Thursday, October 30th, 2008, 8pm, FREE
Salutation Inn
12 Higher Chatham St
Hulme (behind Geoffrey Manton)
As always, we encourage people to bring along their favourite poems by great poets and read them out. But we still want to hear your stuff! Readers and listeners welcome - no riff raff!
Free sandwiches and cake!
Contact: Simon Rennie 07956 836 445.
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Showing posts with label October 2008. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
GALWAY: October Over The Edge Open Reading
Thursday, October 30th, 2008, 6.30pm-8pm
Galway City Library,
St Augustine Street,
Galway
Featured readers are:
Noel Harrington, who lives in Tulla, Co Clare. A regular reader at the White House poetry sessions in Limerick, he has been published in The Stinging Fly, Revival, Boyne Berries, Crannóg, Moloch, The Flosca competition winners chapbook and The Stony Thursday Book. Revival Press published a chapbook of his poems in 2007. He is half way through a short story collection and five years into a prose-poem novel with the working title Harrington's Folly.
John Kenny teaches English literature at NUI Galway and is director of the new BA Connect in Creative Writing there. He regularly reviews new fiction for The Irish Times, and his book John Banville will be published in November. He is Academic Director of The John McGahern Seminar & Summer School and also founding editor of The John McGahern Yearbook, the first volume of which was published in July. He is working on a collection of stories to be titled Make it Home. One of his stories recently appeared in The Dublin Review.
Eamonn Harrigan loves to write fiction and has taken creative writing classes with Susan Millar DuMars. His short story “The Death of Foxy” was short-listed for the Over the Edge New Writer of the Year competition 2008 and he has collaborated on writing a play “For Pete’s Sake”. Eamonn’s background is in management and he has had research into Green Business Issues published. He likes to spend his time encouraging paper to refuse ink. He is currently a student on the MA in Screenwriting at the Huston Film School, NUIG.
As usual there will be an open-mic when the Featured Readers have finished. This is open to anyone who has a poem or story to share. New readers are always especially welcome. For further details phone 087-6431748.
Galway City Library,
St Augustine Street,
Galway
Featured readers are:
Noel Harrington, who lives in Tulla, Co Clare. A regular reader at the White House poetry sessions in Limerick, he has been published in The Stinging Fly, Revival, Boyne Berries, Crannóg, Moloch, The Flosca competition winners chapbook and The Stony Thursday Book. Revival Press published a chapbook of his poems in 2007. He is half way through a short story collection and five years into a prose-poem novel with the working title Harrington's Folly.
John Kenny teaches English literature at NUI Galway and is director of the new BA Connect in Creative Writing there. He regularly reviews new fiction for The Irish Times, and his book John Banville will be published in November. He is Academic Director of The John McGahern Seminar & Summer School and also founding editor of The John McGahern Yearbook, the first volume of which was published in July. He is working on a collection of stories to be titled Make it Home. One of his stories recently appeared in The Dublin Review.
Eamonn Harrigan loves to write fiction and has taken creative writing classes with Susan Millar DuMars. His short story “The Death of Foxy” was short-listed for the Over the Edge New Writer of the Year competition 2008 and he has collaborated on writing a play “For Pete’s Sake”. Eamonn’s background is in management and he has had research into Green Business Issues published. He likes to spend his time encouraging paper to refuse ink. He is currently a student on the MA in Screenwriting at the Huston Film School, NUIG.
As usual there will be an open-mic when the Featured Readers have finished. This is open to anyone who has a poem or story to share. New readers are always especially welcome. For further details phone 087-6431748.
LONDON: Apples & Snakes and British Council presents SPEECHLESS
Thursday, 30 October
£8.50
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre
How free is free speech? Are there things that just can't be said? Enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the right to freedom of opinion and expression but what does this mean in an age of anxiety and mistrust? Speechless brings together new poetry from five amazing writers from across South East Asia and four brilliant UK-based poets on the theme of freedom of expression in a unique new multi-lingual spoken word show. Incorporating different perspectives and experiences from Vietnam to Ireland and sexuality to slavery, Speechless will be a night that stimulates brain-tingling debate, covering issues that define our existence. The performance features: Priya K (Malaysia), Siege Malvar (Philippines), Liu Liang Yen (Taiwan), Da Thao Phuong (Vietnam) and UK artists Francesca Beard, Aoife Mannix and Jacob Sam-La Rose.
An Apples & Snakes and British Council production in association with English PEN Bookings: 0871 663 2500 / www.southbankcentre.co.uk
£8.50
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre
How free is free speech? Are there things that just can't be said? Enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the right to freedom of opinion and expression but what does this mean in an age of anxiety and mistrust? Speechless brings together new poetry from five amazing writers from across South East Asia and four brilliant UK-based poets on the theme of freedom of expression in a unique new multi-lingual spoken word show. Incorporating different perspectives and experiences from Vietnam to Ireland and sexuality to slavery, Speechless will be a night that stimulates brain-tingling debate, covering issues that define our existence. The performance features: Priya K (Malaysia), Siege Malvar (Philippines), Liu Liang Yen (Taiwan), Da Thao Phuong (Vietnam) and UK artists Francesca Beard, Aoife Mannix and Jacob Sam-La Rose.
An Apples & Snakes and British Council production in association with English PEN Bookings: 0871 663 2500 / www.southbankcentre.co.uk
GALWAY: Irish Times critic for October Over The Edge: Open Reading
Thursday October 30th
6.30-8pm
Galway City Library
St. Augustine Street
Galway
The Featured Readers are Noel Harrington, John Kenny & Eamonn Harrigan.
Noel Harrington lives in Tulla, Co Clare. A regular reader at the White House poetry sessions in Limerick, he has been published in The Stinging Fly, Revival, Boyne Berries, Crannóg, Moloch, The Flosca competition winners chapbook and The Stony Thursday Book. Revival Press published a chapbook of his poems in 2007. He is half way through a short story collection and five years into a prose-poem novel with the working title Harrington's Folly.
John Kenny teaches English literature at NUI Galway and is director of the new BA Connect in Creative Writing there. He regularly reviews new fiction for The Irish Times, and his book John Banville will be published in November. He is Academic Director of The John McGahern Seminar & Summer School and also founding editor of The John McGahern Yearbook, the first volume of which was published in July. He is working on a collection of stories to be titled Make it Home. One of his stories recently appeared in The Dublin Review.
Eamonn Harrigan loves to write fiction and has taken creative writing classes with Susan Millar DuMars. His short story “The Death of Foxy” was short-listed for the Over the Edge New Writer of the Year competition 2008 and he has collaborated on writing a play “For Pete’s Sake”. Eamonn’s background is in management and he has had research into Green Business Issues published. He likes to spend his time encouraging paper to refuse ink. He is currently a student on the MA in Screenwriting at the Huston Film School, NUIG.
As usual there will be an open-mic when the Featured Readers have finished. This is open to anyone who has a poem or story to share. New readers are always especially welcome. For further details phone 087-6431748.
6.30-8pm
Galway City Library
St. Augustine Street
Galway
The Featured Readers are Noel Harrington, John Kenny & Eamonn Harrigan.
Noel Harrington lives in Tulla, Co Clare. A regular reader at the White House poetry sessions in Limerick, he has been published in The Stinging Fly, Revival, Boyne Berries, Crannóg, Moloch, The Flosca competition winners chapbook and The Stony Thursday Book. Revival Press published a chapbook of his poems in 2007. He is half way through a short story collection and five years into a prose-poem novel with the working title Harrington's Folly.
John Kenny teaches English literature at NUI Galway and is director of the new BA Connect in Creative Writing there. He regularly reviews new fiction for The Irish Times, and his book John Banville will be published in November. He is Academic Director of The John McGahern Seminar & Summer School and also founding editor of The John McGahern Yearbook, the first volume of which was published in July. He is working on a collection of stories to be titled Make it Home. One of his stories recently appeared in The Dublin Review.
Eamonn Harrigan loves to write fiction and has taken creative writing classes with Susan Millar DuMars. His short story “The Death of Foxy” was short-listed for the Over the Edge New Writer of the Year competition 2008 and he has collaborated on writing a play “For Pete’s Sake”. Eamonn’s background is in management and he has had research into Green Business Issues published. He likes to spend his time encouraging paper to refuse ink. He is currently a student on the MA in Screenwriting at the Huston Film School, NUIG.
As usual there will be an open-mic when the Featured Readers have finished. This is open to anyone who has a poem or story to share. New readers are always especially welcome. For further details phone 087-6431748.
LONDON: Rhythm & Muse
Thursday, October 30th, 2008, 8.30pm-10.30pm, £5/£4 on the door
Venue: The Lion
27 Wick Road
Teddington TW11
Reading at this lively South West London venue are guest poets Anne-Marie Fyfe and Philip Hancock. With music from the excellent singer-songwriter Liz Simcock. Plus open mic(book in advance). Come and enjoy the R&M experience! Contact Alison Hill for more details -020 8977 4610 or email alison-hill@blueyonder.co.uk
Venue: The Lion
27 Wick Road
Teddington TW11
Reading at this lively South West London venue are guest poets Anne-Marie Fyfe and Philip Hancock. With music from the excellent singer-songwriter Liz Simcock. Plus open mic(book in advance). Come and enjoy the R&M experience! Contact Alison Hill for more details -020 8977 4610 or email alison-hill@blueyonder.co.uk
COLCHESTER: Poetry Link Tour with Rhian Edwards
Thursday, October 30th, 2008, 8pm-10pm, £5
Wax Lyrical @ Colchester Arts Centre,
Church Street,
Colchester
The second month of this season’s poetry link tour is headlined by Welsh-born poet Rhian Edwards who is known for her work on BBC Radio 3 show The Verb and has performed at Ruigoord Poetry Festival, Edinburgh and Latitude Festivals. Support from Patrick Lappin, Molly Naylor, Joel Stickley.
Wax Lyrical @ Colchester Arts Centre,
Church Street,
Colchester
The second month of this season’s poetry link tour is headlined by Welsh-born poet Rhian Edwards who is known for her work on BBC Radio 3 show The Verb and has performed at Ruigoord Poetry Festival, Edinburgh and Latitude Festivals. Support from Patrick Lappin, Molly Naylor, Joel Stickley.
EDINBURGH: World Poets' Tour
Thursday, October 30th, 2008, 7.30pm, £5/£3 (please book in advance)
Scottish Poetry Library,
5 Crichton's Close,
Canongate,
Edinburgh
EH8 8DT
Readings by Kajal Ahmad and Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, with Sarah Maguire.
The Poetry Translation Centre’s World Poets' Tour introduces leading poets from six countries to new audiences. Lively and entertaining readings reveal the dynamic nature of the poets' cultures and their rich literary traditions in which poetry plays a prominent role.
Tour poets are Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye' (from Somaliland) who writes in Somali, and is translated by W N Herbert; Farzaneh Khojandi (from Tajikistan) who writes in Tajik and is translated by Jo Shapcott; Noshi Gillani (from Pakistan) who writes in Urdu and is translated by Lavinia Greenlaw; Kajal Ahmad (from Kurdistan) who writes in Kurdish and is translated by Mimi Khalvati; Corsino Fortes (from Cape Verde) who writes in Portugese and is translated by Sean O'Brien; Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi (from Sudan) who writes in Arabic and is translated by Sarah Maguire.
Tel: 0131 557 2876 or email reception@spl.org.uk
www. spl.org.uk
More details: www.poetrytranslation.org
Scottish Poetry Library,
5 Crichton's Close,
Canongate,
Edinburgh
EH8 8DT
Readings by Kajal Ahmad and Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, with Sarah Maguire.
The Poetry Translation Centre’s World Poets' Tour introduces leading poets from six countries to new audiences. Lively and entertaining readings reveal the dynamic nature of the poets' cultures and their rich literary traditions in which poetry plays a prominent role.
Tour poets are Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye' (from Somaliland) who writes in Somali, and is translated by W N Herbert; Farzaneh Khojandi (from Tajikistan) who writes in Tajik and is translated by Jo Shapcott; Noshi Gillani (from Pakistan) who writes in Urdu and is translated by Lavinia Greenlaw; Kajal Ahmad (from Kurdistan) who writes in Kurdish and is translated by Mimi Khalvati; Corsino Fortes (from Cape Verde) who writes in Portugese and is translated by Sean O'Brien; Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi (from Sudan) who writes in Arabic and is translated by Sarah Maguire.
Tel: 0131 557 2876 or email reception@spl.org.uk
www. spl.org.uk
More details: www.poetrytranslation.org
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Over the Edge in Galway: Thursday October 30th
Irish Times critic for October Over The Edge: Open Reading
The October Over The Edge: Open Reading will take place in Galway City Library, St. Augustine Street, Galway on Thursday, October 30th, 6.30-8pm.
The Featured Readers are Noel Harrington, John Kenny & Eamonn Harrigan.
The October Over The Edge: Open Reading will take place in Galway City Library, St. Augustine Street, Galway on Thursday, October 30th, 6.30-8pm.
The Featured Readers are Noel Harrington, John Kenny & Eamonn Harrigan.
Monday, October 27, 2008
THE FIX - Part II
The Fix - POETRY LIVE - Part 2
The second of a three-night live magazine stand-up poetry show
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
8:30pm - 11:00pm
The Rosemary Branch Theatre
Street:
2 Shepperton Road, N1 3DT
London,
The Fix Poetry Live
28th-30th October 2008
The Poetry Section of The Fix, the UK's only monthly comedy magazine, goes live for a three-night series of performances from John Hegley, Milton Jones, AF Harrold, Guy Jackson, Tim Wells, Tim Key, Pete Firman, Annie Freud and Gwyneth Herbert plus there will be the usual interviews, competitions and the infamous Fix Found Poetry Corner, edited by poet/magician Nathan Penlington.
Wednesday 29th October
Pete Firman – the star of 'Monkey Magic' and 'Dirty Tricks' performs his unique blend of stand-up magic. 'Simply fantastic' - Time Out
Tim Key – has written a book. It is called 25 Poems, 3 Recipes, and 32 Other Suggestions. Tonight he might read out from it.
Annie Freud – playfully beguiling poetry from highly acclaimed author of 'The Best Man That Ever Was' (Picador).
All shows edited by Nathan Penlington, the UK's only poet/magician - "Witty, inventive, stylish and original" - Robert Newman
Doors: 8.30pm, Show: 8.45pm.
All Tickets: £6.50 (£5.00 concessions)
24-hour Box Office: 020 7704 6665
www.rosemarybranch.co.uk
The second of a three-night live magazine stand-up poetry show
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
8:30pm - 11:00pm
The Rosemary Branch Theatre
Street:
2 Shepperton Road, N1 3DT
London,
The Fix Poetry Live
28th-30th October 2008
The Poetry Section of The Fix, the UK's only monthly comedy magazine, goes live for a three-night series of performances from John Hegley, Milton Jones, AF Harrold, Guy Jackson, Tim Wells, Tim Key, Pete Firman, Annie Freud and Gwyneth Herbert plus there will be the usual interviews, competitions and the infamous Fix Found Poetry Corner, edited by poet/magician Nathan Penlington.
Wednesday 29th October
Pete Firman – the star of 'Monkey Magic' and 'Dirty Tricks' performs his unique blend of stand-up magic. 'Simply fantastic' - Time Out
Tim Key – has written a book. It is called 25 Poems, 3 Recipes, and 32 Other Suggestions. Tonight he might read out from it.
Annie Freud – playfully beguiling poetry from highly acclaimed author of 'The Best Man That Ever Was' (Picador).
All shows edited by Nathan Penlington, the UK's only poet/magician - "Witty, inventive, stylish and original" - Robert Newman
Doors: 8.30pm, Show: 8.45pm.
All Tickets: £6.50 (£5.00 concessions)
24-hour Box Office: 020 7704 6665
www.rosemarybranch.co.uk
LONDON: Lumen Poetry Series
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008, 7pm (doors open 6.30pm), £4/£3
88 Tavistock Place,
London
WC1
Tubes: Russell Square, Kings Cross, St Pancras.
Ruth O'Callaghan presents Lumen Poetry Series, featuring Derek Adams, Keith Please and Les Robinson. Poets from the floor are very welcome and there will be a few five-minute spots (please bring two copies of the poem if you wish to be considered for the Bluechrome anthology.)
Proceeds to the Cold Weather Shelter.
88 Tavistock Place,
London
WC1
Tubes: Russell Square, Kings Cross, St Pancras.
Ruth O'Callaghan presents Lumen Poetry Series, featuring Derek Adams, Keith Please and Les Robinson. Poets from the floor are very welcome and there will be a few five-minute spots (please bring two copies of the poem if you wish to be considered for the Bluechrome anthology.)
Proceeds to the Cold Weather Shelter.
GALWAY: Poetry Slam
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008, 7pm, FREE
The Ruby Room,
Galway Arts Centre
Includes guest performer Gary King and MC Pete Mullineaux. For further information, call 091 565 886, or e-mail victoria@galwayartscentre.ie
The Ruby Room,
Galway Arts Centre
Includes guest performer Gary King and MC Pete Mullineaux. For further information, call 091 565 886, or e-mail victoria@galwayartscentre.ie
LONDON: The Poetry Cafe
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008, 8pm, £4/£3
The Poetry Cafe,
22 Betterton Street,
Covent Garden,
LONDON
Lorna Thorpe's debut, Dancing to Motown (pighog) was the PBS pamphlet choice for autumn 2005. Her first full collection, A Ghost in my House, was published earlier this year by Arc and described by the PBS as explicit, full-blooded and buzzing with energy. With her wry candour and no-holds barred approach to love, sex and death, Thorpe’s poems brim with sexuality, conflict and defiance.
Abdul Jamal’s poetry is uncluttered and deceptively simple. His debut pamphlet, Above Zanzibar, was published by tall-lighthouse in 2006. Brought up in Dar-es-Salaam he now lives in London. His voice is clear and resonant, exploring the complexities of conflict, loss and longing.
Kate Noakes' poetry has appeared in small press magazines in the UK, USA, Canada and Europe. She was a prize-winner in the 2006 Poetry London competition, the 2007 Iota competition and she won the Cheshire Poetry Competition in 2007 and the Rhyme & Reason Poetry Competition in 2008. Her first collection, Ocean to Interior, is published by Mighty Erudite Press.
Christopher Horton lives and works in London. His poems have been published (or are forthcoming) in Iota, Dream Catcher, Other Poetry and Ambit. He has written a number of articles and reviews, including for The London Magazine. He currently co-hosts East Words, a new poetry event at the Museum in Docklands.
PLUS open mic...
www.tall-lighthouse.co.uk 020 8297 8279
The Poetry Cafe,
22 Betterton Street,
Covent Garden,
LONDON
Lorna Thorpe's debut, Dancing to Motown (pighog) was the PBS pamphlet choice for autumn 2005. Her first full collection, A Ghost in my House, was published earlier this year by Arc and described by the PBS as explicit, full-blooded and buzzing with energy. With her wry candour and no-holds barred approach to love, sex and death, Thorpe’s poems brim with sexuality, conflict and defiance.
Abdul Jamal’s poetry is uncluttered and deceptively simple. His debut pamphlet, Above Zanzibar, was published by tall-lighthouse in 2006. Brought up in Dar-es-Salaam he now lives in London. His voice is clear and resonant, exploring the complexities of conflict, loss and longing.
Kate Noakes' poetry has appeared in small press magazines in the UK, USA, Canada and Europe. She was a prize-winner in the 2006 Poetry London competition, the 2007 Iota competition and she won the Cheshire Poetry Competition in 2007 and the Rhyme & Reason Poetry Competition in 2008. Her first collection, Ocean to Interior, is published by Mighty Erudite Press.
Christopher Horton lives and works in London. His poems have been published (or are forthcoming) in Iota, Dream Catcher, Other Poetry and Ambit. He has written a number of articles and reviews, including for The London Magazine. He currently co-hosts East Words, a new poetry event at the Museum in Docklands.
PLUS open mic...
www.tall-lighthouse.co.uk 020 8297 8279
Sunday, October 26, 2008
NORWICH: Poetry Link Tour with Rhian Edwards
Monday, October 27th, 2008, 8pm-10pm, £4/£5
The Monday Night Alternative @ Norwich Arts Centre,
St Benedicts Street,
Norwich
The second month of this season’s poetry link tour is headlined by Welsh-born poet Rhian Edwards who is known for her work on BBC Radio 3 show The Verb and has performed at Ruigoord Poetry Festival, Edinburgh and Latitude Festivals. Support from Martin Figura, Nathan Hamilton and Hannah Walker.
The Monday Night Alternative @ Norwich Arts Centre,
St Benedicts Street,
Norwich
The second month of this season’s poetry link tour is headlined by Welsh-born poet Rhian Edwards who is known for her work on BBC Radio 3 show The Verb and has performed at Ruigoord Poetry Festival, Edinburgh and Latitude Festivals. Support from Martin Figura, Nathan Hamilton and Hannah Walker.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
SOUTHEND: Poetry Link Tour with Rhian Edwards
Sunday, October 26th, 2008, 6.30pm-10.30pm, £4
Sundown @ The Royal Hotel Ballroom,
1 High Street,
Southend
The second month of this season’s poetry link tour is headlined by Welsh-born poet Rhian Edwards who is known for her work on BBC Radio 3 show The Verb and has performed at Ruigoord Poetry Festival, Edinburgh and Latitude Festivals. Support from Molly Naylor.
Sundown @ The Royal Hotel Ballroom,
1 High Street,
Southend
The second month of this season’s poetry link tour is headlined by Welsh-born poet Rhian Edwards who is known for her work on BBC Radio 3 show The Verb and has performed at Ruigoord Poetry Festival, Edinburgh and Latitude Festivals. Support from Molly Naylor.
Friday, October 24, 2008
HULME: Inn Verse Poetry Reading
Thursday, October 30th, 2008, 8pm, FREE
Salutation Inn
12 Higher Chatham St
Hulme (behind Geoffrey Manton)
As always, we encourage people to bring along their favourite poems by great poets and read them out. But we still want to hear your stuff! Readers and listeners welcome - no riff raff!
Free sandwiches and cake!
Contact: Simon Rennie 07956 836 445.
Salutation Inn
12 Higher Chatham St
Hulme (behind Geoffrey Manton)
As always, we encourage people to bring along their favourite poems by great poets and read them out. But we still want to hear your stuff! Readers and listeners welcome - no riff raff!
Free sandwiches and cake!
Contact: Simon Rennie 07956 836 445.
GRASMERE: World Poets' Tour
Saturday, October 25th, 2008, 2pm, £4 advance/£5 on door
The Jerwood Centre,
Wordsworth Trust,
Grasmere
A talk by Professor Sabry Hafez on Wordsworth in Arabic Translation, followed by a reading by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and Sarah Maguire.
The Poetry Translation Centre’s World Poets' Tour introduces leading poets from six countries to new audiences. Lively and entertaining readings reveal the dynamic nature of the poets' cultures and their rich literary traditions in which poetry plays a prominent role.
Tour poets are Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye' (from Somaliland) who writes in Somali, and is translated by W N Herbert; Farzaneh Khojandi (from Tajikistan) who writes in Tajik and is translated by Jo Shapcott; Noshi Gillani (from Pakistan) who writes in Urdu and is translated by Lavinia Greenlaw; Kajal Ahmad (from Kurdistan) who writes in Kurdish and is translated by Mimi Khalvati; Corsino Fortes (from Cape Verde) who writes in Portugese and is translated by Sean O'Brien; Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi (from Sudan) who writes in Arabic and is translated by Sarah Maguire.
Tel: 015394 63523
Website: www.wordsworth.org.uk
More details: www.poetrytranslation.org
The Jerwood Centre,
Wordsworth Trust,
Grasmere
A talk by Professor Sabry Hafez on Wordsworth in Arabic Translation, followed by a reading by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and Sarah Maguire.
The Poetry Translation Centre’s World Poets' Tour introduces leading poets from six countries to new audiences. Lively and entertaining readings reveal the dynamic nature of the poets' cultures and their rich literary traditions in which poetry plays a prominent role.
Tour poets are Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye' (from Somaliland) who writes in Somali, and is translated by W N Herbert; Farzaneh Khojandi (from Tajikistan) who writes in Tajik and is translated by Jo Shapcott; Noshi Gillani (from Pakistan) who writes in Urdu and is translated by Lavinia Greenlaw; Kajal Ahmad (from Kurdistan) who writes in Kurdish and is translated by Mimi Khalvati; Corsino Fortes (from Cape Verde) who writes in Portugese and is translated by Sean O'Brien; Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi (from Sudan) who writes in Arabic and is translated by Sarah Maguire.
Tel: 015394 63523
Website: www.wordsworth.org.uk
More details: www.poetrytranslation.org
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
LONDON: Lumen Poetry Series
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008, 7pm (doors open 6.30pm), £4/£3
88 Tavistock Place,
London
WC1
Tubes: Russell Square, Kings Cross, St Pancras.
Ruth O'Callaghan presents Lumen Poetry Series, featuring Derek Adams, Keith Please and Les Robinson. Poets from the floor are very welcome and there will be a few five-minute spots (please bring two copies of the poem if you wish to be considered for the Bluechrome anthology.)
Proceeds to the Cold Weather Shelter.
88 Tavistock Place,
London
WC1
Tubes: Russell Square, Kings Cross, St Pancras.
Ruth O'Callaghan presents Lumen Poetry Series, featuring Derek Adams, Keith Please and Les Robinson. Poets from the floor are very welcome and there will be a few five-minute spots (please bring two copies of the poem if you wish to be considered for the Bluechrome anthology.)
Proceeds to the Cold Weather Shelter.
GALWAY: October Over The Edge Open Reading
Thursday, October 30th, 2008, 6.30pm-8pm
Galway City Library,
St Augustine Street,
Galway
Featured readers are:
Noel Harrington, who lives in Tulla, Co Clare. A regular reader at the White House poetry sessions in Limerick, he has been published in The Stinging Fly, Revival, Boyne Berries, Crannóg, Moloch, The Flosca competition winners chapbook and The Stony Thursday Book. Revival Press published a chapbook of his poems in 2007. He is half way through a short story collection and five years into a prose-poem novel with the working title Harrington's Folly.
John Kenny teaches English literature at NUI Galway and is director of the new BA Connect in Creative Writing there. He regularly reviews new fiction for The Irish Times, and his book John Banville will be published in November. He is Academic Director of The John McGahern Seminar & Summer School and also founding editor of The John McGahern Yearbook, the first volume of which was published in July. He is working on a collection of stories to be titled Make it Home. One of his stories recently appeared in The Dublin Review.
Eamonn Harrigan loves to write fiction and has taken creative writing classes with Susan Millar DuMars. His short story “The Death of Foxy” was short-listed for the Over the Edge New Writer of the Year competition 2008 and he has collaborated on writing a play “For Pete’s Sake”. Eamonn’s background is in management and he has had research into Green Business Issues published. He likes to spend his time encouraging paper to refuse ink. He is currently a student on the MA in Screenwriting at the Huston Film School, NUIG.
As usual there will be an open-mic when the Featured Readers have finished. This is open to anyone who has a poem or story to share. New readers are always especially welcome. For further details phone 087-6431748.
Galway City Library,
St Augustine Street,
Galway
Featured readers are:
Noel Harrington, who lives in Tulla, Co Clare. A regular reader at the White House poetry sessions in Limerick, he has been published in The Stinging Fly, Revival, Boyne Berries, Crannóg, Moloch, The Flosca competition winners chapbook and The Stony Thursday Book. Revival Press published a chapbook of his poems in 2007. He is half way through a short story collection and five years into a prose-poem novel with the working title Harrington's Folly.
John Kenny teaches English literature at NUI Galway and is director of the new BA Connect in Creative Writing there. He regularly reviews new fiction for The Irish Times, and his book John Banville will be published in November. He is Academic Director of The John McGahern Seminar & Summer School and also founding editor of The John McGahern Yearbook, the first volume of which was published in July. He is working on a collection of stories to be titled Make it Home. One of his stories recently appeared in The Dublin Review.
Eamonn Harrigan loves to write fiction and has taken creative writing classes with Susan Millar DuMars. His short story “The Death of Foxy” was short-listed for the Over the Edge New Writer of the Year competition 2008 and he has collaborated on writing a play “For Pete’s Sake”. Eamonn’s background is in management and he has had research into Green Business Issues published. He likes to spend his time encouraging paper to refuse ink. He is currently a student on the MA in Screenwriting at the Huston Film School, NUIG.
As usual there will be an open-mic when the Featured Readers have finished. This is open to anyone who has a poem or story to share. New readers are always especially welcome. For further details phone 087-6431748.
GALWAY: Poetry Slam
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008, 7pm, FREE
The Ruby Room,
Galway Arts Centre
Includes guest performer Gary King and MC Pete Mullineaux. For further information, call 091 565 886, or e-mail victoria@galwayartscentre.ie
The Ruby Room,
Galway Arts Centre
Includes guest performer Gary King and MC Pete Mullineaux. For further information, call 091 565 886, or e-mail victoria@galwayartscentre.ie
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