🎤 Join Gareth James for Irie’s Spoken Word Open Mic with celebrated poet, Rishi Dastidar, for an evening dedicated to poetry and prose. Held on the first Monday of each month in the Bank Vault, Aberystwyth, this event is a fantastic opportunity for writers to share their work. Admission is free so bring along your crew.

London-based Rishi Dastidar’s poetry has been published by Financial Times, New Scientist, and the BBC, amongst many others. His third collection, Neptune’s Projects (Nine Arches Press), was longlisted for the Laurel Prize, and a poem from it was included in The Forward Book of Poetry 2024. His fourth collection of poetry, Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak (Nine Arches Press) was published in 2026. He reviews poetry for The Guardian, is a trustee of the Wordsworth Trust, and chairs Wasafiri, the leading magazine of international contemporary writing.