STST Word Club | Maison Bertaux Soirées

On March 19th, Maison Bertaux Soirées crosses south of the river to join Staffordshire St's monthly Word Club for a night of indulgence and literary delights. Our theme for the night? Tart - sour, sweet and a little tongue in cheek. A perfect pairing for our historic Soho patisserie.

Come listen and discover how our talented selected writers, all previous readers at Maison Bertaux Soirées, have responded to the theme. Expect to find in their words the hard crunch of pastry and soft surrender creme patisserie, the bite of berries that ensnare in sweetness or strike in sourness. Or maybe something altogether more alluring.

If their words incite hunger, we promise to satisfy it. In keeping with our long history of serving gateaux to the people since 1871, we’ll be bringing a tart of our own. Stay for a slice. We promise it will be delicious.

So please, come take a seat with us in our transported little patisserie, and take pleasure in all things tart.

Readers:

Phoenix Yemi 
Amy Key
Otamere Guobardia 
Hannah Regel 
Francisco Garcia

Info:

Thursday 19th March
19.00 - 22.00

Tickets:

General - £10
Concession - £6
Pay it forward - £14

If you are financially able, please consider the pay it forward option or donating to keep Staffordshire St accessible to all.

Word Club at Staffordshire St is a space for collectives, curators and audiences to explore cross-disciplinary writing, from prose and non-fiction, to academia and poetry.

Phoenix Yemi | @phoenixyemoja
Phoenix Yemi is a Nigerian-British poet and artist writing at the intersections of body and earth, myth and memory, desire and dissent. Her work lives where language resists, remembers, and reimagines. Rooted in a surrealism of liberation, her creative practice dismantles imposed realities to summon new ways of seeing and being. She is the founder of Black Geographies and writes A Worm Moon, a monthly poetry newsletter for Worms Magazine.

Amy Key | @msamykey
Amy Key writes poetry, essays and non-fiction and is the author of two collections of poetry, Luxe and Isn’t Forever. Her memoir Arrangements in Blue was published in 2023 and engages with Joni Mitchell’s seminal album to tell the story of a life fulfilled by oneself.

Otamere Guobardia | @otamere
Otamere Guobadia is a multidisciplinary writer, poet, and columnist. His work explores desire, art, adornment, queerness, and agency. His work has appeared in British Vogue, i-D, Dazed, GQ, The Guardian, and AnOther Magazine, among other publications. His first book, Unutterable Visions, Perishable Breath, was published in January 2024,and was praised by I-D magazine as an ‘emotionally ecstatic volume that showcases his inspiring grasp on language’.

Hannah Regel | @hannahregel
Hannah Regel is the author of two poetry collections, When I Was Alive and Oliver Reed. Her debut novel The Last Sane Woman was published in 2024 and the manuscript was a recipient of the K Blundell Trust award


Francisco Garcia | @francisco_garciadf
Francisco Garcia is a London-based writer, journalist and presenter.​ His long form features, essays and investigations are regularly published in the Financial Times, The Guardian, the London Review of Books and many others. He is currently working as Senior Writer for The Observer. His first two nonfiction books were published by HarperCollins and reviewed across the national press. He is currently working on his first novel and developing an investigative podcast.

Accessibility: There is step-free access to the gallery via the door to the left hand side of the main entrance. There is a wheelchair accessible toilet. The event will be taking place in the exhibition space, which is a large open room with bright lighting and some seating available. Our accessibility rider is available here. 

Staffordshire St is an independent project space in Peckham, South East London. The venue facilitates arts and cultural events and provides affordable studios for artists, makers and designers. ​

Staffordshire St is not-for-profit and all income is invested into developing our public programme which launched the summer of 2022. The venue was established as an art gallery in 2017, before then it was vacant for many years after a community centre closed. Originally it was built as a Methodist Hall. We intend to support a range of cultural events for the local community.

Staffordshire St will build on the established record of these histories, opening up again to the neighbourhood and developing a welcoming interdisciplinary arts space. More information on upcoming events at : info@staffordshirest.com or @staffordshirest

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