[5] In 2016, Poet in the City began to expand its work beyond London, programming events at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre and HOME.

In 2017, Poet in the City partnered with CLPE and Year 5 pupils from three primary schools in East London to co-curate a live poetry event at Stratford Circus Arts Centre.

Poet in the City partnered with BioNano Consultancy and Aurora Orchestra[10] in a collaboration by poet Frances Leviston, composer Martin Suckling and scientists to create new work inspired by the PETMEM (Piezoelectronic Transduction Memory Device) technology, which premiered on 15 October 2017 as part of BBC Radio 3's Memory Weekender at the Wellcome Collection, and was then performed to a live audience at Kings Place[11] in January 2018 as part of its Time Unwrapped season.

These new works span first encounters and famous names, revolution and regeneration, as part of a wider project to reconnect modern Londoners with the cathedral.

Following the live event, an audio exhibition was launched, mapping the poetry onto the physical canvas of St Paul's and allowing the listener to rediscover the work in an all-new binaural experience online.

Seven leading UK poets, including Sir Andrew Motion and David Harsent, were commissioned to write new poems inspired by stories and documents from within seven London archives.

Subjects as diverse as the damage to St Paul's Cathedral during the London blitz and the diary of a gravedigger at the Royal College of Surgeons led to new poetry and the re-discovery of related archive materials.

[6] Poet in the City provides leadership training, industry skills workshops, networking opportunities and creative experiences to progress careers.