Thursday, February 25th, 2010, 8pm
Le Mistral (Bistro)
2-3 Eldon Chambers,
Wheeler Gate,
Nottingham
NG1 2NS
Mark Gwynne Jones guests at open mic night at DIY Poets.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
LEWES: Lewes Poetry
Thursday, February 25th, 2010, 8.30pm (doors 8pm)
Upstairs at the Lewes Arms,
Lewes,
East Sussex
If you would like to perform, please email me as soon as possible. So far, I have Russ Bravo and Dan Thompson on the bill.
The other Lewes Poetry dates for 2010: Thursday 18 March when the brilliant Martin Newell will headline, Thursday 29 April, Thursday 20 May, Thursday 17 June, Thursday 15 July, Thursday 16 September, Thursday 21 October and Thursday 18 November.
Upstairs at the Lewes Arms,
Lewes,
East Sussex
If you would like to perform, please email me as soon as possible. So far, I have Russ Bravo and Dan Thompson on the bill.
The other Lewes Poetry dates for 2010: Thursday 18 March when the brilliant Martin Newell will headline, Thursday 29 April, Thursday 20 May, Thursday 17 June, Thursday 15 July, Thursday 16 September, Thursday 21 October and Thursday 18 November.
LONDON: Book Club Boutique
Saturday, February 13th, 2010, 3pm
Black's,
Soho
Happy February Hammer & Tongue lovelies!
And Valentines Day is almost upon us once more...for some a rose-scented confection of a holiday, when sentiments so oft unexpressed can be captured in the witty refrain of a greetings card and chocolates and stuffed toys take on an extra level of heartfelt profundity...for others a sadistic, cynical, commercial nightmare of a day universally programmed to ruin existing relationships and make those not in them want to stab themselves repeatedly in the eye. Whatever your take on Valentine's Day, you cannot argue against its being a bloody good excuse for poetry, lots of it.
BOOK CLUB BOUTIQUE
H&T London is deeply excited to have been invited along to Salena Godden's Book Club Boutique (http://www.myspace.com/bookcboutique) at the luscious Black's private members bar in Soho (you don't need to be a member to get in on Saturday, worry not!) on Valentine's Day Eve for a LOVE vs LUST slam!
Featuring H&T London hosts and poets Michelle Madsen, Angry Sam and Sophia Blackwell alongside Salena Godden herself, Johnny Fluffypunk and Tuggstar with a massive scrabble over love lust and romance from 3pm amidst the roaring fires and fine wines of Dean Steet's loveliest, blush inducing venue. There's bands and DJs and loads of other poets and performers including Lana Citron, Gavin James Bower, Dean Atta, Amah-Rose McKnight, Sabrina Mahfouz and Sara Stockbridge. It's going to be ace.
Black's,
Soho
Happy February Hammer & Tongue lovelies!
And Valentines Day is almost upon us once more...for some a rose-scented confection of a holiday, when sentiments so oft unexpressed can be captured in the witty refrain of a greetings card and chocolates and stuffed toys take on an extra level of heartfelt profundity...for others a sadistic, cynical, commercial nightmare of a day universally programmed to ruin existing relationships and make those not in them want to stab themselves repeatedly in the eye. Whatever your take on Valentine's Day, you cannot argue against its being a bloody good excuse for poetry, lots of it.
BOOK CLUB BOUTIQUE
H&T London is deeply excited to have been invited along to Salena Godden's Book Club Boutique (http://www.myspace.com/bookcboutique) at the luscious Black's private members bar in Soho (you don't need to be a member to get in on Saturday, worry not!) on Valentine's Day Eve for a LOVE vs LUST slam!
Featuring H&T London hosts and poets Michelle Madsen, Angry Sam and Sophia Blackwell alongside Salena Godden herself, Johnny Fluffypunk and Tuggstar with a massive scrabble over love lust and romance from 3pm amidst the roaring fires and fine wines of Dean Steet's loveliest, blush inducing venue. There's bands and DJs and loads of other poets and performers including Lana Citron, Gavin James Bower, Dean Atta, Amah-Rose McKnight, Sabrina Mahfouz and Sara Stockbridge. It's going to be ace.
LONDON: Jawdance
Friday, 12th February 2010, 7.30pm, FREE
Rich Mix,
35-47 Bethnal Green Road,
London
E1 6LA
Booking/info: 020 7613 7498 / www.richmix.org.uk/bookings
They say that London’s heart lies in the East End: the history, the culture, the people. And now – the poetry. That’s right – every third Wednesday, the Rich Mix bar is set to pulse with poetry, vibrate with verbs, and spill over with spoken word. And we’re inviting you to sprawl out on the sofas and soak it all up.
Yes – it’s freewheeling, it’s free, it’s Jawdance! Hosted by Pete The Temp, that irrepressible king of footstomping street–poetry, our first session will feature sets from: Mr T, Chris Syrus, Hannah Osaguona, Ant ‘The Rant’ Smith and don’t forget the DJing and the open mic!
So come on, me old chinas, get yourselves down to Rich Mix and get your jaws dancing.
Rich Mix,
35-47 Bethnal Green Road,
London
E1 6LA
Booking/info: 020 7613 7498 / www.richmix.org.uk/bookings
They say that London’s heart lies in the East End: the history, the culture, the people. And now – the poetry. That’s right – every third Wednesday, the Rich Mix bar is set to pulse with poetry, vibrate with verbs, and spill over with spoken word. And we’re inviting you to sprawl out on the sofas and soak it all up.
Yes – it’s freewheeling, it’s free, it’s Jawdance! Hosted by Pete The Temp, that irrepressible king of footstomping street–poetry, our first session will feature sets from: Mr T, Chris Syrus, Hannah Osaguona, Ant ‘The Rant’ Smith and don’t forget the DJing and the open mic!
So come on, me old chinas, get yourselves down to Rich Mix and get your jaws dancing.
BRADFORD: Word Life
Friday, February 12th, 2010, 8pm, £5
Theatre In The Mill,
University of Bradford campus
Another night of live literature and music from literature organisation 'Word Life', featuring...
Louis Romegoux, an Anglo-French folk musician born, raised and residing in Sheffield, England. Drawing on influences from both sides of the channel as well as a few from across that larger Atlantic pond, Louis' sound captures the essence of folk in its raw, free flowing form encompassing ever expanding boundaries, the fluidity and freedom of Louis's music keep his live performances fresh and exciting every time. Louis has supported John Smith and Denis Jones on tour and has also played concerts with Teddy Thompson, InMe, Slow Club and Little Lost David
Jack Opus, one of the best DJ's in Sheffield - Jack has played live with them all. Having started out playing on Origin FM - hosting a show with Alix Perez, Jack Opus has since been booked to play with many established acts including: - Shy Fx, Toddla T, Joker, Martyn, Scotch Egg, Aim and Battles.
Joe Kriss, who's hosting, is a poet, editor and workshop facilitator based in Sheffield. He has performed widely across the UK appearing at venues such as the Tate Modern and The Roundhouse Theatre. He runs event series ‘Word Life’ in Bradford and Sheffield and edits a creative writing section in Sheffield magazine Now Then.
Featuring words from...
Gerard Benson, a poet, story-teller, singer and performer. Always commited to bringing poetry to new audiences, he has worked extensively in theatre, radio, TV and film. His acclaimed collection To Catch an Elephant was shortlisted for the CLIPE award. Earlier collections include the outstanding anthology, This Poem Doesn't Rhyme, which won the Signal Poetry Award in 1991, and Evidence of Elephants, which was nominated for the Carnegie Medal.He is also an editor for the extremely popular 'Poems On The Underground', which puts poetry in free advertising spaces on the London tube and releases publications.
Kate Fox, Poet in Residence on Radio 4’s Saturday Live for two years, she’s a poet, performer and sometime stand up comic and radio journalist. Winner of slams including the Cheltenham Science Festival Slam and City of Culture Slam, and New Writing North’s Andrew Waterhouse Award. She’s featured recently at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, Aldeburgh Poetry Festival, Humber Mouth Festival and been commissioned to write satirical poems for BBC2’s Daily Politics, and, bizarrely, BBC2’s Chelsea Flower show coverage. She created Write Poems About the News Day, was Twitterer in Residence at the Durham Book Festival and is preparing to tour a stand up poetry show called Fox News. Her Why I books are available from www.zebrapublishing.co.uk.
Matt Black, a poetry activist. He has been writing and performing since 1986 and has run poetry slams in schools, a writers resource centre, and worked as Course Director in Creative Writing at the University of Sheffield. His publications include In the Kitchen With The Candlestick and Squeezing Lemons. He has participated in over 500 public performances, including Cheltenham Festival, Ledbury Festival, Sheffield Festival, Chester Festival, and performed at pubs, clubs, and weddings. Broadcasts include Radio Sheffield, Radio Oxford, Radio Gloucester, BBC Midlands, Today, Pebble Mill at One, and BBC South West.
Saju Iqbal Ahmed is a writer and rapper/poet, whose work attacks social problems and suggests a new way of breaking stereotypes. His writing bring reality to the stage with an in your face delivery switching styles from wordplay to metaphors, juggling topics from streets to teenage love. Born and raised in Harehills Leeds, with a mix heritage of Bangladeshi and Irish, Saju Ahmed grew up inspired by the clashing cultures of the streets, the stories and melodic rebellion of Hip Hop, influencing his own internal sound track.
Matt Hearne, a rising Bradford singer/songwriter and poet, he recently won a local poetry slam and is one to watch from the local scene.
Theatre In The Mill,
University of Bradford campus
Another night of live literature and music from literature organisation 'Word Life', featuring...
Louis Romegoux, an Anglo-French folk musician born, raised and residing in Sheffield, England. Drawing on influences from both sides of the channel as well as a few from across that larger Atlantic pond, Louis' sound captures the essence of folk in its raw, free flowing form encompassing ever expanding boundaries, the fluidity and freedom of Louis's music keep his live performances fresh and exciting every time. Louis has supported John Smith and Denis Jones on tour and has also played concerts with Teddy Thompson, InMe, Slow Club and Little Lost David
Jack Opus, one of the best DJ's in Sheffield - Jack has played live with them all. Having started out playing on Origin FM - hosting a show with Alix Perez, Jack Opus has since been booked to play with many established acts including: - Shy Fx, Toddla T, Joker, Martyn, Scotch Egg, Aim and Battles.
Joe Kriss, who's hosting, is a poet, editor and workshop facilitator based in Sheffield. He has performed widely across the UK appearing at venues such as the Tate Modern and The Roundhouse Theatre. He runs event series ‘Word Life’ in Bradford and Sheffield and edits a creative writing section in Sheffield magazine Now Then.
Featuring words from...
Gerard Benson, a poet, story-teller, singer and performer. Always commited to bringing poetry to new audiences, he has worked extensively in theatre, radio, TV and film. His acclaimed collection To Catch an Elephant was shortlisted for the CLIPE award. Earlier collections include the outstanding anthology, This Poem Doesn't Rhyme, which won the Signal Poetry Award in 1991, and Evidence of Elephants, which was nominated for the Carnegie Medal.He is also an editor for the extremely popular 'Poems On The Underground', which puts poetry in free advertising spaces on the London tube and releases publications.
Kate Fox, Poet in Residence on Radio 4’s Saturday Live for two years, she’s a poet, performer and sometime stand up comic and radio journalist. Winner of slams including the Cheltenham Science Festival Slam and City of Culture Slam, and New Writing North’s Andrew Waterhouse Award. She’s featured recently at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, Aldeburgh Poetry Festival, Humber Mouth Festival and been commissioned to write satirical poems for BBC2’s Daily Politics, and, bizarrely, BBC2’s Chelsea Flower show coverage. She created Write Poems About the News Day, was Twitterer in Residence at the Durham Book Festival and is preparing to tour a stand up poetry show called Fox News. Her Why I books are available from www.zebrapublishing.co.uk.
Matt Black, a poetry activist. He has been writing and performing since 1986 and has run poetry slams in schools, a writers resource centre, and worked as Course Director in Creative Writing at the University of Sheffield. His publications include In the Kitchen With The Candlestick and Squeezing Lemons. He has participated in over 500 public performances, including Cheltenham Festival, Ledbury Festival, Sheffield Festival, Chester Festival, and performed at pubs, clubs, and weddings. Broadcasts include Radio Sheffield, Radio Oxford, Radio Gloucester, BBC Midlands, Today, Pebble Mill at One, and BBC South West.
Saju Iqbal Ahmed is a writer and rapper/poet, whose work attacks social problems and suggests a new way of breaking stereotypes. His writing bring reality to the stage with an in your face delivery switching styles from wordplay to metaphors, juggling topics from streets to teenage love. Born and raised in Harehills Leeds, with a mix heritage of Bangladeshi and Irish, Saju Ahmed grew up inspired by the clashing cultures of the streets, the stories and melodic rebellion of Hip Hop, influencing his own internal sound track.
Matt Hearne, a rising Bradford singer/songwriter and poet, he recently won a local poetry slam and is one to watch from the local scene.
LONDON: Kate Tempest Poetry Storm
Friday, 12th February, 2010, 8pm, £8/£5
The Albany,
Douglas Way,
London,
SE8 4AG
Booking: 020 8692 4446 / www.thealbany.org.uk
Kate Tempest Poetry Storm
Funny how people still talk about the tempest that devastated England in 1987. Here in the performance poetry world, we have one in permanent residence – and it’s getting stronger by the day. We speak of Kate Tempest – a young woman who’s driven by words and is on stage because she has to be. Tonight she’ll be doing some of her own 100mph thing for us, and introducing a few artists who are clocking up their own stormforce on the London circuit. With sets from Tshaka Campbell, bleue granada and The Brother’s Grim, and featuring Tempest’s own tips for the top, Dean McCaffrey and Len Hovis.
Batten down the hatches for an event that’s more than just a storm in a teacup.
The Albany,
Douglas Way,
London,
SE8 4AG
Booking: 020 8692 4446 / www.thealbany.org.uk
Kate Tempest Poetry Storm
Funny how people still talk about the tempest that devastated England in 1987. Here in the performance poetry world, we have one in permanent residence – and it’s getting stronger by the day. We speak of Kate Tempest – a young woman who’s driven by words and is on stage because she has to be. Tonight she’ll be doing some of her own 100mph thing for us, and introducing a few artists who are clocking up their own stormforce on the London circuit. With sets from Tshaka Campbell, bleue granada and The Brother’s Grim, and featuring Tempest’s own tips for the top, Dean McCaffrey and Len Hovis.
Batten down the hatches for an event that’s more than just a storm in a teacup.
GALWAY: Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase
Friday, February 12th, 2010, 8pm, FREE
Sheridan's Wine Bar,
14-16 Church Yard Street,
Galway
The 2010 Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase featuring Órfhlaith Foyle, Celeste Augé, Gary King, Gerard Hanberry, Ed Madden, Dave Rock, Edward Lee, John Corless, Patricia Byrne, Colette NicAodha, Geraldine Mills, Mary Hanlon, Eamonn Bonner, James Martyn, Alan Garvey, Deirdre Kearney, Terry McDonagh and Jessie Lendennie with a special guest reading by Japanese poet Hisa Kagawa. In this annual retrospective of the year just past, every Galway-based poet who published a new collection of poems during 2009 will read three poems from the collection in question.
All welcome. For further details phone 087-6431748
Sheridan's Wine Bar,
14-16 Church Yard Street,
Galway
The 2010 Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase featuring Órfhlaith Foyle, Celeste Augé, Gary King, Gerard Hanberry, Ed Madden, Dave Rock, Edward Lee, John Corless, Patricia Byrne, Colette NicAodha, Geraldine Mills, Mary Hanlon, Eamonn Bonner, James Martyn, Alan Garvey, Deirdre Kearney, Terry McDonagh and Jessie Lendennie with a special guest reading by Japanese poet Hisa Kagawa. In this annual retrospective of the year just past, every Galway-based poet who published a new collection of poems during 2009 will read three poems from the collection in question.
All welcome. For further details phone 087-6431748
Monday, February 08, 2010
STONY STRATFORD: Verbal Remedies
Tuesday, 9th February, 2010, 8pm, FREE
The Stables Bar,
The Bull Hotel,
High Street,
Stony Stratford
MK11 1AQ
Scribal Gathering presents: Verbal Remedies - open mic poetry and music with featured acts
Stony Stratford’s première spoken word and music performance event. This monthly meeting of minds will bring together writers, musicians and performers of all kinds to share their talents, entertain each other and evoke the spirit of gathering.
Pioneered by Richard Frost of “Shaman of the North” and “Bardcore” fame. Featured guests this month include the marvellous, the wonderful, the all-round awe-inspiring The Antipoet. http://www.theantipoet.co.uk
Contact: info@scribalgathering.com. http://www.scribalgathering.com/ http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=213490124894
The Stables Bar,
The Bull Hotel,
High Street,
Stony Stratford
MK11 1AQ
Scribal Gathering presents: Verbal Remedies - open mic poetry and music with featured acts
Stony Stratford’s première spoken word and music performance event. This monthly meeting of minds will bring together writers, musicians and performers of all kinds to share their talents, entertain each other and evoke the spirit of gathering.
Pioneered by Richard Frost of “Shaman of the North” and “Bardcore” fame. Featured guests this month include the marvellous, the wonderful, the all-round awe-inspiring The Antipoet. http://www.theantipoet.co.uk
Contact: info@scribalgathering.com. http://www.scribalgathering.com/ http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=213490124894
Saturday, February 06, 2010
MATLOCK: Psychicbread
Saturday, February 20th, 2010, 7.30pm, £5 advance / £6 door
The Imperial Rooms (opposite the Lido)
Matlock
Psychicbread will be peeping out from their hibernation in the hills with a hometown date...with support from Emoc.
For tickets: 07947 689686
also available from Cut Above, Firs Parade & the Music Shop, Dale Road
The Imperial Rooms (opposite the Lido)
Matlock
Psychicbread will be peeping out from their hibernation in the hills with a hometown date...with support from Emoc.
For tickets: 07947 689686
also available from Cut Above, Firs Parade & the Music Shop, Dale Road
CHELTENHAM: Buzzwords Poetry Night
Sunday, 7th February, 2010, 7pm, £3, £5 if you are able
upstairs at The Exmouth Arms,
Bath Road,
Cheltenham
Guest poet: Pascale Petit
7pm - Workshop led by Pascale Petit
8pm - Readings and open mic
Hope to see you there!
Bath Road,
Cheltenham
Guest poet: Pascale Petit
7pm - Workshop led by Pascale Petit
8pm - Readings and open mic
Hope to see you there!
Friday, February 05, 2010
GALWAY: North Beach Poetry Nights
Monday, 15th February, 2010, 9pm, 5/3 Euro
The Crane Bar,
Sea Road,
Galway
Guest Poet: Brendan Murphy
Brendan is Cuirt Slam Champion 2005, All Ireland Slam Champion 2007, Over the Edge Flash Fiction Champion and North Beach Slam Champion 2009. His first full collection will be published by Doire Press in association with Over the Edge in spring this year.
And announcing the first North Beach Slam of 2010.
Poets wishing to take part should bring 2 max. 3 minute memorized poems. Each monthly winner goes through to the Grand Slam in December. The prize for the Grand Slam winner is publication.
Info: John Walsh @091-593290
North Beach Poetry Nights gratefully acknowledges the welcome support
of Galway City Council.
The Crane Bar,
Sea Road,
Galway
Guest Poet: Brendan Murphy
Brendan is Cuirt Slam Champion 2005, All Ireland Slam Champion 2007, Over the Edge Flash Fiction Champion and North Beach Slam Champion 2009. His first full collection will be published by Doire Press in association with Over the Edge in spring this year.
And announcing the first North Beach Slam of 2010.
Poets wishing to take part should bring 2 max. 3 minute memorized poems. Each monthly winner goes through to the Grand Slam in December. The prize for the Grand Slam winner is publication.
Info: John Walsh @091-593290
North Beach Poetry Nights gratefully acknowledges the welcome support
of Galway City Council.
GALWAY: Annie and Ted Deppe
Saturday, February 6th, 2010, 1pm
Galway City Museum
Poet Eva Bourke and Nuig’s Adrian Frazier launch two new collections by Annie Deppe and Ted Deppe.
Annie Deppe and Ted Deppe will read from their new poetry collections. Eva Bourke will launch Annie’s second book, Wren Cantata, published by Summer Palace Press in Donegal. Adrian Frazier will launch Ted’s fourth collection, Orpheus on the Red Line (Tupelo Press, Massachusetts).
Annie Deppe’s first book, Sitting in the Sky (2003) also appeared from Summer Palace Press. Her work has been included in The Forward Book of Poetry 2004, Poetry Ireland Review, The Stinging Fly, The Shop, and many other journals. She has received grants from the Irish Arts
Council and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. She co-runs The Stonecoast Programme in Ireland.
Ted Deppe’s previous books are Cape Clear: New and Selected Poems (Salmon, 2002), The Wanderer King (Alice James, 1996), and Children of the Air (Alice James, 1990). He has received a Pushcart Prize and two fellowships in the U.S. from the National Endowment for the Arts. He has served as writer in residence for the James Merrill House in Stonington, Connecticut, the Poets’ House in Donegal and Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. U.S. He directs Stonecoast in Ireland and teaches in the Stonecoast MFA programme.
Galway City Museum
Poet Eva Bourke and Nuig’s Adrian Frazier launch two new collections by Annie Deppe and Ted Deppe.
Annie Deppe and Ted Deppe will read from their new poetry collections. Eva Bourke will launch Annie’s second book, Wren Cantata, published by Summer Palace Press in Donegal. Adrian Frazier will launch Ted’s fourth collection, Orpheus on the Red Line (Tupelo Press, Massachusetts).
Annie Deppe’s first book, Sitting in the Sky (2003) also appeared from Summer Palace Press. Her work has been included in The Forward Book of Poetry 2004, Poetry Ireland Review, The Stinging Fly, The Shop, and many other journals. She has received grants from the Irish Arts
Council and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. She co-runs The Stonecoast Programme in Ireland.
Ted Deppe’s previous books are Cape Clear: New and Selected Poems (Salmon, 2002), The Wanderer King (Alice James, 1996), and Children of the Air (Alice James, 1990). He has received a Pushcart Prize and two fellowships in the U.S. from the National Endowment for the Arts. He has served as writer in residence for the James Merrill House in Stonington, Connecticut, the Poets’ House in Donegal and Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. U.S. He directs Stonecoast in Ireland and teaches in the Stonecoast MFA programme.
Thursday, February 04, 2010
LONDON: Jawdance
Friday, 12th February 2010, 7.30pm, FREE
Rich Mix,
35-47 Bethnal Green Road,
London
E1 6LA
Booking/info: 020 7613 7498 / www.richmix.org.uk/bookings
They say that London’s heart lies in the East End: the history, the culture, the people. And now – the poetry. That’s right – every third Wednesday, the Rich Mix bar is set to pulse with poetry, vibrate with verbs, and spill over with spoken word. And we’re inviting you to sprawl out on the sofas and soak it all up.
Yes – it’s freewheeling, it’s free, it’s Jawdance! Hosted by Pete The Temp, that irrepressible king of footstomping street–poetry, our first session will feature sets from: Mr T, Chris Syrus, Hannah Osaguona, Ant ‘The Rant’ Smith and don’t forget the DJing and the open mic!
So come on, me old chinas, get yourselves down to Rich Mix and get your jaws dancing.
Rich Mix,
35-47 Bethnal Green Road,
London
E1 6LA
Booking/info: 020 7613 7498 / www.richmix.org.uk/bookings
They say that London’s heart lies in the East End: the history, the culture, the people. And now – the poetry. That’s right – every third Wednesday, the Rich Mix bar is set to pulse with poetry, vibrate with verbs, and spill over with spoken word. And we’re inviting you to sprawl out on the sofas and soak it all up.
Yes – it’s freewheeling, it’s free, it’s Jawdance! Hosted by Pete The Temp, that irrepressible king of footstomping street–poetry, our first session will feature sets from: Mr T, Chris Syrus, Hannah Osaguona, Ant ‘The Rant’ Smith and don’t forget the DJing and the open mic!
So come on, me old chinas, get yourselves down to Rich Mix and get your jaws dancing.
LONDON: Camden Poetry Series
Friday, February 5th, 2010, 7pm (doors open 6.30pm), £4/£3, Wine
Trinity United Reform Church,
1 Buck Street,
Camden Town
London
(2 minutes Camden Town tube)
Ruth O'Callaghan presents Acumen Magazine, with Alan Brownjohn, Roy Davids and June English. 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. Proceeds to the Cold Weather Shelter for the Homeless
Trinity United Reform Church,
1 Buck Street,
Camden Town
London
(2 minutes Camden Town tube)
Ruth O'Callaghan presents Acumen Magazine, with Alan Brownjohn, Roy Davids and June English. 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. Proceeds to the Cold Weather Shelter for the Homeless
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
LONDON: Open Mic at Free Word
Thursday, February 4th, 2010, 6pm, FREE
Free Word Centre,
60 Farringdon Road,
London,
EC1A 1BB
Booking: 020 8465 6154
Newcomers meet the seasoned performers on equal terms. It’s simple: a roomful of poets, performers and people who just want to hear poetry. Arrive early and claim your all-important slot in the spotlight. Featuring guest artist Vincent Gould and compere Alex Iamb.
60 Farringdon Road,
London,
EC1A 1BB
Booking: 020 8465 6154
Newcomers meet the seasoned performers on equal terms. It’s simple: a roomful of poets, performers and people who just want to hear poetry. Arrive early and claim your all-important slot in the spotlight. Featuring guest artist Vincent Gould and compere Alex Iamb.
BRADFORD: Word Life
Friday, February 12th, 2010, 8pm, £5
Theatre In The Mill,
University of Bradford campus
Another night of live literature and music from literature organisation 'Word Life', featuring...
Louis Romegoux, an Anglo-French folk musician born, raised and residing in Sheffield, England. Drawing on influences from both sides of the channel as well as a few from across that larger Atlantic pond, Louis' sound captures the essence of folk in its raw, free flowing form encompassing ever expanding boundaries, the fluidity and freedom of Louis's music keep his live performances fresh and exciting every time. Louis has supported John Smith and Denis Jones on tour and has also played concerts with Teddy Thompson, InMe, Slow Club and Little Lost David
Jack Opus, one of the best DJ's in Sheffield - Jack has played live with them all. Having started out playing on Origin FM - hosting a show with Alix Perez, Jack Opus has since been booked to play with many established acts including: - Shy Fx, Toddla T, Joker, Martyn, Scotch Egg, Aim and Battles.
Joe Kriss, who's hosting, is a poet, editor and workshop facilitator based in Sheffield. He has performed widely across the UK appearing at venues such as the Tate Modern and The Roundhouse Theatre. He runs event series ‘Word Life’ in Bradford and Sheffield and edits a creative writing section in Sheffield magazine Now Then.
Featuring words from...
Gerard Benson, a poet, story-teller, singer and performer. Always commited to bringing poetry to new audiences, he has worked extensively in theatre, radio, TV and film. His acclaimed collection To Catch an Elephant was shortlisted for the CLIPE award. Earlier collections include the outstanding anthology, This Poem Doesn't Rhyme, which won the Signal Poetry Award in 1991, and Evidence of Elephants, which was nominated for the Carnegie Medal.He is also an editor for the extremely popular 'Poems On The Underground', which puts poetry in free advertising spaces on the London tube and releases publications.
Kate Fox, Poet in Residence on Radio 4’s Saturday Live for two years, she’s a poet, performer and sometime stand up comic and radio journalist. Winner of slams including the Cheltenham Science Festival Slam and City of Culture Slam, and New Writing North’s Andrew Waterhouse Award. She’s featured recently at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, Aldeburgh Poetry Festival, Humber Mouth Festival and been commissioned to write satirical poems for BBC2’s Daily Politics, and, bizarrely, BBC2’s Chelsea Flower show coverage. She created Write Poems About the News Day, was Twitterer in Residence at the Durham Book Festival and is preparing to tour a stand up poetry show called Fox News. Her Why I books are available from www.zebrapublishing.co.uk.
Matt Black, a poetry activist. He has been writing and performing since 1986 and has run poetry slams in schools, a writers resource centre, and worked as Course Director in Creative Writing at the University of Sheffield. His publications include In the Kitchen With The Candlestick and Squeezing Lemons. He has participated in over 500 public performances, including Cheltenham Festival, Ledbury Festival, Sheffield Festival, Chester Festival, and performed at pubs, clubs, and weddings. Broadcasts include Radio Sheffield, Radio Oxford, Radio Gloucester, BBC Midlands, Today, Pebble Mill at One, and BBC South West.
Saju Iqbal Ahmed is a writer and rapper/poet, whose work attacks social problems and suggests a new way of breaking stereotypes. His writing bring reality to the stage with an in your face delivery switching styles from wordplay to metaphors, juggling topics from streets to teenage love. Born and raised in Harehills Leeds, with a mix heritage of Bangladeshi and Irish, Saju Ahmed grew up inspired by the clashing cultures of the streets, the stories and melodic rebellion of Hip Hop, influencing his own internal sound track.
Matt Hearne, a rising Bradford singer/songwriter and poet, he recently won a local poetry slam and is one to watch from the local scene.
Theatre In The Mill,
University of Bradford campus
Another night of live literature and music from literature organisation 'Word Life', featuring...
Louis Romegoux, an Anglo-French folk musician born, raised and residing in Sheffield, England. Drawing on influences from both sides of the channel as well as a few from across that larger Atlantic pond, Louis' sound captures the essence of folk in its raw, free flowing form encompassing ever expanding boundaries, the fluidity and freedom of Louis's music keep his live performances fresh and exciting every time. Louis has supported John Smith and Denis Jones on tour and has also played concerts with Teddy Thompson, InMe, Slow Club and Little Lost David
Jack Opus, one of the best DJ's in Sheffield - Jack has played live with them all. Having started out playing on Origin FM - hosting a show with Alix Perez, Jack Opus has since been booked to play with many established acts including: - Shy Fx, Toddla T, Joker, Martyn, Scotch Egg, Aim and Battles.
Joe Kriss, who's hosting, is a poet, editor and workshop facilitator based in Sheffield. He has performed widely across the UK appearing at venues such as the Tate Modern and The Roundhouse Theatre. He runs event series ‘Word Life’ in Bradford and Sheffield and edits a creative writing section in Sheffield magazine Now Then.
Featuring words from...
Gerard Benson, a poet, story-teller, singer and performer. Always commited to bringing poetry to new audiences, he has worked extensively in theatre, radio, TV and film. His acclaimed collection To Catch an Elephant was shortlisted for the CLIPE award. Earlier collections include the outstanding anthology, This Poem Doesn't Rhyme, which won the Signal Poetry Award in 1991, and Evidence of Elephants, which was nominated for the Carnegie Medal.He is also an editor for the extremely popular 'Poems On The Underground', which puts poetry in free advertising spaces on the London tube and releases publications.
Kate Fox, Poet in Residence on Radio 4’s Saturday Live for two years, she’s a poet, performer and sometime stand up comic and radio journalist. Winner of slams including the Cheltenham Science Festival Slam and City of Culture Slam, and New Writing North’s Andrew Waterhouse Award. She’s featured recently at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, Aldeburgh Poetry Festival, Humber Mouth Festival and been commissioned to write satirical poems for BBC2’s Daily Politics, and, bizarrely, BBC2’s Chelsea Flower show coverage. She created Write Poems About the News Day, was Twitterer in Residence at the Durham Book Festival and is preparing to tour a stand up poetry show called Fox News. Her Why I books are available from www.zebrapublishing.co.uk.
Matt Black, a poetry activist. He has been writing and performing since 1986 and has run poetry slams in schools, a writers resource centre, and worked as Course Director in Creative Writing at the University of Sheffield. His publications include In the Kitchen With The Candlestick and Squeezing Lemons. He has participated in over 500 public performances, including Cheltenham Festival, Ledbury Festival, Sheffield Festival, Chester Festival, and performed at pubs, clubs, and weddings. Broadcasts include Radio Sheffield, Radio Oxford, Radio Gloucester, BBC Midlands, Today, Pebble Mill at One, and BBC South West.
Saju Iqbal Ahmed is a writer and rapper/poet, whose work attacks social problems and suggests a new way of breaking stereotypes. His writing bring reality to the stage with an in your face delivery switching styles from wordplay to metaphors, juggling topics from streets to teenage love. Born and raised in Harehills Leeds, with a mix heritage of Bangladeshi and Irish, Saju Ahmed grew up inspired by the clashing cultures of the streets, the stories and melodic rebellion of Hip Hop, influencing his own internal sound track.
Matt Hearne, a rising Bradford singer/songwriter and poet, he recently won a local poetry slam and is one to watch from the local scene.
LONDON: First Thursdays with Peter Riley
Thursday, February 4th, 2010, 7pm, FREE
Parasol Unit
14 Wharf Road
London
N1 7RW
0207 490 7373
www.parasol-unit.org
First Thursdays event: Poetry Reading by Peter Riley
Peter Riley is a contemporary English poet, essayist, editor and major contributor to The English Intelligencer. He is the author of several books of poetry. Riley’s writing is mostly concerned with places visited, real and imaginary, as leverage onto possible modes of attaching the fullest reality. Latterly this has become concentrated on the Peak District of England and Transylvania, both of which he visits frequently.
Parasol Unit
14 Wharf Road
London
N1 7RW
0207 490 7373
www.parasol-unit.org
First Thursdays event: Poetry Reading by Peter Riley
Peter Riley is a contemporary English poet, essayist, editor and major contributor to The English Intelligencer. He is the author of several books of poetry. Riley’s writing is mostly concerned with places visited, real and imaginary, as leverage onto possible modes of attaching the fullest reality. Latterly this has become concentrated on the Peak District of England and Transylvania, both of which he visits frequently.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
LIMERICK: On The Nail Reading
Thursday, 4th February 2010, 8pm, free
The Locke Bar,
George's Quay,
Limerick
This monthly reading is organised by The Limerick Writers' Centre. February guest readers are Kate Dempsey and Fergus Costelloe, followed by an open-mic.
http://onthenailreadings.blogspot.com/2010/01/on-nail-reading-locke-bar-thurs.html
The Locke Bar,
George's Quay,
Limerick
This monthly reading is organised by The Limerick Writers' Centre. February guest readers are Kate Dempsey and Fergus Costelloe, followed by an open-mic.
http://onthenailreadings.blogspot.com/2010/01/on-nail-reading-locke-bar-thurs.html
MANCHESTER: The Other Room
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010, 7pm
The Old Abbey Inn,
Manchester
The Other Room, with Rob Holloway, Holly Pester and Steve Waling.
Rob Holloway writes in Vauxhall and teaches in Dagenham. His first book PERMIT was published by the US -based poetry collective Subpress in 2009, and a new chapbook MORTMAIN is forthcoming from Stem. From Nov 2002 to March 2004 he hosted the poetry radio show Up for Air on Resonance FM (http://resonancefm.com/). In 2004 he launched the poetry CD label Stem (www.stemrecordings.com).
Holly Pester (1982) is an experimental sound poet and writer undergoing practice-led research at Birkbeck College in Speech and the Archive in Intermedia Poetry. Her performances texts are experiments in the sound and shape of speech, blending pre-verbal noises with semantic surrealism in an affecting investigation into language transmission. Holly’s work is published on Onedit and in City Scapes, a new anthology of London poets (Penned in the Margins) and Zimzalla object 002. Holly Pester performed at the Serpentine Poetry Marathon in October and will take part in the Bury Text Festival 2010.
Steven Waling was born in Accrington, Lancashire in 1958, and has lived in Manchester since 1980. He won the Smith/Doorstop Pamphlet Competition with his first publication, Riding Shotgun, in 1988, and also that year was a prizewinner in the Lancaster Festival Poetry Competition. He has since published four books, including Calling Myself On The Phone (Smith/Doorstop).
Website - www.otherroom.org
Venue - http://otherroom.org/venue/
The Old Abbey Inn,
Manchester
The Other Room, with Rob Holloway, Holly Pester and Steve Waling.
Rob Holloway writes in Vauxhall and teaches in Dagenham. His first book PERMIT was published by the US -based poetry collective Subpress in 2009, and a new chapbook MORTMAIN is forthcoming from Stem. From Nov 2002 to March 2004 he hosted the poetry radio show Up for Air on Resonance FM (http://resonancefm.com/). In 2004 he launched the poetry CD label Stem (www.stemrecordings.com).
Holly Pester (1982) is an experimental sound poet and writer undergoing practice-led research at Birkbeck College in Speech and the Archive in Intermedia Poetry. Her performances texts are experiments in the sound and shape of speech, blending pre-verbal noises with semantic surrealism in an affecting investigation into language transmission. Holly’s work is published on Onedit and in City Scapes, a new anthology of London poets (Penned in the Margins) and Zimzalla object 002. Holly Pester performed at the Serpentine Poetry Marathon in October and will take part in the Bury Text Festival 2010.
Steven Waling was born in Accrington, Lancashire in 1958, and has lived in Manchester since 1980. He won the Smith/Doorstop Pamphlet Competition with his first publication, Riding Shotgun, in 1988, and also that year was a prizewinner in the Lancaster Festival Poetry Competition. He has since published four books, including Calling Myself On The Phone (Smith/Doorstop).
Website - www.otherroom.org
Venue - http://otherroom.org/venue/
Monday, February 01, 2010
GALWAY: Annie and Ted Deppe
Saturday, February 6th, 2010, 1pm
Galway City Museum
Poet Eva Bourke and Nuig’s Adrian Frazier launch two new collections by Annie Deppe and Ted Deppe.
Annie Deppe and Ted Deppe will read from their new poetry collections. Eva Bourke will launch Annie’s second book, Wren Cantata, published by Summer Palace Press in Donegal. Adrian Frazier will launch Ted’s fourth collection, Orpheus on the Red Line (Tupelo Press, Massachusetts).
Annie Deppe’s first book, Sitting in the Sky (2003) also appeared from Summer Palace Press. Her work has been included in The Forward Book of Poetry 2004, Poetry Ireland Review, The Stinging Fly, The Shop, and many other journals. She has received grants from the Irish Arts
Council and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. She co-runs The Stonecoast Programme in Ireland.
Ted Deppe’s previous books are Cape Clear: New and Selected Poems (Salmon, 2002), The Wanderer King (Alice James, 1996), and Children of the Air (Alice James, 1990). He has received a Pushcart Prize and two fellowships in the U.S. from the National Endowment for the Arts. He has served as writer in residence for the James Merrill House in Stonington, Connecticut, the Poets’ House in Donegal and Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. U.S. He directs Stonecoast in Ireland and teaches in the Stonecoast MFA programme.
Galway City Museum
Poet Eva Bourke and Nuig’s Adrian Frazier launch two new collections by Annie Deppe and Ted Deppe.
Annie Deppe and Ted Deppe will read from their new poetry collections. Eva Bourke will launch Annie’s second book, Wren Cantata, published by Summer Palace Press in Donegal. Adrian Frazier will launch Ted’s fourth collection, Orpheus on the Red Line (Tupelo Press, Massachusetts).
Annie Deppe’s first book, Sitting in the Sky (2003) also appeared from Summer Palace Press. Her work has been included in The Forward Book of Poetry 2004, Poetry Ireland Review, The Stinging Fly, The Shop, and many other journals. She has received grants from the Irish Arts
Council and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. She co-runs The Stonecoast Programme in Ireland.
Ted Deppe’s previous books are Cape Clear: New and Selected Poems (Salmon, 2002), The Wanderer King (Alice James, 1996), and Children of the Air (Alice James, 1990). He has received a Pushcart Prize and two fellowships in the U.S. from the National Endowment for the Arts. He has served as writer in residence for the James Merrill House in Stonington, Connecticut, the Poets’ House in Donegal and Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. U.S. He directs Stonecoast in Ireland and teaches in the Stonecoast MFA programme.
CHELTENHAM: Buzzwords Poetry Night
Sunday, 7th February, 2010, 7pm, £3, £5 if you are able
upstairs at The Exmouth Arms,
Bath Road,
Cheltenham
Guest poet: Pascale Petit
7pm - Workshop led by Pascale Petit
8pm - Readings and open mic
Hope to see you there!
Bath Road,
Cheltenham
Guest poet: Pascale Petit
7pm - Workshop led by Pascale Petit
8pm - Readings and open mic
Hope to see you there!
LONDON: Shearsman Reading Series
Tuesday, 2nd February, 2010, 7.30pm, FREE
Swedenborg Hall
Swedenborg House
20/21 Bloomsbury Way
London
WC1A 2TH
Featuring Sarah Law and Steve Spence.
Details of the recent collections that will be officially launched on the evening:
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/catalog/2009/law2009.html
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/catalog/2010/spence.html
Biographical details may be found here:
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/authors/lawA.html
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/authors/spenceA.html
The entrance is around the corner on Barter Street. Closest Tube Stations: Holborn (Central & Piccadilly Lines : 4 minutes' walk), Tottenham Court Road (Central & Northern Lines: 6 minutes), Covent Garden (Piccadilly Line: 10 minutes). Several buses stop a few yards from the Hall. There is an underground carpark close by, underneath Bloomsbury Square.
Disabled access is available, but please let us know in advance if it is required.
Subsequent readings -- at the same venue -- will take place as follows:-
10 March -- launch of the anthology Infinite Difference: Other Poetries from UK Women Poets, edited by Carrie Etter, with short readings from fifteen of the poets featured in the book; this event will be hosted by the editor;
20 April -- Jaime Robles and Lars Amund Vaage;
4 May -- Camille Martin & Alasdair Paterson;
1 June -- readers tbc
Please mark your diaries!
An additional reading is scheduled for 2 March, 7:30pm, at Westminster Kingsway College, Victoria, at which the Mexican poet Elsa Cross will read from her recent Shearsman Selected Poems with at least two of her translators; further venue and access details in due course.
Swedenborg Hall
Swedenborg House
20/21 Bloomsbury Way
London
WC1A 2TH
Featuring Sarah Law and Steve Spence.
Details of the recent collections that will be officially launched on the evening:
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/catalog/2009/law2009.html
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/catalog/2010/spence.html
Biographical details may be found here:
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/authors/lawA.html
http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/authors/spenceA.html
The entrance is around the corner on Barter Street. Closest Tube Stations: Holborn (Central & Piccadilly Lines : 4 minutes' walk), Tottenham Court Road (Central & Northern Lines: 6 minutes), Covent Garden (Piccadilly Line: 10 minutes). Several buses stop a few yards from the Hall. There is an underground carpark close by, underneath Bloomsbury Square.
Disabled access is available, but please let us know in advance if it is required.
Subsequent readings -- at the same venue -- will take place as follows:-
10 March -- launch of the anthology Infinite Difference: Other Poetries from UK Women Poets, edited by Carrie Etter, with short readings from fifteen of the poets featured in the book; this event will be hosted by the editor;
20 April -- Jaime Robles and Lars Amund Vaage;
4 May -- Camille Martin & Alasdair Paterson;
1 June -- readers tbc
Please mark your diaries!
An additional reading is scheduled for 2 March, 7:30pm, at Westminster Kingsway College, Victoria, at which the Mexican poet Elsa Cross will read from her recent Shearsman Selected Poems with at least two of her translators; further venue and access details in due course.
LONDON: wordPLAY
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010, 7pm-11pm
The Good Ship,
Kilburn High Road
London
February is definitively the cruellest month, no matter what Mr Eliot says, as it yields Becca's birthday and she is getting OLD OLD OLD! Come and cheer her up please at Feb wordPLAY - the stunning line-up at which is the only prospect keeping Ms. Fenton jolly as the sands of time trickle steadily on...
And in the true spirit of wordPLAY, all of you other unfortunate souls who have a Feb birthday get concession rate of £3.50 on the door on the night when you flash some ID...because misery loves company! ;)
So, enough wallowing...
Our Frenetic Featured Writers:
Annie Freud http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=8335 - Freud has been described as a poet who writes with "real gusto". A Guardian review talks about the "obvious delight' that she takes in language, describing her collection The Best Man That Ever Was as a "magpie-like collection of odd and beautiful words and phrases".
Simon Barraclough http://www.simonbarraclough.com/ - Simon's debut poetry collection, Los Alamos Mon Amour (Salt Publishing) was shortlisted for Best First Collection in last year's Forwards.
Our Gushing Guest Stars:
Denrele myspace.com/denrelepoet writes about love, lust, life and other sexually transmitted diseases. Her work has been published in many journals and anthologies including IC3: The Penguin Anthology of New Black Writing (Penguin, 2000), Velocity: The Best of Apples and Snakes (Black Spring Press, 2003) and A Storm Between Fingers (Flipped Eye Publishing, 2007). She lives in London and dreams of flying.
Obi Iheme http://www.obiiheme.com/ - Obi went down a storm at Amnesty fundraiser eve in 2009, so now makes his first appearance at wordPLAY with his superb short stories.
Martin Plimmer http://www.facebook.com/martin.plimmer - Martin is a journalist, writer, abridger and master short-story teller. Let him entertain you.
Sarah Day http://www.fat-quarter.co.uk/archives/936 stuns with sublime prose that sneaks up and stuns you! Back by very popular demand.
Music: Steven Quincey-Jones http://www.myspace.com/theaccolade plays an aromatic blend of chirpy country and macabre Beatlesesque rock ‘n’ roll. His most recent long EP, Hackney Empire, was release on CDR in September 2009.
Hosted by Becca http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmOKr8GY5CI
Presents welcome but optional ;)
The Good Ship,
Kilburn High Road
London
February is definitively the cruellest month, no matter what Mr Eliot says, as it yields Becca's birthday and she is getting OLD OLD OLD! Come and cheer her up please at Feb wordPLAY - the stunning line-up at which is the only prospect keeping Ms. Fenton jolly as the sands of time trickle steadily on...
And in the true spirit of wordPLAY, all of you other unfortunate souls who have a Feb birthday get concession rate of £3.50 on the door on the night when you flash some ID...because misery loves company! ;)
So, enough wallowing...
Our Frenetic Featured Writers:
Annie Freud http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=8335 - Freud has been described as a poet who writes with "real gusto". A Guardian review talks about the "obvious delight' that she takes in language, describing her collection The Best Man That Ever Was as a "magpie-like collection of odd and beautiful words and phrases".
Simon Barraclough http://www.simonbarraclough.com/ - Simon's debut poetry collection, Los Alamos Mon Amour (Salt Publishing) was shortlisted for Best First Collection in last year's Forwards.
Our Gushing Guest Stars:
Denrele myspace.com/denrelepoet writes about love, lust, life and other sexually transmitted diseases. Her work has been published in many journals and anthologies including IC3: The Penguin Anthology of New Black Writing (Penguin, 2000), Velocity: The Best of Apples and Snakes (Black Spring Press, 2003) and A Storm Between Fingers (Flipped Eye Publishing, 2007). She lives in London and dreams of flying.
Obi Iheme http://www.obiiheme.com/ - Obi went down a storm at Amnesty fundraiser eve in 2009, so now makes his first appearance at wordPLAY with his superb short stories.
Martin Plimmer http://www.facebook.com/martin.plimmer - Martin is a journalist, writer, abridger and master short-story teller. Let him entertain you.
Sarah Day http://www.fat-quarter.co.uk/archives/936 stuns with sublime prose that sneaks up and stuns you! Back by very popular demand.
Music: Steven Quincey-Jones http://www.myspace.com/theaccolade plays an aromatic blend of chirpy country and macabre Beatlesesque rock ‘n’ roll. His most recent long EP, Hackney Empire, was release on CDR in September 2009.
Hosted by Becca http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmOKr8GY5CI
Presents welcome but optional ;)
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