The Common Press Poetry Night has become a popular event for writers and poets to showcase their work and launch poetry collections.
Join us on 28th of April from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM for an evening of poetry & OPEN MIC, hosted by Zain Rishi.
If you’d like to read at the poetry night, arrive at 7:00 PM to sign up. There will also be opportunities to sign up on the night and hop on stage. Please note that while we will do our best to accommodate as many readers as possible, we cannot guarantee that everyone on the list will have the chance to perform.
Schedule
7:00 pm - Doors open
7:15 pm - Sara performing
7:30 pm - Open Mic slots
7:45 pm - Francis-Xavier performing
8:00 pm - Open Mic slots
8:15 pm - Break
8:30 pm - Sylvie performing
8:45 pm - Open mic slots
9:00 pm - Zain performing
9:30 pm - Closing
About the Poets
Zain Rishi is a writer from Birmingham, UK. He won the 27th annual Ware Poets Competition, placed third in the 2024 Oxford Poetry Prize and was highly commended in the Poetry Wales Award 2024-25. His poetry has featured in Magma, Wildness, Fourteen Poems, Gutter, Propel and various anthologies. He is currently based in Edinburgh. Noon is his debut poetry pamphlet.
Francis-Xavier Mukiibi is a poet and performer of Ugandan heritage from North London. He was the recipient of an Eric Gregory Award for his debut pamphlet, Mutabani & [ ]ther Poems (Little Betty, 2025), and won Silver in the Creative Future Writers’ Award for 2024.
Sylvie Jane Lewis’s poetry appears in The London Magazine, Acumen, and fourteen poems. Her poetry placed third in the 2025 Bridport Poetry Prize, making her winner of the 2025 Bridport Young Writer Award. She is pursuing an AHRC-funded Literature and Film PhD at the University of Brighton, focused on the fairy in literary modernism and early film and photography.
Sara Mostafa is an Egyptian poet & writer based in London & Glasgow. In 2024, she was highly commended for the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award.
