Monday, September 14, 2009

LEAMINGTON SPA: PUREandGOODandRIGHT

Sunday, September 27th, 2009, 7.30pm, £3/£2
The Stables,
Newbold Comyn Arms,
Leamington Spa

Our special guest for September is the much acclaimed (and also comes highly recommended by our guest MC this month, the lovely Mark Niel)...Andre Mangeot

André Mangeot lives and works in Cambridge, UK. He has published two poetry collections to date: Natural Causes (Shoestring, 2003) and Mixer (Egg Box, 2005) along with a book of short stories, A Little Javanese (Salt, 2008). A second volume is due in early 2010 and he is currently working on a novel set in Romania. He has won recent prizes in many leading UK poetry competitions such as the Bridport and Scottish National (twice). He was a finalist in the Hammer & Tongue London Poetry Slam earlier this year and is a member of the poetry performance collective The Joy of Six which has performed at festivals across England & Wales and in New York.

“One of the best performers we’ve seen – entertaining, humane, poignant – a natural poetic voice.” (Leicester Poetry Society)

“There's an element of Raymond Carver about these poems, in their humanity, their poignancy, their story-telling tightness … “ (George Szirtes)

“Mixer’ is a glorious book.- he looks through a glass (or bottle) brightly at so many aspects of humanity ... great premise, excellent execution.” (Alicia Ostriker, US poet)

With open mic support from…….yes……YOU!
Come and share your poems - seasoned poets & first time performers most welcome! We aim for a 7.30pm start so please arrive a bit earlier to book a slot!!!

If you're planning to come along, or would like to know more about the night, please email pgrpoetryandpints@talktalk.net

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