Wednesday, July 14th, 2010, 7pm for 7.30pm, £5
Oxfam Furniture Store,
23 Streatham High Road,
London
SW16
Katrina Naomi will be reading from her latest pamphlet Charlotte Bronte's Corset (Bronte Society, 2010) and from her first collection The Girl with the Cactus Handshake (Templar Poetry, 2009).
All proceeds go to Oxfam, and you also get a buffet and two beers/wines. There'll also be an open mic (5 mins each). If you'd like to read please sign up on the door on the night at 7pm.
For further information, call Karen at the store on 020 8769 1291.
www.katrinanaomi.co.uk
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
LONDON: Lumen Poetry Series
Tuesday, 13th July, 2010, doors open 6.30pm for 7pm, £5/£4, WINE
88 Tavistock Place
London
WC1
Tubes: Russell Square , Kings Cross, St Pancras.
Ruth O'Callaghan presents three major women poets - Elaine Feinstein, Mimi Khalvati and Fiona Sampson. Poets from the floor very welcome. Please bring a copy of your poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology.
Patron Carol Ann Duffy - Poet Laureate.
88 Tavistock Place
London
WC1
Tubes: Russell Square , Kings Cross, St Pancras.
Ruth O'Callaghan presents three major women poets - Elaine Feinstein, Mimi Khalvati and Fiona Sampson. Poets from the floor very welcome. Please bring a copy of your poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology.
Patron Carol Ann Duffy - Poet Laureate.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
LEAMINGTON SPA: PureandGoodandRight
NEW VENUE: The Slug & Lettuce,
Leamington Spa
As you know, each month we also invite a fabulous guest performance poet. Joining us this time is our very own, and highly amusing Dave Thomson.
MIRTH THROUGH VERSE
Dave has had a love of poetry since his schooldays in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire…although back then P.B. was in Middlesex. He has only been writing verse for three years, following a chance encounter with Sarah Duran in Tesco Express, Dorridge. He already knew Sarah through dancing. He was encouraged to come along to PGR Leamington in May 2007 as an audience member. A month later he was back at PGR reading his first two poems. Any complaints about him or his poems should be taken up with Sarah at Tesco…she usually starts her shift on the check out or shelf stacking at around 1530 hrs.
Since February 2009 Dave has performed his poetry at Kidderminster Town Hall and other venues during solo spots at Kidderminster Male Choir Concerts, for several retirement groups, Rotary and Probus clubs. He enjoys performing as a ‘tongue in cheek’ grumpy old man - particularly to audiences of a certain age. He has a fan group in Bromsgrove of grey, white and blue haired old ladies.
Dave left school at 15 to join the Army and travelled the world as a soldier for 13 years. He then spent a couple of years as a merchant seaman. He lived in Australia for 20 years, including 5 years in The Australian Army. Still unsettled, Dave now faces the dilemma of nearing retirement whilst still not knowing what he wants to be when he grows up!
As well as poetry, Dave loves singing as a bass in The Kidderminster Male Choir. He also enjoys Ceroc (modern jive) or just a good old boogie. Other interests include exploring the countryside of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, together with reading and comedy.
With open mic support from…….yes……YOU!
Come and share your poems - seasoned poets & first time performers most welcome! As we aim for a 7.30pm start please arrive a bit earlier to book a slot!!!
If you're planning to come along, or would like to know more about the night, please email pgrpoetryandpints@talktalk.net
Look forward to seeing you there!
Friday, June 25, 2010
GALWAY: Over The Edge
Friday, July 9th, 2010, 8pm
Sheridan’s Wine Bar,
14-16 Church Yard Street,
Galway
Over The Edge presents readings by poets Dave Lordan, Elaine Feeney and Drucilla Wall plus the Galway launch of Lead Skeletons, a new poetry collection by Jennifer Liston.
Jennifer Liston was born in Limerick and grew up in Gort, Co Galway, Ireland. She now lives in Adelaide, Australia. Her first collection of poetry, Exposure, was published by Ginninderra Press in May 2003. Her second collection of poetry, 17 poems: one for every year of innocence, was published by White Wave Press in 2008. Jennifer was a member of a poetry group in Sydney, a member of the Canberra Closet Poets group, and is a founding member of the Adelaide Closet Poets. She is also a member of the South Australian Writers’ Centre. She has performed her poems at several Irish and Australian poetry events. Lead Skeletons is Jennifer’s third collection of poetry and is published by White Wave Press. The book will be launched on the night by Kevin Higgins.
Dave Lordan was born in Derby, England, in 1975, and grew up in Clonakilty in West Cork. In 2004 he was awarded an Arts Council bursary and in 2005 he won the Patrick Kavanagh Award for Poetry. His collections are The Boy in The Ring (Salmon Poetry, 2007), which won the Strong Award for best first collection by an Irish writer and was shortlisted for the Irish Times poetry prize; and Invitation to a Sacrifice (Salmon Poetry, 2010) is just published. Eigse Riada theatre company produced his first play, Jo Bangles, at the Mill Theatre, Dundrum in 2010. He has lived in Holland, Greece and Italy, and now resides in Greystones, Co Wicklow.
Drucilla Wall has published poems and essays in Cream City Review, Kalliope, The People Who Stayed: South Eastern Indian Writing After Removal; Eating Fire, Tasting Blood: Breaking the Great Silence of the American Indian Holocaust; Times of Sorrow/Times of Grace: Writing by Women of the Great Plains/High Plains; and True West: Authenticity and the American West. She serves on the executive board for the Western Literature Association and holds membership in the Wordcraft Circle of Native American Writers. She teaches writing at the University of Missouri-Saint Louis. Her first collection of poem, The Geese At The Gates, will be published very early next year by Salmon Poetry.
Elaine Feeney was born in Galway in 1979. She has been writing since her early teens. In 2006 she won the North Beach Nights Grand Slam and in 2008 won the Cuirt Festival’s Poetry Grand Slam. She is a keen page and performance writer. Elaine has performed at many venues including The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Electric Picnic, The Vilenica Festival and The Cúirt International Literature Festival. She was the chosen writer on a One Sheet collaboration in 2010 with an artist and a graphic designer and this work is currently on exhibit across Dublin. Her work has been translated into Slovene. Elaine lives in Athenry with her partner Ray, and sons, Jack and Finn. Her debut collection of poetry, Where’s Katie, is just published by Salmon Poetry.
There is no entrance fee. All welcome. For further information contact 087-6431748.
Sheridan’s Wine Bar,
14-16 Church Yard Street,
Galway
Over The Edge presents readings by poets Dave Lordan, Elaine Feeney and Drucilla Wall plus the Galway launch of Lead Skeletons, a new poetry collection by Jennifer Liston.
Jennifer Liston was born in Limerick and grew up in Gort, Co Galway, Ireland. She now lives in Adelaide, Australia. Her first collection of poetry, Exposure, was published by Ginninderra Press in May 2003. Her second collection of poetry, 17 poems: one for every year of innocence, was published by White Wave Press in 2008. Jennifer was a member of a poetry group in Sydney, a member of the Canberra Closet Poets group, and is a founding member of the Adelaide Closet Poets. She is also a member of the South Australian Writers’ Centre. She has performed her poems at several Irish and Australian poetry events. Lead Skeletons is Jennifer’s third collection of poetry and is published by White Wave Press. The book will be launched on the night by Kevin Higgins.
Dave Lordan was born in Derby, England, in 1975, and grew up in Clonakilty in West Cork. In 2004 he was awarded an Arts Council bursary and in 2005 he won the Patrick Kavanagh Award for Poetry. His collections are The Boy in The Ring (Salmon Poetry, 2007), which won the Strong Award for best first collection by an Irish writer and was shortlisted for the Irish Times poetry prize; and Invitation to a Sacrifice (Salmon Poetry, 2010) is just published. Eigse Riada theatre company produced his first play, Jo Bangles, at the Mill Theatre, Dundrum in 2010. He has lived in Holland, Greece and Italy, and now resides in Greystones, Co Wicklow.
Drucilla Wall has published poems and essays in Cream City Review, Kalliope, The People Who Stayed: South Eastern Indian Writing After Removal; Eating Fire, Tasting Blood: Breaking the Great Silence of the American Indian Holocaust; Times of Sorrow/Times of Grace: Writing by Women of the Great Plains/High Plains; and True West: Authenticity and the American West. She serves on the executive board for the Western Literature Association and holds membership in the Wordcraft Circle of Native American Writers. She teaches writing at the University of Missouri-Saint Louis. Her first collection of poem, The Geese At The Gates, will be published very early next year by Salmon Poetry.
Elaine Feeney was born in Galway in 1979. She has been writing since her early teens. In 2006 she won the North Beach Nights Grand Slam and in 2008 won the Cuirt Festival’s Poetry Grand Slam. She is a keen page and performance writer. Elaine has performed at many venues including The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Electric Picnic, The Vilenica Festival and The Cúirt International Literature Festival. She was the chosen writer on a One Sheet collaboration in 2010 with an artist and a graphic designer and this work is currently on exhibit across Dublin. Her work has been translated into Slovene. Elaine lives in Athenry with her partner Ray, and sons, Jack and Finn. Her debut collection of poetry, Where’s Katie, is just published by Salmon Poetry.
There is no entrance fee. All welcome. For further information contact 087-6431748.
Monday, June 21, 2010
LEAMINGTON SPA: PureandGoodandRight
Sunday, 27th June, 2010, 7.30pm, £3/£2
NEW VENUE: The Slug & Lettuce,
Leamington Spa
As you know, each month we also invite a fabulous guest performance poet. Joining us this time is our very own, and highly amusing Dave Thomson.
MIRTH THROUGH VERSE
Dave has had a love of poetry since his schooldays in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire…although back then P.B. was in Middlesex. He has only been writing verse for three years, following a chance encounter with Sarah Duran in Tesco Express, Dorridge. He already knew Sarah through dancing. He was encouraged to come along to PGR Leamington in May 2007 as an audience member. A month later he was back at PGR reading his first two poems. Any complaints about him or his poems should be taken up with Sarah at Tesco…she usually starts her shift on the check out or shelf stacking at around 1530 hrs.
Since February 2009 Dave has performed his poetry at Kidderminster Town Hall and other venues during solo spots at Kidderminster Male Choir Concerts, for several retirement groups, Rotary and Probus clubs. He enjoys performing as a ‘tongue in cheek’ grumpy old man - particularly to audiences of a certain age. He has a fan group in Bromsgrove of grey, white and blue haired old ladies.
Dave left school at 15 to join the Army and travelled the world as a soldier for 13 years. He then spent a couple of years as a merchant seaman. He lived in Australia for 20 years, including 5 years in The Australian Army. Still unsettled, Dave now faces the dilemma of nearing retirement whilst still not knowing what he wants to be when he grows up!
As well as poetry, Dave loves singing as a bass in The Kidderminster Male Choir. He also enjoys Ceroc (modern jive) or just a good old boogie. Other interests include exploring the countryside of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, together with reading and comedy.
With open mic support from…….yes……YOU!
Come and share your poems - seasoned poets & first time performers most welcome! As we aim for a 7.30pm start please arrive a bit earlier to book a slot!!!
If you're planning to come along, or would like to know more about the night, please email pgrpoetryandpints@talktalk.net
Look forward to seeing you there!
NEW VENUE: The Slug & Lettuce,
Leamington Spa
As you know, each month we also invite a fabulous guest performance poet. Joining us this time is our very own, and highly amusing Dave Thomson.
MIRTH THROUGH VERSE
Dave has had a love of poetry since his schooldays in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire…although back then P.B. was in Middlesex. He has only been writing verse for three years, following a chance encounter with Sarah Duran in Tesco Express, Dorridge. He already knew Sarah through dancing. He was encouraged to come along to PGR Leamington in May 2007 as an audience member. A month later he was back at PGR reading his first two poems. Any complaints about him or his poems should be taken up with Sarah at Tesco…she usually starts her shift on the check out or shelf stacking at around 1530 hrs.
Since February 2009 Dave has performed his poetry at Kidderminster Town Hall and other venues during solo spots at Kidderminster Male Choir Concerts, for several retirement groups, Rotary and Probus clubs. He enjoys performing as a ‘tongue in cheek’ grumpy old man - particularly to audiences of a certain age. He has a fan group in Bromsgrove of grey, white and blue haired old ladies.
Dave left school at 15 to join the Army and travelled the world as a soldier for 13 years. He then spent a couple of years as a merchant seaman. He lived in Australia for 20 years, including 5 years in The Australian Army. Still unsettled, Dave now faces the dilemma of nearing retirement whilst still not knowing what he wants to be when he grows up!
As well as poetry, Dave loves singing as a bass in The Kidderminster Male Choir. He also enjoys Ceroc (modern jive) or just a good old boogie. Other interests include exploring the countryside of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, together with reading and comedy.
With open mic support from…….yes……YOU!
Come and share your poems - seasoned poets & first time performers most welcome! As we aim for a 7.30pm start please arrive a bit earlier to book a slot!!!
If you're planning to come along, or would like to know more about the night, please email pgrpoetryandpints@talktalk.net
Look forward to seeing you there!
ABERDEEN: Poetry Aberdeen - the relaunch
Thursday, 24th June, 2010, 7pm–9pm, FREE
The Coffee House,
1 Gaelic Lane,
Aberdeen
AB10 1JF
Founded in 2003 as Dead Good Poets, Poetry Aberdeen has been run for seven years by Gerard Rochford. Gerard is now stepping down and handing the reins to the North East Writers team. We wish him well, and hope our regulars will continue to be stimulated and entertained by these monthly events.
To relaunch Poetry Aberdeen in its new form in the hands of North East Writers, we feature a showcase of poets who are past and present members of the North East Writers team, so that you know who we are! The poets appearing tonight are Sheila Reid, Rapunzel Wizard, Olivia McMahon, Grant Fraser, Mark Pithie and Haworth Hodgkinson.
There will be open floor spots where you can read your own poetry, and maybe the odd spot of music too. Enjoy the poetry, enjoy the coffee, enjoy the atmosphere!
See www.poetryaberdeen.co.uk for full details
The Coffee House,
1 Gaelic Lane,
Aberdeen
AB10 1JF
Founded in 2003 as Dead Good Poets, Poetry Aberdeen has been run for seven years by Gerard Rochford. Gerard is now stepping down and handing the reins to the North East Writers team. We wish him well, and hope our regulars will continue to be stimulated and entertained by these monthly events.
To relaunch Poetry Aberdeen in its new form in the hands of North East Writers, we feature a showcase of poets who are past and present members of the North East Writers team, so that you know who we are! The poets appearing tonight are Sheila Reid, Rapunzel Wizard, Olivia McMahon, Grant Fraser, Mark Pithie and Haworth Hodgkinson.
There will be open floor spots where you can read your own poetry, and maybe the odd spot of music too. Enjoy the poetry, enjoy the coffee, enjoy the atmosphere!
See www.poetryaberdeen.co.uk for full details
GALWAY: Launch of 'Identity Parade'
Friday, July 2nd, 2010, from 6pm
Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop,
Middle Street,
Galway
Galway Launch of Identity Parade: New British & Irish Poets, edited by Roddy Lumsden, published by Bloodaxe Books
Over The Edge in association with Bloodaxe Books presents the Galway launch of the generation definining poetry anthology Identity Parade: New British & Irish Poets. There will be readings by six of the contributing poets, Julia Bird, Judy Brown, Sarah Corbett, Sasha Dugdale, Kevin Higgins and Mark Waldron, with introductions by the editor Roddy Lumsden. All are welcome to attend.
Identity Parade presents new British and Irish poetry at a time of great vibrancy and variety. It is the first anthology to comprehensively represent the generation of poets who have emerged since the mid-1990s. Eclectic, diverse and wide-ranging in scope, the book fully reflects the climate of “the pluralist now”. It offers the work of 85 highly individual and distinctive talents whose poems display the breadth of styles and approaches characteristic of our current poetry.
These writers are prospering all over Britain and Ireland – from Shetland to Aberystwyth, from Gravesend to Galway – as well as further afield. Many new and undersung poets appear alongside this generation’s most celebrated names, and probably for the first time in any major poetry anthology, more women writers than men are featured. All the poets have either published first collections within the past 15 years or make their debut within the next year.
Identity Parade is as accessible to the new reader as to the aficionado, with each poet introduced by a biographical note also covering their themes and concerns. This is the essential starting place for anyone interested in the poetry of here and now.
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of Galway City Council and The Arts Council
http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com
Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop,
Middle Street,
Galway
Galway Launch of Identity Parade: New British & Irish Poets, edited by Roddy Lumsden, published by Bloodaxe Books
Over The Edge in association with Bloodaxe Books presents the Galway launch of the generation definining poetry anthology Identity Parade: New British & Irish Poets. There will be readings by six of the contributing poets, Julia Bird, Judy Brown, Sarah Corbett, Sasha Dugdale, Kevin Higgins and Mark Waldron, with introductions by the editor Roddy Lumsden. All are welcome to attend.
Identity Parade presents new British and Irish poetry at a time of great vibrancy and variety. It is the first anthology to comprehensively represent the generation of poets who have emerged since the mid-1990s. Eclectic, diverse and wide-ranging in scope, the book fully reflects the climate of “the pluralist now”. It offers the work of 85 highly individual and distinctive talents whose poems display the breadth of styles and approaches characteristic of our current poetry.
These writers are prospering all over Britain and Ireland – from Shetland to Aberystwyth, from Gravesend to Galway – as well as further afield. Many new and undersung poets appear alongside this generation’s most celebrated names, and probably for the first time in any major poetry anthology, more women writers than men are featured. All the poets have either published first collections within the past 15 years or make their debut within the next year.
Identity Parade is as accessible to the new reader as to the aficionado, with each poet introduced by a biographical note also covering their themes and concerns. This is the essential starting place for anyone interested in the poetry of here and now.
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of Galway City Council and The Arts Council
http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com
LONDON: Camden Poetry Series
Friday, 2nd July, 2010, 7pm (doors open 6.30pm), £5/£4, WINE
Trinity United Reform Church,
1 Buck Street,
Camden Town
2 mins. Camden Town tube
Ruth O'Callaghan presents (our very own) Graham High, Arlene Ang and Jude Rosen. Poets from the floor very welcome (some longer spots available). Please bring a copy of the poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology.
Patron: Carol Ann Duffy - Poet laureate
Trinity United Reform Church,
1 Buck Street,
Camden Town
2 mins. Camden Town tube
Ruth O'Callaghan presents (our very own) Graham High, Arlene Ang and Jude Rosen. Poets from the floor very welcome (some longer spots available). Please bring a copy of the poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology.
Patron: Carol Ann Duffy - Poet laureate
BIRMINGHAM: Rhymes First Anniversary Speed Dating Special
Thursday, June 24th, 2010, 8pm-10pm, £5
The Station Pub,
7 High Street,
Kings Heath,
Birmingham
B14 7BB
Join the cream of Birmingham's poetry talent for an intimate evening of rhymes. Each poet will spend three minutes at your table and if you are poetically compatible with a particular performer, you can vote for them to win the headline slot. Featuring the poetic talents of Heather Wastie, Matt Windle, Richard Bruce Clay, Charlie Jordan, Ddotti Bluebell and more.
As always there will be a relaxed atmosphere, new talent and a truly monumental raffle, so come on down and maybe you'll meet your perfect poet! www.rogueplay.co.uk
The Station Pub,
7 High Street,
Kings Heath,
Birmingham
B14 7BB
Join the cream of Birmingham's poetry talent for an intimate evening of rhymes. Each poet will spend three minutes at your table and if you are poetically compatible with a particular performer, you can vote for them to win the headline slot. Featuring the poetic talents of Heather Wastie, Matt Windle, Richard Bruce Clay, Charlie Jordan, Ddotti Bluebell and more.
As always there will be a relaxed atmosphere, new talent and a truly monumental raffle, so come on down and maybe you'll meet your perfect poet! www.rogueplay.co.uk
KINGSTON: Rhythm and Muse
Thursday, 24th June, 2010, 8.30pm, £6/£5 on the door
The Ram Jam Club,
behind the Grey Horse,
46 Richmond Road,
Kingston,
KT2 5EE
Rhythm & Muse Debut at the Ram Jam
In a link-up with Kingston University, Rhythm & Muse will feature a range of current MA students' work, plus international performance poet Kayo Chingonyi whose work has been widely published and broadcast on Radio Five Live and Sheffield Live. Kayo has also completed commissions for Louis Vitton and The Poetry Society and contributed to Asking a Shadow to Dance, a DVD anthology produced by Oxfam in December 2009.
PLUS music from talented local band Nomi and the Points, who played at R&M at the Rose Theatre earlier this year - they bring the sound of summer festivals to any event!
So come along and check out our latest venue: www.grey-horse.co.uk
For more information email R&M events organiser Alison Hill - alison-hill@blueyonder.co.uk and see www.rhythmandmuse.org
The Ram Jam Club,
behind the Grey Horse,
46 Richmond Road,
Kingston,
KT2 5EE
Rhythm & Muse Debut at the Ram Jam
In a link-up with Kingston University, Rhythm & Muse will feature a range of current MA students' work, plus international performance poet Kayo Chingonyi whose work has been widely published and broadcast on Radio Five Live and Sheffield Live. Kayo has also completed commissions for Louis Vitton and The Poetry Society and contributed to Asking a Shadow to Dance, a DVD anthology produced by Oxfam in December 2009.
PLUS music from talented local band Nomi and the Points, who played at R&M at the Rose Theatre earlier this year - they bring the sound of summer festivals to any event!
So come along and check out our latest venue: www.grey-horse.co.uk
For more information email R&M events organiser Alison Hill - alison-hill@blueyonder.co.uk and see www.rhythmandmuse.org
Saturday, June 12, 2010
LEICESTER: Shindig!
Monday, 14th June, 2010, Readings from 7.30pm, FREE
The
Leicester
Jacqui Rowe, Deborah Tyler-Bennett & George Ttoouli
Jacqui Rowe’s poems have been published extensively in magazines, including Mslexia, Tears in the Fence and Poetry Review. Her latest collection is Apollinaire (Perdika Press). She is co-editor of Flarestack Poets, one of whose titles is shortlisted for the Michael Marks Award and also an independent producer of literature events and works as a writer in schools.
Deborah Tyler-Bennett’s first collection was Clark Gable in
George Ttoouli is an Honorary Teaching Fellow for the Warwick Writing Programme. He co-edits Gists and Piths with Simon Turner, an experiment in poetry e-zining, and he is Reviews Editor for Horizon Review. His debut collection,Static Exile, is now available from Penned in the Margins.
Friday, June 11, 2010
LONDON: Mortlake Poetry Festival
Friday, 25th June, 2010, 7pm, doors open 6.30pm, £5/£4, WINE
St. Mary the Virgin,
Mortlake High Street
Mortlake
SW14
Mortlake Station or bus 209/419 from Hammersmith/Richmond
Mortlake Poetry Festival
Poetry from Connie Bensley, Ruth O'Callaghan and guest Susan Kramer. Poets from the floor very welcome. Read your own poem or your favourite poem.
St. Mary the Virgin,
Mortlake High Street
Mortlake
SW14
Mortlake Station or bus 209/419 from Hammersmith/Richmond
Mortlake Poetry Festival
Poetry from Connie Bensley, Ruth O'Callaghan and guest Susan Kramer. Poets from the floor very welcome. Read your own poem or your favourite poem.
Monday, June 07, 2010
LONDON: Lumen Poetry Series
LUMEN
88 Tavistock Place
London
WC1
Tubes: Russell Square , Kings Cross, St Pancras.
Ruth O'Callaghan presents Staple Magazine.
Poets from the floor very welcome (some longer spots available). Please bring a copy of your poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology.
Sunday, June 06, 2010
LEICESTER: Shindig!
Monday, 14th June, 2010, Readings from 7.30pm, FREE
The
Leicester
Jacqui Rowe, Deborah Tyler-Bennett & George Ttoouli
Jacqui Rowe’s poems have been published extensively in magazines, including Mslexia, Tears in the Fence and Poetry Review. Her latest collection is Apollinaire (Perdika Press). She is co-editor of Flarestack Poets, one of whose titles is shortlisted for the Michael Marks Award and also an independent producer of literature events and works as a writer in schools.
Deborah Tyler-Bennett’s first collection was Clark Gable in
George Ttoouli is an Honorary Teaching Fellow for the Warwick Writing Programme. He co-edits Gists and Piths with Simon Turner, an experiment in poetry e-zining, and he is Reviews Editor for Horizon Review. His debut collection, Static Exile, is now available from Penned in the Margins.
BRIGHTON: Naomi Foyle & Sarah Hymas launches
Iambic Arts Theatre
Regent Street
Brighton
Above Bell Book and Candle on Gardner Street.
Entrance is at the back of the building.
You are warmly invited to kick off the World Cup with a celebration of world music and the launch of two new poetry collections from Waterloo Press:
The World Cup
by Naomi Foyle
Poems about travel, football, love, and struggles for justice in Mexico, Northern Ireland and Palestine. The book contains an extended sequence of poems based on the author's involvement with the Palestine solidarity movement since the 2008-2009 bombing of Gaza. Author's proceeds will be donated to the Free Gaza flotilla.
Host
by Sarah Hymas
Poems exploring the concepts of heritage and territory, rooted in a Yorkshire family business and its effects on three generations of men and women. The author is a skilled sailor and gardener, and a love of the natural world is passionately evident in her work.
with music from
Linos Wengara Magaya
One of the UK's foremost mbiri players
Los Bonobos
Eccentric French/German cabaret duo
LONDON: Hammer and Tongue
We are BACK on at the Green Note Cafe on Camden Parkway with two performance poetry legends for your delectation, plus the OPEN SLAM.
It's the first of our new season and a clean slate, so everyone, whether you've won a Hammer and Tongue slam in the past or not, is eligible to try out for the 2010-2011 championship. Usual rules apply.
Our featured poets on the night are:
STEVE LARKIN: One of the current favourites for the coveted Oxford Professor of Poetry position (vote Steve)! Steve Larkin is the co-founder of Hammer and Tongue and his commitment to furthering the cause and impact of performance poetry in the UK is astounding.
Whether powering a stage through the medium of bike and stage presence alone, running workshops everywhere from schools to prisons to festival tents or debating the philosophy of everything from football to climate change to relationships, Steve is an unmissable, energetic,
internationally respected ambassador for all things performance poetry. Miss him at your peril.
YAP: Known as the lead singer of One Minute Silence as well as a renowned performance poet and street philosopher, Yap will show you why he's seen as one of the most thought-provoking performers on the spoken word circuit today. Yap was a member of the UK team in the
first ever International Hammer and Tongue slam vs. the United States and he kept 400 audience members excited and bouncing for his seven or so minutes on stage. We look forward to hearing a lot more of this performer, rapper and public speaker's revolutionary work.
LONDON: Voice Recognition
The Troubadour
263-267 Old Brompton Road
LONDON
SW5
Voice Recognition: 21 Poets for the 21st Century, with Sarah Jackson, Jack Underwood, Kate Potts, Sophie Robinson, Jay Bernard, Amy Blakemore and Joe Dunthorne. Or rather, 7 out of 21 yet-to-publish-a-full-collection poets chosen by Voice Recognition (Bloodaxe, 2010) editors James Byrne and Clare Pollard who will host the reading.
Saturday, June 05, 2010
CHELTENHAM: Buzzwords Poetry Night
upstairs at The Exmouth Arms,
Bath Road,
Cheltenham
Guest poet: Sally Clark
7pm Workshop led by Sally Clark
8pm - Readings and open mic
Hope to see you there!
Friday, June 04, 2010
LONDON: Whose Muse Is It Anyway?
Thursday, June 17th, 2010, 6.30pm for 7pm start, £5
Free Word Centre,
60 Farringdon Road,
London,
EC1R 3GA.
Pre-book tickets from www.booktrust.org.uk/wmiia
Booktrust presents… Whose Muse Is It Anyway?
An evening of funny improvisational performance poetry, hosted by Nii Ayikwei Parkes featuring Dizraeli (winner of BBC Radio 4 Poetry Slam); Dockers MC (Times Literary One to Watch 2008); Doc Brown (rapper, poet, stand-up comedian and actor); Luke Wright (Aisle 16, BBC Radio 4, Nasty Little Press).
Watch it streamed live on www.booktrust.org.uk
Free Word Centre,
60 Farringdon Road,
London,
EC1R 3GA.
Pre-book tickets from www.booktrust.org.uk/wmiia
Booktrust presents… Whose Muse Is It Anyway?
An evening of funny improvisational performance poetry, hosted by Nii Ayikwei Parkes featuring Dizraeli (winner of BBC Radio 4 Poetry Slam); Dockers MC (Times Literary One to Watch 2008); Doc Brown (rapper, poet, stand-up comedian and actor); Luke Wright (Aisle 16, BBC Radio 4, Nasty Little Press).
Watch it streamed live on www.booktrust.org.uk
LEWES: Lewes Poetry
Thursday, 17th June, 2010, doors 8pm, show 8.30pm
Lewes Arms,
1 Mount Place,
Lewes
BN7 1YH.
Open Mic poetry night for page poets and performance poets. Compere is Oliver Gozzard, and there is a prize limerick competition which all the poets must enter!
All acts are welcome.
Lewes Arms,
1 Mount Place,
Lewes
BN7 1YH.
Open Mic poetry night for page poets and performance poets. Compere is Oliver Gozzard, and there is a prize limerick competition which all the poets must enter!
All acts are welcome.
GALWAY: Over The Edge
Friday, June 18th, 2010, 8pm, FREE
Sheridan’s Wine Bar,
14-16 Church Yard Street,
Galway
Over The Edge presents readings by poets Denise Blake & Quincy Lehr and fiction writers, Aidan Hynes & Ger Burke.
Denise Blake was born in Ohio in 1958. Her family returned to Ireland in 1969 where she grew up in Co. Donegal. Her second collection of poems, How to spin without getting dizzy is just published by Summer Palace Press. She is a regular contributor to Sunday Miscellany on RTE Radio One and her work is included in four Sunday Miscellany anthologies. She received an MA in poetry from Lancaster University / Poets’ House. Recently her poetry was included in the anthology, Landing Places, Immigrant Poets in Ireland.
Quincy Lehr’s first collection of poems, Across the Grid of Streets, was described by Fiona Sampson in the Irish Times as showing “much energy and narrative talent.” Lehr’s poetry and criticism have appeared in numerous journals in the U.S., UK, Ireland, Australia, and the Czech Republic, and he is the associate editor of the Raintown Review. He curates the long-running Carmine Street Metrics reading in New York with Wendy Sloan, and he co-founded Modern Metrics Press with R. Nemo Hill in 2006. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
A native of Co. Mayo, Aidan Hynes is a teacher and writer based in Dublin. In the 1990s, Aidan was a founder member of American New Irish Artists and Emigrants Network. He has published short fiction in various magazines, newspapers and journals, including the short story anthology Ireland In Exile, The Irish Times and The Irish Echo (New York). He has read his work at venues in the US, Spain and Ireland, including Galway City Library as a Featured Over The Edge Reader in 2007. His short fiction has been a runner up in the George Moore Gold Medal Award (2004) and Over The Edge New Writer Of The Year (2007). In 2008 he was awarded a full Arts Literature Bursary from Dublin City Council for a work of fiction he has recently completed.
Ger Burke spent the years of early childhood on a farm in Co Galway. Having lived in London and later Boston, Ger returned to live in Co Mayo. Her just published novel My Father's Lands was started in Holyoke College, Massachusetts and finished on the shores of Galway Bay. A former teacher of English and History Ger has had many literary successes, both in print and radio, since becoming a full-time writer. She is a member of the editorial board of Crannóg magazine and was a Featured Reader at an Over The Edge: Open Reading in Galway City Library back in 2004. My Father's Lands is her first novel.
All welcome. For further information contact 087 643 1748.
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of the Arts Council and Galway City Council.
http://www.overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com/
Sheridan’s Wine Bar,
14-16 Church Yard Street,
Galway
Over The Edge presents readings by poets Denise Blake & Quincy Lehr and fiction writers, Aidan Hynes & Ger Burke.
Denise Blake was born in Ohio in 1958. Her family returned to Ireland in 1969 where she grew up in Co. Donegal. Her second collection of poems, How to spin without getting dizzy is just published by Summer Palace Press. She is a regular contributor to Sunday Miscellany on RTE Radio One and her work is included in four Sunday Miscellany anthologies. She received an MA in poetry from Lancaster University / Poets’ House. Recently her poetry was included in the anthology, Landing Places, Immigrant Poets in Ireland.
Quincy Lehr’s first collection of poems, Across the Grid of Streets, was described by Fiona Sampson in the Irish Times as showing “much energy and narrative talent.” Lehr’s poetry and criticism have appeared in numerous journals in the U.S., UK, Ireland, Australia, and the Czech Republic, and he is the associate editor of the Raintown Review. He curates the long-running Carmine Street Metrics reading in New York with Wendy Sloan, and he co-founded Modern Metrics Press with R. Nemo Hill in 2006. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
A native of Co. Mayo, Aidan Hynes is a teacher and writer based in Dublin. In the 1990s, Aidan was a founder member of American New Irish Artists and Emigrants Network. He has published short fiction in various magazines, newspapers and journals, including the short story anthology Ireland In Exile, The Irish Times and The Irish Echo (New York). He has read his work at venues in the US, Spain and Ireland, including Galway City Library as a Featured Over The Edge Reader in 2007. His short fiction has been a runner up in the George Moore Gold Medal Award (2004) and Over The Edge New Writer Of The Year (2007). In 2008 he was awarded a full Arts Literature Bursary from Dublin City Council for a work of fiction he has recently completed.
Ger Burke spent the years of early childhood on a farm in Co Galway. Having lived in London and later Boston, Ger returned to live in Co Mayo. Her just published novel My Father's Lands was started in Holyoke College, Massachusetts and finished on the shores of Galway Bay. A former teacher of English and History Ger has had many literary successes, both in print and radio, since becoming a full-time writer. She is a member of the editorial board of Crannóg magazine and was a Featured Reader at an Over The Edge: Open Reading in Galway City Library back in 2004. My Father's Lands is her first novel.
All welcome. For further information contact 087 643 1748.
Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of the Arts Council and Galway City Council.
http://www.overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com/
Thursday, June 03, 2010
BRIGHTON: Naomi Foyle & Sarah Hymas launches
Monday, June 7th, 2010, 7:30pm for 8pm £5/£4
Iambic Arts Theatre
Regent Street
Brighton
Above Bell Book and Candle on Gardner Street.
Entrance is at the back of the building.
You are warmly invited to kick off the World Cup with a celebration of world music and the launch of two new poetry collections from Waterloo Press:
The World Cup
by Naomi Foyle
Poems about travel, football, love, and struggles for justice in Mexico, Northern Ireland and Palestine. The book contains an extended sequence of poems based on the author's involvement with the Palestine solidarity movement since the 2008-2009 bombing of Gaza. Author's proceeds will be donated to the Free Gaza flotilla.
Host
by Sarah Hymas
Poems exploring the concepts of heritage and territory, rooted in a Yorkshire family business and its effects on three generations of men and women. The author is a skilled sailor and gardener, and a love of the natural world is passionately evident in her work.
with music from
Linos Wengara Magaya
One of the UK's foremost mbiri players
Los Bonobos
Eccentric French/German cabaret duo
Iambic Arts Theatre
Regent Street
Brighton
Above Bell Book and Candle on Gardner Street.
Entrance is at the back of the building.
You are warmly invited to kick off the World Cup with a celebration of world music and the launch of two new poetry collections from Waterloo Press:
The World Cup
by Naomi Foyle
Poems about travel, football, love, and struggles for justice in Mexico, Northern Ireland and Palestine. The book contains an extended sequence of poems based on the author's involvement with the Palestine solidarity movement since the 2008-2009 bombing of Gaza. Author's proceeds will be donated to the Free Gaza flotilla.
Host
by Sarah Hymas
Poems exploring the concepts of heritage and territory, rooted in a Yorkshire family business and its effects on three generations of men and women. The author is a skilled sailor and gardener, and a love of the natural world is passionately evident in her work.
with music from
Linos Wengara Magaya
One of the UK's foremost mbiri players
Los Bonobos
Eccentric French/German cabaret duo
LONDON: Camden Poetry Series
Trinity United Reform Church
1 Buck Street,
Camden Town
2 minutes Camden Town tube
Ruth O'Callaghan presents Anthea Bennett, Pauline Drayson, Hannah Kelly, Judith Miller and Jean Wallis. Poets from the floor very welcome. Longer spots available. Please bring a copy of the poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology.
1 Buck Street,
Camden Town
2 minutes Camden Town tube
Ruth O'Callaghan presents Anthea Bennett, Pauline Drayson, Hannah Kelly, Judith Miller and Jean Wallis. Poets from the floor very welcome. Longer spots available. Please bring a copy of the poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology.
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
LONDON: THIS IS POETRY Do Not Panic
Wednesday, 16th June, 2010, 8pm, £8/£6
Soho Theatre,
21 Dean Street,
London
W1D 3NE
Booking: 020 7478 0100/ www.sohotheatre.com
Info: www.applesandsnakes.org
Apples & Snakes in Soho presents THIS IS POETRY Do Not Panic
Your favourite live-lit promoters have assembled a cannily-crafted crack-squad of slam poets, strange poets, old troupers and newbies, all sharing the bill on a greatest-hits gig in downtown Soho.
Featuring: Liz Bentley, Catherine Brogan, Tshaka Campbell, Jasmine Cooray.
Joe Dunthorne, Saran Green, A F Harrold, Jahnell and your host Pete the Temp.
Soho Theatre,
21 Dean Street,
London
W1D 3NE
Booking: 020 7478 0100/ www.sohotheatre.com
Info: www.applesandsnakes.org
Apples & Snakes in Soho presents THIS IS POETRY Do Not Panic
Your favourite live-lit promoters have assembled a cannily-crafted crack-squad of slam poets, strange poets, old troupers and newbies, all sharing the bill on a greatest-hits gig in downtown Soho.
Featuring: Liz Bentley, Catherine Brogan, Tshaka Campbell, Jasmine Cooray.
Joe Dunthorne, Saran Green, A F Harrold, Jahnell and your host Pete the Temp.
LONDON: Hammer and Tongue
Monday, June 7th, 2010, 7.30pm
We are BACK on at the Green Note Cafe on Camden Parkway with two performance poetry legends for your delectation, plus the OPEN SLAM.
It's the first of our new season and a clean slate, so everyone, whether you've won a Hammer and Tongue slam in the past or not, is eligible to try out for the 2010-2011 championship. Usual rules apply.
Our featured poets on the night are:
STEVE LARKIN: One of the current favourites for the coveted Oxford Professor of Poetry position (vote Steve)! Steve Larkin is the co-founder of Hammer and Tongue and his commitment to furthering the cause and impact of performance poetry in the UK is astounding.
Whether powering a stage through the medium of bike and stage presence alone, running workshops everywhere from schools to prisons to festival tents or debating the philosophy of everything from football to climate change to relationships, Steve is an unmissable, energetic,
internationally respected ambassador for all things performance poetry. Miss him at your peril.
YAP: Known as the lead singer of One Minute Silence as well as a renowned performance poet and street philosopher, Yap will show you why he's seen as one of the most thought-provoking performers on the spoken word circuit today. Yap was a member of the UK team in the
first ever International Hammer and Tongue slam vs. the United States and he kept 400 audience members excited and bouncing for his seven or so minutes on stage. We look forward to hearing a lot more of this performer, rapper and public speaker's revolutionary work.
We are BACK on at the Green Note Cafe on Camden Parkway with two performance poetry legends for your delectation, plus the OPEN SLAM.
It's the first of our new season and a clean slate, so everyone, whether you've won a Hammer and Tongue slam in the past or not, is eligible to try out for the 2010-2011 championship. Usual rules apply.
Our featured poets on the night are:
STEVE LARKIN: One of the current favourites for the coveted Oxford Professor of Poetry position (vote Steve)! Steve Larkin is the co-founder of Hammer and Tongue and his commitment to furthering the cause and impact of performance poetry in the UK is astounding.
Whether powering a stage through the medium of bike and stage presence alone, running workshops everywhere from schools to prisons to festival tents or debating the philosophy of everything from football to climate change to relationships, Steve is an unmissable, energetic,
internationally respected ambassador for all things performance poetry. Miss him at your peril.
YAP: Known as the lead singer of One Minute Silence as well as a renowned performance poet and street philosopher, Yap will show you why he's seen as one of the most thought-provoking performers on the spoken word circuit today. Yap was a member of the UK team in the
first ever International Hammer and Tongue slam vs. the United States and he kept 400 audience members excited and bouncing for his seven or so minutes on stage. We look forward to hearing a lot more of this performer, rapper and public speaker's revolutionary work.
LONDON: Voice Recognition
Monday, June 7th, 2010, 8pm-10pm, £7/£6, season tickets 30% off...
The Troubadour
263-267 Old Brompton Road
LONDON
SW5
Voice Recognition: 21 Poets for the 21st Century, with Sarah Jackson, Jack Underwood, Kate Potts, Sophie Robinson, Jay Bernard, Amy Blakemore and Joe Dunthorne. Or rather, 7 out of 21 yet-to-publish-a-full-collection poets chosen by Voice Recognition (Bloodaxe, 2010) editors James Byrne and Clare Pollard who will host the reading.
The Troubadour
263-267 Old Brompton Road
LONDON
SW5
Voice Recognition: 21 Poets for the 21st Century, with Sarah Jackson, Jack Underwood, Kate Potts, Sophie Robinson, Jay Bernard, Amy Blakemore and Joe Dunthorne. Or rather, 7 out of 21 yet-to-publish-a-full-collection poets chosen by Voice Recognition (Bloodaxe, 2010) editors James Byrne and Clare Pollard who will host the reading.
CHELTENHAM: Buzzwords Poetry Night
Sunday, 6th June, 2010, 7pm onwards, minimum £3, £5 if you are able
upstairs at The Exmouth Arms,
Bath Road,
Cheltenham
Guest poet: Sally Clark
7pm Workshop led by Sally Clark
8pm - Readings and open mic
Hope to see you there!
upstairs at The Exmouth Arms,
Bath Road,
Cheltenham
Guest poet: Sally Clark
7pm Workshop led by Sally Clark
8pm - Readings and open mic
Hope to see you there!
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