Poet and performance artist Patrizia Longhitano hosts Venn Diagrams, a monthly poetry event with two main poetry guests, this month AV Bridgwood & Neimo Askar, readers from the floor, a projection of a poetry video and a break in the middle where wine and snacks are served.
AV Bridgwood is a poet based in London. Their debut pamphlet Snack is published by ignitionpress; the title poem was highly commended in the 2025 Forward Prizes. They won the 2024 Oxford Poetry Prize and were commended in the National Poetry Competition 2023. AV is a former Foyle Young Poet and graduated with distinction from UEA's MA in Creative Writing.
Neimo Askar is the founder of Poetry and Shaah, and explores the intersection of faith, disability and belonging.
