A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTAL POETRY EVENTS


 
 
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VENUE: L’Etoile Studio, 18 West Street, Bristol, BS2 0BH UK

Run by Paul Hawkins, Stephen James Moore & Hesterglock Press



EVENTSTYPEYR
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October 17

Book launch

2026
2

November 13

w/STEEL INCISORS

2026
3

December 11

TBC

2026
4

January 15

Book launch

2027
5

February 19

TBC

2027
6

March

TBC

2027
7

April 2

TBC

2027
8

May

TBC

2027
9

June

TBC

2027



Don’t drink from the mainstream . . .

© 2026 Trigger Warning all rights reserved 


TW #02

TYPE: Steel Incisors/Hesterglock Press showcase

13/11/2026

Bristol-based Hesterglock Press join with Wells’s Steel Incisors to present experimental performances featuring Martin Wakefield & Bob Modem, James Knight, Leia Butler, Stephen James Moore & Paul Hawkins, Patrick Cosgrove, & Madeleine Culver. Books for sale.

18:30 - 21:30 

pay what you can / contributions via Headfirst HERE



TW #01

TYPE: From Stapleton book launch

17/10/2026



Short film for the launch of Wakefield’s new book, Circulation. (film: Martin Wakefield)



Lydia Unsworth reads Walk 3 at Trigger Warning #01, October 17th, 2026 at L’Etoile Studio, Bristol

Dwight Olivers solo then joined by Stephen James Moore reading from his new book, From Stapleton at Trigger Warning #01


“A compelling, provocative long poem; From Stapleton sings powerfully, blending psycho-geography, fragmentary urban voodoo, urgent statistics, overheard conversations and Oulipian trickery.” Brendan Cleary

Copies are also available from these tastful Bristol emporiums: East Bristol Books, Radical Roasters and Paper Tales.

Hesterglock Press will publish a free Trigger Warning zine with work by every performer. Grab your copy of TW #01 on the night.

Stephen is a poet based in Bristol. For more of his work check out his Substack here.

Venue: L’Etoile Studio, Old Market, Bristol

Stephen J. Moore launches his new Hesterglock Press published From Stapleton book with improvised sounds by Dwhyte Olivers.
Martin Wakefield launches his new book Circulation. (Hesterglock Press) with a short film and reading, and performances by Lydia Unsworth & Paul Hawkins. Books for sale.

Come and join us from 18:30

Entry by pay what you can contribution (there is a minimum) via Headfirst



Trigger Warning

A series of experimental poetry events in Bristol

Paul Hawkins is a poet, artist & publisher.

Stephen James Moore is a Bristol-based poet.

Hesterglock Press is a small Bristol-based press publishing mostly Poem Brut & other outsider, artistic creative projects run by Paul Hawkins.


All events held at L’Etoiles Studio, BristolContact, Insta