: RAYNA HARMONY and ROBYN ELIZABETH!

!! VENUE !! Please note: The LTB is now closed. Fire&Dust is temporarily hosted in Coventry's Priory Visitor Centre.

** You DON'T need a ticket to attend or be in the open mic.

Poets - please ONLY register for a ticket if you need a guaranteed open mic slot and can definitely attend. Please DON'T register for a ticket if you had one last month. There will also be open mic slots available on the night. **

Fire & Dust is a monthly poetry open mic event in Coventry city centre, hosted by local poets Ann Atkins and Raef Boylan. All welcome - 'page' poets, spoken word artists, slammers, MCs, story-tellers and anyone happy to listen to some wordsmith performances. Doors open for people to come in, grab seats and get settled around 7.15pm. The gig will start at 8PM.

Open mic slots are 3 minutes per poet. Find Raef (with clipboard) to sign up!

Travelling in from afar? Got accessibility concerns? Any queries? Please contact the hosts: raef @ hcemagazine DOT com

Bring friends, bring poems, or just come along for a listen! Take precautions to stay safe and keep others around you safe - respect people's preference to keep their distance, and please don't attend if you suspect you might have anything contagious. Cheers.

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HEADLINERS: RAYNA HARMONY and ROBYN ELIZABETH

RAYNA HARMONY takes us on a journey from childhood to parenthood in her poetry as she attempts to cultivate calm in the chaos. Unpacking grief, addiction and the beauty in it all. Rayna recently presented her piece ‘Home’ for Apples and Snakes as part of Playing Poetry and is looking forward to sharing this where it all began, at Fire & Dust.

ROBYN ELIZABETH is in the early stages of her poetry journey, having attended Fire & Dust for just under 18 months and sharing her own work since the beginning of 2025. With a lifelong love of words, Robyn has previously written blogs and non-fiction stories, and more recently turned her focus to poetry as a way to explore personal and collective experience. In July, she took part in a poetry development project led by Apples and Snakes, where she learned from acclaimed poets including Coventry legend John Bernard, Bradley Taylor, Jasmine Gardosi and Miss Yankee. Robyn wrote and performed a 10-minute piece as part of the programme at the Belgrade Theatre's new Jaguar space. Her poetry often explores themes of grief and self-acceptance, and she is beginning to delve into feminist and political writing with honesty and curiosity.

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NEW OPEN MIC SYSTEM:

Some open mic tickets are available to reserve here on Eventbrite; the rest are for sign-up on the night. Priority will be given to poets who didn't get to read last month. If you read last month and want to read again, your name will go on the reserve list for random draw to fill empty slots. Most poets who want to read WILL get to, but sometimes the list is too busy to fit everyone in!

Please don't register for a ticket if you had one last month. Please do not take the ticket that is called ! STOP. NOT A TICKET, STOPS 'Sold Out' ALERT! - cheers.

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The Priory Centre is in Coventry city centre. It's located in Priory Place, behind Nando's/The Flying Standard Wetherspoon (Trinity Street), just a short distance from where The LTB was, and 2 minute's walk from Pool Meadow bus station. Info about nearby car parks and street parking can be found .

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Free entry. There will be a jar for donations on the night. Alternatively, you can to help Fire & Dust gigs keep going. For additional info, check out the .

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