HEBDEN BRIDGE: Grey Hen Press reading

Friday, 12th August, 2011, 7pm-8.30pm

Hebden Bridge Library

Cheetham Street,

Hebden Bridge

A reading from Get Me Out of Here! with Helen Burke, Julia Deakin, Joy Howard, Char March, Alison Orlowska and Gina Shaw.

LEAMINGTON SPA: PUREandGOODandRIGHT

Monday, August 8th, 2011, 7.30pm, £3 (£2)

The Sozzled Sausage,

Leamington Spa

CV32 4NX.

This month it's time for our Summer Slam!

Thanks to the devoted and supportive atmosphere of the PGR crowd, this is one of the most enjoyable slams you'll ever encounter!

There will of course be the usual open mic slots...but the fact that there will be actual prize money and the chance to win a feature slot at a future PGR event is surely enough to tempt even performance newbies to come and join the fun.

The guidelines are as follows:

●   The slam will take place over 3 rounds.

●    Each poem should be no longer than 3minutes.

●    Each poet will be appreciated according to their content, delivery and audience response.

●   The top 4 scoring poets from the first round will go through to the semi finals.

●   The victor and the runner up will share the door takings in some fitting proportion.

●   The winner will also be offered the chance to feature at a future PGR event,

      assuming that they have not featured numerous times before!

If you have any further questions or wish to register, contact pgrpoetry@gmail.com

If you're planning to come along, or would like to know more about the night, please email

pgrpoetry@gmail.com

  

Remember to check out our blog at

http://pgrpoetry.blogspot.com! 

LONDON: Hermitage Community Moorings Poetry Evening

CALLING EAST LONDON-BASED POETS AND PERFORMERS!!!!

More performers are wanted for the Poetry Evening at Hermitage Community Moorings, on Friday, September 9th, 2011.

Themes are boats, rivers and memory, and the confirmed headliner is Bruce The Eel Fisherman. This event is part of a week-long programme to mark the culmination of A Sense Of Place, a two-year oral history project about the lives of those who live and work on the Thames at Wapping.

If you'd like to take part, or want more information, please email: alice.t.gibbs@gmail.com

www.hcmoorings.org

BRISTOL: Under Stokes Croft

Friday, July 29th, 2011, 7pm, FREE

Bristol Old Vic

Written and performed by Jack Dean

Illustrated by Hannah Jane Morley.

Unknown to most, there is a large, clumsy, furry orange monster living in Stokes Croft. By day, he watches over its people and records their stories. By night, he wanders alone and paints their dreams. Or nightmares.

A live graphic novel by MC and Poet Jack Dean, Under Stokes Croft takes inspiration from Dylan Thomas' legendary Under Milk Wood to document 24-and-a-bit hours in the life of Bristol's own Bohemia, centering around the infamous night of 21st April 2011, the Tesco riots. Expect fires, fears, flights and top-notch veggieburgers.

KINGSTON: Rhythm & Muse 4th anniversary

Thursday, July 28th, 2011, 8.30pm, £6/£5

Ram Jam Club,

46 Richmond Road,

Kingston

KT2 5EE

Rhythm & Muse Celebrates Four Years

R&M has a great line-up to mark its fourth anniversary - Liz Bentley, Project Adorno and LiTTLe MACHiNe.

Plus open mic (sign up in advance - email alison-hill@blueyonder.co.uk)

SCARBOROUGH: The Dead Snail Diaries - Live!

Thursday, 28th July, 2011, 6pm-7.30pm, £3 on the door, refreshments provided

Scarborough Library,

Vernon Road,

Scarborough,

North Yorkshire,

YO11 2NN

For one night only, Valley Press presents a complete reading of Jamie McGarry's third collection of poetry, The Dead Snail Diaries. Already a somewhat unique book (to say the least), the live version adds further layers to the extraordinary story of a man, a shoe and a snail, with topics covered including the unhealthy relationship between snails and slugs, details of the fruitless pursuit that is snail speed dating, and the psychological mindset needed to become a snail-racing champion.  The poet will be joined in this task by distinguished local writers Felix Hodcroft and Catherine Boddy.

LONDON: Velvet Tongue

Sunday, August 7th, 2011, 6.30pm-10pm, £3 donation, free for participants

Bar Kick,

127 Shoreditch High Street,
London

E1 6JE  (Old St/Liverpool St tubes).

Contact phone number: 07733263823 (Ernesto)

Email: ernesto@sarezale.com
Web: http://velvettongueuk.blogspot.com

Guest readers and performers: PAUL BURSTON, HOLESTAR, CHRIS YOUNG, LUCY LEAGRAVE

BLURB:

Presented by Erotic Award winning poet Ernesto Sarezale, Velvet Tongue is a Literary Soiree dedicated to erotic writing and performance, with poetry, fiction, spoken word, plays, stand-up, comic strips, cabaret, monologues,… 

It features some of the country's most exciting writers and performers of erotica together with plenty of sexy open mic slots for anyone who wants to join in! Velvet Tongue celebrates the hot, the sweet, the viscous, the carnal, the sexy, the racy, the provocative, the lustful, the voluptuous, the libidinous, the playful, the flirtatious, the teasing, the suggestive, the explicit, the cheeky, the bold, the brash, the brassy, the flashy, the risque, the pervy, the licentious, the queer, the depraved and the downright kinky.

Open mic slots: Bring along your sexy words and share them with us. Have you got an erotic poem, a sexy short story, a salacious monologue, a sexually charged section of your novel, a provocative comic strip, a risqué stand up routine? Would you like to share a piece of erotica from an author you admire? Come and read it in front of an appreciative audience. Free entrance for open mic performers.

LONDON: Jazz Verse Jukebox

Sunday, 7th August, 2011, doors 6.30pm, show 8pm
, £10-£22.50

Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club ,
47 Frith Street,

London

W1D 4HT
Book Online: www.ronniescotts.co.uk
Tel Reservations: 020 7439 0747

Tube: Tottenham Court Road
 or Leicester Square
Web:www.ronniescotts.co.uk

It’s a Jazz Poetry Party!

The JAZZ VERSE JUKEBOX goes downstairs to the main space at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club for a one -off special performance poetry event as part of the Brit Jazz Festival 2011.
Join us for what promises to be an extraordinary night with appearances from some of the leading lights on the UK spoken word scene.
Special guests include: Soweto Kinch, Charlie Dark, Carrie Grant, Mr Gee, Zena Edwards, Hollie McNish, Sh’Maya.

Compered by & with music from Jumoké Fashola
 (www.jumokefashola.com)

A rare spoken word & music appearance from rapping sax prodigy Soweto Kinch who has amassed an impressive list of accolades and awards on both sides of the Atlantic - including a Mercury Music Prize nomination, two UMA Awards and a MOBO for best Jazz Act in 2003. In October 2007, he won his second MOBO Award in the Best Jazz Act category- fending off stiff competition from the likes of Wynton Marsalis.  Most recently he was a mentor on Goldies Band - By Royal Appointment (BBC1 TV) the prime time reality music show, which followed Goldie, Soweto et al as they discovered and coached 12 vulnerable young mentees towards their first live performance before HM Prince Harry at Buckingham Palace. His current album, The New Emancipation explores a variety of different musical styles, from jazz to hip hop via neo-soul with vocal sketches based on Soweto’s recent studies on slavery. It’s been described as ‘sheer brilliance for a new century’.

Charlie Dark is a one of the most influential  spoken Word artist in the UK & a dynamic part of the United Kingdom’s poetry and performance scene as a writer, producer and DJ known for flamboyant gestures and vocal gymnastics.He is globally recognized as an important musical visionary through his eclectic Dj sets, production and remix work. As one third of the hip hop-inspired trio Attica Blues, he toured around the globe (both independently and with the band) to points as far dispersed as Tokyo, New York and Berlin. He makes regular appearances on the literature and spoken word circuit, is an experienced tutor and workshop facilitator, and was a Poet Coach for the London Teenage Poetry Slam for three years running. Charlie founded Blacktronica, a loose collective of poets, painters, musicians, film makers and other creative types which pushes, explores and unifies the innovative sounds of the black electronic music scene in the UK with its global cousins. Blacktronica holds regular gatherings at venues around the world alongside a hugely successful four-year residency at the Institute for Contemporary Arts in London.

www.myspace.com/charliedark

Mr Gee is the host of BBC Radio 4's "Rhyme & Reason" and "Bespoken Word",

From humble beginnings as a Hip-Hop DJ, Mister Gee honed his spoken word skills as the host of the renowned performance poetry club Brix-tongue and is now one of the stars of the UK poetry scene. He has performed at the New York Nuyorican Poets Café and the Black Lily night in Philadelphia (home to Jill Scott and the Roots), as well as at the Edinburgh Festival. He runs workshops in schools and his album Poetry in the Key of Gee was released to critical acclaim.
Mister Gee is a co-winner of a Sony Gold Award for Radio as the resident poet on the Russell Brand Show on BBC Radio 2, and was  the resident poet of the hit West-End musical Into The Hoods.
http://www.myspace.com/djmrgee

Zena Edwards is a London-based performance poet, writer and musician. Her vibrant poetry is inspired by her experiences of travel, particularly through Africa, as well as traditional African music and song. She often accompanies her work with mbira, kalimba and marimba (thumb pianos). She has performed for Jonzi D’s Aeroplane Man (percussion and vocals), BBC Radio 4’s Poetry Please, BBC Radio 3, London Live Radio. She wrote and performed her one-person show Security, touring across the UK and internationally. Zena has performed at WOMAD, The London Jazz Festival, Poetry International at the Royal Festival Hall, The URB Hip Hop Festival (Helsinki), Glastonbury as well as many others.

Sh'maya plugs the depths. His spoken word explores rhythm and jazz, the spiritual, the city, vibe vibe vibe and the great beyond. He performs lyrical pieces, tells stories, asks questions in beats and visions. A regular on the London poetry circuit, Sh'maya brings his inimitable style to the stage; one of passion and sucker-punch-to-the-gut yesses. Sh'maya is based in Brixton town and is also known for having a great beard. Yes.
www.myspace.com/shmayapoetics

SHREWSBURY: Grey Hen Press reading

Saturday, 6th August, 2011, 2pm-4pm

The Shropshire Wildlife Centre

193 Abbey Foregate,

Shrewsbury

A reading from No Space But Their Own with Anne Cluysenaar, Anne Drysdale, Jo Haslam, Joy Howard, Gill McEvoy and Hermione Sandall. 

KINGSTON: Rhythm & Muse 4th anniversary

Thursday, July 28th, 2011, 8.30pm, £6/£5

Ram Jam Club,

46 Richmond Road,

Kingston

KT2 5EE

Rhythm & Muse Celebrates Four Years

R&M has a great line-up to mark its fourth anniversary - Liz Bentley, Project Adorno and LiTTLe MACHiNe.

Plus open mic (sign up in advance - email alison-hill@blueyonder.co.uk)

POLESWORTH: Fizz 8, with Matt Merritt

GALWAY: Westside Arts Festival / Over The Edge Summer Open Mic

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011, 6.30pm 

Westside Library,

Seamus Quirke Road

Galway

Over The Edge in association with Westside Arts Festival presents the 2011 Over The Edge Summer Open Mic. Everyone who has a poem or story to share is most welcome to take part, so, if you have some writing you’d like to read to an audience, this is your opportunity to do so.

The MCs for the evening will be Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars. All are welcome to attend. The evening will also see the launch by Galway City Council’s Arts Office James Harrold of Monday Miscellany, a collection of stories, memoir and poems by participants in Kevin Higgins’ Monday morning creative writing class at Westside Library. The launch will commence at 5.30pm.

Over The Edge acknowledges the financial support of the Arts Council and Galway City Council.

 http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com

LONDON: Shoreditch Festival

Sunday, 17th July, 2011, 3.30pm and 5.00pm, FREE

Community Stage,

Regents Row,
London
E8

Join Apples and Snakes for a spine tingling afternoon of performance poetry. Hosted by one woman tour de force Kat Francois and featuring the unforgettable El Crisis plus an array of hot new artists, it promises to be a vibrant and unique experience. Ease into the festival vibe with some verbal dexterity. And it’s free! Poetic shenanigans commence at 3.30pm.
Featuring: JJ Bola, Trnuh, Selina Nwulu, Conrad The Scoundrel, Stephanie Chan, Catherine Labiran, Joe Coghlan and Shay D.

BRISTOL: Under Stokes Croft

Friday, July 29th, 2011, 7pm, FREE

Bristol Old Vic

Written and performed by Jack Dean

Illustrated by Hannah Jane Morley.

Unknown to most, there is a large, clumsy, furry orange monster living in Stokes Croft. By day, he watches over its people and records their stories. By night, he wanders alone and paints their dreams. Or nightmares.

A live graphic novel by MC and Poet Jack Dean, Under Stokes Croft takes inspiration from Dylan Thomas' legendary Under Milk Wood to document 24-and-a-bit hours in the life of Bristol's own Bohemia, centering around the infamous night of 21st April 2011, the Tesco riots. Expect fires, fears, flights and top-notch veggieburgers.

CASTLETON: The Devil's Arse

Saturday, 16th July, 2011, 8pm-9pm, £9 (Child £6, Conc £8) Bring a bottle!!! 

The Devil's Arse,

Peak Cavern,

Castleton,

S33 8WS.

It's time to find that woolly hat and join Psychicbread for a unique show 300 feet underground...  

Four-times fringe award winners Mark Gwynne Jones and the Psychicbread are set to reveal the unheard voice of the Peak District in a show staged in the awe-inspiring chambers of The Devil’s Arse, Castleton.   

From reflections on a B29 bomber that crashed in the High Peak, to the compelling story of the last gibbet in the Peak District and how it was a poet who ended the grisly practice – this new collection of lyrical works is inspired by some of the region’s most outstanding locations, its unique culture, and stories that connect the Peak to wider struggles and world history.

Commissioned by Glassball Art Projects, the event will showcase an on-going project to write and record lyrical works in the places that inspired them.

This event is part of the Buxton Festival Fringe and tickets are available from the Opera House Box Office: 0845 127 2190 / or online at www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk/whats-on/lyric-in-limestone

SCARBOROUGH: The Dead Snail Diaries - Live!

Thursday, 28th July, 2011, 6pm-7.30pm, £3 on the door, refreshments provided

Scarborough Library,

Vernon Road,

Scarborough,

North Yorkshire,

YO11 2NN

For one night only, Valley Press presents a complete reading of Jamie McGarry's third collection of poetry, The Dead Snail Diaries. Already a somewhat unique book (to say the least), the live version adds further layers to the extraordinary story of a man, a shoe and a snail, with topics covered including the unhealthy relationship between snails and slugs, details of the fruitless pursuit that is snail speed dating, and the psychological mindset needed to become a snail-racing champion.  The poet will be joined in this task by distinguished local writers Felix Hodcroft and Catherine Boddy.

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: 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 !!!

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

www.hammerandtongue.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.

CASTLETON: The Devil's Arse

Saturday, 16th July, 2011, 8pm-9pm, £9 (Child £6, Conc £8) Bring a bottle!!! 

The Devil's Arse,

Peak Cavern,

Castleton,

S33 8WS.

It's time to find that woolly hat and join Psychicbread for a unique show 300 feet underground...  

Four-times fringe award winners Mark Gwynne Jones and the Psychicbread are set to reveal the unheard voice of the Peak District in a show staged in the awe-inspiring chambers of The Devil’s Arse, Castleton.   

From reflections on a B29 bomber that crashed in the High Peak, to the compelling story of the last gibbet in the Peak District and how it was a poet who ended the grisly practice – this new collection of lyrical works is inspired by some of the region’s most outstanding locations, its unique culture, and stories that connect the Peak to wider struggles and world history.

Commissioned by Glassball Art Projects, the event will showcase an on-going project to write and record lyrical works in the places that inspired them.

This event is part of the Buxton Festival Fringe and tickets are available from the Opera House Box Office: 0845 127 2190 / or online at www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk/whats-on/lyric-in-limestone

POLESWORTH: Fizz 8

LONDON: Joy Howard launch

Saturday, July 9th, 2011, 7pm for 7.30pm, FREE

22 Betterton Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2H 9BX

Nearest tubes Covent Garden and Leicester Square

The Poetry Cafe offers a lift, an accessible toilet and a hearing induction loop

Joy Howard launches her new collection Refurbishment.

'Joy Howard is someone who’s best known for her generosity in giving other poets a platform in her excellent Grey Hen Press anthologies and for the readings she sets up for these all over the country. Refurbishment gives us a taste of her own considerable qualities as a poet.’ – R V Bailey

Joy will be accompanied by award-winning poet Ann Alexander reading from her latest collection

Too Close.

GALWAY: Westside Arts Festival / Over The Edge Summer Open Mic

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011, 6.30pm 
Westside Library,

Seamus Quirke Road

Galway

Over The Edge in association with Westside Arts Festival presents the 2011 Over The Edge Summer Open Mic. Everyone who has a poem or story to share is most welcome to take part, so, if you have some writing you’d like to read to an audience, this is your opportunity to do so.

The MCs for the evening will be Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars. All are welcome to attend. The evening will also see the launch by Galway City Council’s Arts Office James Harrold of Monday Miscellany, a collection of stories, memoir and poems by participants in Kevin Higgins’ Monday morning creative writing class at Westside Library. The launch will commence at 5.30pm.

Over The Edge acknowledges the financial support of the Arts Council and Galway City Council.

 http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com

LONDON: Jawdance

Wednesday, 20th July, 2011, 7.30pm, FREE 
Rich Mix,
35–47 Bethnal Green Road,
London,
E1 6LA

Featuring: Rachel Rose Reid, Gus Simonovic, Spice and Elliott Daley
Jawdance is the show where you find poets on stage and poets on film; poets in the audience and poets propping up the bar and guest poets, And it’s FREE! If you want to be a part of it, then get down for the start of it and sign up for the open mic – it can be something rib-tickling, spine-tingling, or just jaw-droppingly awesome. And if you’ve made a poetry-film that you’d like us to screen drop us a line, otherwise just turn up at the door. Every third Wednesday of the month.

Info: www.richmix.org.uk / 020 7613 7498 / boxoffice@richmix.org.uk
Open Mic: russell@applesandsnakes.org
Check out the JAWDANCE facebook page

BIRMINGHAM: Rhymes

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011, 8pm, £5

The Station Pub,
Kings Heath
Birmingham

 

This month we have four fantastic local poets;

JANET SMITH
'A performer of great poise and fragile elegance', Janet captured attention with her subtle and arresting imagery at the Rhymes Jan-Slam, so it's only right and proper we see more of her!

JODI ANN BICKLEY
Organiser of awesome poetry night Speak-Up and soft spoken lyricist on love and life, seen earlier this year showcasing new material at Apples and Snakes 'Lit-Fuse' and finalist at Rhymes 2010 Slam.

FIFI FANSHAW
Wordsmith and comedic poet with attitude and a very low giggle threshold who tickles life round the ribs to see if it laughs.
www.facebook.com/thefifipa ge

TONY STRINGFELLOW
Presenter, performer, author, artist and Marc Bolan enthusiast, as well as a rather good poet.
www.tonystringfellow.com

Tickets via ww.rogueplay.co.uk

Clips and photo's via the Rhymes facebook group.

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: Chill Pill

LONDON: Joy Howard launch

Saturday, July 9th, 2011, 7pm for 7.30pm, FREE

22 Betterton Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2H 9BX

Nearest tubes Covent Garden and Leicester Square

The Poetry Cafe offers a lift, an accessible toilet and a hearing induction loop

Joy Howard launches her new collection Refurbishment.

'Joy Howard is someone who’s best known for her generosity in giving other poets a platform in her excellent Grey Hen Press anthologies and for the readings she sets up for these all over the country. Refurbishment gives us a taste of her own considerable qualities as a poet.’ – R V Bailey

Joy will be accompanied by award-winning poet Ann Alexander reading from her latest collection

Too Close.

LONDON: Shoreditch Festival

Sunday, 17th July, 2011, 3.30pm and 5.00pm, FREECommunity Stage,
Regents Row,
London
E8

Join Apples and Snakes for a spine tingling afternoon of performance poetry. Hosted by one woman tour de force Kat Francois and featuring the unforgettable El Crisis plus an array of hot new artists, it promises to be a vibrant and unique experience. Ease into the festival vibe with some verbal dexterity. And it’s free! Poetic shenanigans commence at 3.30pm.
Featuring: JJ Bola, Trnuh, Selina Nwulu, Conrad The Scoundrel, Stephanie Chan, Catherine Labiran, Joe Coghlan and Shay D.

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.