Susan Utting
EVENTS & READINGS
2025
| 10 October | Participating reader at Winchester Poetry Festival 6.30-8pm in the Performance Hall, The Arc, Jewry Street, Winchester SO23 8SB |
| 20 September | Guest poet for Winchester Heritage Open Day 2.00-3.00pm St Lawrence Church, 18-19 The Square, Winchester SO23 9EX |
| 24 June | Poem "At the Bottom of My Garden" published in Poetry & All That Jazz 2025 annual magazine of The South Downs Poetry Festival
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| 18 May | Reading for Two Rivers Press Poetry Special for "Four Bears Fest 25" 4.00-5.00pm, Progress Theatre, The Mount Reading RG1 5HL www.fourbearsbooks.co.uk |
| 11 April | Featured poet, reading from The Colour of Rain for "Locals" Night at Reading’s Poets’ Café 8 for 8.30pm at South Street Arts Centre, 21 South Street RG1 4QU www.clairedyer.com/poets-cafe-2 |
| 25 March | "Pilgrimage 4 Palestine" (P4P) guest poet reading poems written by Gaza children, hosted by Peter & Alice Oswald 7.30 – 9pm Room 105, Palmer Building, University of Reading RG6 6UR |
| 9 March | "Three Poets at Fourbears" Guest reader with Claire Dyer at the launch of Robin Thomas’s ‘The Lion, The Lord, The Lower Orders and the Belt and Road Initiative’ 3.30-5pm at Fourbears Bookshop, 20 Prospect Street, Caversham, Reading RG4 8JGU Free entry, refreshments will be available. www.fourbearsbooks.co.uk |
| 1 February | "Art Stories" Artists & Poets reading poems and discussing their paintings at Reading Museum Art Gallery Sir John Madejski Art Gallery, Reading Museum, Blagrave Street Reading RG1 1HQ Open Tuesday to Friday, 3-4.30pm. Free event, all welcome, no need to book. www.readingmuseum.org.uk |
| ongoing to 22 February |
Commissioned poems, The Gnome & Mid-Atlantic Night, displayed as part of "Art Stories" Exhibition Sir John Madejski Art Gallery, Reading Museum, Blagrave Street Reading RG1 1HQ Open Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 4pm www.readingmuseum.org.uk |
2024
| 17 November | Reading at "Voices in the Air" - A French themed Zoom evening hosted by Sue Burge 7-9pm. To request link to zoom on the night, contact Sue Burge |
| 12 November | Reading with Two Rivers Press poets at Ruth O’Callaghan’s "Lumen" 6pm for 6.30pm start at Bloomsbury Church, 88, Tavistock Place, London WCI (Transport: King’s Cross or Russell Square) Entrance: £5 to support Cold Weather Shelter or Homeless. |
| 17 September - 22 February 2025 | Two commissioned poems displayed as part of "Art Stories" Exhibition Sir John Madejski Art Gallery, Reading Museum, Blagrave Street Reading RG1 1HQ Open Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 4pm www.readingmuseum.org.uk |
| 14 September | Guest Poet for Winchester Heritage Open Day 2.00-3.00pm, St Lawrence Church, 18-19 The Square, Winchester SO23 9EX |
| 12 August | Guest Poet for Arts Junction, Arundel 7.30pm, Red Room, Victoria Institute, Tarrant Street, BN18 9DG |
| 12 July | Host at Reading’s Poets’ Café, a live event with special guest poet Dawn Gorman 8 for 8.30 pm, South Street Arts, 21 South Street, RG1 4QU www.clairedyer.com/poets-cafe-2 |
| 12 June | Joint reading from "The Colour of Rain" and launch of Jean Jennings’s "A Zither in the Pantry" 11am, Beechwood Grove, 1 Albert Road, Reading RG17 9AA Everyone welcome, no booking needed. |
| 5 June | Featured reader at the launch of "Reading Poets: A New Anthology" South Street Arts Centre, 21 South Street, Reading RG1 4QU. 7-8.30pm |
| 31 May | "The Colour of Rain" reading event with Q&A and discussion 2.30 pm, Chestnut Grange, Harding Place, Wokingham RG40 1BJ |
| 19 May | Poetry reading as part of Fourbears Books Festival 4pm, Progress Theatre, The Mount, Reading RG1 5H Free parking; advance booking not required. |
| 6 April | "The Colour of Rain" Wokingham Book Launch and Meet the Poet event 2-3pm, Wokingham Library, The Carnival Hub, Wellington Road, Wokingham RG40 2AF This is a free event with free parking in the library’s multistorey carpark. |
| 28 March | Poetry reading with Two Rivers Press poets 2pm at "Rivers and Stone", artist William Mackenzie’s Exhibition The Old Fire Station Gallery, 52 Market Place, Henley on Thames RG9 2AG Free entry; advance booking not required. |
| 3 March | Caversham launch of "The Colour of Rain" (Two Rivers Press) Fourbears Books, 20 Prospect Street, Caversham, Reading RG4 8JG. 4-5 pm. Free entry. www.fourbearsbooks.com |
| 25 February | Featured Poet at The Poetry Place, live broadcast on West Wilts Radio Listen at 3pm on www.westwiltsradio.com or via Play Again from the following day. |
| 21 February | New collection "The Colour of Rain" published. Available to order at Two Rivers Press or directly from Susan |
2023
| 19 November | Guest reader at the Caversham launch of Robin Thomas’ poetry collection Fourbears Books, 20 Prospect Street, Caversham, Reading RG4 8JG. Free entry, 4-5pm. www.fourbearsbooks.co.uk/event-details/robin-thomas-reminded-of-something |
| 10 November | Host at Reading’s Poets’ Café, a live event with special guest 8 for 8,30 pm, South Street Arts, 21 South Street, RG1 4QU www.clairedyer.com/poets-cafe-2 |
| 30 September | Guest reader at Local Poets’ Event, 2-4.15 pm at Cornerstone Arts Centre, Station Road, Didcot OX11 7NE Full details and booking information at www.cornerstone-arts.org/whats/local-poets-event |
| 16 September | Participating reader for Winchester Heritage Open Day 2pm at St Lawrence’s Church, The Square, Winchester. SO23 PEX |
| 25 June | Participating reader at East Reading Festival, 2-3 pm on the Spoken Word Stage, Palmer Park, Wokingham Road, Reading RG6 1LF Free entry to all Festival events. |
| 2 February | Participating reader in launch of The Canvas Creative Arts magazine 5.30-7.30pm in Mondial, The Students’ Union, Whiteknights Campus, The University of Reading.
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2022
| 10 November | Participating reader in 'Finding Home' Transatlantic Poetry Event on Zoom 6pm-7.30pm UK time, 1pm-2.30pm US East Coast time, 10am-11.30pm US West Coast time. info@poetscafereading.co.uk |
| 6 November | Guest reader with Claire Dyer at the Caversham launch of "The Weather on the Moon"by Robin Thomas Fourbears Books, 20 Prospect Street, Caversham, Reading RG4 8JG Free entry, time to be announced. |
| 26 October | Zoom Launch of South Magazine 66, reading as contributor to the Autumn Edition. 7.15 for 7.30pm start, Zoom sign-in details one week beforehand. |
| 22 October | Live Launch of South Magazine 66 2-4.30 pm the New Park Centre, Chichester PO19 7XY |
| 11 July | Guest reader for Winchester Muse hosted by Hilary Hares 7.30pm live at The Arc (formerly The Discovery Centre) Jewry Street, Winchester SO23 8SB and ‘hybrid’ on Zoom www.facebook.com/WinchesterMuse |
| 26 June | Participant in the East Reading Festival Spoken Word Stage with Two Rivers Press and Poets Café from 2pm Palmer Park, Palmer Park Avenue, Reading. Full details on the East Reading Festival website |
| 22 June | Live reading of "Ingathering" at Hippocrates Commended poets event 9 pm on-line, joining details on the Hippocrates Prize website |
| 15 June | Live reading of "Ingathering" at Hippocrates Commended poets event 9 pm on-line, joining details on the Hippocrates Prize website |
| 29 May | Featured Poet at The Poetry Place, live broadcast on Radio West Wilts Listen at 3pm on www.westwiltsradio.com or via Play Again from the following day. |
| 20 May | Guest reader for Cookham Festival at the "Local Connections" event 7.30 pm Pindar Hall, Lower Road, Cookham www.cookhamfestival.co.uk |
| 11 March | Host at Reading's Poets' Café, a live event with special guest Veronica Aaronson 8 for 8.8.30 pm, South Street Arts, 21 South Street, RG1 4QU www.clairedyer.com/poets-cafe-2/ |
| January | A new poem and "Blind Criticism" feature article published in The North poetry magazine. |