Thursday, June 30, 2011

GALWAY: Over The Edge July Writers' Gathering


Thursday, July 14th, 2011, 8pm, FREE
The Kitchen @ The Museum,
Spanish Arch,
Galway

The Over The Edge July Writers’ Gathering presents a special showcase reading by poets and fiction writers published by Galway county based Doire Press. Gerry Galvin, Susan Lindsay, Susan Millar DuMars and Doire Press publisher John Walsh will read their work.

The evening will include a reading by Los Angeles poet John Menaghan and the Galway launch of The Geese at the Gates, the exciting debut poetry collection by St. Louis based poet, Drucilla Wall, just published by Salmon Poetry. All are welcome.

Drucilla Wall was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She teaches poetry and essay writing, and Native American literature, at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. In addition to poetry, her essays appear in journals and anthologies. She has earned awards and fellowships for her work, including the Mari Sandoz Prairie Schooner Short Story Award, the Western Literature Association Willa Pilla Prize for Humor in Writing, and University of Nebraska Fling and Larson Fellowships. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri, and has spent summers with family and friends in Wexford and Galway, Ireland, since 1985. Her debut collection of poetry, The Geese at the Gates, is just published by Salmon Poetry.

Gerry Galvin was born in Limerick in 1942 but now lives in Oughterard, Co. Galway. He is a chef and former restaurateur, author of two cookbooks, The Drimcong Food Affair (McDonald Publishing, 1992) and Everyday Gourmet (The O’Brien Press, 1997), and is a columnist for Organic Matters magazine. His poetry and short stories have been published in newspapers and magazines in both the U.K. and Ireland. His first collection of poems, No Recipe, was published by Doire Press last year. Gerry’s crime novel, Killer ála Carte, will be published soon also by Doire Press.

Susan Lindsay is originally from Dublin but now lives in Galway. She has read her work at Over the Edge literary events, Clifden Arts Week and Mythic Links, and was a member of the Faber Academy, Dubin poetry class in 2010. A social work graduate (TCD, 1975), she has been a psychotherapist, group leader, workshop facilitator and trainer for over thirty years. This year Susan was selected to take part in the 2011 Poetry Ireland Introductions series of readings. Her first book of poetry, Whispering the Secrets, was published by Doire Press in March.

Susan Millar DuMars was born in Philadelphia. She has been short-listed for the Cúirt New Writing Prize and the START chapbook prize. Her fiction was awarded a bursary from the Arts Council of Ireland in 2005 and was showcased in a mini-collection, American Girls (Lapwing Publications) in 2007. Susan has also published two volumes of poems with Salmon Poetry. Her short story collection Lights In The Distance was published by Doire Press in December 2010.

John Walsh was born in Derry. His first collection, Johnny tell Them, was published in 2006 by Guildhall Press. In 2007 he received a Publication Award from Galway County Council to publish his second collection Love's Enterprise Zone. His third collection, Chopping Wood with T.S. Eliot, was published by Salmon Poetry in 2010. His poems have been published in Ireland, the UK, Austria and the United States. He is organizer of North Beach Poetry Nights in Galway and founder of Doire Press.

John Menaghan born in New Jersey, has lived in Boston, Berkeley, Vancouver, Syracuse, London, Dublin, Belfast, Galway, Gortahork, and Dingle, & presently makes his home in Venice, CA. Winner of an Academy of American Poets Prize and other awards, he has given readings in Ireland, England, France, Hungary, and the U.S. He has also had several short plays produced in Los Angeles. John teaches at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where he also serves as Director of both the Irish Studies and Summer in Ireland programs and runs the LMU Irish Cultural Festival. He has published three collections of poems with Salmon Poetry, the most recent of which is What Vanishes (2009).

The Kitchen @ The Museum has a wine licence. All welcome. For further information contact 087-6431748.

LONDON: Camden Poetry Series

Friday, July 1st, 2011, 7pm (doors open 6.30pm), £5/£4, WINE

Trinity United Reform Church,
1 Buck Street,
Camden Town
1-2 mins. Camden Town tube

Ruth O'Callaghan presents Highgate Poets Anne Ballard, Miriam Halahmy and Sami al Mahdi.
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 which will be edited by Ruth O'Callaghan.

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

LONDON: Lumen Poetry Series


Tuesday, 12th July, 2011, doors open 6.30pm for 7pm, £5/£4, WINE

LUMEN
88 Tavistock Place
WC1
Tubes: Russell Square , Kings Cross, St Pancras.


Ruth O'Callaghan presents Claire Booke, Martin Domleo, Lynn Foote, Angela Inglis, and Caroline Vero.

Poets from the floor very welcome (some longer spots available).


LEAMINGTON SPA: PureandGoodandRight


Monday, 11th July, 2011, 7.30pm, £3 (£2 Student/OAP)
The Sozzled Sausage,
Leamington Spa
CV32 4NX
 
 Hailing from the UK's second city, Birmingham, rhymesmith Jimmy Davis has graced stages from Gloucester to Glasgow, London to Liverpool. His live shows are known for their high energy delivery, lucid lyricism and high class musicianship.
For his turn at PGR Jimmy will be eschewing the majority of his band mates to offer an acoustic and spoken word rendering of his recent material.
Fresh from his performances at Glastonbury, this is a rare opportunity to catch a rising talent in an intimate setting.

DEFINITELY AN EVENING NOT TO BE MISSED!
With open mic support from…….yes……YOU!
Come and share your poems or enjoy the talent of others- seasoned poets & first time performers most welcome!

If you're planning to come along, or would like to know more about the night, please email pgrpoetry@gmail.com

Look forward to seeing you there!

Remember to check out our blog at http://pgrpoetry.blogspot.com !!!

KINGSTON: Rhythm & Muse

Thursday, 30th June, 2011, 8.30pm
Ram Jam Club
46 Richmond Road
Kingston
KT 2 5EE

Featuring guest poet June English and music from the Flying Blueberries, plus open mic and emerging poets from Kingston University.

Email Alison Hill for more information or to sign up for a floorspot:

£6/£5 on the door

Monday, June 27, 2011

LONDON: Hammer and Tongue Open Poetry Slam


Monday, July 11th, 2011, 7.30pm-11pm, £5

Green Note Cafe
106 Parkway
Camden Town
Nearest Tube: Camden Town


www.greennotecafe.com

Featured poets:

Simon Munnery - you may have known his as Alan Parker: Urban Warrior, or someone off TV, or award winning comic poet. He is all these things and more and YES he is on our stgae, for you, the poeting public.
Check out the marvellous Munnery here
http://simonmunnery.com/

And joining Simon all the way from the sunny shores of California, we are delighted to welcome Amber Tamblyn to our stage. Amber is the founder of the Drums inside your Chest, a poetry superstar collective including Anis Mojani, Buddy Wakefield and Derrick Brown. She has written books and toured the world with her work and she's also a bloody good actress, you might have seen her in House or The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants or in Danny Boyle's 127 with James Franco. She's amazing, check her out here...http://www.amtam.com/

Yep, we're pretty excited about this stellar line-up and YOU can be on it too! come down to the Green Note for 7.30 on the dot and sign up for a place in the slam. We've only got eight places so head down early to make sure you get on the bill.

LONDON: Jazz Verse Jukebox

Sunday, 10th July, 2011, doors 6.30pm, show from 8pm, £7 (can only be purchased on door)
Upstairs @ Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club (Aka Ronnie's Bar),
47 Frith Street,
London
W1D 4H

This month we welcome poets who can spin a yarn so tight it will leave you gasping in wonder!

Featuring spoken word from Dean Atta; Francesca Beard; Ronnie McGrath; Lennox Brown, with music from Rebecca Poole

plus Open Mic for poets/singers

Compered by and with music from Jumoké Fashola

FEATURING

Dean Atta is an Award-Winning Spoken Word Artist with numerous poems featured on television, radio and online platforms such as BBC Radio 4, BBC 6 Music, BET International, Channel 4, Colourful Radio, Cut The Chat, Community Channel, Grime Daily, Manorlogz, PinBoard, SB.TV, Solar Radio and Resonance FM. His words know no limits. Winner of the Spirit of London Award for 'Achievement through the Arts', Dean has been commissioned to write poems for the Damilola Taylor Trust, Keats House Museum, London Transport Museum, National Portrait Gallery, Tate Britain and Tate Modern.

London-based Francesca Beard was born in Malaysia. She performs poetry and runs workshops all over the world with the British Council. She’s been called ‘spine-tingling’ (Independent) and ‘The Queen of British Performance Poetry (Metro.) She is currently working on ‘London Tales’, an interactive story-telling platform for live and on-line participants with B3 Media, supported by The Arts Council, England. To find out more, please visit www.francescabeard.com

Ronnie McGrath is a Creative Writing Lecturer at Imperial College London and the University of The Arts, London College of Communication. A former musician, he was a founding member of the defunct musical group the London Afro Blok, who toured Europe, performed for the Queen and opened the 1994 Commonwealth Games in British Columbia, Canada. In 1993, he was commended for his writing by ACER, who later published and awarded 1st place for his writing in 1994. As a contemporary artist, he has exhibited his work throughout London. His latest book is entitled DATA TRACE is a collection of innovative poetry that sheds light on the changing nature of a poet’s identity and his experience of growing up in Britain. It is an earnest look at the ‘self’ as raced and un-raced, sexualised and un-sexualised, gendered and yet stripped to the bone of an impossibility to define ‘self’ in a fast and forever changing world.
http://www.ronniemcgrath.com/

Introducing Lennox Brown. A stalwart member of the Jazz Verse Jukebox, Lennox Brown has often astounded us with his insightful, wonder-seeking, moving poetry. He steps up from the open mic to become a featured artist in July. About time too!

with music from Rebecca Poole, a singer/songwriter recently discovered by Jazz Fm Radio who regularly play her songs and recently broadcast her live show at The Boisdale supported by Jools Holland. She mixes vintage swing with pop and has a playful smoky voice. Recent shows include Wembley Stadium and The Royal Albert Hall.

EDINBURGH: Inky Fingers

LONDON: Glam Slam

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011, 7.30pm, £5/£3/FREE for participants
The Book Club,
100 Leonard Street,
London
EC2A
Tube: Liverpool St./Old St.

Following three fierce and successful instalments, Ernesto Sarezale brings Glam Slam back to The Book Club in Shoreditch. The Glam Slam is a poetry competition in two rounds and there are four competing categories: loss, work, lust and wig-a-poem (a poem about any subject). There is a £100 prize up for the best verbal vogue! Non-competitive open mic slots also available.

Guest poets: Emanuel Xavier, Chris Young and Catherine Brogan.

More details at:
http://glamslamuk.blogspot.com

Thursday, June 23, 2011

GALWAY: Over The Edge June Writers' Gathering

Friday, June 24th, 2011, 8pm, FREE
The Kitchen @ The Museum
Spanish Arch
Galway
 
The Over The Edge June Writers’ Gathering presents a summer literary extravaganza of readings by poets and fiction writers from Italy, Albania, the United States and Ireland. The evening will include the Galway launch of new poetry collections by Joseph Lennon and Ndrek Gjini. Fiction writer Jim Mullarkey will read from his forthcoming collection of short stories. Italian poets Luca Artioli, Andrea Garbin, Fabio Barcellandi and their translator Dave Lordan will read from their recent publication Poethree-New Italian Voices (Thauma Edizioni, 2011). All are welcome.

Joseph Lennon was born in Newport, Rhode Island, and grew up in Rochester, a small town in central Illinois. He has lived in Ireland and Italy and travelled throughout India. After a decade in New York City, teaching at Manhattan College, he now lives in Philadelphia with his family and is Director of Irish Studies at Villanova University.  He has published poetry and critical essays on Irish literature and postcolonial studies.  His book Irish Orientalism: A Literary and Intellectual History (Syracuse UP, 2004) won the Donald J. Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book from the American Conference for Irish Studies. Fell Hunger is Joseph’s first collection of poetry and was published in April by Salmon Poetry.

Ndrek Gjini was born in Albania in the 1960s. From 1984 to 1988 he was a student at the University of Shkoder in Albania. After graduation he worked first as a teacher and then as a journalist. During these years he published poems and many newspaper articles in the Albanian language. In 2002, Ndrek moved to the West of Ireland. In 2004, he undertook a course that led to a National Certificate in Print Journalism; at GMIT he earned a BA honours in Heritage Studies. At present, he is enrolled in the MA in Writing at NUI Galway. His poems in English have recently been published in Cyphers magazine. The Death of Night is Ndrek’s first collection of poems in the English language and is just published by EMAL.

Jim Mullarkey lives in Galway. He was a member of Galway City Council for 1993 to 1999 before turning his hand to writing. He has been short-listed for the Raymond Carver Short Story Award and the Fish Short Story Competition. His story ‘Heaven’ was runner-up in the RTE Francis McManus Award. Jim read at the inaugural Cúirt Festival/Over The Edge showcase reading in April 2006. His first collection of short stories, Murph’s Advice, will be published by Doire Press in September.

Dave Lordan's latest collection of poems is Invitation to a Sacrifice (Salmon Poetry, 2010) which was called by The Irish Times 'an act of cultural resistance, as brilliant on the page as it must surely be in performance'. Eigse Riada theatre company produced his first play, Jo Bangles, at the Mill Theatre, Dundrum in 2010. Forthcoming are Assassin for Higher from Wurm Press in Nov 2011 and his first collection of short stories Out of My Head due out from Salmon Publishing in Summer 2012. He can be contacted at  dlordan@hotmail.com
Luca Artioli was born in Mantova in 1976, where he still lives.He was the creator and co-founder of the “Confraternita dell’ “Uva”, a group of writers 25 from Mantova / Modena / Como. He’s currently a member of the “Movement from the Underground”, a literary group for the union of the arts, based in Montichiari (BS). His official website is http://www.lucaartioli.it His books are Fragili Apparenze (Apparent fragilities) (Poems - TCM Editions, Mantova, 2005) and Suture (Sutures) (Poems - Ed. Fara, 2011);

Fabio Barcellandi was born in Brescia in 1968. He is part of the group of poets and artists that quickens the literary meetings at the coffee bar Galeter in Montichiari, where he has performed on numerous occasions, from his tentative beginnings to the latest missives. He is from under the earth. What they say of him is that he walks hand in hand with death, whistling He has published two collections of poems: Parole alate (Winged words) (Cicorivolta editions, 2007) and Nero, l’inchiostro (Black Ink) (Montag editions, 2008).

Andrea Garbin lives and works in the province of Mantova. He has published the poetry Il senso della musa (The sense of the Muse) (Aletti, 2007) and Latex (Fara, 2009) and some short-stories in the anthologies Per natale non esco (For Christmas I don’t go out) (TranseuropaLibri, 2008) and Il rumore degli occhi (The noise of the eyes) (Edizioni Creativa, 2009).

The Kitchen @ The Museum has a wine licence. All welcome. For further information contact 087-6431748.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

LONDON: The Word's A Stage


Thursday, 7th July, 2011, 8pm, £8/£5
The Albany,
Douglas Way,
Deptford
SE8 4AG

Apples and Snakes present The Word’s A Stage
What does it take to be a spoken word artist? Great writing? Stage presence? The knack of stringing a story together? Or all three?

Four talented, emerging poets pull the covers off four new pieces of work. Be there for the unveiling!

Featuring: Cath Drake, Alex Gwyther, bleue Granada, Farhad Mirza
Mentored by Niall O'Sullivan & Russell Thompson
www.thealbany.org.uk  / 020 8692 4446

LONDON: Intercapillary Places: Poetry at Parasol Unit


Thursday, 23rd June, 2011, 7pm, £3/£1.50
Parasol unit
foundation for contemporary art
14 Wharf Road
London
N1 7RW
Tel: 020 7490 7373

Carol Watts and Marianne Morris

Exploring key themes in the current exhibition this event will include a talk by Carol Watts: Reader in Literature and Poetics, Birkbeck, University of London and a performance by poet and founder of poetry publisher Bad Press, Marianne Morris.

Carol Watts is Co-Director of Birkbeck Centre for Research in Contemporary Poetics. Selected recent publications have included: Alphabetise, Intercapillary Editions, 2011; When blue light falls, Oystercatcher, 2008 and The Cultural Work of Empire: The Seven Years’ War and the Imagining of the Shandean State, Edinburgh: EUP, 2007. Watts’ current research focuses on the transatlantic culture of loyalism during the American Revolution. Marianne Morris is completing a PhD in contemporary poetry at Dartington (University College Falmouth).  In 2008 she was the recipient of the Harper-Wood Studentship for Creative Writing, University of Cambridge. Selected recent publications include: Tutu Muse, Fly By Night Press, 2008; A New Book From Barque Press, Which They Will Probably Not Print, Barque Press, 2006.

Event Information
To secure your place payment can be made via paypal, phone or email. We accept payment by card and cheque. Please note that a £0.75 card payment surcharge applies. Please contact Charlotte Hale on 020 7490 7373 or email events@parasol-unit.org

For more information on Parasol's events please visit http://www.parasol-unit.org/index.php?id=22

STOURPORT-ON-SEVERN: Poetry and Music

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011, 7pm-9pm, £5 / £4 (includes free hot drinks, & cake is on sale)

Bishops Wood Centre
Bishops Wood,
Crossway Green,
Stourport-on-Severn,
DY139SE

A Worcestershire Literary Festival Event
Poetry & Music – Poetry & Music Infusion; Music Inspired by Poetry; Poetry Inspired by Music; & Poetry & Music that compliment each other.

An unbelievable line-up of three published poets, three superb guitarists, one singing angel, a DJ, and an injection of humour. Includes: Deb Hodgson, Sophia Dimmock, Jenny Hope, Sarah James, Colin Baggs and The Very Grimm Brothers.

Tickets can be bought at: Huntington Hall, Worcester; Worcestershire Literature Festival website www.worcslitfest.com, or on the door.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

KINGSTON: Rhythm & Muse


Thursday, 30th June, 2011, 8.30pm
Ram Jam Club
46 Richmond Road
Kingston
KT 2 5EE

Featuring guest poet June English and music from the Flying Blueberries, plus open mic and emerging poets from Kingston University.

Email Alison Hill for more information or to sign up for a floorspot:

£6/£5 on the door


STOKE-ON-TRENT: F J Williams collection launch

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011, 7.30pm
The Meeting Room
The Leopard Pub
21 Market Street 
Burslem 
Stoke-On-Trent


Launch of The Model Shop, by F J Williams.  

Williams' poems illuminate the porous shadows of the supermarket shelves, revealing a captivating range of unadvertised narratives.

"Some lovely things here.  Superb observations."
  - Robert Minhinnick 

Friday, June 17, 2011

DUBLIN: Publishing Poetry and Short Stories Seminar


Saturday, 2nd July, 2011, 10.30am-4.30pm
Irish Writers' Centre,
19 Parnell Square,
Dublin
 
Director of the Hennessy Literary Awards will join the Irish Writers' Centre for a seminar on Publishing Poetry and Short Stories

Ciaran Carty, Director of the Hennessy Literary Awards and Editor of New Irish Writing, will join the Irish Writers’ Centre in hosting a Poetry and Short Stories Publishing Seminar. Other speakers include Declan Meade, Editor of the Stinging Fly; Rebecca O’Connor, Editor of the Moth; Jessie Lendennie, Poet and Managing Director of Salmon Poetry; Kevin Barry, Short Story Writer and Novelist; and Kevin Higgins, Poet and Co-organiser of Over The Edge Reading Series.

The seminar will give an insight into the various routes to publishing available to poets and short story writers.  It will include discussions on working towards a collection, the editing and publishing process, how to prepare your work for submission to publishers, competitions and journals and how to sustain a writer’s life.

Registration is from 10am; tickets are €60 (€50 for members) and can be booked by paying online or calling the Centre.

The Irish Writers’ Centre is a non-profit organisation that promotes contemporary Irish literature. Since its foundation in 1991, the Centre has welcomed many award-winning writers through its doors, including Nobel, Costa, Man Booker, IMPAC, and Pulitzer Prize winners. It has also served as an important platform for breakthrough talent, with many young writers giving their first public readings here. The Irish Writers’ Centre is also dedicated to providing a regular platform for Irish writers to maintain a continuous rapport with their readers through talks, readings and launches.
 

LONDON: Camden Poetry Series

Friday, July 1st, 2011, 7pm (doors open 6.30pm), £5/£4, WINE
Trinity United Reform Church,
1 Buck Street,
Camden Town
1-2 mins. Camden Town tube

Ruth O'Callaghan presents Highgate Poets Anne Ballard, Miriam Halahmy and Sami al Mahdi.
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 which will be edited by Ruth O'Callaghan.



LONDON: Intercapillary Places: Poetry at Parasol Unit


Thursday, 23rd June, 2011, 7pm, £3/£1.50
Parasol unit
foundation for contemporary art
14 Wharf Road
London
N1 7RW
Tel: 020 7490 7373

Carol Watts and Marianne Morris

Exploring key themes in the current exhibition this event will include a talk by Carol Watts: Reader in Literature and Poetics, Birkbeck, University of London and a performance by poet and founder of poetry publisher Bad Press, Marianne Morris.

Carol Watts is Co-Director of Birkbeck Centre for Research in Contemporary Poetics. Selected recent publications have included: Alphabetise, Intercapillary Editions, 2011; When blue light falls, Oystercatcher, 2008 and The Cultural Work of Empire: The Seven Years’ War and the Imagining of the Shandean State, Edinburgh: EUP, 2007. Watts’ current research focuses on the transatlantic culture of loyalism during the American Revolution. Marianne Morris is completing a PhD in contemporary poetry at Dartington (University College Falmouth).  In 2008 she was the recipient of the Harper-Wood Studentship for Creative Writing, University of Cambridge. Selected recent publications include: Tutu Muse, Fly By Night Press, 2008; A New Book From Barque Press, Which They Will Probably Not Print, Barque Press, 2006.

Event Information
To secure your place payment can be made via paypal, phone or email. We accept payment by card and cheque. Please note that a £0.75 card payment surcharge applies. Please contact Charlotte Hale on 020 7490 7373 or email events@parasol-unit.org

For more information on Parasol's events please visit http://www.parasol-unit.org/index.php?id=22

LONDON: Poetry and Illustration


Monday, June 20th, 2011, 6.30pm for 7pm
Hall One,
Kings Place,
90 York Way,
London
N1 9AG

This event will explore the relationship between poetry and illustration and how the two disciplines engage to create fascinating visual and verbal dimensions and reveal ideas in exciting and unexpected ways. This is a rare opportunity to hear how some of our best loved poets think about illustration and what exactly some of our illustrators think of poetry – all while our poets and illustrators create work live in front of us!

Simon Armitage: Author of ten collections of poetry and winner of numerous awards, Simon has become one of Britain’s best loved writers and was awarded a CBE in 2010 for services to poetry.
Colette Bryce: Critically-acclaimed, she has published three collections with Picador, The Heel of Bernadette (2000), The Full Indian Rope Trick (2004) and Self-Portrait in the Dark (2008). She received the Cholmondeley Award in 2010.
Heather Phillipson is a poet and artist. Her poems have appeared widely and she has performed across the UK and in Europe. She is a Faber New Poet and received an Eric Gregory Award in 2008.
Chris Riddell is one of today’s most popular illustrators. He has illustrated over 100 books, won multiple awards and is The Observer’s political cartoonist.
Nick Hayes is an author and illustrator and has won two Guardian Media awards. His first book, The Rime of the Modern Mariner, is a graphic novel and a new poem inspired by Coleridge’s tale. Nick is a political cartoonist for the Guardian and was founding editor of Meat Magazine.
Philippa Johnson, trained in Textile Design and graduated from Chelsea School of Art in 2004. She has since concentrated on texture rather than textile, working in a variety of media as a surface artist/ designer and stylist for sets and photography.

How to buy tickets
Booking now open online, by phone or in person from the Kings Place box office:
Tickets cost £9.50 if booked online via www.kingsplace.co.uk
Otherwise tickets cost £11.50.
Box Office 020 7520 1490

For enquiries relating to your booking please contacttickets@kingsplace.co.uk. To check ticket availability please use the online booking service.
For general enquiries or comments, please use our online feedback form or email info@kingsplace.co.uk
Book now to avoid disappointment!

LONDON: OPEN/WIDE @ Alaska Studios


Saturday, June 18th, 2011, 8pm-11.30pm, £5
Alaska Studios
Alaska Street.
London
SE1 8XE

London's MOST open mic returns to Alaska Studios a little early in June. Following last months forays into nudity and mind-reading, Angry Sam and curious hope to restore poetry at the top of the OPEN/WIDE agenda and hopefully we can get a few MCs down too (your beats or mine, we're easy!!). Thrown in cheap drinks, free cake; a chance to WIN recording time at the studio and the most welcoming venue in London and you've got an armful of reasons to join us. Oh yeah; it's a Saturday!!

Fb event links: 

Thursday, June 16, 2011

LONDON: Tongue Fu


Thursday, June 30th, 2011, doors 8pm, show 8.30pm, £7/£5Rich Mix,
35-47 Bethnal Green Road,
London
E1
Box Office: 020 7613 7498

Starring Elvis McGonogall, Maria Slovakova, Anthony Anaxagorou. Hosted by Chris Redmond, featuring Poet-in-Residence Shane Solanki.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

EDINBURGH: Inky Fingers

LONDON: Glam Slam


Tuesday, June 28th, 2011, 7.30pm, £5/£3/FREE for participants
The Book Club,
100 Leonard Street.,
London
EC2A
Tube: Liverpool St./Old St.

Following three fierce and successful instalments, Ernesto Sarezale brings Glam Slam back to The Book Club in Shoreditch. The Glam Slam is a poetry competition in two rounds and there are four competing categories: loss, work, lust and wig-a-poem (a poem about any subject). There is a £100 prize up for the best verbal vogue! Non-competitive open mic slots also available.

Guest poets: Emanuel Xavier, Chris Young and Catherine Brogan.

More details at:
http://glamslamuk.blogspot.com

STOKE-ON-TRENT: F J Williams collection launch


Tuesday, June 21st, 2011, 7.30pm
The Meeting Room
The Leopard Pub
21 Market Street 
Burslem 
Stoke-On-Trent


Launch of The Model Shop, by F J Williams.  

Williams' poems illuminate the porous shadows of the supermarket shelves, revealing a captivating range of unadvertised narratives.

"Some lovely things here.  Superb observations."
  - Robert Minhinnick  

 

LONDON: Poetry and Illustration


Monday, June 20th, 2011, 6.30pm for 7pm
Hall One,
Kings Place,
90 York Way,
London
N1 9AG


This event will explore the relationship between poetry and illustration and how the two disciplines engage to create fascinating visual and verbal dimensions and reveal ideas in exciting and unexpected ways. This is a rare opportunity to hear how some of our best loved poets think about illustration and what exactly some of our illustrators think of poetry – all while our poets and illustrators create work live in front of us!
Simon Armitage: Author of ten collections of poetry and winner of numerous awards, Simon has become one of Britain’s best loved writers and was awarded a CBE in 2010 for services to poetry.
Colette Bryce: Critically-acclaimed, she has published three collections with Picador, The Heel of Bernadette (2000), The Full Indian Rope Trick (2004) and Self-Portrait in the Dark (2008). She received the Cholmondeley Award in 2010.
Heather Phillipson is a poet and artist. Her poems have appeared widely and she has performed across the UK and in Europe. She is a Faber New Poet and received an Eric Gregory Award in 2008.
Chris Riddell is one of today’s most popular illustrators. He has illustrated over 100 books, won multiple awards and is The Observer’s political cartoonist.
Nick Hayes is an author and illustrator and has won two Guardian Media awards. His first book, The Rime of the Modern Mariner, is a graphic novel and a new poem inspired by Coleridge’s tale. Nick is a political cartoonist for the Guardian and was founding editor of Meat Magazine.
Philippa Johnson, trained in Textile Design and graduated from Chelsea School of Art in 2004. She has since concentrated on texture rather than textile, working in a variety of media as a surface artist/ designer and stylist for sets and photography.

How to buy tickets
Booking now open online, by phone or in person from the Kings Place box office:
Tickets cost £9.50 if booked online via www.kingsplace.co.uk
Otherwise tickets cost £11.50.
Box Office 020 7520 1490

For enquiries relating to your booking please contacttickets@kingsplace.co.uk. To check ticket availability please use the online booking service.
For general enquiries or comments, please use our online feedback form or email info@kingsplace.co.uk
Book now to avoid disappointment!

Monday, June 13, 2011

LONDON: Wordamouth presents FreeStyles

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011, restaurant from 6.30pm, poetry from 8pm, FREE
Favela Chic
91 Great Eastern Street
London
EC2A 5HX

Feature acts:
Salena Godden (Book Club Boutique)
Talia Randall (Rubix)

Description:
Fresh spoken word poetry and funky hip-hop beats. Hosted by Angry Sam and curious.

DJs from 10:30 and in the breaks!!

Fb event link:

Sunday, June 12, 2011

LEAMINGTON SPA: PureandGoodandRight

Monday, June 13th, 2011, 7.30pm, £3 (£2 Student/OAP)
The Sozzled Sausage,
Leamington Spa
CV32 4NX.
 
Each month we invite a fabulous guest performance poet. This month we are delighted to have the unique and wonderful Naomi Paul.

Naomi Paul writes, sings and performs. Over the past two years, she has been performing her own work at cabaret/comedy and spoken word events at various venues around the country, including Birmingham, London, Edinburgh and Manchester. She has had slots on local community radio stations Radio Wildfire and Rhubarb Radio, and, this summer, she will be taking a solo show to the Edinburgh Fringe. 

'Hear her shopping for underwear in Golders Green, riding a hippy bus out of downtown Oakland, sing a lament as a protest for books thrown out of libraries … and more.’
(Dave Reeves: Radio Wildfire)

‘Hilariously quirky unique viewpoint, beautifully delivered...' (Janice Connolly)

‘Naomi’s shrewd balance of recital, storytelling, and at one stage acapella singing bore testimony to her stagecraft.’ (Gary Longden)
  
DEFINITELY AN EVENING NOT TO BE MISSED!
With open mic support from…….yes……YOU!
Come and share your poems or enjoy the talent of others- seasoned poets & first time performers most welcome!

If you would like to know more about the night, please email pgrpoetry@gmail.com

Saturday, June 11, 2011

LONDON: Jazz Verse Jukebox

Sunday, 12th June, 2011, doors open 6.30pm, show from 8pm, £7 

Upstairs @ Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club (aka Ronnie's Bar),
47 Frith Street,
London
W1D 4HT

Tube: Tottenham Court Road
Web :www.jumokefashola.com

Prepare for blushing eardrums in June as we dig deep into the dark, weird & erotic!
Featuring spoken word from Michael Horovitz, Dorothea Smartt, Ernesto Sarezale and Sabrina Mahfouz, with music from Randolph Matthews, plus Open Mic for poets/singers.

Friday, June 10, 2011

GALWAY: Over The Edge June Writers' Gathering


Friday, June 24th, 2011, 8pm, FREE
The Kitchen @ The Museum
Spanish Arch
Galway
 
The Over The Edge June Writers’ Gathering presents a summer literary extravaganza of readings by poets and fiction writers from Italy, Albania, the United States and Ireland. The evening will include the Galway launch of new poetry collections by Joseph Lennon and Ndrek Gjini. Fiction writer Jim Mullarkey will read from his forthcoming collection of short stories. Italian poets Luca Artioli, Andrea Garbin, Fabio Barcellandi and their translator Dave Lordan will read from their recent publication Poethree-New Italian Voices (Thauma Edizioni, 2011). All are welcome.

Joseph Lennon was born in Newport, Rhode Island, and grew up in Rochester, a small town in central Illinois. He has lived in Ireland and Italy and travelled throughout India. After a decade in New York City, teaching at Manhattan College, he now lives in Philadelphia with his family and is Director of Irish Studies at Villanova University.  He has published poetry and critical essays on Irish literature and postcolonial studies.  His book Irish Orientalism: A Literary and Intellectual History (Syracuse UP, 2004) won the Donald J. Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book from the American Conference for Irish Studies. Fell Hunger is Joseph’s first collection of poetry and was published in April by Salmon Poetry.

Ndrek Gjini was born in Albania in the 1960s. From 1984 to 1988 he was a student at the University of Shkoder in Albania. After graduation he worked first as a teacher and then as a journalist. During these years he published poems and many newspaper articles in the Albanian language. In 2002, Ndrek moved to the West of Ireland. In 2004, he undertook a course that led to a National Certificate in Print Journalism; at GMIT he earned a BA honours in Heritage Studies. At present, he is enrolled in the MA in Writing at NUI Galway. His poems in English have recently been published in Cyphers magazine. The Death of Night is Ndrek’s first collection of poems in the English language and is just published by EMAL.

Jim Mullarkey lives in Galway. He was a member of Galway City Council for 1993 to 1999 before turning his hand to writing. He has been short-listed for the Raymond Carver Short Story Award and the Fish Short Story Competition. His story ‘Heaven’ was runner-up in the RTE Francis McManus Award. Jim read at the inaugural Cúirt Festival/Over The Edge showcase reading in April 2006. His first collection of short stories, Murph’s Advice, will be published by Doire Press in September.

Dave Lordan's latest collection of poems is Invitation to a Sacrifice (Salmon Poetry, 2010) which was called by The Irish Times 'an act of cultural resistance, as brilliant on the page as it must surely be in performance'. Eigse Riada theatre company produced his first play, Jo Bangles, at the Mill Theatre, Dundrum in 2010. Forthcoming are Assassin for Higher from Wurm Press in Nov 2011 and his first collection of short stories Out of My Head due out from Salmon Publishing in Summer 2012. He can be contacted at  dlordan@hotmail.com
Luca Artioli was born in Mantova in 1976, where he still lives.He was the creator and co-founder of the “Confraternita dell’ “Uva”, a group of writers 25 from Mantova / Modena / Como. He’s currently a member of the “Movement from the Underground”, a literary group for the union of the arts, based in Montichiari (BS). His official website is http://www.lucaartioli.it His books are Fragili Apparenze (Apparent fragilities) (Poems - TCM Editions, Mantova, 2005) and Suture (Sutures) (Poems - Ed. Fara, 2011);

Fabio Barcellandi was born in Brescia in 1968. He is part of the group of poets and artists that quickens the literary meetings at the coffee bar Galeter in Montichiari, where he has performed on numerous occasions, from his tentative beginnings to the latest missives. He is from under the earth. What they say of him is that he walks hand in hand with death, whistling He has published two collections of poems: Parole alate (Winged words) (Cicorivolta editions, 2007) and Nero, l’inchiostro (Black Ink) (Montag editions, 2008).

Andrea Garbin lives and works in the province of Mantova. He has published the poetry Il senso della musa (The sense of the Muse) (Aletti, 2007) and Latex (Fara, 2009) and some short-stories in the anthologies Per natale non esco (For Christmas I don’t go out) (TranseuropaLibri, 2008) and Il rumore degli occhi (The noise of the eyes) (Edizioni Creativa, 2009).

The Kitchen @ The Museum has a wine licence. All welcome. For further information contact 087-6431748.

LONDON: Helen Burke book launch

Saturday, 11th June, 2011, 7.30pm-9pm, £3 on the door
The Poetry Cafe,
22 Betterton Street,
City of London,
WC2H 9BX

 
Helen Burke's The Ruby Slippers is nothing less than a poetry landmark; collecting 31 of the finest poems from a remarkable 40-year poetry career.  The book, published by Scarborough's Valley Press, will be available at a generous discount on the night, which will also include a reading from the author and music from Julian Willmore.

Contact the cafe on 020 7420 9888

EDINBURGH: Grey Hen Press reading

Saturday, 11th June, 2011, 2pm-3.30pm, FREE
Scottish Poetry Library,
Crichton Close,
Canongate
Edinburgh.

A reading from No Space But Their Own with A C Clarke, Eleanor Livingstone and Lyn Moir.

Thursday, June 09, 2011

STOURPORT-ON-SEVERN: Poetry and Music


Thursday, June 23rd, 2011, 7pm-9pm, £5 / £4 (includes free hot drinks, & cake is on sale)


Bishops Wood Centre
Bishops Wood,
Crossway Green,
Stourport-on-Severn,
DY139SE

A Worcestershire Literary Festival Event
Poetry & Music – Poetry & Music Infusion; Music Inspired by Poetry; Poetry Inspired by Music; & Poetry & Music that compliment each other.

An unbelievable line-up of three published poets, three superb guitarists, one singing angel, a DJ, and an injection of humour. Includes: Deb Hodgson, Sophia Dimmock, Jenny Hope, Sarah James, Colin Baggs and The Very Grimm Brothers.

Tickets can be bought at: Huntington Hall, Worcester; Worcestershire Literature Festival website www.worcslitfest.com, or on the door.


BRIGHTON: Waterloo Press & Brightstock Open House Poetry Night

Friday, June 10th, 2011, 8pm for 8.30pm start, £5 (no concessions)
Iambic Arts Theatre 
Regent St, Brighton
01273 572101

Waterloo Press and Bookstock, the Brighton Book Festival, proudly present An Open House Poetry Night, featuring vibrant and varied readings from WP poets:   

Miming Silence and Speechless

Micrographia  
shortlisted for the Aldeburgh Best First Collection Prize 2010
   
The Odysseus Poems

patricides and Risk of Skin 

plus   
OPEN MIC
   
Come and mingle with Brighton Book Festival go-ers, and enjoy a sampler of some of the best poetry the South-East has to offer!

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

HUDDERSFIELD: The Albert Poets

Thursday, June 9th, 2011, 8pm, FREE 
The Albert Hotel,
Victoria Lane,
Huddersfield,
West Yorkshire
HD1 2QF

The Albert Poets - A reading with Julia Deakin, Joy Howard and Ed Reiss.

Tuesday, June 07, 2011

LONDON: Lumen Poetry Series


Tuesday, 21st June, 2011, doors open 6.30pm for 7pm, £5/£4, WINELUMEN
88 Tavistock Place
WC1
Tubes: Russell Square , Kings Cross, St Pancras. 

Ruth O'Callaghan presents Roddy Lumsden and Simone Mansell Broom.

Poets from the floor very welcome. Some longer spots available.




LONDON: Poets For Peace

Wednesday, 8th June, 2011, 7pm, £5 at the door
The Black Heart,
3 Greenland Place,
Camden
NW1 0AP

Join us at the Black Heart in Camden for an amazing night of slam poetry, all in aid of International Alert. See some fantastic poets including: Shane Solanki, curious, Stephanie Dogfoot, Angry Sam, Raymond Antrobus and Michelle Madsen.

Plus, come say your peace during the open mic session!

Shane Solanki - aka: 'Last Mango in Paris', political, frequently comic, Shane is immediately engaging, chillingly insightful, riproaringly comic and frequently disturbing. He has performed across Europe, India, America and Africa, supporting the likes of Lemn Sissay, Billy Bragg and Shazia Mirza among many others.

curious - The reigning London Hammer & Tongue Slam Champion, curious has grafted onto his hiphop roots a spoken word performance that is rapidly becomming a big feature of the London scene. Unafraid to speak his mind, and with plenty to say, he delivers edu-tainment with political anger, humour and much verbal dexterity.

Stephanie Dogfoot - Stephanie tells of love and life both in her native Singapore and her current home in London with a great feeling for the humans she meets with all their faults and failures, told with pity and love and a warm humour and an amazing maturity for such a young performer.

Angry Sam - Host of the Hackney branch of one the UK's most successful poetry networks, Hammer and Tongue, ANGRY SAM (Sam Berkson) has performed across the country and abroad, won slam competitions and collaborated with musicians such as Usedtobecool, Beatabet, Xhadrez and UK beatbox champion, Beardyman. “Angry Sam kills the crowd softly with rare wit and a laid back style that softens the knife wounds left by his acid political poetics and searing urban imagery.” – Martin Daws, POETica. www.myspace.com/poetthug

Raymond Antrobus is a spoken word artist, photographer, poet and writer, born and bred in Hackney. He is co-curator of Chill Pill/Keats Forum and has performed along side authors and poets such as Margret Atwood, Michael Horovitz, Lemm Sissay, Polarbear and Inua Ellams. Raymond appeared on series 5 of BBC Radio 4’s Bespoken Word.

Michelle Madsen - Hailing from commuter belt, small town Bishop's Stortford, Michelle is a poet of much verbal ingenuity, warmth and humanity. She is the host of Hammer and Tongue, Camden and a writer who's been involved in poetry events across Europe.
There will also be an open mic session on the night, where anyone can get up and say their peace.

For more info call 020 7627 6865 or email fundraising@international-alert.org

EARLS BARTON: Village Festival Open Mic

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011, 8pm
The Stags Head
High Street
Earls Barton
Northamptonshire
NN6 9JG

The Earls Barton Village Festival is taking place this year from 2nd to 18th June and will be hosting a number of arts events including music, photography, comedy, dance...and spoken word.
 
The Stags Head has opened its doors to poets and punters alike, and invited you all to an evening of words to soothe the soul, or raise the spirits, with a pint or two of your favourite tipple on the side.
 
This is an open-mic event, which welcomes spoken word performers and poetry readers of all kinds and from anywhere. There will be a limited number of walk-up places for those who want to get up and have a go on the night, so if you would like to perform, write to donnerscott@yahoo.co.uk or call 07807 086 747.

Monday, June 06, 2011

LONDON: OPEN/WIDE @ Alaska Studios


Saturday, June 18th, 2011, 8pm-11.30pm, £5
Alaska Studios
Alaska Street.
London
SE1 8XE

London's MOST open mic returns to Alaska Studios a little early in June. Following last months forays into nudity and mind-reading, Angry Sam and curious hope to restore poetry at the top of the OPEN/WIDE agenda and hopefully we can get a few MCs down too (your beats or mine, we're easy!!). Thrown in cheap drinks, free cake; a chance to WIN recording time at the studio and the most welcoming venue in London and you've got an armful of reasons to join us. Oh yeah; it's a Saturday!!

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LONDON: Wordamouth presents FreeStyles

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011, restaurant from 6.30pm, poetry from 8pm, FREE
Favela Chic
91 Great Eastern Street
London
EC2A 5HX

Feature acts:
Salena Godden (Book Club Boutique)
Talia Randall (Rubix)

Description:
Fresh spoken word poetry and funky hip-hop beats. Hosted by Angry Sam and curious.

DJs from 10:30 and in the breaks!!

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CAMBRIDGE: Hammer and Tongue featuring Simon Munnery


Wednesday, 8th June, 2011, 7.30pm-10.30pm
The Emperor,
21 Hills Road,
Cambridge
CB2 1NW

Time for the final round of the Cambridge Hammer & Tongue 2010-2011 season...

This is your chance to become part of the spoken word slam brilliance that has graced this here fair city for over a year, in the warm and wonderful surroundings of fabulous venue The Emperor. Sign up as one of the eight to compete for a place in the Regional Final in July, or just dive in and soak up the atmosphere and talent on display. And some great beer.

Doors open at 7:30pm; advance tickets are a paltry £5 full price, an even more paltry £3.50 for concessions, and a ludicrous £2 for slammers. Tickets on the door are £7 full price, £4.50 for concessions, and £3 for slammers, which is quite the bargain!  Find us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=148818265192095), and buy your tickets in advance from We Got Tickets (http://www.wegottickets.com/event/120444), or get in touch (cambridge@hammerandtongue.com or 07904 488009) if you’d prefer to get them in person.

Simon Munnery is someone it is almost impossible to describe in an original way.  It will probably be enough for us to simply urge you to take this almost unprecedented opportunity to see this “unsettling madman with a highly amusing and unusual take on the world” do poetry.

If you need more urging, consider this: he’s a Winner of The Sony Gold Award for Radio Comedy and writer of ‘London Shouting’ and ‘Alan Parker’s 29 Minutes of Truth’. Put a kettle on his head and he becomes the League Against Tedium.  He’s also a British Comedy Award Nominee, a Perrier Award Nominee, a Barry Award Nominee, a Sony Radio Award Winner, and a Boothby Graffoe Award Winner.

He was the star of BBC2’s Attention Scum and Radio 4’s Where Did It All Go Wrong?

The Observer described him as “One of the most original and inventive comics in the country.”

Stewart Lee described him as “The Peter Cook of his generation.”

Rarely less than surreal, always funny, frequently satirical, this legendary comedian is also a poet and, because we love you, we’re bringing him to Cambridge so you can describe him and his work for yourselves.

Hosted by Alex Iamb and Fay Roberts.

“The best live poetry is to be found at The Hammer & Tongue slams”
(The Sunday Times)

A poetry slam is a live democratic poetry competition where random members of the audience are made judges giving scores to a series of 3 minute spoken word performances with an Olympic-style score system.

“Hammer & Tongue have reinvented the medium for the hip hop generation”
(The Guardian)


07904 488009