Susan Utting
EVENTS & READINGS
2026
| 19 April | Guest reader with Claire Dyer at the launch of Robin Thomas’s "The Dolls’ House Maker’s Room" 4-5.30pm at Fourbears Bookshop, 20 Prospect Street, Caversham, Reading RG4 8JG Free entry, refreshments will be available. www.fourbearsbooks.co.uk |
| 9 February | Reading for Winchester Muse, hosted by Hilary Hares at Winchester School of Art 7.00 – 8.30 p.m, Room 3003 South Building, Park Avenue, Winchester SO23 8DL |
2025
| 23 November | "Three Poets at Fourbears" Guest reader with Claire Dyer at the launch of Robin Thomas’s "Giant Crabs and Spiders" 4-5.30pm at Fourbears Bookshop, 20 Prospect Street, Caversham, Reading RG4 8JG Free entry, refreshments will be available. www.fourbearsbooks.co.uk |
| 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 8JG 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 |