LEAMINGTON SPA: PUREandGOODandRIGHT

Monday, August 13th, 2012, 7.30pm, £3 (£2 student/OAP)

The Sozzled Sausage,

141 Regent Street,

CV32 4NX

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.

     Here's how it will work…          

●   The slam will take place over 3 rounds.

●   Each poem must be no longer than 3 minutes (or less if you want!)

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

●   The highest scoring four poets from the first round will go through to the semi finals.

●   The winners of the two semi finals will compete in the grand finale.

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

     proportion. The winner will also be offered the chance to be feature poet in a future PGR event.                                                                                             

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

LONDON: Velvet Tongue (Olympic Edition)

Monday, 30th July, 2012, 7pm, £3/free for performers

Bar Kick

127 Shoreditch High Street,

E1 6JE,

London

Contact: 07733263823 or ernesto@sarezale.com

Nearest tube stations: Old Street/Liverpool Street - Overground: Shoreditch High Street

Web: http://velvettongueuk.blogspot.co.uk/

This year, Velvet Tongue's summer edition is part of the Shoreditch Fringe (http://www.shoreditchfringe.org) and has a loose Olympic theme.

Velvet Tongue celebrates its Olympic edition with a tribute to the human body

in all its forms and shapes, presenting a muscular international ensemble

including:

- erotic visual art by Persian SINA and his Olympian man-gods of the Homoverse

- very physical live art by Anglo-Chilean MMMMM (Adrian Fisher and Luna Montenegro)

- a sexy and sensual performance by Athenian goddess STAV B

- from Australia via Berlin: Lady GABY

Hosted by Basque gymnosophist and Erotic Award winning poet, Ernesto Sarezale (http://www.sarezale.com/).

Plus the usual open mic slots and other surprises still to be confirmed.

To get one of the OPEN MIC slots (5 mins): email ernesto@sarezale.com - Open mic

participants get in for FREE.

LONDON: Outspoken

Sunday, July 29th, 2012, 6.30pm, £4 on the door or in advance from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/172299

The Last Refuge,

The Bussey Building,

Peckham Rye

SE15 3SN
Contact and open mic list: Lettie Mckie outspokenpoetry@yahoo.co.uk

Hosted by The Last Refuge, multidisciplinary arts and performance venue in Peckham Rye.

Bringing the best names in spoken word to South London with a programme of the most exciting and talented acts on the scene right now. Compered by South London poet Lettie Mckie the evening will present an eclectic mix of featured acts and open mic.

Featured Poets: Emma Jones, Raymond Antrobus, Simon Mole.

The London performance poetry scene is vibrant and alive exploding with energy and new writing of the highest standard. Cheap, friendly, often hilarious and always inspiring, poetry nights are gathering in popularity and notoriety all over the city. Outspoken is a night that brings this energy and enthusiasm to an exciting new Peckham venue. Not just for poets this event is a rhyming alternative to stand up comedy or theatre, appealing to those who like both.  Outspoken offers South Londoners the chance to experience the work of talented and popular spoken word artists right on their doorstep.

Emma Jones

Due to represent London in Jack Dean's National Team Slam Olympics, Emma Jones combines her love of rhyme with her flair for character. Set to appear at Meadowlands Festival this summer, she recently performed at the Bang Said the Gun festive special, filmed by Channel 4 Random Acts.Teacher by day, uproarious spoken word performer by night, Emma Jones is a seasoned regular on the poetry scene, she recently appeared on Channel 4’s Random Acts for Bang Said the Gun and has just performed at Meadowlands festival. Effortlessly creating multiple characters on stage her style is captivating and funny. She weaves heartfelt stories from real life that manage to be both cynical and charming. A clever, witty and laugh out loud hilarious performer.  http://missjonespoet.tumblr.com/

Simon Mole

Simon Mole is the first of two poets to grace our stage from the fantastic chill pill http://www.chill-pill.co.uk/collective who host awesome poetry nights regularly across London. A popular poet, mc and writer Simon has recently had his own solo show at The Albany in Deptford. http://extrachair.wordpress.com/ His work is uplifting and lyrical. He combines a laid back performance style with poetry that is rich in detail and rhythm, packing a punch with poignant images that everybody can relate to.

Raymond Antrobus          

Our second Chill Pill representative Raymond is another hugely successful poet on the scene. He is also a coach for Shake the Dust (national poetry slam for young people) and member of one of London’s most highly praised collectives A Poem in between People. Raymond’s poems are powerfully delivered, he combines surreal and everyday images, meandering descriptions with witty one liners to create unforgettable thought provoking poetry.   http://www.raymondantrobus.com/

Open Mic

With several open mic slots available throughout the evening Outspoken gives the opportunity for new poets to showcase their work and share it with a real audience. There will also be the chance to receive friendly feedback after the show.

EDINBURGH: Inky Fingers Minifest

From 6th - 11th August, we’re bringing you once more a gorgeous selection of local, UK and international artists. In venues and streets across Edinburgh, there’ll be workshops, performances, games and surprises. Come along. Make beautiful words happen.

Science and Poetry


Monday 6th August
, 6.30 – 8.30 pm

Pulp Fiction Books, 43 Bread Street
, FREE


A relaxed set of readings exploring the many worlds of science through sparkling spoken word. Featuring local poets Anne Connolly and Anna Dickie, alongside the debut performance of Sarah, the Poetic Robot, a brand new invention from Herriott-Watt, who’ll be performing with Ruth Aylett.

Rejection!


Tuesday 7th August
, 2.30 – 4.30 pm


Provenance Wines, 39 Home Street, 
FREE


A special Inky Fingers workshop for all comers, where writers and performers from the professional to the amateur will be sharing the work that’s been rejected time and again. Part comedy show, part therapy, part rant, part workshop: email inkyfingersedinburgh@gmail.com to take part!

Ash Dickinson


Tuesday 7th August, 
6.30-8.30pm


Pulp Fiction Books, 43 Bread Street
, FREE


A special one-off show from Ash Dickinson. A multiple slam champion in the UK, Ash Dickinson has also performed in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the USA. One of the most in-demand spoken word performers in the country, his debut collection, “Slinky Espadrilles”, was released in May.  www.ashdickinson.com

Jubilate Agno with James McKay


Wednesday 8th August
, 2.30 – 4.30pm


Pulp Fiction Books, 43 Bread Street
, FREE


A unique durational performance from UK spoken word artist James McKay, who’ll be reciting a psychadelic free verse extravaganza written in a lunatic asylum by eighteenth-century poetry pioneer and religious maniac Christopher Smart. Stay for the whole show or just drop in to revel in the language – either way, expect extraordinary lucidity and  sudden tragic insight

The Inky Fingers Open Mic


Wednesday 8th August
, 6.30 – 8.30pm


Pulp Fiction Books, 43 Bread Street, 
FREE


The Fringe edition of the famous Inky Fingers Open Mic, Edinburgh’s long running platform for people who love words. Come along to here the best and strangest collection of spoken word aroun – or email inkyfingersedinburgh@gmail.com to take part yourself! Featuring a surprise special best from the cream of the Fringe

Summerhall’s Festival Club


Wednesday 8th August
, 10pm – midnight


Summerhall
, FREE


Inky Fingers takes over the stage at Summerhall’s Festival Club, to bring you a selection of the best spoken word around. Tonight featuring local star Colin McGuire, alongside experimental texts from Sean Burn and brilliant new verse from Lynsey Calderwood

Personal Poetics, a Workshop with Nick Field


Thursday 9th August, 
2.30 – 4.30pm


Provenance Wines, 39 Home Street
, FREE


This workshop for poets and writers explores ways of bringing the personal into their work, and relating and performing stories from direct experience through different aspects of spoken word. Through a number of practical exercises participants can try out using different forms and experiment with blending them to tell a story in a new and unexpected way and create a piece that is as personal and unique as the story they are relating. Nick Field is a major writer and spoken word artist who draws on theatre and live art to create evocative, bittersweet and richly lyrical performance pieces. He has performed at major events, festivals and venues internationally.

www.nickfieldpoetic.co.uk

Octavius Launch


Thursday 9th August, 
6.30 – 8.30pm


Pulp Fiction Books, 43 Bread Street
, FREE


Octavius is a new literary magazine for students in Scotland. Come to Pulp Fiction for readings from some of the fantastic writers in our début issue, as well as for drinks and nautical novelties (may contain hidden treasure) This will be the very first chance to get your hands on a copy of the first issue of Octavius (including new, previously unseen artwork, exclusively designed for the magazine by the amazing Roberto Poliri).

Summerhall’s Festival Club


Thursday 9th August, 
10pm – midnight


Summerhall
, FREE


Inky Fingers takes over the stage at Summerhall’s Festival Club, to bring you a selection of the best spoken word around. Tonight featuring visiting star Nick Field, alongside performances from local talent Matt McDonald and Telfer & Treeby

Death Doulas, a workshop with Rebecca Green


Friday 10th August
, 2.30 – 4.30pm


Provenance Wines, 39 Home Street
, FREE


A spoken word workshop exploring becoming a midwife to the dying – using relaxation, visualisation and storytelling, we’ll find new ways to relate to and talk about death, and a calm, creative escape from the wildness of the Fringe. Email inkyfingersedinburgh@gmail.com to take part.

Ross Sutherland, Emergency Window Book Launch


Friday 10th August, 
6.30 – 8.30pm


Pulp Fiction Books, 43 Bread Street
, FREE


Join poet Ross Sutherland and indy publisher Penned in the Margins for the launch of Emergency Window. Welcome to a science fiction reality of mirrors, windows and menacing simulacra –where nothing is as it seems. Sutherland interrogates the language of authenticity, presenting the poet as an anxious, disorientated collaborator trapped in a world of hacked computers. Emergency Window features a hilarious version of Little Red Riding Hood, a poem written using Google Streetview, sonnets inspired by Street Fighter 2, and computer-generated translations of classic literature. www.rosssutherland.co.uk

Are We Asking For It?


Saturday 11th August, 
2.30 – 4.30pm


Somewhere in Edinburgh
, FREE


A score for passers-by, a performance for an unknown audience. A piece of guerilla spoken word theatre, Are We Asking For It? explores the relationship between art, language and communities of protest. Mary Paterson is an artist and curator based in London, whose varied and various works have been seen at festivals across the world. www.marypaterson.tumblr.com

Wunderkabinett: A Spoken Word Variety


Saturday 11th August, 8 – 10.30pm


Pulp Fiction Books, 43 Bread Street
, FREE


Collected together and presented to you, Cabinet finds the beautiful and obscure and presents them to you ‘on the shelf’ channeling the Victorian cabinet of curiosities, the German wunderkabinett. A mixture of song, spoken word and performance art, Cabinet presents local performers and artists exploring new content, and invites participation from the community. Wunderkabinett is an evening to launch Cabinet within Edinburgh, with performance art, puppetry, and ukulele ballads and many more surprises.

EDINBURGH: Inky Fingers Open Mic

Tuesday 24th July
, 2012, 8pm-11pm, FREE

Negociants,

45-47 Lothian Street,

Edinburgh


The Inky Fingers Open Mic takes place every fourth Tuesday of the month, from 8-11pm. It’s free to come and free for anyone to perform, regardless of style, experience, or identity.

We want to hear from everybody. We want your poems, your rants, your ballads, your short stories, your diaries, your experimental texts, your heart, your mind, your body. We want the essay on your summer holidays you wrote when you were four, your adolescent haiku, and extracts from your eventually-to-be-completed epic fantasy quadrilogy. We want to hear your best new work as well. And we want people to care about the way words are performed.

This month we’re bringing back for your delight the hugely popular Richard Tyrone Jones, impressario of Utter and owner of a very big heart. He’ll be previewing material from his new show about near-near death from dilated cardiomyopathy, which turns out to be a lot funnier (and even more heart-breaking) that it sounds.

‘Fascinating, sobering, hilarious, and ultimately uplifting’ New Scientist; ‘Masterfully manages the listeners’ mood as it oscillates between laughter and despair. Highly recommended.’ **** Fringe Guru

NOTE: WE’VE MOVED! We’re still part of the amazing Lothian St project, but we’ve moved upstairs to Negociants, where you’ll find a cosier atmosphere, better seats, and good light to read by.

Open Mic slots are five minutes long; e-mail inkyfingersedinburgh@gmail.com to sign up and be sure of a slot, and check our website at http://inkyfingersedinburgh.wordpress.com for more details.

LONDON: A Very Private Party

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

Wednesday, July 18th, 2012, 7pm, FREE


Westside Library,

Seamus Quirke Road

Galway


Over The Edge in association with Westside Arts Festival presents the 2012 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 & Susan Millar DuMars. All are welcome to attend.

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

LONDON: Velvet Tongue (Olympic Edition)

Monday, 30th July, 2012, 7pm, £3/free for performers

Bar Kick

127 Shoreditch High Street,

E1 6JE,

London

Contact: 07733263823 or ernesto@sarezale.com

Nearest tube stations: Old Street/Liverpool Street - Overground: Shoreditch High Street

Web: http://velvettongueuk.blogspot.co.uk/

This year, Velvet Tongue's summer edition is part of the Shoreditch Fringe (http://www.shoreditchfringe.org) and has a loose Olympic theme.

Velvet Tongue celebrates its Olympic edition with a tribute to the human body

in all its forms and shapes, presenting a muscular international ensemble

including:

- erotic visual art by Persian SINA and his Olympian man-gods of the Homoverse

- very physical live art by Anglo-Chilean MMMMM (Adrian Fisher and Luna Montenegro)

- a sexy and sensual performance by Athenian goddess STAV B

- from Australia via Berlin: Lady GABY

Hosted by Basque gymnosophist and Erotic Award winning poet, Ernesto Sarezale (http://www.sarezale.com/).

Plus the usual open mic slots and other surprises still to be confirmed.

To get one of the OPEN MIC slots (5 mins): email ernesto@sarezale.com - Open mic

participants get in for FREE.

LONDON: Outspoken

Sunday, July 29th, 2012, 6.30pm, £4 on the door or in advance from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/172299

The Last Refuge,

The Bussey Building,

Peckham Rye

SE15 3SN
Contact and open mic list: Lettie Mckie outspokenpoetry@yahoo.co.uk

Hosted by The Last Refuge, multidisciplinary arts and performance venue in Peckham Rye.

Bringing the best names in spoken word to South London with a programme of the most exciting and talented acts on the scene right now. Compered by South London poet Lettie Mckie the evening will present an eclectic mix of featured acts and open mic.

Featured Poets: Emma Jones, Raymond Antrobus, Simon Mole.

The London performance poetry scene is vibrant and alive exploding with energy and new writing of the highest standard. Cheap, friendly, often hilarious and always inspiring, poetry nights are gathering in popularity and notoriety all over the city. Outspoken is a night that brings this energy and enthusiasm to an exciting new Peckham venue. Not just for poets this event is a rhyming alternative to stand up comedy or theatre, appealing to those who like both.  Outspoken offers South Londoners the chance to experience the work of talented and popular spoken word artists right on their doorstep.

Emma Jones

Due to represent London in Jack Dean's National Team Slam Olympics, Emma Jones combines her love of rhyme with her flair for character. Set to appear at Meadowlands Festival this summer, she recently performed at the Bang Said the Gun festive special, filmed by Channel 4 Random Acts.Teacher by day, uproarious spoken word performer by night, Emma Jones is a seasoned regular on the poetry scene, she recently appeared on Channel 4’s Random Acts for Bang Said the Gun and has just performed at Meadowlands festival. Effortlessly creating multiple characters on stage her style is captivating and funny. She weaves heartfelt stories from real life that manage to be both cynical and charming. A clever, witty and laugh out loud hilarious performer.  http://missjonespoet.tumblr.com/

Simon Mole

Simon Mole is the first of two poets to grace our stage from the fantastic chill pill http://www.chill-pill.co.uk/collective who host awesome poetry nights regularly across London. A popular poet, mc and writer Simon has recently had his own solo show at The Albany in Deptford. http://extrachair.wordpress.com/ His work is uplifting and lyrical. He combines a laid back performance style with poetry that is rich in detail and rhythm, packing a punch with poignant images that everybody can relate to.

Raymond Antrobus          

Our second Chill Pill representative Raymond is another hugely successful poet on the scene. He is also a coach for Shake the Dust (national poetry slam for young people) and member of one of London’s most highly praised collectives A Poem in between People. Raymond’s poems are powerfully delivered, he combines surreal and everyday images, meandering descriptions with witty one liners to create unforgettable thought provoking poetry.   http://www.raymondantrobus.com/

Open Mic

With several open mic slots available throughout the evening Outspoken gives the opportunity for new poets to showcase their work and share it with a real audience. There will also be the chance to receive friendly feedback after the show.

LONDON: Lumen Poetry Series

Tuesday, 17th July, 2012, 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 poets Fleur Adcock and Anne Stevenson.

Poets from the floor very welcome.

LONDON: Paper Tiger Poetry

Friday, 13th July, 2012, 7.30pm, open-mic sign-up from 7pm, pay what you can entry fee

Tea House Theatre

139 Vauxhall Walk

Vauxhall

London SE11 5HL (round the corner from Vauxhall tube on Victoria line)

Maplink: http://binged.it/sePcHW

We return once more with Paper Tiger Poetry back at the Tea House Theatre!

This month along with the usual open-mic, we have Cheryl MacLennan, Dennis Monaghan and headlining the marvelous Antipoet! It's going to be a fantastic evening! 

Come on down for a night of brilliant poetry in a warm but chilled-out new venue!

GALWAY: July Over The Edge Writers' Gathering

Thursday, July 12th, 2012, 6.30pm-8pm, FREE

Galway City Library

Doire Press Showcase PLUS

visiting American writers Mark Conway & Maura Mulligan

The Over The Edge July Writers’ Gathering presents a special showcase reading by poets and fiction writers published by Galway county based Doire Press. Jacqueline Murrary Loring, Celeste Augé, Kevin O’Shea and John Walsh will read their work. The evening will also include readings by visiting American writers Mark Conway and Maura Mulligan. All are welcome. There is no cover charge.

Jacqueline Murrary Loring is a screenwriter, playright and poet. She is the retired exectutive director of the Cape Cod Writers’ Center and is the president of the Cape Cod Chapter of the National League of American Pen Women. Her poetry has appeared in a variety of publications, incuding The Boston Poet, Prime Time Magazine, Re:verse, Cape Cod Voice, Summer Home Review – volume I and II, and  From Both Sides Now: The Poetry of the Vietnam War and its Aftermath. She is the winner of the 2012 International Doire Press Poetry Chapbook Competition, and her chapbook, The History of Bearing Children, will be published by Doire Press in July.

Celeste Augé is an Irish-Canadian writer who has lived in Ireland since she was twelve. When she was in her twenties, she dropped out of art college; in her thirties she completed an MA in Writing; currently she teaches creative writing to adults and university undergraduates. Her fiction and poetry have been widely published in literary journals and anthologies. Her poetry has been short-listed for a Hennessy Literary Award and Salmon Poetry have published her first full-length poetry collection, The Essential Guide to Flight. The Arts Council of Ireland awarded her a Literature Bursary. Her short story ‘The Good Boat’ won the 2011 Cúirt New Writing Prize for fiction. Fireproof and Other Stories is just published by Doire Press.

Kevin O’Shea lives on the edge of Connemara, in Moycullen, still within earshot of the old Galway-Clifden railway. Having retreated from the world of technology to timidly confront the world of imagination he was short listed for Over The Edge New Writer of the Year in both 2009 and 2010. His poetry has been published in Irish Left Review, Ropes, Pen Tales, Behind the Masks, Mosaic, THE SHOp and Northern Liberties Review.  He was the winner in the poetry section of this year’s Cúirt New Writing Prize and as part of his prize Kevin read at the Cúirt Over The Edge Showcase reading. His highly anticipated debut collection of poetry, The Art of Non-Fishing , will be published by Doire Press in the Autumn.

John Walsh was born in Derry in 1950. After sixteen years teaching English in Germany, in 1989 he returned to live in Connemara.  His first poetry collection Johnny tell Them was published by Guildhall Press (Derry) in October 2006. In 2007 he received a Publication Award from Galway County Council to publish his second collection Love’s Enterprise Zone (Doire Press, Connemara). In 2010 Salmon Poetry published his latest collection Chopping Wood with T.S. Eliot. His poems have been published in Ireland, the UK and Austria and the USA. He has read and performed his poems at events in Ireland, the UK, Germany, Sweden and the USA. He received a Publication Award from Galway County Council for his debut short story collection Border Lines, which was published by Doire Press in April 2012 and has been very favourably received.

Mark Conway’s previous books are Dreaming Man, Face Down which won the 2009 American Poetry Journal Book Prize and Any Holy City, short-listed for the 2007 PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry. Individual poems have appeared in such leading international journals as The Paris Review, Slate, Ploughshares, The Kenyon Review On-line, Agni, Harvard Review and Bomb.  He is currently working on a manuscript called Fuse with poems forthcoming in The American Poetry Review and The Iowa Review.

Maura Mulligan’s memoir, Call of the Lark is just published by Greenpoint Press New York.  It is the story of a woman who found the courage to change her life -- several times. As a young girl in Ireland, Maura Mulligan worked as a servant in "a grand house." At seventeen, she sailed to America and became a telephone operator. Answering a higher call, she entered a Franciscan convent and became a nun. Influenced by the changes following Vatican II, she made the decision to return to the world.  Call of the Lark offers a vivid portrait of the author's childhood in rural Ireland of the forties and fifties. Behind the convent door, the reader shares her nun's life, and stands with her when she closes it behind her. http://greenpointpress.org/gb_book_lark.html

After the reading we will be retiring for refreshments to the House Hotel.

GLASGOW: Picnic and Poetry

Wednesday, July 11th, 2012, noon-2pm

Kelvingrove Park,

Glasgow

Readings from all the Grey Hen anthologies as part of the Glasgow Women’s Library Summer Programme, with A C Clarke, Margaret Christie, Joy Howard, Eleanor Livingstone, Helena Nelson, Sheila Templeton and Margaret Wood.

For further details see www.womenslibrary.org.uk

LEAMINGTON SPA: PUREandGOODandRIGHT

Monday, 9th July, 2012, 7.30pm start, £3 (£2 student/OAP) 

The Sozzled Sausage,

Leamington Spa

CV32 4NX

This month's guest poet is the fantastic Fran Hill, a comic performance poet, freelance writer and English teacher, who loves to make people laugh. In addition to poetry, she writes humorous articles, and is published regularly in the Times Educational Supplement magazine. Her book Being Miss is for sale on Amazon Kindle and her blog Being Me is faithfully followed by 280 people with time on their hands and a liking for trivialities.

DEFINITELY AN EVENING NOT TO BE MISSED! 

You can book an open mic slot on the night!

From time to time we are located upstairs, so please let us know if you require disabled access before the event. 

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

LONDON: Jazz Verse Jukebox

Sunday, 8th July, 2012, doors open 6.30pm, show from 7.30pm, £8 (available on the door only)

Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club (Upstairs),

47 Frith Street,

London

W1D 4HT

Tube: Tottenham Court Road or Leicester Square

Web:www.jumokefashola.com

Email: JazzVerseJukebox@me.com

This July 8th the Jazz Verse Jukebox celebrates the end of the UK National poetry slam competition, ‘Shake The Dust’ weekend (we’re calling it the (un)official after show party!) We welcome the ‘one’s to watch’ to Ronnie Scott’s (Upstairs).

Featuring - Chicago poet Asia Calcagno, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s The First Wave Touring Ensemble, the UK’s emerging poets The Barbican Young Poets; plus music Neo-Soul singer/songwriter Funmilayo

Since its inception in 2009, the Jazz Verse Jukebox, (the brainchild of broadcaster & Vocalist Jumoké Fashola), has welcomed established poets & musicians such as Lemn Sissay, Soweto Kinch, Michael Horovitz, David Grant, Anthony Joseph, Jacob Sam-La Rose & Katrina Naomi.  Join us for what promises to be a thrilling night of diverse spoken word & jazz from some of the freshest exponents on the scene. Plus live jazz trio & Open Mic.  With cushions to lunge on, cocktails to imbibe & surprises, this ‘Ones to watch’ night is one night not to miss!


PLUS Jukebox Open Mic:

Come & sing with our amazing house band (Simon Wallace-Piano/ Oli Hayhurst-Bass/ Winston Clifford-Drums) or perform some poetry.

Special Guests

The Barbican Young Poets/Asia Calcagno/ The First Wave Touring Ensemble/

with music from Funmilayo

Compered by & with music from Jumoké Fashola

(www.jumokefashola.com)

EDINBURGH: OUT:SPOKEN

Sunday, 8th July, 2012, 8pm, £5/4 - proceeds to LGBT Youth Scotland

The Jazz Bar,

Chambers Street,

Edinburgh

No Rhyme, No Reason presents...OUT:SPOKEN

No Rhyme No Reason is proud to present OUT:SPOKEN - a night of queer spoken word, fundraising for LGBT Youth Scotland. The night aims to increase the visibility of LGBT+ artists, to celebrate and strengthen the queer artistic community, and to bring you some of the finest voices on the scene:

Sophia Walker, fresh from her US tour and storming performances at the

Capturing Fire international queer slam:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLW3ZPwgQIE

Rachel Amey, a writer/performer of poetry, spoken word and humour. Her work includes performances at The Traverse Theatre, Scottish Story Telling Centre, Stand Comedy Club, The Arches, Glasgay and Glasgow Merchant City Festival – as well as appearances at LATES@Flatplanet

and Jackson’s Lane in London. Her poetry has been published in various journals and anthologies and she hopes to tour her solo show “Where have I come from? Where are we going?” later this year in association with Confab.

“Wickedly observant, …….a vortex of radical energy” Joyce Macmillan,

The Scotsman ****

http://www.rachelamey.com/

Janette Ayachi, who has a MSc in Creative Writing from Edinburgh Unversity and has been widely published in literary journals, including last years New Writing Scotland anthology. This year she was

shortlisted for Write Queer London, and has two collections coming out, A Choir of Ghosts and Pauses at Zebra Crossings.

www.janetteayachi.webs.com

Kate Joester, who used to get her poems put up on the walls loads at primary school, but then she got distracted. A couple of kids, a buttload of school, and a whole load of LGBT activism later, she's

making a comeback. We'll see how that goes.

Matt MacDonald

Colin McGuire

Hosted by Katherine McMahon

Join us for a night of proud and powerful words. People of all genders

and sexualities welcome!

LONDON: Paper Tiger Poetry

Friday, 13th July, 2012, 7.30pm, open-mic sign-up from 7pm, pay what you can entry fee

Tea House Theatre

139 Vauxhall Walk

Vauxhall

London SE11 5HL (round the corner from Vauxhall tube on Victoria line)

Maplink: http://binged.it/sePcHW

We return once more with Paper Tiger Poetry back at the Tea House Theatre!

This month along with the usual open-mic, we have Cheryl MacLennan, Dennis Monaghan and headlining the marvelous Antipoet! It's going to be a fantastic evening! 

Come on down for a night of brilliant poetry in a warm but chilled-out new venue!