LEAMINGTON SPA: PUREandGOODandRIGHT

Monday, May 13th, 2013, 7.30pm, £3 (£2 student/OAP)

The Sozzled Sausage,

Leamington Spa

CV32 4NX

This month's special guest poet is the spectacular...SPOZ

Spoz is an award winning, published, performance poet, singer/songwriter and playwright. He has been on BBC Radio 4, as well as local radio stations, and taken part in festivals, including Glastonbury.

He released his first poetry anthology 'For the Young and Young at Heart' in January 2009. ' The Day the Earth Grew Hair and Other Stuff' is available from his website: www.spoz.net

'Spoz takes run -of -the- mill and real life scenarios, beats them with a blunt instrument and flushes them down the bog of spoken word. Roger Mc Gough meets Billy Connolly.'

(Warwick Words Festival)

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: Kid, I Wrote Back

Monday, May 13^th, 2013, 7.30pm-10.30pm, £3 on door, free to perform

Bar Kick

127 Shoreditch High Street,

Hackney,

London,

E1 6JE

Ticket link: http://www.cafekick.co.uk/bar-kick/contact.html

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

Are you ready? First-timers, and stage-virgins, perform alongside featured acts in just about the only place you can get a lucky-dip of the best poets and writers around.
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: Jazz Verse Jukebox

Sunday, 12th May, 2013, 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

Web:www.jumokefashola.com

Email: JazzVerseJukebox@me.com

Jazz Verse Jukebox welcomes a truly eclectic line-up of special guests including extraordinary singer/songwriters Fingersnap (aka David McAlmont and Guy Davies); poetronica duo The King’s Will (aka Musa Okwonga and Giles Hayter) plus poets Keith Jarrett, Jasmine Cooray and comedy poet Jason Maverick.

Since its inception in 2009, the Jazz Verse Jukebox, (the brainchild of broadcaster and vocalist Jumoké Fashola) has welcomed established poets & musicians such as Lemn Sissay, Soweto Kinch, Michael Horovitz, David Grant, Anthony Joseph, Colin Salmon, 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 a live jazz trio and open mic, cushions to lounge on, cocktails to imbibe & surprises, this is one night not to miss!

Jukebox Open Mic

Come & sing with the amazing Jazz Verse Jukebox trio (Simon Wallace - Piano / Neville Malcolm - Bass/ Winston Clifford-Drums) or perform some poetry.

Special Guests

Fingersnap (David McAlmont & Guy Davies) The King’s Will (Musa Okwonga & Giles Hayter) / Keith Jarrett / Jasmine Cooray / Jason Maverick

Compered by & with music from Jumoké Fashola

www.jumokefashola.com

GALWAY: 2013 Cúirt Over The Edge Showcase Reading

Thursday, April 25th, 2013, 4:30pm, FREE

Town Hall Theatre


Galway

All welcome


The 2013 Cúirt Over The Edge showcase reading takes place as part of this year's Cúirt International Festival of Literature.

The writers showcased this year are Dearbhaile Houston, Damian Cunniffe and Eimear Ryan. The reading will be introduced by regular Over The Edge host, Susan Millar DuMars. 

This event has grown since its inception in 2006 to become one of Ireland's premier platforms for showcasing new poets and fiction writers. Participating writers have previously been Featured Readers at Ireland's most successful reading series, the Over The Edge: Open Readings in Galway City Library. This year the winners of the Cúirt New Writing Prize will again read with the Over The Edge writers. The Cúirt New Writing Prize is kindly sponsored by Tigh Neactain in memory of Lena Maguire. http://www.cuirt.ie/Site-Content/cuirt-new-writing-prize-submissions-2013.html

Dearbhaile Houston grew up in Co. Galway. She is in her second year of New Media and English at the University of Limerick, learning the art of procrastination and strong coffee. She began attending Creative Writing classes with Susan Millar DuMars in Spring 2011 and won the Seán Uí Riordáin prize for poetry in the Oireachtas na Gaeilge Literary Competition 2011. Dearbhaile was a Featured Reader at the January 2012 Over The Edge: Open Reading. http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.ie/2011/12/over-edge-celebrates-ninth-birthday.html


Damian Cunniffe is from Abbeyknockmoy in North County Galway. In 2011 he was longlisted for the Fish Publishing International Short Story Prize, the Ink Tears Prize and was joint winner of the Lonely Voices Short Story Introductions competition run by the Irish Writers Centre. He was runner-up in the fiction section of the 2011 Over The Edge New Writer Of The Year competition. His work has been published in Crannóg and the Cúirt Journal. He is currently working on a play and a collection of short stories. Damian was a Featured Reader at the January 2012 Over The Edge: Open Reading.http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.ie/2011/12/over-edge-celebrates-ninth-birthday.html

Eimear Ryan’s fiction has appeared in The Irish Times, The Stinging Fly, New Irish Writing, Necessary Fiction and Horizon Review. She was the winner of the Sean Dunne Young Writers' Award 2011 and the Hennessy Award for First Fiction 2009. She is currently studying creative writing at Trinity College and is writing a novel. Eimear was the 2011 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year and was a Featured Reader at the May 2012 Over The Edge: Open Reading. http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.ie/2012/05/new-writer-of-year-eimear-ryan-for-may.html

Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing support of Galway City Library, Galway City Council, The Arts Council and The Cúírt Festival of International Literature.

http://www.cuirt.ie/event/87-cuirt-over-the-edge-showcase.html

EDINBURGH: The Inaugural Bongo Club Poetry Slam

Friday 3rd May, 2013, doors 7pm, show 7.30pm-10pm, £5/£3

@ The Bongo Club,

66a Cowgate,

Edinburgh

The Bongo Club and Rally & Broad present…

THE INAUGURAL BONGO CLUB POETRY SLAM!

·       A curated slam competition where 18 of the best spoken word acts from the Scottish poetry scene compete through heats, the semis and the final to be crowned The Bongo Club Slam Champion.

·        Prizes include a place in the BBC Slam @ The Fringe, a feature slot at Rally & Broad’s new term in Autumn 2013 and some kind of delicious beverage.

·       I am sure you will heartily agree that this is definitely worth the pain of subjecting something so subjective as poetry to the painful scrutiny of our fine team of literary judges: Hannah McGill, Kirsty Logan and Alan Bissett.

·       With music from Hailey Beavis.

@anywhere

EDINBURGH: Rally & Broad

Friday, April 19th, 2013, doors 7pm, cabaret 7.30-10pm, £5

The Bongo Club,

West Nicholson Street,

Edinburgh

Rally & Broad

A magnificent, new cabaret of spoken word, music & other lyrical delights! With added theatrics, dance and more.

Contact: rallyandbroad@gmail.com/ 07989 508 436

Presenting: WE CALL UPON THE AUTHOR TO EXPLAIN

with


TEEN CANTEEN:  Ever-awesome Edinburgh 4 piece, currently whipping up a storm on the live music scene. Headed up by Carla J Easton (Jesus, Baby!/ Neu Reekie), catch ‘em now afore they’re massive!

EWAN MORRISON: Not-the-Booker-prize winning author of Tales From The Mall!

JIM MONAGHAN: Cumnock based political poet: satirical, poignant, funny, beautiful – all in one poet!

LIZ CRONIN: Weird and wonderful, off-kilter and comical songs from much loved Edinburgh songwriter.

Plus! Introducing: ALICE TARBUCK.

Hosted by award winning poet and promoter Jenny Lindsay (The Big Word/ Is This Poetry?/ BBC Slam Winner 2012) and Rachel McCrum (BBC Slam finalist 2012/ Stewed Rhubarb Press/ Inky Fingers).

LEWES: Lewes Poetry

Thursday, 18th April, 2013, 8.15pm

upstairs at the Lewes Arms,

Lewes

It will be "Read Your Favourite Poem Night". It can be your own favourite poem or poems or the favourite poem or poems written by someone else. 

@anywhere

LONDON: Lumen Poetry Series

Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 (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 Mimi Khalvati and Seni Seneviratne.

Poets from the floor very welcome. Please leave the  poem you read to be considered for the next anthology.

GALWAY: 2013 Cúirt Over The Edge Showcase Reading

Thursday, April 25th, 2013, 4:30pm, FREE

Town Hall Theatre


Galway

All welcome


The 2013 Cúirt Over The Edge showcase reading takes place as part of this year's Cúirt International Festival of Literature.

The writers showcased this year are Dearbhaile Houston, Damian Cunniffe and Eimear Ryan. The reading will be introduced by regular Over The Edge host, Susan Millar DuMars. 

This event has grown since its inception in 2006 to become one of Ireland's premier platforms for showcasing new poets and fiction writers. Participating writers have previously been Featured Readers at Ireland's most successful reading series, the Over The Edge: Open Readings in Galway City Library. This year the winners of the Cúirt New Writing Prize will again read with the Over The Edge writers. The Cúirt New Writing Prize is kindly sponsored by Tigh Neactain in memory of Lena Maguire. http://www.cuirt.ie/Site-Content/cuirt-new-writing-prize-submissions-2013.html

Dearbhaile Houston grew up in Co. Galway. She is in her second year of New Media and English at the University of Limerick, learning the art of procrastination and strong coffee. She began attending Creative Writing classes with Susan Millar DuMars in Spring 2011 and won the Seán Uí Riordáin prize for poetry in the Oireachtas na Gaeilge Literary Competition 2011. Dearbhaile was a Featured Reader at the January 2012 Over The Edge: Open Reading. http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.ie/2011/12/over-edge-celebrates-ninth-birthday.html


Damian Cunniffe is from Abbeyknockmoy in North County Galway. In 2011 he was longlisted for the Fish Publishing International Short Story Prize, the Ink Tears Prize and was joint winner of the Lonely Voices Short Story Introductions competition run by the Irish Writers Centre. He was runner-up in the fiction section of the 2011 Over The Edge New Writer Of The Year competition. His work has been published in Crannóg and the Cúirt Journal. He is currently working on a play and a collection of short stories. Damian was a Featured Reader at the January 2012 Over The Edge: Open Reading. http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.ie/2011/12/over-edge-celebrates-ninth-birthday.html

Eimear Ryan’s fiction has appeared in The Irish Times, The Stinging Fly, New Irish Writing, Necessary Fiction and Horizon Review. She was the winner of the Sean Dunne Young Writers' Award 2011 and the Hennessy Award for First Fiction 2009. She is currently studying creative writing at Trinity College and is writing a novel. Eimear was the 2011 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year and was a Featured Reader at the May 2012 Over The Edge: Open Reading. http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.ie/2012/05/new-writer-of-year-eimear-ryan-for-may.html

Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing support of Galway City Library, Galway City Council, The Arts Council and The Cúírt Festival of International Literature.

http://www.cuirt.ie/event/87-cuirt-over-the-edge-showcase.html