# Event Details - **Event Name**: Queer Poets Reading - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: Sheffield poets Sarah Lasoye, Eden Chicken and Beth Davies (Sheffield Poet Laureate) in conversation about their work with Susie WilsonAbout this EventQueer Poets Reading brings together three poets living in Sheffield to celebrate queer poetry in the National Year of Reading. Sarah Lasoye, Eden Chicken and Beth Davies (Sheffield Poet Laureate) will be in conversation with Susie Wilson about their work and their reading. Come join us to hear poems ranging across radical friendship, aromantic and asexual identity, non-binary re-imagining of queer ancestry, sex, love, queerness and political commitment. We're looking forward to hearing your thoughts!18+ onlyPoet bios:Eden Chicken (they/them) is a queer poet whose work often explores hybridity. Having graduated from University of East Anglia’s Poetry MA, they have been published by Seedlings, Reverie, new words {press}, Ambient Receiver and more, nominated for Monarch Queer Literary Awards and shortlisted for The Free Verse Prize 2025. Sarah Lasoye is a poet and writer from London, based in Sheffield. Her debut chapbook Fovea / Ages Ago was published by Hajar Press in 2021. She is represented by Kat Aitken at Lexington Literary, and is currently working to complete an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Birmingham. Beth Davies is the Sheffield Poet Laureate 2024-26. Her debut pamphlet, The Pretence of Understanding, was published by The Poetry Business after winning the 2022 New Poets Prize. She won second place in the 2021 Dead Cat Poetry Prize and 2022 Magdalena Young Poets’ Prize. Susie Wilson, half poet, half tutor, half clown, is an LGBTQ+ Scottish writer living in Sheffield who has published two pamphlets, Nowhere Near As Safe As A Snake In Bed (Verve, 2024, winner of the 2024 Disabled Poets Prize) and Skin the Rabbit (The Braag, 2025). She is spending a year funded by the Arts Council writing about rivers and runs Sub Club for Sheffield Central Library and the Manchester Poetry Library. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/sheffield-city-centre/queer-poets-reading/100001985816554772 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, lgbt-pride - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fqueer-poets-reading-tickets-1985816554772 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Sheffield City Centre - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Carpenter Room Sheffield Central Library - **lat**: 53.38022669999999 - **long**: -1.4669863 - **full address**: Carpenter Room Sheffield Central Library, Surrey Street, Sheffield City Centre, United Kingdom ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Libraries Sheffield (https://allevents.in/org/libraries-sheffield/22519512) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/944d8fa982b30157c76ecf9bf6bc8f0133b71ca7b3e621d7090c03dcd46bb6eb-rimg-w1192-h377-dcffffff-gmir.jpg?v=1774396237 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://dyn-image.allevents.in/generate-image?v=4&title=Queer+Poets+Reading&date=22+Apr ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm (+01:00) - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Carpenter Room Sheffield Central Library, Surrey Street, Sheffield City Centre, United Kingdom - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 GBP - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Libraries Sheffield - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** art, literary-art, lgbt-pride - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Queer Poets Reading ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Queer Poets Reading", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/944d8fa982b30157c76ecf9bf6bc8f0133b71ca7b3e621d7090c03dcd46bb6eb-rimg-w1192-h377-dcffffff-gmir.jpg?v=1774396237", "startDate": "2026-04-22T18:00:00+01:00", "endDate": "2026-04-22T19:00:00+01:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/sheffield-city-centre/queer-poets-reading/100001985816554772", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Carpenter Room Sheffield Central Library", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "Surrey Street", "postalCode": "S1 1XZ", "addressLocality": "Sheffield City Centre", "addressRegion": "EN", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "53.38022669999999", "longitude": "-1.4669863" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Sheffield poets Sarah Lasoye, Eden Chicken and Beth Davies (Sheffield Poet Laureate) in conversation about their work with Susie Wilson", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-03-24", "availabilityEnds": "2026-04-22T19:00:00+01:00", "validFrom": "2026-03-24", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/sheffield-city-centre/queer-poets-reading/100001985816554772" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-03-24", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-03-24", "url": "https://allevents.in/sheffield-city-centre/queer-poets-reading/100001985816554772", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Libraries Sheffield", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/libraries-sheffield/22519512", "description": "Learn, enjoy and discover your library today. 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