Tuesday, 10th February, 2009, doors open 6.30pm, for 7pm, £4/£3, wine
88 Tavistock Place
London
WC1
Tubes: Russell Square, Kings Cross, St Pancras.
Ruth O'Callaghan presents Acumen Magazine, with Sarah Boyes, Leah Fritz and India Russell. All proceeds go to the Cold Weather Shelter.
Poets from the floor very welcome. Please bring a copy of your poem if you wish to be considered for the anthology sponsored by the thought-provoking Cinnamon Press.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
LONDON: Shearsman Reading Series
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009, 7.30pm, FREE
Swedenborg Hall
Swedenborg House
20/21 Bloomsbury Way
London
WC1A 2TH
The second in Shearsman's 2009 Reading Series features Martin Anderson and Claire Crowther, both of whom have new collections from Shearsman Books:
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/catalog/2009/anderson2009.html
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/catalog/2009/crowtherCWG.html
Swedenborg Hall
Swedenborg House
20/21 Bloomsbury Way
London
WC1A 2TH
The second in Shearsman's 2009 Reading Series features Martin Anderson and Claire Crowther, both of whom have new collections from Shearsman Books:
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/catalog/2009/anderson2009.html
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/catalog/2009/crowtherCWG.html
LONDON: Hammer and Tongue
Monday, February 2nd, 2009, 7.30pm-11pm, £5/4 (free entry for first 8 slammers to sign up on the door)
Green Note Cafe
106 Parkway
NW1 7AN
London
The unremitting misery of January banished, Hammer and Tongue warmly welcomes you to February's London night of depravity, top flight poetry and obscure foodstuffs at Camden's warmest, cosiest drinking den, the Green Note Cafe. Shipped in from the far antipodes, Australia's favourite performance poet and Nimbim World Cup winner Tug Dumbly will be doling out his very unique brand of macabre storytelling and ably supported by Brighton's poetry brothel keeper, Chris Parkinson.
The first eight lithe, primed poets to sign up for the slam get in for free and the winner will go on to compete in the London Hammer and Tongue slam final later in the Spring. Our London champion will be pitted against the nation's finest, with the winner going to to perform with us at Glastonbury, and many an exciting place on top of that.
For any more info call Michelle on 07809 236133
Green Note Cafe
106 Parkway
NW1 7AN
London
The unremitting misery of January banished, Hammer and Tongue warmly welcomes you to February's London night of depravity, top flight poetry and obscure foodstuffs at Camden's warmest, cosiest drinking den, the Green Note Cafe. Shipped in from the far antipodes, Australia's favourite performance poet and Nimbim World Cup winner Tug Dumbly will be doling out his very unique brand of macabre storytelling and ably supported by Brighton's poetry brothel keeper, Chris Parkinson.
The first eight lithe, primed poets to sign up for the slam get in for free and the winner will go on to compete in the London Hammer and Tongue slam final later in the Spring. Our London champion will be pitted against the nation's finest, with the winner going to to perform with us at Glastonbury, and many an exciting place on top of that.
For any more info call Michelle on 07809 236133
CHELTENHAM: Poetry at the Pub
Thursday, 29th January, 2009, 9pm, £2 on the door; £1 if you read a poem
Exmouth Arms,
Bath Road,
Cheltenham
Cheltenham Language Society presents...Poetry at the Pub, with Peter Wyton. Gloucestershire's Poet Laureate, Peter's prize-winning performances have taken to him countless literature and arts festivals, and BBC radio 2 and 4. Don't miss this chance to see him at the Exmouth!
In Other Worlds - open mic 8pm-9pm. Poems on the theme of foreign lands, foreign travel and foreign languages. If you would like to read a poem (it doesn't have to be your own!), please let one of the organisers know when you arrive. If it's in a language other than English, please be prepared to read an English translation or explanation.
Exmouth Arms,
Bath Road,
Cheltenham
Cheltenham Language Society presents...Poetry at the Pub, with Peter Wyton. Gloucestershire's Poet Laureate, Peter's prize-winning performances have taken to him countless literature and arts festivals, and BBC radio 2 and 4. Don't miss this chance to see him at the Exmouth!
In Other Worlds - open mic 8pm-9pm. Poems on the theme of foreign lands, foreign travel and foreign languages. If you would like to read a poem (it doesn't have to be your own!), please let one of the organisers know when you arrive. If it's in a language other than English, please be prepared to read an English translation or explanation.
LONDON: Rhythm & Muse
Thursday, January 29th, 2009, 8.30pm, £5/£4
The Lion,
27 Wick Road,
Teddington,
TW11
London
Guest poets Catherine Smith and Rik Wilkinson, plus music from dynamic duo The Flying Blueberries, and an open mic (book in advance).
Rhythm & Muse leaps into 2009 with a new website - coming soon at: www.rhythmandmuse.org.uk
Contact Alison Hill for more details: 020 8977 4610
or email: alison-hill@blueyonder.co.uk
The Lion,
27 Wick Road,
Teddington,
TW11
London
Guest poets Catherine Smith and Rik Wilkinson, plus music from dynamic duo The Flying Blueberries, and an open mic (book in advance).
Rhythm & Muse leaps into 2009 with a new website - coming soon at: www.rhythmandmuse.org.uk
Contact Alison Hill for more details: 020 8977 4610
or email: alison-hill@blueyonder.co.uk
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
LONDON: Utter! Heartbreak Valentine's / Plath Day Special
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009, 7:30pm - 10:30pm, £5/£3 before 7.30pm.
Green Note Club,
106 Camden Parkway
NW1 7AN
Transport: Camden Town tube, Camden road / Euston overland
All the featured spoken word artistes will be reading both works of their own on heartbreak and delivering some of the work of our Sylvia. They include:
Julia Bird: Previous ajar mic contest winner with a wonderful book, Hannah and the Monk, out with Salt. Her life is a cage, but on stage she's free.
James Kettle: He's had shows on BBC Radios 4 and 7, regularly headlines massive comedy clubs and deputy edits The Fix magazine. His subjects are suburban goth librarians and Tony Slattery, and you can't get any more heartbreak than that really, can you?
Annie Brechin: Published in The Wolf, The Delinquent, Rising and basically everywhere, being lovelorn has never seemed so glamorous. Why she doesn't have a book out yet we don't know.
Vinnie Gibbons: Winner of November's ajar mic contest, a bastard attack poet penning
material about power struggles in the animal kingdom and the plight of dubstep hedgehogs.
PLUS
The Utter! Writing Group themselves with heartbroken writings produced at the group...
PLUS
A dramatic JG Ballard-esque reenactment of the death of Sylvia Plath starring Richard Tyrone-Jones as Ted Hughes and Robert Yates as Elizabeth Taylor! With puppets.
The legendary AJAR MIC CONTEST: Rob Autton, Rowyda Amin, Amy Blakemore, and John Stiles reading from his novel Taking the Stairs. YOU vote to decide who wins a full paid slot at Utter! Bringing all your mates along to vote for you is positively welcomed, by the way.
Facebook event: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=102538500230
Phone: 07912 539 098
Email: richardtyronejones@gmail.com
Utter! writing group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5704768293
Green Note Club,
106 Camden Parkway
NW1 7AN
Transport: Camden Town tube, Camden road / Euston overland
All the featured spoken word artistes will be reading both works of their own on heartbreak and delivering some of the work of our Sylvia. They include:
Julia Bird: Previous ajar mic contest winner with a wonderful book, Hannah and the Monk, out with Salt. Her life is a cage, but on stage she's free.
James Kettle: He's had shows on BBC Radios 4 and 7, regularly headlines massive comedy clubs and deputy edits The Fix magazine. His subjects are suburban goth librarians and Tony Slattery, and you can't get any more heartbreak than that really, can you?
Annie Brechin: Published in The Wolf, The Delinquent, Rising and basically everywhere, being lovelorn has never seemed so glamorous. Why she doesn't have a book out yet we don't know.
Vinnie Gibbons: Winner of November's ajar mic contest, a bastard attack poet penning
material about power struggles in the animal kingdom and the plight of dubstep hedgehogs.
PLUS
The Utter! Writing Group themselves with heartbroken writings produced at the group...
PLUS
A dramatic JG Ballard-esque reenactment of the death of Sylvia Plath starring Richard Tyrone-Jones as Ted Hughes and Robert Yates as Elizabeth Taylor! With puppets.
The legendary AJAR MIC CONTEST: Rob Autton, Rowyda Amin, Amy Blakemore, and John Stiles reading from his novel Taking the Stairs. YOU vote to decide who wins a full paid slot at Utter! Bringing all your mates along to vote for you is positively welcomed, by the way.
Facebook event: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=102538500230
Phone: 07912 539 098
Email: richardtyronejones@gmail.com
Utter! writing group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5704768293
LONDON: Apples & Snakes in Soho
Wednesday, 28th January, 2009, 8pm, £8/£6
Soho Theatre,
21 Dean Street,
London
W1D 3NE.
APPLES & SNAKES IN SOHO - Poetry, patois and poignancy
Whoop and shout! Poetry's patois queen Valerie Bloom will be taking us on a verbal voyage through her hard-hitting, poignant, exuberant back-catalogue. A cornerstone of British Caribbean poetry – and recognised as such on last year's Honours List – Val is also respected as an educator, broadcaster and author. Her most recent novel for teenagers, The Tribe, was
published by Macmillan in 2007.
Ensuring extra words-for-money, there's Kayo Chingonyi, the man with the smoothest voice in poetry (and his writing's not bad either). Kayo weighs each vowel and syllable as if it's a thing of beauty – which it is, even when the words themselves are breaking your heart. He's guaranteed, in his own words, to take you to the crest of each sonic wave.
Meanwhile, straight outta the south-west, comes Rose Cook. A legend in Devon, where radio stations, theatres and cathedral vaults have all rung with the sound of her poetry, Rose is a firm believer in the soothing power of the spoken word. Tonight she storms the capital (in a soothing way).
And finally, we have newcomer Jahnell: with rhythms that seem to echo the industrial skylines of his native North, and tales of what it means to be of mixed heritage in the early 21st century, he's been bowling audiences over at recent shows. Get yourselves here, and see what the fuss is about.
Online poetry chronicler Naomi Woddis puts down the notebook and takes up the mic to steer us through tonight's wordy wonders.
Booking:
02074780100/www.sohotheatre.com Info: www.applesandsnakes.org
Soho Theatre,
21 Dean Street,
London
W1D 3NE.
APPLES & SNAKES IN SOHO - Poetry, patois and poignancy
Whoop and shout! Poetry's patois queen Valerie Bloom will be taking us on a verbal voyage through her hard-hitting, poignant, exuberant back-catalogue. A cornerstone of British Caribbean poetry – and recognised as such on last year's Honours List – Val is also respected as an educator, broadcaster and author. Her most recent novel for teenagers, The Tribe, was
published by Macmillan in 2007.
Ensuring extra words-for-money, there's Kayo Chingonyi, the man with the smoothest voice in poetry (and his writing's not bad either). Kayo weighs each vowel and syllable as if it's a thing of beauty – which it is, even when the words themselves are breaking your heart. He's guaranteed, in his own words, to take you to the crest of each sonic wave.
Meanwhile, straight outta the south-west, comes Rose Cook. A legend in Devon, where radio stations, theatres and cathedral vaults have all rung with the sound of her poetry, Rose is a firm believer in the soothing power of the spoken word. Tonight she storms the capital (in a soothing way).
And finally, we have newcomer Jahnell: with rhythms that seem to echo the industrial skylines of his native North, and tales of what it means to be of mixed heritage in the early 21st century, he's been bowling audiences over at recent shows. Get yourselves here, and see what the fuss is about.
Online poetry chronicler Naomi Woddis puts down the notebook and takes up the mic to steer us through tonight's wordy wonders.
Booking:
02074780100/www.sohotheatre.com Info: www.applesandsnakes.org
LONDON: Ride The Word
Wednesday 28th January 2009, 7pm-9.15pm, FREE
Borders,
Oxford St,
203-207 Oxford St,
London
W1D 2LE
Ride the Word V, featuring Jay Merill, Chrissie Gittins, Chris McCabe, Vincent De Souza and Kathryn Simmonds, plus featured small press, Tall Lighthouse.
Borders,
Oxford St,
203-207 Oxford St,
London
W1D 2LE
Ride the Word V, featuring Jay Merill, Chrissie Gittins, Chris McCabe, Vincent De Souza and Kathryn Simmonds, plus featured small press, Tall Lighthouse.
Monday, January 26, 2009
CHELTENHAM: Buzzwords
Sunday, 1st February 2009, £3, £5 if you are able
upstairs at The Exmouth Arms,
Bath Road,
Cheltenham
Guest poets are Maggie Butt and June Hall. At 7pm, they will lead a workshop, while at 8pm, there's an open mic and a reading by the guest poets.
upstairs at The Exmouth Arms,
Bath Road,
Cheltenham
Guest poets are Maggie Butt and June Hall. At 7pm, they will lead a workshop, while at 8pm, there's an open mic and a reading by the guest poets.
BIRMINGHAM: Poetry Bites with Ivy Alvarez
Tuesday, 27th January, 2009, 7.30pm (food available from 6.30pm)
Kitchen Garden Café
17 York Road
Kings Heath
Birmingham
B14 7SA
Ivy Alvarez is the author of Mortal (Red Morning Press, 2006). Her poetry is featured in anthologies, journals and new media in many countries. Both the Australia Council and the Welsh Academi have provided support towards the writing of her second book of poems.
Poetry Bites also includes floor spots where you can share your own poetry with an appreciative audience. Please arrive early to book a spot.
Kitchen Garden Café
17 York Road
Kings Heath
Birmingham
B14 7SA
Ivy Alvarez is the author of Mortal (Red Morning Press, 2006). Her poetry is featured in anthologies, journals and new media in many countries. Both the Australia Council and the Welsh Academi have provided support towards the writing of her second book of poems.
Poetry Bites also includes floor spots where you can share your own poetry with an appreciative audience. Please arrive early to book a spot.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
NEWCASTLE: Adrian Mitchell Benefit
SUNDAY, 25TH JANUARY, 2009, 7.30 PM
BRIDGE HOTEL,
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
SWARLEY'S CLUB PRESENTS, IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE NORTH EAST LABOUR HISTORY SOCIETY:
AN AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL/NORTHERN VOICES POETRY BENEFIT IN HONOUR OF ADRIAN MITCHELL, ON BURNS NIGHT,
FEATURING POETRY FROM NORTHERN VOICES AWARD WINNING POETS WILLIAM MARTIN, KATRINA PORTEOUS AND CATHERINE GRAHAM, WITH KEITH ARMSTRONG & PAUL SUMMERS & FROM PENRITH: GERALDINE GREEN, FROM BRADFORD: BRUCE BARNES, FROM LINCOLN: GUY HUDSON, PLUS NORTHERN VOICES ANNUAL AWARD PRESENTATION & SONGS FROM DAVE DOUGLASS.
BRIDGE HOTEL,
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
SWARLEY'S CLUB PRESENTS, IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE NORTH EAST LABOUR HISTORY SOCIETY:
AN AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL/NORTHERN VOICES POETRY BENEFIT IN HONOUR OF ADRIAN MITCHELL, ON BURNS NIGHT,
FEATURING POETRY FROM NORTHERN VOICES AWARD WINNING POETS WILLIAM MARTIN, KATRINA PORTEOUS AND CATHERINE GRAHAM, WITH KEITH ARMSTRONG & PAUL SUMMERS & FROM PENRITH: GERALDINE GREEN, FROM BRADFORD: BRUCE BARNES, FROM LINCOLN: GUY HUDSON, PLUS NORTHERN VOICES ANNUAL AWARD PRESENTATION & SONGS FROM DAVE DOUGLASS.
LEAMINGTON SPA: PureandGoodandRight
Sunday, January 25th, 2009, 7pm to book a slot, 7.30pm prompt start, £3 (£2 Student/OAP)
The Fox,
32 Clarendon Avenue,
Leamington Spa
CV32 4RZ.
PUREandGOODandRIGHT is an open mic poetry event, with great guest performance poets! Every event is an opportunity for YOU to come along and perform your poetry! Our very special guest this month is the amazing Antony Owen. He is from Coventry and the Commercial Manager for Coventry Rugby Club. He has been writing poetry for 15 years and his first collection, My Father's Eyes Were Blue, will be published by Heaventree Press later in 2009. Recently, he represented Coventry’s rich history of writers at the Cork literary festival alongside the poet Jon Morley, reigniting the literary links between Coventry and Ireland.
With open mic support from… YOU! Come, share your poems – seasoned poets and first-time performers most welcome!
If you're planning to come along, or would like to know more about the night, email: pgrpoetry@hotmail.co.uk
The Fox,
32 Clarendon Avenue,
Leamington Spa
CV32 4RZ.
PUREandGOODandRIGHT is an open mic poetry event, with great guest performance poets! Every event is an opportunity for YOU to come along and perform your poetry! Our very special guest this month is the amazing Antony Owen. He is from Coventry and the Commercial Manager for Coventry Rugby Club. He has been writing poetry for 15 years and his first collection, My Father's Eyes Were Blue, will be published by Heaventree Press later in 2009. Recently, he represented Coventry’s rich history of writers at the Cork literary festival alongside the poet Jon Morley, reigniting the literary links between Coventry and Ireland.
With open mic support from… YOU! Come, share your poems – seasoned poets and first-time performers most welcome!
If you're planning to come along, or would like to know more about the night, email: pgrpoetry@hotmail.co.uk
Friday, January 23, 2009
GALWAY: 2009 Poetry Book Showcase
Friday, February 6th, 2009, 8pm.
Sheridan's Wine Bar,
14-16 Church Yard Street,
Galway
The 2009 Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase featuring Maureen Gallagher, Lorna Shaughnessy, Caroline Lynch, Aoife Casby, Celeste Augé, Susan Millar DuMars, Colette NicAodha, Miceál Kearney, Patricia Burke Brogan, Quincy Lehr, Kevin Higgins, Alan McMonagle and Pete Mullineaux will take place. In this annual retrospective of the year just past, every Galway-based poet who published a new collection of poems during 2008 will read three poems from the collection in question.
All welcome. For further details phone 087 643 1748.
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of The Arts Council and Galway City Council.
Sheridan's Wine Bar,
14-16 Church Yard Street,
Galway
The 2009 Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase featuring Maureen Gallagher, Lorna Shaughnessy, Caroline Lynch, Aoife Casby, Celeste Augé, Susan Millar DuMars, Colette NicAodha, Miceál Kearney, Patricia Burke Brogan, Quincy Lehr, Kevin Higgins, Alan McMonagle and Pete Mullineaux will take place. In this annual retrospective of the year just past, every Galway-based poet who published a new collection of poems during 2008 will read three poems from the collection in question.
All welcome. For further details phone 087 643 1748.
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of The Arts Council and Galway City Council.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
LONDON: Staple Poets reading
Friday, 23rd January, 2009, 7pm (doors open 6.30pm), £4/£3, wine
Trinity United Reform Church,
1 Buck St,
Camden Town,
LONDON
(2 minutes from Camden Town tube)
Ruth O'Callaghan presents StaplePoets.
Poets from the floor very welcome. Cinnamon Press is our new sponsor. Please bring a copy of your poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology.
Proceeds to COLD WEATHER SHELTER
Trinity United Reform Church,
1 Buck St,
Camden Town,
LONDON
(2 minutes from Camden Town tube)
Ruth O'Callaghan presents StaplePoets.
Poets from the floor very welcome. Cinnamon Press is our new sponsor. Please bring a copy of your poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology.
Proceeds to COLD WEATHER SHELTER
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
LONDON: Kat's Big Night Out
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009, 8pm, £8/£5
The Albany,
Douglas Way,
Deptford
SE8 4AG.
Kat's Big Night Out - Poetry firing on all five cylinders
They say that a new year is like a poetry show: you crave new thrills, but still appreciate a bit of familiarity. That's why we've prepared a mouth-watering medley of old favourites and fresh poetic pizzazz for you. Kat Francois – a colossus of the poetry scene both at home and internationally – is a woman who can ricochet from hilarious to heart-rending within the space of a single stanza. And if you've seen her one-woman show Seven Times Me, you'll know she's a great mover too. What better person to introduce you to the wide-ranging and towering talents of:
Serenah Cole – endearingly soulful cynic, flying the flag for Leicester's flourishing poetry scene;
Under da POETree – two socially astute dudes with an almost telepathic onstage rapport;
Simon Mole – pent-up ball of thinking-man's hip-hop, streetwise storytelling and good-bloke vibes;
Hollie McNish – Scots lass with a CV full of slam titles and a style as sharp as a dram of whisky.
If your new year's resolution's to see more poetry gigs, begin with this one. It could be the start of a beautiful new habit. A gift from Apples & Snakes – on a mission to spread the poetic love around the UK.
Booking:02086924446/www.thealbany.org.uk
Info: www.applesandsnakes.org
The Albany,
Douglas Way,
Deptford
SE8 4AG.
Kat's Big Night Out - Poetry firing on all five cylinders
They say that a new year is like a poetry show: you crave new thrills, but still appreciate a bit of familiarity. That's why we've prepared a mouth-watering medley of old favourites and fresh poetic pizzazz for you. Kat Francois – a colossus of the poetry scene both at home and internationally – is a woman who can ricochet from hilarious to heart-rending within the space of a single stanza. And if you've seen her one-woman show Seven Times Me, you'll know she's a great mover too. What better person to introduce you to the wide-ranging and towering talents of:
Serenah Cole – endearingly soulful cynic, flying the flag for Leicester's flourishing poetry scene;
Under da POETree – two socially astute dudes with an almost telepathic onstage rapport;
Simon Mole – pent-up ball of thinking-man's hip-hop, streetwise storytelling and good-bloke vibes;
Hollie McNish – Scots lass with a CV full of slam titles and a style as sharp as a dram of whisky.
If your new year's resolution's to see more poetry gigs, begin with this one. It could be the start of a beautiful new habit. A gift from Apples & Snakes – on a mission to spread the poetic love around the UK.
Booking:02086924446/www.thealbany.org.uk
Info: www.applesandsnakes.org
GALWAY: Over The Edge Open Reading
Thursday, January 22nd, 6.30-8pm
Galway City Library
The first Over The Edge Open Reading of 2009 features Lisa Frank, Áine Tierney and Tom French. This is a very special occasion as it is now exactly six years since Over The Edge was born in Galway City Library.
Lisa Frank was born and raised in LA, but spent most of the past 10 years in the Pacific Northwest before moving to Ireland in December, 2006. She has had work published in American literary journals, as well as an essay published in a university textbook on writing, and was awarded 2nd and 3rd place in Bad Kitty Films 2000 Short Screenplay competition. She currently works as a freelance editor.
Áine Tierney is from Rosmore, Co. Tipperary. She is a secondary school English teacher and has an MA in Writing from the National University of Ireland, Galway. Her writing has appeared in various magazines and newspapers. She recently had a short story published in the Silverfish anthology, which was funded by South Tipperary County Council’s Per Cent for Art Scheme. She is currently redrafting her first novel.
Tom French is a graduate of NUI Galway and the University of Limerick. His first collection of poems Touching the Bones (Gallery Press) was awarded a Forward Prize for Best First collection in 2002. In 2001 he read at the Cúirt Literature Festival. Recent poems of his have been published in http://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/ His second collection The Blood Line is nearing completion. He lives with his family in county Meath where he works for the library service.
As usual there will be an open-mic after the featured readers have finished. New readers are always most welcome. The MC for the evening will be Susan Millar DuMars. For further details phone 087-6431748.
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of Galway City Council & The Arts Council. http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com
Galway City Library
The first Over The Edge Open Reading of 2009 features Lisa Frank, Áine Tierney and Tom French. This is a very special occasion as it is now exactly six years since Over The Edge was born in Galway City Library.
Lisa Frank was born and raised in LA, but spent most of the past 10 years in the Pacific Northwest before moving to Ireland in December, 2006. She has had work published in American literary journals, as well as an essay published in a university textbook on writing, and was awarded 2nd and 3rd place in Bad Kitty Films 2000 Short Screenplay competition. She currently works as a freelance editor.
Áine Tierney is from Rosmore, Co. Tipperary. She is a secondary school English teacher and has an MA in Writing from the National University of Ireland, Galway. Her writing has appeared in various magazines and newspapers. She recently had a short story published in the Silverfish anthology, which was funded by South Tipperary County Council’s Per Cent for Art Scheme. She is currently redrafting her first novel.
Tom French is a graduate of NUI Galway and the University of Limerick. His first collection of poems Touching the Bones (Gallery Press) was awarded a Forward Prize for Best First collection in 2002. In 2001 he read at the Cúirt Literature Festival. Recent poems of his have been published in http://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/ His second collection The Blood Line is nearing completion. He lives with his family in county Meath where he works for the library service.
As usual there will be an open-mic after the featured readers have finished. New readers are always most welcome. The MC for the evening will be Susan Millar DuMars. For further details phone 087-6431748.
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of Galway City Council & The Arts Council. http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
LONDON: Steel Grasped Poetry Mic Night
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009, 7.45pm (book in early),
Up top of The Sir Richard Steeles,
Haverstock Hill,
Belsize Park
London
NW3
Steel Grasped Poetry Mic Night, presented by Steve James.
Up top of The Sir Richard Steeles,
Haverstock Hill,
Belsize Park
London
NW3
Steel Grasped Poetry Mic Night, presented by Steve James.
Featuring John (Jazz Man) Clarke, who has a stylish jazz delivery to his poetry work. Alongside this we shall be announcing a new North London poetry competition. The place where celebrities may be seen, poetry will be heard.
LONDON: Staple Poets reading
Friday, 23rd January, 2009, 7pm (doors open 6.30pm), £4/£3, wine
Trinity United Reform Church,
1 Buck St,
Camden Town,
LONDON
(2 minutes from Camden Town tube)
Ruth O'Callaghan presents StaplePoets.
Poets from the floor very welcome. Cinnamon Press is our new sponsor. Please bring a copy of your poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology.
Proceeds to COLD WEATHER SHELTER
Trinity United Reform Church,
1 Buck St,
Camden Town,
LONDON
(2 minutes from Camden Town tube)
Ruth O'Callaghan presents StaplePoets.
Poets from the floor very welcome. Cinnamon Press is our new sponsor. Please bring a copy of your poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology.
Proceeds to COLD WEATHER SHELTER
LONDON: Torriano Nights launch
Wednesday, 21st January, 2009, 7 for 7.30pm, FREE
Barbican Library,
London
You are invited to the launch of:
TORRIANO NIGHTS – A Festschrift for John Rety
47 contributors, 112 pages, edited by Phil Poole, published by Acumen (ISBN 1-873161-20-4)
Price £7. Special offer 2 copies for £10.
Hylda Sims will introduce and contributors will read from Torriano Nights to celebrate the work of John Rety, poet and publisher and founder in 1982 of Torriano Meeting House. Refreshments will be served at 7pm
Tickets free of charge available in advance from Barbican Library on 020 7638 0569.
If you can't get to the launch please consider buying the book by post. The book costs £7 for one copy or £10 for 2 copies.
To secure your copy/copies send cheques (along with your name and address) to: P. H. Poole, 39 Buxton Rd, London N19 3XX
Barbican Library,
London
You are invited to the launch of:
TORRIANO NIGHTS – A Festschrift for John Rety
47 contributors, 112 pages, edited by Phil Poole, published by Acumen (ISBN 1-873161-20-4)
Price £7. Special offer 2 copies for £10.
Hylda Sims will introduce and contributors will read from Torriano Nights to celebrate the work of John Rety, poet and publisher and founder in 1982 of Torriano Meeting House. Refreshments will be served at 7pm
Tickets free of charge available in advance from Barbican Library on 020 7638 0569.
If you can't get to the launch please consider buying the book by post. The book costs £7 for one copy or £10 for 2 copies.
To secure your copy/copies send cheques (along with your name and address) to: P. H. Poole, 39 Buxton Rd, London N19 3XX
Saturday, January 17, 2009
LONDON: Sundays at the Oto
Sunday, January 18th, 2009, 3-5pm, £4
Café Oto,
18-22 Ashwin Street,
Dalston,
London
E8 3DL (http://www.cafeoto.co.uk)
"Poetry and music with the post-avant crowd for your Sunday afternoon pleasure", presented by Peter Philpott (peter@greatworks.org.uk)
Café Oto,
18-22 Ashwin Street,
Dalston,
London
E8 3DL (http://www.cafeoto.co.uk)
"Poetry and music with the post-avant crowd for your Sunday afternoon pleasure", presented by Peter Philpott (peter@greatworks.org.uk)
- Sylvia Hallett, Sue Ferrar & Stuart Jones will provide a complex and skilled blend of improved musics, while Frances Presley (most recent book the wide-ranging, innovative and well-grounded Myne — New and Selected Poems & Prose 1975–2006 (Shearsman, 2006) and Gavin Selerie (most recent book: the erudite, gorgeous and inventive Lefanu's Ghost (Five Seasons Press, 2006) will read, separately, together, and with the music.
Friday, January 16, 2009
WARWICK: Winter Wonderland Of Words
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009, 7.30pm, £5
Kozi Bar,
Market Place,
Warwick.
Kozi Bar,
Market Place,
Warwick.
The evening will be hosted by Julie Boden and Michael Wyndham Thomas, who will be joined by Warwick Poet Laureate Cathy Whittaker plus past Laureates including Jane Holland, Helen Yendall, Brenda Tai Layton and Fergus Durrant for music, poetry, open mic and mulled wine.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
CHELTENHAM: Poetry at the Pub
Thursday, 29th January, 2009, 9pm, £2 on the door; £1 if you read a poem
Exmouth Arms,
Bath Road,
Cheltenham
Cheltenham Language Society presents...Poetry at the Pub, with Peter Wyton. Gloucestershire's Poet Laureate, Peter's prize-winning performances have taken to him countless literature and arts festivals, and BBC radio 2 and 4. Don't miss this chance to see him at the Exmouth!
In Other Worlds - open mic 8pm-9pm. Poems on the theme of foreign lands, foreign travel and foreign languages. If you would like to read a poem (it doesn't have to be your own!), please let one of the organisers know when you arrive. If it's in a language other than English, please be prepared to read an English translation or explanation.
Exmouth Arms,
Bath Road,
Cheltenham
Cheltenham Language Society presents...Poetry at the Pub, with Peter Wyton. Gloucestershire's Poet Laureate, Peter's prize-winning performances have taken to him countless literature and arts festivals, and BBC radio 2 and 4. Don't miss this chance to see him at the Exmouth!
In Other Worlds - open mic 8pm-9pm. Poems on the theme of foreign lands, foreign travel and foreign languages. If you would like to read a poem (it doesn't have to be your own!), please let one of the organisers know when you arrive. If it's in a language other than English, please be prepared to read an English translation or explanation.
LONDON: Rhythm & Muse
Thursday, January 29th, 2009, 8.30pm, £5/£4
The Lion,
27 Wick Road,
Teddington,
TW11
London
Guest poets Catherine Smith and Rik Wilkinson, plus music from dynamic duo The Flying Blueberries, and an open mic (book in advance).
Rhythm & Muse leaps into 2009 with a new website - coming soon at: www.rhythmandmuse.org.uk
Contact Alison Hill for more details: 020 8977 4610
or email: alison-hill@blueyonder.co.uk
The Lion,
27 Wick Road,
Teddington,
TW11
London
Guest poets Catherine Smith and Rik Wilkinson, plus music from dynamic duo The Flying Blueberries, and an open mic (book in advance).
Rhythm & Muse leaps into 2009 with a new website - coming soon at: www.rhythmandmuse.org.uk
Contact Alison Hill for more details: 020 8977 4610
or email: alison-hill@blueyonder.co.uk
READING: Poets Cafe
Friday, January 16th, 2009, 8pm doors, £6/£4.
South Street Arts Centre,
South Street,
Reading.
Starting off the new year with one of the most delightfully brilliant poets of the charming, witty and mundane – Matt Harvey – as special guest. Matt is forever being heard on Radio 4 and read in the Grauniad, and he also runs the astonishingly good Wondermentalist Cabaret down in Totnes and elsewhere. He’s really not to be missed.
There is also an open mic for the poets who come along. www.mattharvey.co.uk www.wondermentalist.com
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
LONDON: Apples & Snakes in Soho
Wednesday, 28th January, 2009, 8pm, £8/£6
Soho Theatre,
21 Dean Street,
London
W1D 3NE.
APPLES & SNAKES IN SOHO - Poetry, patois and poignancy
Whoop and shout! Poetry's patois queen Valerie Bloom will be taking us on a verbal voyage through her hard-hitting, poignant, exuberant back-catalogue. A cornerstone of British Caribbean poetry – and recognised as such on last year's Honours List – Val is also respected as an educator, broadcaster and author. Her most recent novel for teenagers, The Tribe, was
published by Macmillan in 2007.
Ensuring extra words-for-money, there's Kayo Chingonyi, the man with the smoothest voice in poetry (and his writing's not bad either). Kayo weighs each vowel and syllable as if it's a thing of beauty – which it is, even when the words themselves are breaking your heart. He's guaranteed, in his own words, to take you to the crest of each sonic wave.
Meanwhile, straight outta the south-west, comes Rose Cook. A legend in Devon, where radio stations, theatres and cathedral vaults have all rung with the sound of her poetry, Rose is a firm believer in the soothing power of the spoken word. Tonight she storms the capital (in a soothing way).
And finally, we have newcomer Jahnell: with rhythms that seem to echo the industrial skylines of his native North, and tales of what it means to be of mixed heritage in the early 21st century, he's been bowling audiences over at recent shows. Get yourselves here, and see what the fuss is about.
Online poetry chronicler Naomi Woddis puts down the notebook and takes up the mic to steer us through tonight's wordy wonders.
Booking:
02074780100/www.sohotheatre.com Info: www.applesandsnakes.org
Soho Theatre,
21 Dean Street,
London
W1D 3NE.
APPLES & SNAKES IN SOHO - Poetry, patois and poignancy
Whoop and shout! Poetry's patois queen Valerie Bloom will be taking us on a verbal voyage through her hard-hitting, poignant, exuberant back-catalogue. A cornerstone of British Caribbean poetry – and recognised as such on last year's Honours List – Val is also respected as an educator, broadcaster and author. Her most recent novel for teenagers, The Tribe, was
published by Macmillan in 2007.
Ensuring extra words-for-money, there's Kayo Chingonyi, the man with the smoothest voice in poetry (and his writing's not bad either). Kayo weighs each vowel and syllable as if it's a thing of beauty – which it is, even when the words themselves are breaking your heart. He's guaranteed, in his own words, to take you to the crest of each sonic wave.
Meanwhile, straight outta the south-west, comes Rose Cook. A legend in Devon, where radio stations, theatres and cathedral vaults have all rung with the sound of her poetry, Rose is a firm believer in the soothing power of the spoken word. Tonight she storms the capital (in a soothing way).
And finally, we have newcomer Jahnell: with rhythms that seem to echo the industrial skylines of his native North, and tales of what it means to be of mixed heritage in the early 21st century, he's been bowling audiences over at recent shows. Get yourselves here, and see what the fuss is about.
Online poetry chronicler Naomi Woddis puts down the notebook and takes up the mic to steer us through tonight's wordy wonders.
Booking:
02074780100/www.sohotheatre.com Info: www.applesandsnakes.org
LONDON: Ride The Word
Wednesday 28th January 2009, 7pm-9.15pm, FREE
Borders,
Oxford St,
203-207 Oxford St,
London
W1D 2LE
Ride the Word V, featuring Jay Merill, Chrissie Gittins, Chris McCabe, Vincent De Souza and Kathryn Simmonds, plus featured small press, Tall Lighthouse.
Borders,
Oxford St,
203-207 Oxford St,
London
W1D 2LE
Ride the Word V, featuring Jay Merill, Chrissie Gittins, Chris McCabe, Vincent De Souza and Kathryn Simmonds, plus featured small press, Tall Lighthouse.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
LONDON: Torriano Nights launch
Wednesday, 21st January, 2009, 7 for 7.30pm, FREE
Barbican Library,
London
You are invited to the launch of:
TORRIANO NIGHTS – A Festschrift for John Rety
47 contributors, 112 pages, edited by Phil Poole, published by Acumen (ISBN 1-873161-20-4)
Price £7. Special offer 2 copies for £10.
Hylda Sims will introduce and contributors will read from Torriano Nights to celebrate the work of John Rety, poet and publisher and founder in 1982 of Torriano Meeting House. Refreshments will be served at 7pm
Tickets free of charge available in advance from Barbican Library on 020 7638 0569.
If you can't get to the launch please consider buying the book by post. The book costs £7 for one copy or £10 for 2 copies.
To secure your copy/copies send cheques (along with your name and address) to: P. H. Poole, 39 Buxton Rd, London N19 3XX
Barbican Library,
London
You are invited to the launch of:
TORRIANO NIGHTS – A Festschrift for John Rety
47 contributors, 112 pages, edited by Phil Poole, published by Acumen (ISBN 1-873161-20-4)
Price £7. Special offer 2 copies for £10.
Hylda Sims will introduce and contributors will read from Torriano Nights to celebrate the work of John Rety, poet and publisher and founder in 1982 of Torriano Meeting House. Refreshments will be served at 7pm
Tickets free of charge available in advance from Barbican Library on 020 7638 0569.
If you can't get to the launch please consider buying the book by post. The book costs £7 for one copy or £10 for 2 copies.
To secure your copy/copies send cheques (along with your name and address) to: P. H. Poole, 39 Buxton Rd, London N19 3XX
Monday, January 12, 2009
NEWCASTLE: Adrian Mitchell Benefit
SUNDAY, 25TH JANUARY, 2009, 7.30 PM.
BRIDGE HOTEL,
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
SWARLEY'S CLUB PRESENTS, IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE NORTH EAST LABOUR HISTORY SOCIETY:
AN AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL/NORTHERN VOICES POETRY BENEFIT IN HONOUR OF ADRIAN MITCHELL, ON BURNS NIGHT,
FEATURING POETRY FROM NORTHERN VOICES AWARD WINNING POETS WILLIAM MARTIN, KATRINA PORTEOUS AND CATHERINE GRAHAM, WITH KEITH ARMSTRONG & PAUL SUMMERS & FROM PENRITH: GERALDINE GREEN, FROM BRADFORD: BRUCE BARNES, FROM LINCOLN: GUY HUDSON, PLUS NORTHERN VOICES ANNUAL AWARD PRESENTATION & SONGS FROM DAVE DOUGLASS.
BRIDGE HOTEL,
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
SWARLEY'S CLUB PRESENTS, IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE NORTH EAST LABOUR HISTORY SOCIETY:
AN AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL/NORTHERN VOICES POETRY BENEFIT IN HONOUR OF ADRIAN MITCHELL, ON BURNS NIGHT,
FEATURING POETRY FROM NORTHERN VOICES AWARD WINNING POETS WILLIAM MARTIN, KATRINA PORTEOUS AND CATHERINE GRAHAM, WITH KEITH ARMSTRONG & PAUL SUMMERS & FROM PENRITH: GERALDINE GREEN, FROM BRADFORD: BRUCE BARNES, FROM LINCOLN: GUY HUDSON, PLUS NORTHERN VOICES ANNUAL AWARD PRESENTATION & SONGS FROM DAVE DOUGLASS.
LEAMINGTON SPA: PureandGoodandRight
Sunday, January 25th, 2009, 7pm to book a slot, 7.30pm prompt start, £3 (£2 Student/OAP)
The Fox,
32 Clarendon Avenue,
Leamington Spa
CV32 4RZ.
PUREandGOODandRIGHT is an open mic poetry event, with great guest performance poets! Every event is an opportunity for YOU to come along and perform your poetry! Our very special guest this month is the amazing Antony Owen. He is from Coventry and the Commercial Manager for Coventry Rugby Club. He has been writing poetry for 15 years and his first collection, My Father's Eyes Were Blue, will be published by Heaventree Press later in 2009. Recently, he represented Coventry’s rich history of writers at the Cork literary festival alongside the poet Jon Morley, reigniting the literary links between Coventry and Ireland.
With open mic support from… YOU! Come, share your poems – seasoned poets and first-time performers most welcome!
If you're planning to come along, or would like to know more about the night, email: pgrpoetry@hotmail.co.uk
The Fox,
32 Clarendon Avenue,
Leamington Spa
CV32 4RZ.
PUREandGOODandRIGHT is an open mic poetry event, with great guest performance poets! Every event is an opportunity for YOU to come along and perform your poetry! Our very special guest this month is the amazing Antony Owen. He is from Coventry and the Commercial Manager for Coventry Rugby Club. He has been writing poetry for 15 years and his first collection, My Father's Eyes Were Blue, will be published by Heaventree Press later in 2009. Recently, he represented Coventry’s rich history of writers at the Cork literary festival alongside the poet Jon Morley, reigniting the literary links between Coventry and Ireland.
With open mic support from… YOU! Come, share your poems – seasoned poets and first-time performers most welcome!
If you're planning to come along, or would like to know more about the night, email: pgrpoetry@hotmail.co.uk
LONDON: Harry Guest and Ian Seed
Tuesday, 20th January, 2009, 7.30pm, FREE
Swedenborg Hall
Swedenborg House
20/21 Bloomsbury Way
London WC1A 2TH
The reading features Harry Guest and Ian Seed, both of whom have new collections from Shearsman Books. For further details, see:
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/catalog/2009/guest.html
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/catalog/2009/SeedIan.html
Swedenborg Hall
Swedenborg House
20/21 Bloomsbury Way
London WC1A 2TH
The reading features Harry Guest and Ian Seed, both of whom have new collections from Shearsman Books. For further details, see:
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/catalog/2009/guest.html
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/catalog/2009/SeedIan.html
LONDON: Hammer and Tongue Open Poetry Slam
Monday, January 12th, 2009, 7.30pm
Green Note Cafe,
Hammer and Tongue Open Poetry Slam, with Kat Francois and Sophia Blackwell. First six poets to sign up slam and get in free.
Come and perform at Hammer and Tongue's first gig of the year, featuring one of the UK's very best performers, actresses, playwrights and World Slam Champion Kat Francois with her musical, moving, political and playful pieces, and the gorgeous, glorious and infinitely brilliant Sophia Blackwell.
We are also gearing up for the Hammer and Tongue London slam final which will elevate the winner to international fame and stardom. To win a place in the final, which will be happening this spring, you need to SLAM! So dust off any rhymes which have been gathering moss at the bottom of your notebooks, scrawl new ditties and come compete! Hammer and Tongue's London slam champion and runners up will slam in the UK-wide championships later this year. Hooray!
Green Note Cafe,
106 Parkway,
Camden,
London
Hammer and Tongue Open Poetry Slam, with Kat Francois and Sophia Blackwell. First six poets to sign up slam and get in free.
Come and perform at Hammer and Tongue's first gig of the year, featuring one of the UK's very best performers, actresses, playwrights and World Slam Champion Kat Francois with her musical, moving, political and playful pieces, and the gorgeous, glorious and infinitely brilliant Sophia Blackwell.
We are also gearing up for the Hammer and Tongue London slam final which will elevate the winner to international fame and stardom. To win a place in the final, which will be happening this spring, you need to SLAM! So dust off any rhymes which have been gathering moss at the bottom of your notebooks, scrawl new ditties and come compete! Hammer and Tongue's London slam champion and runners up will slam in the UK-wide championships later this year. Hooray!
Call michelle on 07809236133 for more details.
LONDON: Lumen Poetry Series
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009, doors open 6.30pm for 7pm, £4/£3, wine
88 Tavistock Place,
London,
WC1
Tubes: Russell Square, Kings Cross, St Pancras.
Ruth O'Callaghan presents Agenda poets Timothy Ades, Patricia McCarthy and Steven O'Brien. Poets from the floor very welcome. Cinnamon Press is our new sponsor. Please bring a copy of the poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology.
88 Tavistock Place,
London,
WC1
Tubes: Russell Square, Kings Cross, St Pancras.
Ruth O'Callaghan presents Agenda poets Timothy Ades, Patricia McCarthy and Steven O'Brien. Poets from the floor very welcome. Cinnamon Press is our new sponsor. Please bring a copy of the poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
MILTON KEYNES: Tongue In Chic
Sunday, January 11th, 2009, 7.30pm, £5/£3
Madcap Theatre,
Creed Street,
Wolverton,
Milton Keynes,
MK12 5LY.
Madcap Theatre,
Creed Street,
Wolverton,
Milton Keynes,
MK12 5LY.
Special guest AF Harrold, plus open mic.
Friday, January 09, 2009
LEWES: Lewes Poetry
Friday, 23rd January 2009, 8.30pm
The Lewes Arms,
Lewes
Sussex
The next gig stars featured reader Catherine Smith. Open mic poets are also welcome. Just show up by 8.30pm to secure a spot.
The Lewes Arms,
Lewes
Sussex
The next gig stars featured reader Catherine Smith. Open mic poets are also welcome. Just show up by 8.30pm to secure a spot.
Thursday, January 08, 2009
GLASGOW: Tchai Ovna Reading
Friday, 9th January 2009, 8pm
Tchai Ovna Teahouse (West End),
42 Otago Lane,
Glasgow,
G11 9PB,
0141-357-4524
Come along to The “Reading Allowed” Reading, featuring Sarah Ward, David Manderson, CB Buckland, Nalini Paul and Rosie McLeish, plus guests. Live music by Wing and a Prayer.
All welcome, and some reading slots are available.
Tchai Ovna Teahouse (West End),
42 Otago Lane,
Glasgow,
G11 9PB,
0141-357-4524
Come along to The “Reading Allowed” Reading, featuring Sarah Ward, David Manderson, CB Buckland, Nalini Paul and Rosie McLeish, plus guests. Live music by Wing and a Prayer.
All welcome, and some reading slots are available.
LONDON: Kat's Big Night Out
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009, 8pm, £8/£5
The Albany,
Douglas Way,
Deptford
SE8 4AG.
Kat's Big Night Out - Poetry firing on all five cylinders
They say that a new year is like a poetry show: you crave new thrills, but still appreciate a bit of familiarity. That's why we've prepared a mouth-watering medley of old favourites and fresh poetic pizzazz for you. Kat Francois – a colossus of the poetry scene both at home and internationally – is a woman who can ricochet from hilarious to heart-rending within the space of a single stanza. And if you've seen her one-woman show Seven Times Me, you'll know she's a great mover too. What better person to introduce you to the wide-ranging and towering talents of:
Serenah Cole – endearingly soulful cynic, flying the flag for Leicester's flourishing poetry scene;
Under da POETree – two socially astute dudes with an almost telepathic onstage rapport;
Simon Mole – pent-up ball of thinking-man's hip-hop, streetwise storytelling and good-bloke vibes;
Hollie McNish – Scots lass with a CV full of slam titles and a style as sharp as a dram of whisky.
If your new year's resolution's to see more poetry gigs, begin with this one. It could be the start of a beautiful new habit. A gift from Apples & Snakes – on a mission to spread the poetic love around the UK.
Booking:02086924446/www.thealbany.org.uk
Info: www.applesandsnakes.org
The Albany,
Douglas Way,
Deptford
SE8 4AG.
Kat's Big Night Out - Poetry firing on all five cylinders
They say that a new year is like a poetry show: you crave new thrills, but still appreciate a bit of familiarity. That's why we've prepared a mouth-watering medley of old favourites and fresh poetic pizzazz for you. Kat Francois – a colossus of the poetry scene both at home and internationally – is a woman who can ricochet from hilarious to heart-rending within the space of a single stanza. And if you've seen her one-woman show Seven Times Me, you'll know she's a great mover too. What better person to introduce you to the wide-ranging and towering talents of:
Serenah Cole – endearingly soulful cynic, flying the flag for Leicester's flourishing poetry scene;
Under da POETree – two socially astute dudes with an almost telepathic onstage rapport;
Simon Mole – pent-up ball of thinking-man's hip-hop, streetwise storytelling and good-bloke vibes;
Hollie McNish – Scots lass with a CV full of slam titles and a style as sharp as a dram of whisky.
If your new year's resolution's to see more poetry gigs, begin with this one. It could be the start of a beautiful new habit. A gift from Apples & Snakes – on a mission to spread the poetic love around the UK.
Booking:02086924446/www.thealbany.org.uk
Info: www.applesandsnakes.org
LONDON: Sundays at the Oto
Sunday, January 18th, 2009, 3-5pm, £4
Café Oto,
18-22 Ashwin Street,
Dalston,
London
E8 3DL (http://www.cafeoto.co.uk)
"Poetry and music with the post-avant crowd for your Sunday afternoon pleasure", presented by Peter Philpott (peter@greatworks.org.uk)
Café Oto,
18-22 Ashwin Street,
Dalston,
London
E8 3DL (http://www.cafeoto.co.uk)
"Poetry and music with the post-avant crowd for your Sunday afternoon pleasure", presented by Peter Philpott (peter@greatworks.org.uk)
- Sylvia Hallett, Sue Ferrar & Stuart Jones will provide a complex and skilled blend of improved musics, while Frances Presley (most recent book the wide-ranging, innovative and well-grounded Myne — New and Selected Poems & Prose 1975–2006 (Shearsman, 2006) and Gavin Selerie (most recent book: the erudite, gorgeous and inventive Lefanu's Ghost (Five Seasons Press, 2006) will read, separately, together, and with the music.
GALWAY: Over The Edge Open Reading
Thursday, January 22nd, 6.30-8pm
Galway City Library
The first Over The Edge Open Reading of 2009 features Lisa Frank, Áine Tierney and Tom French. This is a very special occasion as it is now exactly six years since Over The Edge was born in Galway City Library.
Lisa Frank was born and raised in LA, but spent most of the past 10 years in the Pacific Northwest before moving to Ireland in December, 2006. She has had work published in American literary journals, as well as an essay published in a university textbook on writing, and was awarded 2nd and 3rd place in Bad Kitty Films 2000 Short Screenplay competition. She currently works as a freelance editor.
Áine Tierney is from Rosmore, Co. Tipperary. She is a secondary school English teacher and has an MA in Writing from the National University of Ireland, Galway. Her writing has appeared in various magazines and newspapers. She recently had a short story published in the Silverfish anthology, which was funded by South Tipperary County Council’s Per Cent for Art Scheme. She is currently redrafting her first novel.
Tom French is a graduate of NUI Galway and the University of Limerick. His first collection of poems Touching the Bones (Gallery Press) was awarded a Forward Prize for Best First collection in 2002. In 2001 he read at the Cúirt Literature Festival. Recent poems of his have been published in http://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/ His second collection The Blood Line is nearing completion. He lives with his family in county Meath where he works for the library service.
As usual there will be an open-mic after the featured readers have finished. New readers are always most welcome. The MC for the evening will be Susan Millar DuMars. For further details phone 087-6431748.
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of Galway City Council & The Arts Council. http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com
Galway City Library
The first Over The Edge Open Reading of 2009 features Lisa Frank, Áine Tierney and Tom French. This is a very special occasion as it is now exactly six years since Over The Edge was born in Galway City Library.
Lisa Frank was born and raised in LA, but spent most of the past 10 years in the Pacific Northwest before moving to Ireland in December, 2006. She has had work published in American literary journals, as well as an essay published in a university textbook on writing, and was awarded 2nd and 3rd place in Bad Kitty Films 2000 Short Screenplay competition. She currently works as a freelance editor.
Áine Tierney is from Rosmore, Co. Tipperary. She is a secondary school English teacher and has an MA in Writing from the National University of Ireland, Galway. Her writing has appeared in various magazines and newspapers. She recently had a short story published in the Silverfish anthology, which was funded by South Tipperary County Council’s Per Cent for Art Scheme. She is currently redrafting her first novel.
Tom French is a graduate of NUI Galway and the University of Limerick. His first collection of poems Touching the Bones (Gallery Press) was awarded a Forward Prize for Best First collection in 2002. In 2001 he read at the Cúirt Literature Festival. Recent poems of his have been published in http://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/ His second collection The Blood Line is nearing completion. He lives with his family in county Meath where he works for the library service.
As usual there will be an open-mic after the featured readers have finished. New readers are always most welcome. The MC for the evening will be Susan Millar DuMars. For further details phone 087-6431748.
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of Galway City Council & The Arts Council. http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
GLASGOW: Tchai Ovna Reading
Friday, 9th January 2009, 8pm
Tchai Ovna Teahouse (West End),
42 Otago Lane,
Glasgow,
G11 9PB,
0141-357-4524
Come along to The “Reading Allowed” Reading, featuring Sarah Ward, David Manderson, CB Buckland, Nalini Paul and Rosie McLeish, plus guests. Live music by Wing and a Prayer.
All welcome, and some reading slots are available.
Tchai Ovna Teahouse (West End),
42 Otago Lane,
Glasgow,
G11 9PB,
0141-357-4524
Come along to The “Reading Allowed” Reading, featuring Sarah Ward, David Manderson, CB Buckland, Nalini Paul and Rosie McLeish, plus guests. Live music by Wing and a Prayer.
All welcome, and some reading slots are available.
LONDON: Hammer and Tongue Open Poetry Slam
Monday, January 12th, 2009, 7.30pm
Green Note Cafe,
Hammer and Tongue Open Poetry Slam, with Kat Francois and Sophia Blackwell. First six poets to sign up slam and get in free.
Come and perform at Hammer and Tongue's first gig of the year, featuring one of the UK's very best performers, actresses, playwrights and World Slam Champion Kat Francois with her musical, moving, political and playful pieces, and the gorgeous, glorious and infinitely brilliant Sophia Blackwell.
We are also gearing up for the Hammer and Tongue London slam final which will elevate the winner to international fame and stardom. To win a place in the final, which will be happening this spring, you need to SLAM! So dust off any rhymes which have been gathering moss at the bottom of your notebooks, scrawl new ditties and come compete! Hammer and Tongue's London slam champion and runners up will slam in the UK-wide championships later this year. Hooray!
Green Note Cafe,
106 Parkway,
Camden,
London
Hammer and Tongue Open Poetry Slam, with Kat Francois and Sophia Blackwell. First six poets to sign up slam and get in free.
Come and perform at Hammer and Tongue's first gig of the year, featuring one of the UK's very best performers, actresses, playwrights and World Slam Champion Kat Francois with her musical, moving, political and playful pieces, and the gorgeous, glorious and infinitely brilliant Sophia Blackwell.
We are also gearing up for the Hammer and Tongue London slam final which will elevate the winner to international fame and stardom. To win a place in the final, which will be happening this spring, you need to SLAM! So dust off any rhymes which have been gathering moss at the bottom of your notebooks, scrawl new ditties and come compete! Hammer and Tongue's London slam champion and runners up will slam in the UK-wide championships later this year. Hooray!
Call michelle on 07809236133 for more details.
Monday, January 05, 2009
READING: Poets Cafe
Friday, January 16th, 2009, 8pm doors, £6/£4.
South Street Arts Centre,
South Street,
Reading.
Starting off the new year with one of the most delightfully brilliant poets of the charming, witty and mundane – Matt Harvey – as special guest. Matt is forever being heard on Radio 4 and read in the Grauniad, and he also runs the astonishingly good Wondermentalist Cabaret down in Totnes and elsewhere. He’s really not to be missed.
There is also an open mic for the poets who come along. www.mattharvey.co.uk www.wondermentalist.com
MILTON KEYNES: Tongue In Chic
Sunday, January 11th, 2009, 7.30pm, £5/£3
Madcap Theatre,
Creed Street,
Wolverton,
Milton Keynes,
MK12 5LY.
Special guest AF Harrold, plus open mic.
Friday, January 02, 2009
CHELTENHAM: Buzzwords, with George Szirtes
Sunday, 4th January, 2009, 8pm, £3
Upstairs at The Exmouth Arms,
Bath Road,
Cheltenham
Guest Poet - George Szirtes
7pm Workshop led by George Szirtes.
8pm - open mic and guest poet reading.
We are very grateful to Butlers Hotel for donating bed and breakfast for our guest.
Hope to see you there!
Upstairs at The Exmouth Arms,
Bath Road,
Cheltenham
Guest Poet - George Szirtes
7pm Workshop led by George Szirtes.
8pm - open mic and guest poet reading.
We are very grateful to Butlers Hotel for donating bed and breakfast for our guest.
Hope to see you there!
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