Amsterdam West has eight events coming up for people who love words, on stage and on paper.
Shut Up & Write meets at Hannah’s on Admiraal de Ruijterweg on Friday 23 October for a free session built around an hour of working on your own writing.
On Thursday 29 October, spoken-word artist Luan Buleshkaj curates Literanita at De Nieuwe Anita, with five performers and tickets from €5 to €15.
The same evening, Comedytrain’s Open Podium on Pazzanistraat lets comedians try out new material, with tickets at €10.
The Amsterdams Volkskoor sings songs by Johnny Jordaan, Tante Leen and Willy Alberti at Meervaart on 30 October and 6 November, with tickets at €27.50.
Also on 30 October, historian Tharik Hussain discusses his book Muslim Europe at Maqam in a free event.
The Amsterdam Storytelling Festival brings more than 30 performances, workshops and talks to Podium Mozaïek from 6 to 15 November.
The Nieuwe Leeskring discusses a recently published book at De Nieuwe Boekhandel on 9 November, and it costs €10 to take part.
Comedy Queens mixes stand-up, theatre, music and poetry at MidWest on 13 November, with tickets at €21 plus a €1 service charge.
For more live words, check out our guide to spoken word and poetry nights in Amsterdam.