tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206876262024-03-07T07:46:13.053+00:00Poets On Fire<b>Dedicated to Promoting Live Poetry, Spoken Word and Poetry in Performance across the UK & Beyond</b>Jane Holland: Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12841007863029354079noreply@blogger.comBlogger3820125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20687626.post-44449681333672165872014-01-15T15:18:00.001+00:002014-01-15T15:18:36.306+00:00Live Poetry This Week
A few live poetry events for this week, across the UK:Thursday: In Bath, at the BRLSI, Rebecca Goss and Jackie Wills, 8pm start.... Thursday: London's Bang Said the Gun is back, at the Roebuck, at 8pm. Thursday: In Swansea, Mozarts open mic night (in the Uplands).
Friday: Lipped Ink
in London.
(Lipped Ink is a new monthly event
at the Poetry Cafe. With poetry open Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09122099349237746260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20687626.post-14648242439910687082014-01-13T14:18:00.003+00:002014-01-13T14:42:55.302+00:00SPIN Poetry and Poets on Fire
SPIN poetry Poets on Fire
Supportive Poets Ironing Network
I have taken over the blog of Poets on Fire, a blog
dedicated to promoting live poetry throughout the UK.
These updates will now take place through Twitter, so if you have a reading or
event to promote, in England,
Ireland, Scotland
or Wales, you
can continue to let POF know (poetsonfire@hotmail.co.uk) and I will Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09122099349237746260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20687626.post-30065342190414823952013-11-14T12:56:00.000+00:002013-11-14T12:56:01.839+00:00An appealDoes anyone want a well-followed poetry blog? Poets On Fire is going free, to a good home.
Over the last year or so, demands on my time at work have made it harder and harder for me to update Poets On Fire on a daily basis, as previously, or to try to develop it into a more general live poetry blog, with reviews, interviews, etc.
So, if anyone would like to take it on, I'm more than happy to Matt Merritthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371656447328595720noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20687626.post-27353455606515333612013-11-10T12:46:00.000+00:002013-11-10T12:46:00.686+00:00CAMBRIDGE: Allographic - open mic featuring Tim Wells and Kaddy Benyon
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Matt Merritthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371656447328595720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20687626.post-70379861796626605162013-11-05T13:55:00.000+00:002013-11-05T13:55:02.591+00:00LONDON: Lumen Poetry Series
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Matt Merritthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371656447328595720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20687626.post-11167348412397253442013-10-31T13:11:00.000+00:002013-10-31T13:11:16.849+00:00LONDON: Caroline Bergvall and Peter Finch
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Matt Merritthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371656447328595720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20687626.post-85795649519884401542013-10-31T13:05:00.002+00:002013-10-31T13:05:22.836+00:00LONDON: Camden Reading Series
Friday, November 1st, 2013, 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 Eyewear Publishing poets Penny Boxall, Sheila Hillier, Elspeth Smith, plus Todd Swift, Eyewear publisher.
Poets from the floor very welcome. Please bring a copy of the poem if youMatt Merritthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371656447328595720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20687626.post-27236211514345533232013-10-30T14:01:00.002+00:002013-10-30T14:01:30.212+00:00CAMBRIDGE: Hammer and Tongue
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Matt Merritthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371656447328595720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20687626.post-22500667154346089592013-10-30T13:37:00.002+00:002013-10-30T13:37:36.365+00:00GALWAY: October Over The Edge Open Reading
Thursday, October 31st, 2013, 6.30pm-8pm, FREE
Galway City Library
The Featured Readers are Sarah O’Toole, Margaret Brady and Frank Dullaghan. 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 large number of entries again Matt Merritthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371656447328595720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20687626.post-64811879963991360672013-10-28T13:35:00.000+00:002013-10-28T13:35:15.747+00:00LONDON: Jazz Verse Jukebox
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Matt Merritthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371656447328595720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20687626.post-20904595106794827272013-10-25T13:05:00.002+01:002013-10-25T13:05:38.339+01:00LEICESTER: Friday Evening Poet-Tea
Friday, 25th October, 2013, 7pm-9pm, £5
Quaker Meeting House,
16 Queens Road,
Leicester
LE2 1WP
Book your tickets here via Eventbrite
Includes tea, cake, books for sale & live poetry and a fine start to the weekend.
Mario Petrucci, Claire Trévien, Matt Merritt and Alistair Noon.
An evening of poetry compered by Nine Arches Press editor, Jane Commane.
ClaireMatt Merritthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371656447328595720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20687626.post-54454870485035663172013-10-21T13:15:00.003+01:002013-10-21T13:15:48.620+01:00LONDON:
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Matt Merritthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371656447328595720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20687626.post-60068669555565197282013-10-21T13:07:00.002+01:002013-10-21T13:07:37.048+01:00EDINBURGH: Grey Hen anthology reading
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013, 6pm-7.30pm, FREE
Blackwell’s,
53 -62 South Bridge,
Edinburgh
EH1 1YS
A reading from the Grey Hen anthology Cracking On: poems about ageing, with A C Clarke, Joy Howard, Lyn Moir and Margaret Wood. This event is part of Age Scotland’s Luminate Festival.
Matt Merritthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371656447328595720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20687626.post-2983612344057736922013-10-18T13:38:00.000+01:002013-10-18T13:38:00.750+01:00LONDON: Slambassadors Showcase
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Friday, October 18th, 2013, 7.30pm, £5/£4
Sheffield Students’ Union,
Western Bank,
Sheffield
S10 2TG
http://www.arenaticketshop.co.uk/whats-on/we-talk-of-pride-and-prejudice–the-foundry/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/338019106333217/
At the event a talented group of local writers aged 15-21 share a stage with leading poets Jean ’Binta’ Breeze MBE, Mark Matt Merritthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371656447328595720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20687626.post-58063666792938026612013-10-16T17:26:00.001+01:002013-10-16T17:26:37.813+01:00LEICESTER: Friday Evening Poet-Tea
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