Summer Events

We've now had our last event of the 2008-2009 season, a big thank you to everyone for your support this year, and watch this space for news of our events for 2009-2010.

In the mean while, this weekend sees the start of A Small Corner of Cornwall, with events tonight and throughout the weekend, and a further event on Monday. Please give this festival of poetry and the arts your support -- click here (Kettle's Yard site) and here (Cambridge Artworks site) for more information.

CB1 Poetry

CB1 Poetry has held regular readings at CB1 Cafe on Mill Road for over ten years, and in 2007 began a major new series of readings at the Michaelhouse in the city centre. The aim is to feature well known and award winning guest poets, along with support readings from talented up and coming writers from Cambridge and further afield. Acclaimed poet and novelist Tobias Hill is our patron: you can hear his interview with the BBC here.

CB1 Poetry has always been about providing opportunities for poets to develop their talent before a discerning audience, so as well as holding our regular Open Mic evenings at CB1 Cafe, we also feature short poem floor spots at the Michaelhouse events following the interval. These afford less experienced poets the opportunity to give a 2-minute reading in front of a large audience.

Events also offer books for sale, as well as food and drink, before and after the readings, and during a 15 minute interval. The venue is open from 7:30pm, with readings commencing at 8pm sharp and finishing at 10pm. The Michaelhouse bar remains open till 11pm.

Our standard entry prices are £5 (£3 concessions) for the main guest reader events, and £3 (£2 concessions) for open mike evenings at CB1 Cafe.

We hope to see you soon, both at CB1 Cafe and at the Michaelhouse, to hear some amazing poetry.

2007-2008 Michaelhouse Event Photographs


This is a restrospective slideshow of some of the events from the autumn 2007 - spring 2008 season. Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who supported us during the year and made the events so successful and memorable.

Further images from our launch event are here.