Tickets are not required for this event. It is a free event, just turn up at the given location and within the time slot indicated.

Receive your very own bespoke poem from award winning Birmingham poet Bradley Taylor. All you need to do is sit and have a chat with Bradley – then give him a prompt on anything at all and he will go on to type you up your unique poem on the spot, all on his typewriter.  

Bradley has appeared performing Poetry on Demand at the Hay Festival, Cheltenham Literature Festival and on BBC News. 

Bradley Taylor is an award-winning poet born and based in Birmingham. In 2024 he won the Roundhouse Poetry Slam, the night of which was the biggest poetry slam in history. In 2025 he released his debut collection You Missed The Best Part before embarking on a nationwide tour. 

Bradley has appeared at the Hay Festival, Cheltenham Literature Festival, The Inspirational Youth Awards, on BBC News and on BBC Radio 6 Music in which Craig Charles described him as ‘A brand new voice and a fresh perspective on the art of poetry and performance’. 

He writes for, and about, people.

This event is part of The Heath Bookshop Literature & Music Festival and is supported by National Lottery Grants Funding through Arts Council England.