Open the Door

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Enter our Calm Slam Poetry Competition

Calling all unheard poets! Submit your poem to our Open the Door 2023 Calm Slam competition!

Across and beyond my placement

Today, I would like to share with my audience the interesting things I am up and about in this beautiful, gorgeous place. On my first day here, the smell of […]

George Floyd by Jo Beth Gray

As part of our Open the Door Feedback Festival we’re delighted to share a poem written by Jo Beth Gray. Open the Door started in 2015 with the aim of […]

Open the Door: Laura and Leila

Five years of Opening the Door wide to the world of women’s reading and writing

GWL’s Dr Adele Patrick writes about five years of the groundbreaking Open the Door Festival