City Lit presents: Late Lines
Late Lines is our regular performance evening for City Lit writers, featuring a fantastic mix of poetry and prose readings from our talented students. All are welcome!
Date: Friday 13th March 2026
Time: 18:30-20:15
Location: Cultureplex, City Lit
Late Lines in March 2026 will be hosted by Thomas McMullan and feature special guest, poet Oluwaseun Olayiwola.
Tickets are £3 per person.
The event will include an interval, during which complimentary glasses of wine will be available for attendees.
Please be aware that the evening may include pieces which discuss adult themes and subjects.
Audience members and readers may be photographed for promotional purposes. By attending this event, you consent to have your image used for these purposes.
The event will take place in our ground floor Cultureplex space which is fully accessible. If you have any accessibility requirements or require space for a wheelchair, we would be grateful if you could contact us in advance at writing@citylit.ac.uk to let us know. Learn more about accessibility at the college >
Please note that food and drink are not allowed in the Cultureplex.
Join in
If you are studying or have recently studied on a City Lit writing course and would like to share your work at Late Lines in June, we'd love to hear from you. Please contact writing@citylit.ac.uk by the end of the day on Wednesday 25th February with a copy of the piece/s you'd like to read on the night. Each reading slot is 3-5 minutes maximum.
All genres, styles, forms and levels of experience are very welcome.
Queries
Please email writing@citylit.ac.uk with any queries about the event.
Oluwaseun Olayiwola
Oluwaseun (Seun) Olayiwola is a poet, critic, choreographer and performer based in London. His creative and critical work has been published in The Poetry Review, PN Review, The Telegraph, the TLSand elsewhere. His choreographic work has been presented at the V&A, The Place, The Central School of Ballet, and Studio Voltaire. He’s been commissioned by RSL, Ledbury Poetry Festival, Southwark Council, and Studio 3 Arts. Seun has an MFA in Choreography from the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, where he was a Fulbright Scholar in 2018-2019. His debut collection was published by Fitzcarraldo Editions (UK) and Soft Skull Press (US). Since publication, Strange Beach has won an Eric Gregory Award and was Poetry Book Society Winter 2025 Special Commendation. Seun is an inaugural member of the Rose Choreographic School at Sadlers Wells East. He is a lecturer in dance in the Kingston School of Art and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
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