Jen Feroze lives by the sea in Essex. A former Foyle Young Poet, her work has been widely published in journals including Poetry Wales, Magma, Butcher’s Dog, Under The Radar, And Other Poems, Berlin Lit, The Interpreter’s House and Anthropocene. She won the 2024 Poetry Business International Book and Pamphlet Award and placed second in the 2022/2023 Magma Editors’ Prize. Jen has edited anthologies for The Mum Poem Press and Black Bough Poetry, and is the co-host of the monthly Women Poet’s Network open mics with The Rebecca Swift Foundation. Her debut pamphlet Tiny Bright Thorns was published by Nine Pens in 2024. She likes wild swimming, turquoise things and cheese you can eat with a spoon. 

The first half of this event will be open mic, so please feel free to bring and read a poem in a friendly and welcoming space.