Sunday, September 30, 2012

LONDON: Jazz Verse Jukebox


Sunday, 14th October, 2012, Doors open 6.30pm, show from 7.30pm, £8 (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


Jazz Verse Jukebox marks the UK’s 2012 National Poetry Day with special guest poets Katrina Naomi, Phil Lucas, underground hip hop star Breis, plus music from Argentinian jazzer Guillermo Rozenthuler and from Ayo-Dele.

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 and 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. With cushions to lunge on, cocktails to imbibe & surprises, this 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.

Compered by & with music from Jumoké Fashola


Katrina Naomi’s first full collection, ‘The Girl with the Cactus Handshake’ (Templar Poetry 2009), was shortlisted for the 2010 London New Writing Award and received an Arts Council England writer’s award. She has performed at the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival, the Essex Poetry Festival and the StAnza Poetry Festival, among others. From 2009-10 Katrina was the Brontë Parsonage Museum’s first writer-in-residence and a pamphlet ‘Charlotte Brontë’s Corset’ was published by the Brontë Society in 2010. Katrina won the 2008 Templar Poetry Competition with her pamphlet ‘Lunch at the Elephant & Castle’ and recently received a Hawthornden Fellowship. Katrina was brought up in Margate and lives in south London.

BREIS (pronounced breeze) is a dynamic Hip Hop MC constantly pushing the boundaries of what Hip Hop is and can be. He is also the author of educational Hip Hop book entitled ‘Brilliant Rappers Educate Intelligent Students’. His style is a fusion of Hip Hop, Soul and Afrobeat born out of his experiences growing up in both the UK and Nigeria. He has toured internationally and shared the stage with artists such as Angie Stone, Nneka, Dead Prez, Omar Sosa, and Kim Burrell. He is currently recording material for his debut album.
http://www.breismusic.wordpress.com

Writer, poet and pointless word rambler Phil Lucas is the author of 3 poetry books and one novel.  Before being gifted a publisher and deciding to decamp to Brighton to write full-time he took a somewhat messy journey through employment and real life.  He has run school classes on poetry, been a stand-up comedy poet (he hates that phrase) and had an unhealthy dose of proper and largely pointless jobs too.  His acclaimed 2008 debut novel, Seaside Tales From Asper St Jasper, won him a cult (i.e. small) following and his poems have been peppering all sorts of publications for about 15 years.  He also won a poetry competition a long time ago, but he insists he doesn't want that to persuade you that his work has any merit.
When Phil is not writing his books in cafes he's usually writing all sorts of bits and bobs for magazines and websites in cafes. He also spends a lot of time on Twitter, in cafes. Phil is equally at home writing about them technical aspects of The Channel Tunnel or the potential consequences of owls developing hands.

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Guillermo is a versatile vocalist, guitarist and composer. He is the lead singer of Rioplatenses, a band featuring some of UK’s top Latin musicians. They appear regularly in London, performing Guillermo’s originals and their distinctly contemporary take on traditional South American folklore. Rioplatenses have recently released their first live album, A route to the roots.
Guillermo moved to the UK in 2000 after more than 10 years performing and teaching in Buenos Aires, where he grew his reputation as a jazz and Latin vocalist and voice coach. Now based in London, he regularly takes part in several musical and pedagogic projects across Europe.
Guillermo didn't find tango, tango found him after he moved to Europe. From his home base in London, he has now become one of the leading voices of tango in the UK, working regularly with various UK and Europe-based tango bands, La Portatil, Mala Pinta, Los Mareados.
Formerly the vocalist of outstanding sax player Gilad Atzmon’s Orient House Ensemble, winner of the BBC Jazz awards, Guillermo has recorded in their album, Musik, hailed “Best Jazz album of the Year", (J Lewis, Time Out).
After moving to London, Guillermo immersed himself in the melting pot of European, African and Asian influences that define the musical landscape of the city. In 2007 he has achieved a Masters degree with distinction in Ethnomusicology (Middle Eastern music) at SOAS.

Ayo-Dele is currently working on her project ‘Forever Becoming’ which combines her British and Nigerian influences expressed through songs and stories. Her latest collaboration is Naija, the Musical – a three year development project which she is co-devising and writing with UK based renown freelance theatre practitioner, Femi Elufowoju, jr.
Ayo-Dele Edwards is a London based singer/actress, who from an early age has been surrounded by various genres of music. As the fourth child born to Nigerian parents in London, Ayo-Dele has experienced countless blessings that have molded her into who she is today. Her name means ‘Joy has come home’ in Yoruba, a tribe and language spoken in Nigeria, Western Africa.
At the tender age of four, her family moved back home to Africa, where she adjusted to a new way of life, assimilating a new found culture through formative education and formulating new friendships. Surrounded by eclectic rhythms and sounds, Ayo-Dele became fixated with music a huge cultural signpost at every corner she turned. Merging her British musical repertoire with the African heritage was inevitable and grew into her main passion.

Friday, September 28, 2012

LEAMINGTON SPA: PUREandGOODandRIGHT


Monday, 8th October, 2012, 7.30pm start, £3 / £2 student/OAP
The Sozzled Sausage,
Leamington Spa
CV32 4NX

This month's special guest poet is the wonderful Eleanor Brown.

Passionate, articulate and graced with a profound simplicity, Eleanor Brown’s words and music embrace life’s joys, sorrows and beauty, weaving folk tales and broken hearts into a broad tapestry that includes barn raising, train journeys and anarchistic farmers. Eleanor’s poems and songs call out to the need in each of us to connect with nature, ourselves and one another. 

&

Syl Cheney-Coker and Joanna Skelt will be performing a taster duo slot.

A chance to hear one of Sierra Leone's most renowned poets.
See below for information about an informal supper and discussion at the Sozzled Sausage with Syl and Joanna that will take place at 6 p.m, before PRG open mic night.
DEFINITELY AN EVENING NOT TO BE MISSED! 

With open mic support from…….yes……YOU!

PLUS

SIERRA LEONIAN POET IN LEAMINGTON ON OCTOBER 8TH
  
Syl Cheney-Coker is one of Sierra Leone’s most renowned poets; his poetry emerges from the Creole culture of hiscountry.

You are invited to join Syl and Joanna Skelt a Birmingham based poet who has lived in Sierra Leone  for an informal supper and discussion about West African literature, cross cultural work, and sharing of poems at the Sozzled Sausage Public House in Regent Street (far eastern end CV32 4NX ) at 6 pm on October 8th

If you would like to come to the supper, it would help if you could text me or leave a message on 07848 026 186 as soon as you can so I can reserve a suitably sized area at the Sozzled Sausage.



Wednesday, September 26, 2012

CHELTENHAM: National Poetry Competition Reading



Wednesday, 10th October, 2012, 2pm, £6
Imperial Square,
Cheltenham,
Gloucestershire
GL50

Listen to the poems that won the Poetry Society's National Poetry Competition and be transported from Scott’s Antarctic all the way to Kashmir, via Virginia Woolf’s lighthouse, with readings from prizewinners Allison McVety, Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch and Zaffar Kunial. Chaired by competition judge Jackie Kay.

GALWAY: September Over The Edge Open Reading


Thursday, September 27th, 2012, 6.30-8pm, FREE

Galway City Library

The Featured Readers are Michael O’Loughlin, Ndrek Gjini and Stephanie Brennan. There will as usual be an open-mic after the Featured Readers have finished. The evening will also see the announcement of the winners in this year’s Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition, which received a record number of entries.

Stephanie Brennan has been living on the Aran Islands since 2000. While she has always written, she has only begun to do so seriously in the last two years. She has contributed to open mic readings at Over the Edge, Galway and at Ó Bheal in Cork. Her poems have been published in Island Writings, Crannóg, and ROPES. In February 2011, she won first prize for a love poem in the Tigh Neachtain Sonnet and Love Poem Competition and was shortlisted for the 2011, Over the Edge New Writer of the Year competition.

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. He is a graduate of the MA in Writing at NUI Galway and his poems have been published in Cyphers magazine. Ndrek’s first collection of poems in the English language, The Death of Night, was published last year by EMAL. Ndrek is currently working as Assistant Arts Officer with Galway City Council.

Michael O’Loughlin was born in Dublin in 1958. His poetry collections are Stalingrad: The Street Dictionary (Dublin, Raven Press, 1980); Atlantic Blues (Dublin, Raven Arts Press, 1982); The Diary of a Silence (Raven Arts Press, 1985); and Another Nation, New & Selected Poems (Dublin, New Island Books, 1994/UK Arc Publications, 1996). He has also published a collection of short stories, The Inside Story (Raven Arts Press, 1999); a critical essay, After Kavanagh: Patrick Kavanagh and the Discourse of Contemporary Irish Poetry (Raven Arts Press, 1985); and his translation of the Dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg’s selected poems, Hidden Weddings (Raven Arts Press, 1987). He lived for many years in continental Europe and now lives in Dublin. He has been Writer-in-Residence with both Galway City Council and Galway County Council. Michael’s most recent poetry collection, In This Life, was published by New Island in 2011.

As usual there will be an open-mic after the Featured Readers have finished. New readers are always most welcome. The MC for the evening will be Susan Millar DuMars. For further details phone 087-6431748.

Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of Galway City Council & The Arts Council. http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com 

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

LONDON: Write to the Elephant


Thursday, October 4th, 2012, 7.30pm, FREE
The Ship
68 Borough Road
London
SE1 1DX


To celebrate National Poetry Day, local arts group NEON is putting on a special Elephantine poetry reading: Write to the Elephant. People are invited to write poems during their journeys towards Elephant & Castle and bring them to the event for readings, friendly discussion and networking.

To galvanize passing poets into action, various poetical methods are suggested, some of them newly devised for the occasion. The evening will be hosted by Paul Taylor, who will also offer a performance of trombone poetry, including music specially created for this event. Poems may also be submitted for publishing on the NEON Review site.



LONDON: Shapcott, Riordan & Leonardo da Vinci


Wednesday, 26th September, 2012, 7.30pm, £12.50

The Queen's Gallery,
Buckingham Palace,
SW1A 1AA

The Poetry Society presents readings by Jo Shapcott and Maurice Riordan at a special event at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, alongside the exhibition Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomist. Tickets include an exclusive private view of the exhibition from 6.30pm, and a one-year pass giving complimentary admission to the Gallery.
Tickets available from the Gallery: 020 7766 7323

KENDAL: Grey Hen Press reading


Wednesday, 26th September, 2012, 7pm, FREE

Waterstones,
Kendal,
Cumbria
Unit 7, Westmorland Shopping Centre
LA9 4LR

A reading from the Grey Hen Press anthologies No Space But Their Own; poems about birds and The Price of Gold: poems about the honeybee, with Pamela Coren, Joy Howard, Geraldine Green and Meg Peacocke.

Monday, September 24, 2012

LONDON: Kid, I Wrote Back


Monday, October 8th, 2012, 7.30pm-10.30pm, £3 on the door, free to perform
Bar Kick
127 Shoreditch High Street,
Shoreditch,
London,
E1 6JE
Ticket link: http://www.cafekick.co.uk/bar-kick/contact.html

Artists: Chimene Suleyman, Dylan Sage

Kid, I Wrote Back is London’s most diverse, eclectic, and progressive poetry and spoken word open-mic night.

School’s no longer out for the summer. We’re back from our holiday and with a new school year in place - congratulations, you’re now in Year 3. And haven’t you grown? Your report card said you were pretty good at poetry. But poetry doesn’t get girls. So shame you suck at sports.

Last time saw a relay race of poets and writers in homage to the games. (We loved them, FYI.) We’re back, business as usual, and you can expect more of the exceptional and nuts value for money (if we say so ourselves) talent that gets on and off our stage. 

Unique in it’s offering of established spoken-word artists, writers and musicians, alongside those who wrote a poem for the first time ever on the bus up, there is no hierarchy here. And almost anything goes.



KID, is a platform for all poets and spoken word artists. It is the brainchild of Chimène Suleyman, a writer and poet, and host Dylan Sage, a writer and emcee who has entertained with the likes of The Nextmen and Breaking Bread.



If you would like to perform, email kidiwroteback@instorage.org.uk or get there early on the night to sign up.

LONDON: Hammer and Tongue Camden Slam Final feat. Rob Auton and AF Harrold


Monday, October 8th, 2012, 7pm-11pm, £5
Green Note Café
106 Parkway
NW1 7AN
Camden
Nearest tube: Camden Town

The UK's biggest poetry slam network welcomes special guests Rob Auton and AF Harrold for the 2012 Camden slam final.  
Winner takes place in national Hammer and Tongue final.
"The best in spoken word," The Guardian

Rob Auton is fresh back from Edinburgh where his Yellow Show took the free fringe by storm. One of UK poetry scene's  most original and intriguing new voices.

"Egg lovers, banana eaters and sweetcornophiles everywhere, you have a hero," *** The Scotsman

AF Harrold, Hammer and Tongue national slam champion 2005 and the author of nine collections of poetry and prose loveliness. Not to be missed.


BRISTOL: Between The Lines


Tuesday, 25th September, 2012, 8.15pm

The Lansdown,
8 Clifton Road,
Bristol

Between The Lines
An event with a difference. The first half consists of performance and the second of readings and discussion. What is the life of an itinerant performance poet really like? Who or what is he inspired by? How did he get started and where does he feel he is going? As well as performing his greatest works, Ash Dickinson may be answering some of these questions and any others you care to bring along. 

Friday, September 21, 2012

LONDON: Camden Poetry Series


Friday, October 5th, 2012, 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 Indigo Dream poets Alison Lock, Ann Pilling and Lynn Wollcoat.
                            
Poets from the floor very welcome. Please bring a copy of the poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology.

Thursday, September 20, 2012

WORTHING: National Poetry Day


Thursday October 4th 2012, Competition free in advance, Poetry Wall free all day, 7.30pm-10pm performance topped by Patience Agbabi £10.
Lime Café (St Paul’s) 
Chapel Road,
Worthing,
BN11 1EE - 
info@poetryinworthing.com
01903 529084

Competition - free entry  for all age groups. Shortlist published in Worthing Herald and winners performed live (for you or by you) on the night.  Prizes from Kim’s Bookshop.

Poetry Wall  - all day, texts will be displayed on our Poetry Wall.  You can come in and browse, add your own favourite or one of your own works. Entry is free and the café is open all day.  Read, contribute, eat, drink and enjoy.

Peformance by Patience Agbabi preceded by Voices Various,  performing well known texts and some new discoveries, including local competition winners.

Entry details for the competition (free) and tickets for the event (£10 or less) plus more at  www.poetryinworthing.com or 01903 529084

LONDON: National Poetry Day Live! 



Thursday, 4th October, 2012, 1pm-6pm
Clore Ballroom,
Royal Festival Hall,
Southbank Centre,
London
SE1 8XX

Celebrate National Poetry Day with an afternoon of free events and readings compèred by Poetry Society President Roger McGough. Featured poets include Grace Nichols, John Cooper Clarke, Rachel Rooney, Christopher Reid, Dannie Abse and more.
The afternoon will also see the launch of the autumn issue of Poetry Review, the UK’s leading poetry magazine, and a showcase of up-and-coming artists discovered by the Poetry Society: former winners of the SLAMbassadors UK championship and the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award.

LONDON: The Imagist Walk (Bloomsbury)


Saturday, 29th September, 2012, meet at 2pm for a 2.30pm start, £5
The Poetry Café,
22 Betterton Street,
London
WC2H 9BX

It was September 1912, in the British Museum Teashop, that Ezra Pound, in the presence of H.D. and Richard Aldington, first used the term 'Imagiste', and launched the Imagist movement. Celebrate the centenary with a walking tour of Bloomsbury, led by Robert Richardson, co-editor of Homage to Imagism (AMS Press, New York).

LONDON: Shapcott, Riordan & Leonardo da Vinci


Wednesday, 26th September, 2012, 7.30pm, £12.50
The Queen's Gallery,
Buckingham Palace,
SW1A 1AA

The Poetry Society presents readings by Jo Shapcott and Maurice Riordan at a special event at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, alongside the exhibition Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomist. Tickets include an exclusive private view of the exhibition from 6.30pm, and a one-year pass giving complimentary admission to the Gallery.
Tickets available from the Gallery: 020 7766 7323

BRISTOL: Dead Poets Slam


Friday, 21st September, 2012, 8.15pm

The Lansdown,
8 Clifton Road,
Bristol (part of the Bristol Poetry Festival)

Dead Poets Slam
This event is now established as a Poetry Festival favourite. This year we will be graced by the surreal humour of Ash Dickinson. Ash will be performing his peerless performance poetry and acting as senior judge for the competition. Hosted by Trevor Carter.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

PORTISHEAD: Ragged Stone


Wednesday, 19th September, 2012, 8pm

The Lock Keeper,
Portishead Marina,
Portishead

Ragged Stone
Ragged Stone returns at a new venue – The Lock Keeper on Portishead Marina – and to kick off the autumn schedule we have the king of surreal slam poetic comedy Mr Ash Dickinson so get your Slinky Espadrilles on and come and join us. Hosted as ever by Clive Birnie and Jo Carrington and featuring our usual mix of poetry and stories in an Open Mic.

Monday, September 17, 2012

LONDON: Lumen Poetry Series


Tuesday, 18th September, 2012, doors open 6.30pm for 7pm, £5/£4, Wine

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

Ruth O'Callaghan presents Rosie Bailey, Connie Bensley and Jane Draycott. Poets from the floor very welcome.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

LEICESTER: Shindig!


Monday, September 17th, 2012, 7.30pm, FREE

The Western,
70 Western Road,
Leicester
LE3 0GA

Nine Arches Press & Crystal Clear Creators present Leicester Shindig!
Bi-monthly Mondays at 

Guest Poets: Sarah Jackson, Angela France, Rory Waterman and Daniel Sluman

Open mic and poetry night - please sign up on the door for slots.

Sarah Jackson’s pamphlet, Milk (Pighog, 2008), was shortlisted for the Michael Marks Award and her work appears in various magazines and anthologies, including Voice Recognition: 21 Poets for the 21st Century (Bloodaxe, 2009). She is Lecturer in English at Nottingham Trent University. Pelt (Bloodaxe, 2012), is her first collection.

Daniel Sluman is a 25 year old poet based in Gloucestershire. Poems have been published in Cadaverine, Popshot, Shit Creek Review, & Orbis. He is the poetry editor of Dead Ink, and is on the editorial board for Iota. His debut collection, Absence has a weight of its own, is out now through Nine Arches Press. 

Angela France has had poems published in many leading journals and has been anthologised a number of times. Her third collection, Hide, is forthcoming in 2013 from Nine Arches Press. Angela is features editor of Iota and an editor of The Shit Creek Review. She also runs a monthly poetry café in Cheltenham, ‘Buzzwords’.

Rory Waterman’s first collection, Tonight the Summer's Over, is forthcoming with Carcanet Press in 2013. Recent poems have appeared in the TLS, The Best British Poetry 2012 (Salt, 2012), New Poetries V (Carcanet, 2011) and elsewhere. He also co-edits New Walk magazine. He was born in Belfast in 1981.

Friday, September 14, 2012

KENDAL: Grey Hen Press reading


Wednesday, 26th September, 2012, 7pm, FREE
Waterstones,
Kendal,
Cumbria
Unit 7, Westmorland Shopping Centre
LA9 4LR

A reading from the Grey Hen Press anthologies No Space But Their Own; poems about birds and The Price of Gold: poems about the honeybee, with Pamela Coren, Joy Howard, Geraldine Green and Meg Peacocke.

BRISTOL: Between The Lines


Tuesday, 25th September, 2012, 8.15pm
The Lansdown,
8 Clifton Road,
Bristol

Between The Lines
An event with a difference. The first half consists of performance and the second of readings and discussion. What is the life of an itinerant performance poet really like? Who or what is he inspired by? How did he get started and where does he feel he is going? As well as performing his greatest works, Ash Dickinson may be answering some of these questions and any others you care to bring along. 

BRISTOL: Dead Poets Slam


Friday, 21st September, 2012, 8.15pm
The Lansdown,
8 Clifton Road,
Bristol (part of the Bristol Poetry Festival)

Dead Poets Slam
This event is now established as a Poetry Festival favourite. This year we will be graced by the surreal humour of Ash Dickinson. Ash will be performing his peerless performance poetry and acting as senior judge for the competition. Hosted by Trevor Carter.

PORTISHEAD: Ragged Stone


Wednesday, 19th September, 2012, 8pm
The Lock Keeper,
Portishead Marina,
Portishead

Ragged Stone
Ragged Stone returns at a new venue – The Lock Keeper on Portishead Marina – and to kick off the autumn schedule we have the king of surreal slam poetic comedy Mr Ash Dickinson so get your Slinky Espadrilles on and come and join us. Hosted as ever by Clive Birnie and Jo Carrington and featuring our usual mix of poetry and stories in an Open Mic.

GALWAY: September Over The Edge Open Reading


Thursday, September 27th, 2012, 6.30-8pm, FREE
Galway City Library

The Featured Readers are Michael O’Loughlin, Ndrek Gjini and Stephanie Brennan. There will as usual be an open-mic after the Featured Readers have finished. The evening will also see the announcement of the winners in this year’s Over The Edge New Writer of The Year competition, which received a record number of entries.

Stephanie Brennan has been living on the Aran Islands since 2000. While she has always written, she has only begun to do so seriously in the last two years. She has contributed to open mic readings at Over the Edge, Galway and at Ó Bheal in Cork. Her poems have been published in Island Writings, Crannóg, and ROPES. In February 2011, she won first prize for a love poem in the Tigh Neachtain Sonnet and Love Poem Competition and was shortlisted for the 2011, Over the Edge New Writer of the Year competition.

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. He is a graduate of the MA in Writing at NUI Galway and his poems have been published in Cyphers magazine. Ndrek’s first collection of poems in the English language, The Death of Night, was published last year by EMAL. Ndrek is currently working as Assistant Arts Officer with Galway City Council.

Michael O’Loughlin was born in Dublin in 1958. His poetry collections are Stalingrad: The Street Dictionary (Dublin, Raven Press, 1980); Atlantic Blues (Dublin, Raven Arts Press, 1982); The Diary of a Silence (Raven Arts Press, 1985); and Another Nation, New & Selected Poems (Dublin, New Island Books, 1994/UK Arc Publications, 1996). He has also published a collection of short stories, The Inside Story (Raven Arts Press, 1999); a critical essay, After Kavanagh: Patrick Kavanagh and the Discourse of Contemporary Irish Poetry (Raven Arts Press, 1985); and his translation of the Dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg’s selected poems, Hidden Weddings (Raven Arts Press, 1987). He lived for many years in continental Europe and now lives in Dublin. He has been Writer-in-Residence with both Galway City Council and Galway County Council. Michael’s most recent poetry collection, In This Life, was published by New Island in 2011.

As usual there will be an open-mic after the Featured Readers have finished. New readers are always most welcome. The MC for the evening will be Susan Millar DuMars. For further details phone 087-6431748.

Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of Galway City Council & The Arts Council. http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com 

GALWAY: September Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering


Friday, September 14th, 2012, 8pm, FREE

Galway Arts Centre,
47 Dominick Street

September Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering
The September Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering presents readings by visiting Australian poets Andy Kissane, Alex Skovron and Alison Wong. There will also be a reading by The Tuesday Knights, a group of poets and writers who regularly meet up in Galway to read, discuss, dissect and review poetry. 

Andy Kissane is third-generation Irish-Australian and his people come from (and remain in) Kerry. He has published three books of poetry, Facing the Moon (1993), Every Night They Dance (2000) and Out to Lunch (2009) . His first novel was Under the Same Sun (Sceptre, 2000) and he has a new book of short stories The Swarm (2012). He has been awarded a number of grants and won or been placed in many poetry competitions.

Alex Skovron was born in Poland, lived briefly in Israel, and emigrated to Australia in 1958, aged nine.  Multi-award-winning, he has five collections to date: The Rearrangement (1988), Sleeve Notes (1992), Infinite City (1999), The Man and the Map (2003); and Autographs (2008).  He has also published a prose novella, The Poet (2005). A number of his short stories have appeared in print. His New & Selected Poems is due in 2012.

Alison Wong is a third-generation Chinese-New Zealand novelist and poet, now an Australian Resident living in Geelong Australia. Her first novel, As the Earth Turns Silver, was shortlisted for the prestigious 2010 Australian Prime Minister’s Literary Awards and was longlisted for the 2011 International IMPAC Dublin Award. It won the 2009 Janet Frame Award for Fiction and the 2010 New Zealand Post Book Award for Fiction. Her poetry collection Cup, was shortlisted for many awards.

The Tuesday Knights are a group of poets and writers who meet up in Galway on Tuesdays to read, discuss, dissect and review poetry. The group members are Ruth Quinlan, Eileen Ní Shuilleabháin, Breege Wardein, Stephen Byrne, Anne Irwin, Dave Donovan and Bernie Ashe. The Tuesday Knights are currently putting together an anthology of their work, titled ‘Wayward Tuesdays’.

For further information contact 087-6431748.

Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing generous financial support of the Arts Council and Galway City Council.http://www.overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

LONDON: Paper Tiger Poetry


Friday, 14th September, 2012, open mic sign-up 7.30pm, starts 8pm, pay what you can
The Tea House Theatre
139 Vauxhall Walk
Vauxhall
London
SE11 5HL
Maplink: http://goo.gl/maps/CzBvv

The amazing Ray Blake will feature and Alain English is your host for this month's edition of Paper Tiger Poetry at the Tea House Theatre in Vauxhall,

PLUS the usual open-mic.

Come down and do the poetry roar!


Monday, September 10, 2012

LEICESTER: Shindig!


Monday, September 17th, 2012, 7.30pm, FREE
The Western,
70 Western Road,
Leicester
LE3 0GA

Nine Arches Press & Crystal Clear Creators present Leicester Shindig!
Bi-monthly Mondays at 

Guest Poets: Sarah Jackson, Angela France, Rory Waterman and Daniel Sluman

Open mic and poetry night - please sign up on the door for slots.

Sarah Jackson’s pamphlet, Milk (Pighog, 2008), was shortlisted for the Michael Marks Award and her work appears in various magazines and anthologies, including Voice Recognition: 21 Poets for the 21st Century (Bloodaxe, 2009). She is Lecturer in English at Nottingham Trent University. Pelt (Bloodaxe, 2012), is her first collection.

Daniel Sluman is a 25 year old poet based in Gloucestershire. Poems have been published in Cadaverine, Popshot, Shit Creek Review, & Orbis. He is the poetry editor of Dead Ink, and is on the editorial board for Iota. His debut collection, Absence has a weight of its own, is out now through Nine Arches Press. 

Angela France has had poems published in many leading journals and has been anthologised a number of times. Her third collection, Hide, is forthcoming in 2013 from Nine Arches Press. Angela is features editor of Iota and an editor of The Shit Creek Review. She also runs a monthly poetry café in Cheltenham, ‘Buzzwords’.

Rory Waterman’s first collection, Tonight the Summer's Over, is forthcoming with Carcanet Press in 2013. Recent poems have appeared in the TLS, The Best British Poetry 2012 (Salt, 2012), New Poetries V (Carcanet, 2011) and elsewhere. He also co-edits New Walk magazine. He was born in Belfast in 1981.

Sunday, September 09, 2012

LEAMINGTON SPA: PUREandGOODandRIGHT


Monday, September 10th, 2012, 7.30pm, £3 (£2 student/OAP)

The Sozzled Sausage,
Leamington Spa
CV32 4NX

This month's guest poets are Vois, an acoustic and a cappella collective, whose mission is to release the talents of musicians throughout the midlands. Combining soulful song, righteous rap and melodic musicianship, Vois are a rare blend of talent and technique who provide a real treat for appreciative ears,

&

Armadeep Dhillon, a young poet who wowed on PGR debut with the soulful power of his writing. Returning for a long overdue feature slot, Armadeep is the kind of young voice our world so urgently needs.

with open mic support from…….yes……YOU!

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 

Saturday, September 08, 2012

LONDON: Jazz Verse Jukebox


Sunday, 9th September 2012, doors open 6.30pm, show 7.30pm, £8 (tickets on the door only)

Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club (Upstairs),
47 Frith Street,
London
W1D 4HT
Tube: Tottenham Court Road or Leicester Square
Email: JazzVerseJukebox@me.com

It’s back to school as Jazz Verse Jukebox resumes with some very special guests – acclaimed playwright and author Courttia Newland; vocalist extraordinaire Randolph Matthews; jazz poet Sh'Maya; African storyteller Usifu Jalloh plus music from emerging singer Jennifer Moore.

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 and open mic. With cushions to lunge on, cocktails to imbibe & surprises, this diverse night is one night not to miss!

PLUS Jukebox Open Mic:
Come & sing with our amazing house band (Simon Wallace-Piano/ Davide Mantovani-Bass/ Winston Clifford-Drums) or perform some poetry.

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

Courttia Newland’s first novel, The Scholar, was published in 1997. Further critically acclaimed work includes Society Within (1999) and Snakeskin (2002), The Dying Wish (2006), Music for the Off-Key (2006), and A Book of Blues (2011). He is co-editor of IC3: The Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain (2000) and has short stories featured in many anthologies. His career has encompassed both screen and playwriting; plays include B is for Black, and an adaptation of Euripedes Women of Troy. He was nominated for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the CWA Dagger in the Library Award, the Alfred Fagon Award, the Frank O’ Conner Award and The Edge Hill Prize 2012. His latest anthology, co-edited with Monique Roffey, is Tell Tales 4: The Global Village (2009). A forthcoming novel, The Gospel According to Cane, will be published by Akashic Books (US) and Telegram (UK) in February 2013. www.courttianewland.com/

With music from
 Randolph Matthews
 - forget the usual tags – ‘singer-songwriter’, ‘folk-soul’, and ‘troubadour’. If you’ve caught Randolph Matthews live, either solo or collaborating, you’ll understand Randolph Matthews operates in his own parallel world, well away from traditional mainstream record label marketing formulae. His music is an evolving journey, rooted in purity and unshackled expression, drawing on the greats of yesteryear in soul, Neo African rhythms and conscious words. As a percussionist he has played sessions for the likes of US soul / boogie legend Don Blackman, recording with Julie Dexter for her J-Life project and working with Arthur Baker on tracks for Brooklyn soul legend, Will Downing. He even voiced a high profile ad for Twix chocolate – remember the Twix ‘In The Mix’ campaign? With a voice that has echoes of Marvin Gaye, Jon Lucien and Bobby McFerrin, he has an open-minded approach to his music borne from years performing live and collaborating with a wide variety of groundbreaking London and international artists. 
"This man's is not just original, he's out there! Blues and Soul Magazine www.randolphmatthews.net/

Usifu Jalloh is a professional actor, dancer, percussionist and storyteller, whose unique skills introduce audiences and participants to West African traditions and cultures. A well-known face on the culturally diverse arts scene, Usifu has made two short films on the subject of refugees. The most recent was Journey Man (sponsored by the Arts Council, Wales), which starred Usifu alongside Ruth Madoc. The film has been shown at several international festivals and has won five awards to date. Usifu also made Lion Mountain in collaboration with BBC2, about two Sierra Leone refugee youngsters in England. He is the founder & director of the African dance outfit - Maambena Cultural Dance Company

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

with music from Jennifer Moore - a London based singer-songwriter, cultured through the classic sounds of the Jazz songbooks but grown beyond their boundaries. Her influences are broad and many and her sound unique, but, as an overview, her debut record ‘Step Into My Song’ would sit happily in your CD collection on the same rack as a span of artists from Michael Buble, to Alicia Keys, and Sade. Jennifer Moore’s first album has production by Juan Luis Ayala, David Grant and Sam Grimley, - bringing a mix of experience and hot new production talent. Musicians on the album are world-class and have collaborated with Amy Winehouse, Annie Lennox, Dizzie Rascal, Jamiroquai, Jamie Cullum, Leona Lewis and Mark Ronson. Jennifer’s lyrics are poetic, even majestic, but also a true musician, she has the melodies and composition to match. Her colourful and expressive voice has that rarely found special ‘something’ in those smooth and earthy tones that raise the hairs on the back of your neck.
www.jennifermooremusic.com/