Featured poet Maithreyi Hughes heads the Talisman open mic, Swansea's monthly poetry and spoken word night, with a free open mic after.
Talisman returns to Down By Here on Thursday 29 October, with Maithreyi Hughes as the featured poet. It's Swansea's longest-running poetry and spoken word open mic, curated by Rebecca Lowe and held on the last Thursday of the month at the High Street bar, which bills itself as the only one in the city to stock all Welsh ales and ciders.
Hughes is an Indian writer, translator and poet, also published as Maithreyi Karnoor. She's written two novels, a short story collection, and the poetry collection Skinny Dipping in Tiger Country. Her work has appeared in The Poetry Review, PN Review, Poetry London and Poetry Wales, and she's been a two-time finalist for the Montreal International Poetry Prize. She first came to Wales in 2022 on a Charles Wallace fellowship in writing and translation at University of Wales Trinity Saint David, and is now working on her third novel as part of a PhD in Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University.
After the feature, the night opens up to the room. Anyone can sign up on the night, and the open mic is free to enter. Since this session falls closest to Halloween, there's an invitation to dress up, so if you've got a costume you've been waiting to wear, this is a good excuse to bring it out. It's a regular night, so if you're just getting into the local scene, it's an easy place to start.
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The evening runs from 19:30 to 22:30, with sign-up from 19:30 and readings starting at 20:00. Down By Here is at 210 High Street, Swansea, SA1 1PE.
