MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Updates may be intermittent until January 3rd - blame the alchohol and mince pies.

Have a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year

LONDON: Hammer & Tongue Hackney

Tuesday, 3rd January, 2012, 8pm-11pm, (doors, DJ and slam sign up from 7pm), £5 (£4)

The Victoria,
451 Queensbridge Road,
Dalston

E8 3AS
samberkson@gmail.com

07853 081767
www.hammerandtongue.co.uk

Live spoken word and performance poetry with guests Zena Edwards and Jonny Fluffypunk, plus open mic slam and DJ Xahdrez.
 

Hosted by Angry Sam.

BRIGHTON: Waterloo Press Christmas Party

Sunday, December 18^th, 2011, 6.30pm for 7pm start, to 10pm, £5/£4 concessions

Iambic Arts Theatre 

Regent Street,

Brighton

(just north of the Komedia rear entrance)

Waterloo Press joyfully invites you to its second annual Christmas Party, celebrating another abundant year at the Press, with readings by WP poets new and old, far and near:

Clare Best

Fawzia Kane

Alan Morrison

Mario Petrucci

& (ghost of Christmas travel permitting)

David Pollard

PLUS

music from WP's resident starry fiddler Annie Kerr

Open Mic

(five spots only – come early to book)

20% off all 2011 WP titles

&

Fawzia's Rum Punch!

The WP elves look forward to seeing you there!

TODMORDEN: Grey Hen Press reading

Saturday, 17th December, 2011, 2–3.30pm

Todmorden Library

Strand

Rochdale Road

OL14 7LB

A reading from the new Grey Hen Press anthology, with Pamela Coren, Joy Howard, Pauline Kirk and Gina Shaw

‘An A–Z of women poets whose formidable eye and instinct for pithy observation make this required reading for all ages but especially for the young-and-grumpy-in-heart.’  Penelope Shuttle

CAMBRIDGE: Hollie McNish and Kate Tempest

Wednesday, December 14^th, 2011, 7.30pm

The Fountain,

Regent Street,

Cambridge

Hammer & Tongue is a national performance poetry group with a vision: to bring the best spoken word performers on the circuit today to venues across the UK to share stages with the brightest of local talent. Whether you come to the gigs to be inspired by internationally-renowned performers, to support local poets, or to take a deep breath and plunge onto that stage yourself in the open slam, Hammer & Tongue nights have something for everyone – including people who didn’t think they liked poetry!

Hammer & Tongue tour a different headliner around the local branches every month, and each “franchise” provides the venue, support acts, audience and slammers. At Cambridge, we like to make sure that the support acts are local or have some connection to Cambridge if at all possible. December is no exception, and we’re very excited to announce that Hollie McNish will be supporting Kate Tempest on 14th December at The Fountain Inn, Regent Street for one of the venue’s first gigs after its recent refurbishment.

http://www.hammerandtongue.co.uk

LONDON: Mutabaruka

Thursday, December 15th, 2011, 7pm-midnight, £5/£7/£1

The CLF Art Cafe 

Block A, 

The Bussey Building,

133 Rye Lane,

London

SE15 4ST 

www.clfartcafe.org

MUTABARUKA, LEGENDARY DUB POET LIVE 

+ Vocal Guests Jonzi-D, AmeN Noir (BKS), Lyric L, Tshaka + DJ Jazzheadchronic 

& Mutabaruka Film Screening of THE RETURN OF THE MOTHERLAND

7.30PM - 8.30PM Jonzi-D, AmeN Noir (BKS), Lyric L, Tshaka

8.30PM - 10PM Film Screening of THE RETURN OF THE MOTHERLAND

10PM - 11.20PM Mutabaruka

11.20PM - 12AM DJ Jazzheadchronic

ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW

TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR!!

LONDON: Lumen Poetry Series

Tuesday, 13th December, 2011, doors open 6.30pm for 7pm, £5/£4, wine and soft drinks

Lumen,

88 Tavistock Place,

London

WC1

Joy Howard reading from Refurbishment and Peter Phillips reading from No School Tie.

Poetry performance followed by open mic. 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. This year the anthology is edited by Ruth O’Callaghan.

Nearest tube stations: Russell Square, Kings Cross St Pancras, Euston

All proceeds go to support the homeless in the Cold Weather Shelters

NOTTINGHAM: Flying Goose reading series

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011, 7.30pm, FREE (£3 donation suggested)

The Flying Goose Cafe,

Beeston High Road,

Nottingham

Featured readers are Emily Hasler, Shaun Belcher, JT Welsch and Adrian Slatcher. It's an open reading, though, so if you want to take a poem along to read, feel free.

Staged by the Nottingham Poetry Series and Nottingham Trent University. 

 

Coffee, tea, and cakes available.

SOUTHAMPTON: 451

Monday, 12th December, 2011, 7.30pm, £5/£3
Nuffield Studio,
University Road,
Southampton
SO17 1TR

A night filled with spoken word, featuring: Hollie McNish, Paul Lyalls and new compere Rob Casey.
Open mic slots available on the door from 7pm – spaces are limited.

www.nuffieldtheatre.co.uk / www.applesandsnakes.org

BIRMINGHAM: Lit Fuse

Saturday, 10th December 2011, 7.30pm, £7/£5
MAC Birmingham,
Cannon Hill Park,
Edgbaston,
Birmingham
B12 9QH

Four up-andcoming spoken word poets from the Midlands present four new pieces, devised with the help of renowned director Cheryl Martin. Come and see what happens when artists are challenged to step out of their comfort zones and try something different. The fuse has been lit, don't miss the fireworks!
Featuring: Ddotti Bluebell, Jess Green, Joe Coghlan, Mr Morrison

Info: www.macarts.co.uk  / www.applesandsnakes.org

LONDON: Lumen Poetry Series

Tuesday, 13th December, 2011, doors open 6.30pm for 7pm, £5/£4, wine and soft drinks

Lumen,

88 Tavistock Place,

London

WC1

Joy Howard reading from Refurbishment and Peter Phillips reading from No School Tie.

Poetry performance followed by open mic. 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. This year the anthology is edited by Ruth O’Callaghan.

Nearest tube stations: Russell Square, Kings Cross St Pancras, Euston

All proceeds go to support the homeless in the Cold Weather Shelters

TODMORDEN: Grey Hen Press reading

Saturday, 17th December, 2011, 2–3.30pm

Todmorden Library

Strand

Rochdale Road

OL14 7LB

A reading from the new Grey Hen Press anthology, with Pamela Coren, Joy Howard, Pauline Kirk and Gina Shaw

‘An A–Z of women poets whose formidable eye and instinct for pithy observation make this required reading for all ages but especially for the young-and-grumpy-in-heart.’  Penelope Shuttle

LONDON: Jawdance

Wednesday, 21st December, 2011, 7.30pm, FREE

Rich Mix,
35 – 47 Bethnal Green Road,
London

E1 6LA

Christmas is all about over-indulgence, so with that in mind we’re putting on a magically festive Jawdance in December. Poetry with all the trimmings – poetry film shorts, open mic, extra special guests and a merry host in G.R.E.Ed.S! Like a Christmas cracker, it’s going to be full of surprises. Unlike a Christmas cracker, they will be good ones. So come gather round the fire, warm yourselves with our words and enjoy our mince pie of poetry. Jawdance – they’re all talking about it, and it’s all about talking.

www.richmix.org.uk / www.applesandsnakes.org / 

BRIGHTON: Waterloo Press Christmas Party

Sunday, December 18^th, 2011, 6.30pm for 7pm start, to 10pm, £5/£4 concessions

Iambic Arts Theatre 

Regent Street,

Brighton

(just north of the Komedia rear entrance)

Waterloo Press joyfully invites you to its second annual Christmas Party, celebrating another abundant year at the Press, with readings by WP poets new and old, far and near:

Clare Best

Fawzia Kane

Alan Morrison

Mario Petrucci

& (ghost of Christmas travel permitting)

David Pollard

PLUS

music from WP's resident starry fiddler Annie Kerr

Open Mic

(five spots only – come early to book)

20% off all 2011 WP titles

&

Fawzia's Rum Punch!

The WP elves look forward to seeing you there!

EDINBURGH: The Nightmare Before the Office Christmas Party

Thursday, 15th December, 2011, 8pm til late
The Third Door,
46-47 Lothian Street,
EH1 1HB

Inky Fingers, Edinburgh's grassroots events series for writers and performers, is putting on a spectacular literary office party. Come in your awful bowties and desperate tinsel to enjoy festive and unfestive performances from top local writers, photocopier destruction, an extraordinary literary secret santa, a competition for the worst christmas cracker joke, and much else besides. Grotesque, glorious, and packed to the gunnels with amazing words: be there!

Inky Fingers is an Edinburgh-based events series for writers and performers, running workshops, open mics, and special literary events. Find out more at http://inkyfingersedinburgh.wordpress.com, on Facebook, or on Twitter @InkyFingersEdin.

GALWAY: Over The Edge Open Reading

Thursday, December 15th, 2011, 6.30pm-8pm

Galway City Library,
St. Augustine Street,
Galway

The Featured Readers are Maeve Mulrennan, Christopher Meehan and Tamar Yoseloff. Tamar Yoseloff, Maeve Mulrennan & Christopher Meehan for final ‘Over The Edge: Open Reading’ of 2011

Maeve Mulrennan grew up in County Kildare. She studied Arts Administration and Policy at NUI Galway is currently Visual Arts Office at Galway Arts Centre. An experience visual artist, Maeve recently began writing fiction. She attended Celeste Augé’s short fiction class at Galway Arts Centre earlier this year and in October took part in the annual Over The Edge Fiction Slam. This is Maeve’s first major public reading of her work.

Christopher Meehan is originally from Kilkee in County Clare but has been living in Kinvara, Co. Galway since 2008.  Christopher holds a B.A. degree in Heritage Studies and was awarded a Master of Science degree in 2007 for research conducted on the wildfowl populations of the Western Lakes.  It is this interest in nature, landscape, Irish heritage and our interaction with these elements that strongly influences his writing. He has attended creative writing classes and workshops run by Susan DuMars in Galway and has published papers based on his ornithological work.     

Tamar Yoseloff was born in the US in 1965, but has lived in the UK since 2007. Her first collection, Sweetheart (Slow Dancer Press, 1998) was a Poetry Book Society Special Commendation and the winner of the Aldeburgh Festival Prize. She received a New Writers’ Award from London Arts for her second collection, Barnard’s Star (Enitharmon Press, 2004). In 2005 she was Writer in Residence at Magdalene College, Cambridge. She divides her time between London and Suffolk, and is currently working on her first novel. Her most recent poetry collection, The City With Horns, was published in May by Salt Publishing and her work also features in the anthology Identity Parade: New British and Irish Poets (Spring 2010, Bloodaxe).

There will be an open-mic when the Featured Readers have finished. This is open to anyone who has a poem or story to share. New readers are always especially welcome. The MC for the evening will be Susan Millar DuMars. For further details phone 087-6431748 or see our website http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com/

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

LONDON: Hammer and Tongue

Monday, December 5th, 2011, 8pm-11pm (doors, DJ and slam sign up from 7pm), £5/£4

The Victoria,

451 Queensbridge Road,

Dalston

E8 3AS
samberkson@gmail.com

Live spoken word and performance poetry featuring Kate Tempest, from the Sunday Best record label, and 2 x UK Slam Champion, Dizraeli. Plus open mic slam competition, arrive early for slam sign up.
Hosted by Angry Sam and Sidel 'Comfort' Stewart.

LONDON: Camden Poetry Series

Friday, December 2nd, 2011, 7pm (doors 6.30pm), £5/£4, WINE

Trinity United Reform Church,

1 Buck Street,

Camden Town

1-2 mins. Camden Town tube

Ruth O'Callaghan presents Rosie Bailey, Tim Dooley and Joelle Taylor.      

                                                                                                      

Poets from the floor very welcome. Please bring a copy of the poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology.

Free Raffle and nibbles