Event Description

Prizewinning local poet, Sara Nesbitt Gibbons, will read from her new collection And They Are Clapping at this daytime launch and open mic event. Join us to hear Sara's poems about public spaces and communities, nature and home, in the beautiful Whitehall Historic House.

Sign up free by 2nd May to read your own poetry in limited open mic slots. To sign up, please fill out the form at: https://forms.gle/tiN7d9gpSidNdzsZ6

Audience tickets are free and can be booked in advance or drop in on the day. Signed copies of And They Are Clapping, with cover art by Carshalton artist Neal Vaughan, will be available for sale on the day. 

For more information about the book, visit indigodreamspublishing.com/sara-nesbitt-gibbons 

When

2:00PM - 4:00PM
Saturday 9 May 2026
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Where

Whitehall Historic House
1 Malden Road
Cheam
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