Brian Bilston: How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside @ The Halls

Name: Brian Bilston: How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside @ The Halls
Start: 2026-10-09T19:30:00+01:00
Location: The Halls

Fri 9 Oct 2026

The image shows a person sitting in a kitchen, holding a book titled "how to write a poem" by John Redmond in front of their face, hiding their features. In front of them on the table sits a tabby cat, calmly looking toward the camera with a rather unimpressed or serious expression.

SPOKE and Edge Street Live presents Brian Bilston: How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside

This is a ‘Norwich Arts Centre presents’ event at The Halls, St Andrew’s Plain, Norwich, NR3 1AU

With over 500,000 followers on social media and a host of sell-out shows across the country, Brian Bilston is one of the UK’s most popular poets.

He has published several bestselling collections of poetry, including You Took the Last Bus Home, Alexa, what is there to know about love? and Days Like These. His novel Diary of a Somebody was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award, and he has also written collections of poetry for younger readers. In 2025 he released an album of his poetry set to music, Sounds Made by Humans, in collaboration with The Catenary Wires.

This autumn sees Brian return to the stage with his latest book, How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside. Get ready for an evening of comedy and laughter, as he takes us through the hows, whys and whats of reading, writing and enjoying poetry every day.