Essex Festival 2007: this Saturday 20th October

Essex Poetry Festival

Cramphorn Theatre, Fairfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1JG
Starts 1pm
Featuring Daljit Nagra, Catherine Smith, A F Harrold, Essex Poets Jane Holland and Tim Cunningham, a mass workshop with Michael Laskey, open mic and competition winners reading with adjudicator Anne-Marie Fyfe.

£12 / £10 conc.



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Box office: 01245 606 505

Jane Holland reads tomorrow as new Warwick Laureate

Jane Holland reads as Poet Laureate at Warwick Words Festival 2007

Warwick Words (4th - 7th Oct) is a popular literary festival with many events that feature more than 50 writers, poets, illustrators, storytellers and performance poets.

The sixth Warwick Words literary festival features Roy Hattersley, Anne Diamond, Charles Spencer, Will Hutton, Sophie Hannah, David Morley, Zoe Brigley, Dani Carbery, Sean Kelly, Helen Yendall, Jane Holland, Julie Boden, Norma Farnes, Nigel Rees, Pauline Prior-Pitt, Alison Weir, Phil Beadle and Michael Wood plus many more.

Jane Holland (editor of Poets on Fire) is the new Warwick Laureate!

You can hear Jane Holland read alongside the retiring Laureate Helen Yendall at a special Laureate Poetry event on Sunday 7th October, 10.30am - 12pm, at Cafe Chai in central Warwick.

For full listings and tickets go to www.warwickwords.co.uk.

Jane Holland reads tomorrow as new Warwick Laureate

Jane Holland reads as Poet Laureate at Warwick Words Festival 2007

Poetry, Literary & Spoken Word events across Warwick, 4 - 7 October 2007.

A popular literary festival with many events that feature more than 50 writers, poets, illustrators, storytellers and performance poets.

The sixth Warwick Words literary festival features Roy Hattersley, Anne Diamond, Charles Spencer, Will Hutton, Sophie Hannah, David Morley, Zoe Brigley, Dani Carbery, Sean Kelly, Helen Yendall, Jane Holland, Julie Boden, Norma Farnes, Nigel Rees, Pauline Prior-Pitt, Alison Weir, Phil Beadle and Michael Wood plus many more.

Jane Holland (editor of Poets on Fire) is the new Warwick Laureate!

You can hear Jane Holland read alongside the retiring Laureate Helen Yendall at a special Laureate Poetry event on Sunday 7th October, 10.30am - 12pm, at Cafe Chai in central Warwick.

For full listings and tickets go to www.warwickwords.co.uk.

Jane Holland reads at the MAC: Thursday 20th September

Poetry Bites

The MAC, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Thursday September 20th
7 - 7.30pm

Poets on Fire editor Jane Holland reads at the MAC in Birmingham. Popular open mic with guest poet night at the Midlands Arts Centre. Jane Holland reads from her new poetry collection 'Boudicca & Co' (Salt 2006) and brand-new poems.

Bring your own poems and read them to a supportive audience!

Jane Holland, September’s Poetry Bites guest, was once a semi-professional snooker player ranked 24th in the world before she retired from the sport in 1995. She has won an Eric Gregory Award for her poetry. Her first collection was published by Bloodaxe and her novel, Kissing the Pink, was published by Sceptre in 1999. Jane currently lives in Warwickshire where she is working on a second novel and editing Poets on Fire, an online poetry resource. Her latest collection Boudicca & Co is published by Salt.

Poetry Bites, hosted by Jacqui Rowe, also includes floor spots where you can share your own poetry with an appreciative audience. Please arrive early to book a spot.

Tickets: £5.00 (£4.00)

Sign in from 6.30pm if you want to read. Please check MAC site for tickets, directions etc., by clicking this link: www.macarts.co.uk

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Jane Holland at the Poets' Cafe in Reading: TONIGHT, Friday June 15th!

Poets’ Café, Reading

South Street Arts Centre, South Street, Reading.
June 15th
8pm doors, 8.30pm poetry.
£6/£4

Open mic with a full set from special guest poet Jane Holland, reading from her latest collection Boudicca & Co (Salt Publishing). The evening is hosted by poet, compere and self-confessed English eccentric A.F. Harrold.

Be there and buy my book!

Poets' Cafe in Reading: Friday June 15th & other dates

Poets’ Café

South Street Arts Centre, South Street, Reading.
8pm doors, 8.30pm poetry.
£6/£4

Monthly open mic in Reading with a full set from special guests, hosted by A.F. Harrold.

June 15th – Jane Holland (that's me, folks!)
July 20th – Aoife Mannix
August 17th – Open Mic special
September 21st – Neil Rollinson