Poets Katy Evans-Bush, Isobel Dixon, Martha Kapos, Nigel McLoughlin
Wednesday 22nd April
in Stratford-upon-Avon, at in a fundraiser for Oxfam
at the Shakespeare Centre
7.30pm
Tickets £10
ring 01789 292176 for details
Showing posts with label Warwickshire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Warwickshire. Show all posts
Monday, April 20, 2009
Poets read for Oxfam Fundraiser at the Shakespeare Centre THIS WEDNESDAY APRIL 22nd
Poets Katy Evans-Bush, Isobel Dixon, Martha Kapos, Nigel McLoughlin
Wednesday 22nd April
in Stratford-upon-Avon, at in a fundraiser for Oxfam
at the Shakespeare Centre
7.30pm
Tickets £10
ring 01789 292176 for details
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Apples & Snakes: Valerie Bloom
Come, me pickney!
Thursday 29 May@ 3pm
Nordern Farm Centre for the Arts,
www.nordenfarm.org
Sunday 1 June @ 3pm
Warwick Arts Centre,
www.warwickartscentre.co.uk
Gather round children, listen up. Valerie Bloom has a story to tell you. Valerie Bloom is an award winning poet and author for children and a fantastic performer of her work. She will delight you with her stories and you will find yourself singing along to her poems in this brand new performance that showcases her writing, set to a specially commissioned soundscape with theatrical lighting. This is an uplifting and unique performance from one of the best contemporary writer's for children.
Thursday 29 May@ 3pm
Nordern Farm Centre for the Arts,
www.nordenfarm.org
Sunday 1 June @ 3pm
Warwick Arts Centre,
www.warwickartscentre.co.uk
Gather round children, listen up. Valerie Bloom has a story to tell you. Valerie Bloom is an award winning poet and author for children and a fantastic performer of her work. She will delight you with her stories and you will find yourself singing along to her poems in this brand new performance that showcases her writing, set to a specially commissioned soundscape with theatrical lighting. This is an uplifting and unique performance from one of the best contemporary writer's for children.
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Apples & Snakes: Zena Edwards
19 May 2008 @ 7.45pm
Warwick Arts Centre
Book: 020 7223 2223 / www.warwickartscentre.co.uk
SECURITY
Written and performed by Zena Edwards
Set within the beating heart of London, the chaotic stories of five characters in crisis are exposed through the eye of a camera. What happens when one generation collides with another and cultural expectations clash? Does the flash of a blade in broad daylight mean the end or the beginning of security? Find out when age and youth battle as Palestine meets Peckham. This comical and moving tale of unexpected friendship confronts the issues of security and identity through a fusion of performance poetry, theatre, movement and song.
Security is a newly commissioned piece pioneering the crossover of performance poetry into theatre in the UK. As performer and writer, Zena Edwards, takes storytelling into the twenty-first century.
Zena Edwards is a mesmerizing performer of deeply lyrical, musical, streetwise poetry. The Verb - BBC Radio 3
Warwick Arts Centre
Book: 020 7223 2223 / www.warwickartscentre.co.uk
SECURITY
Written and performed by Zena Edwards
Set within the beating heart of London, the chaotic stories of five characters in crisis are exposed through the eye of a camera. What happens when one generation collides with another and cultural expectations clash? Does the flash of a blade in broad daylight mean the end or the beginning of security? Find out when age and youth battle as Palestine meets Peckham. This comical and moving tale of unexpected friendship confronts the issues of security and identity through a fusion of performance poetry, theatre, movement and song.
Security is a newly commissioned piece pioneering the crossover of performance poetry into theatre in the UK. As performer and writer, Zena Edwards, takes storytelling into the twenty-first century.
Zena Edwards is a mesmerizing performer of deeply lyrical, musical, streetwise poetry. The Verb - BBC Radio 3
International Poetry Slam at Warwick University
Saturday 10th May
Graduate Club, Warwick Uni SU
8pm for 9pm start. £2 entry
Recently crowned Hammer and Tongue slam champion 07/08, Bohdan Piasecki, is hosting a slam at Warwick University Students' Union on Saturday 10th May. Details:
5 international guest poets: Daan Doesborgh (The Netherlands), Sergio Garau (Italy), Wojtek Cichon (Poland), Sebastian Rabsahl (Germany), Sian Robins-Grace (UK)
Open to all - e-mail poetryslam@pencilfest.com if you want to sign up to perform [3 rounds of competing, each poet should prepare 3 poems of maximum 3 min each]
Audience £2 entry - go here to register www.warwicksu.com/account/register/guest/ and then buy tickets here www.warwicksu.com/ents/event/4860/
The slam is part of England's first ever student writing festival, PENCILfest: www.pencilfest.com.
Graduate Club, Warwick Uni SU
8pm for 9pm start. £2 entry
Recently crowned Hammer and Tongue slam champion 07/08, Bohdan Piasecki, is hosting a slam at Warwick University Students' Union on Saturday 10th May. Details:
5 international guest poets: Daan Doesborgh (The Netherlands), Sergio Garau (Italy), Wojtek Cichon (Poland), Sebastian Rabsahl (Germany), Sian Robins-Grace (UK)
Open to all - e-mail poetryslam@pencilfest.com if you want to sign up to perform [3 rounds of competing, each poet should prepare 3 poems of maximum 3 min each]
Audience £2 entry - go here to register www.warwicksu.com/account/register/guest/ and then buy tickets here www.warwicksu.com/ents/event/4860/
The slam is part of England's first ever student writing festival, PENCILfest: www.pencilfest.com.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Performances at the Warwick University Lit-Fest
All at The Capital Centre, Warwick Uni, and all free
PENCILFest 2008 Events
Saturday 10th May
* ‘The Sound Crew’ An Arvon Poetry Showcase
3-4.30pm
Writers’ Room
Once upon a time at The Arvon Foundation, a group of poets came together and stayed together. They have gone on to enormous success as individuals and as a collective. ‘Sound Crew’ is a group of extraordinary and diverse poets who work together to celebrate individual writing, a shared ambition and growing recognition. They are: Gill Andrews, Judy Brown, Robbie, Burton, Josh Ekroy, Valerie Fry, Victoria Heath, Allison McVety, David Foster Morgan, Philip Ruthen, Norman Staines, and Maggie Sullivan.
* Slam Workshop: Writing For Performance
3-5pm
Rehearsal Room
How can you improve your performance poetry? What are the most important things to remember when writing poetry specifically for vocal performance? This workshop, run by internationally renowned slam poets, will give you invaluable hints and tips on how to write poems that will enrapture audiences.
* ‘Shakespeare’s Bones’
4-5pm
Studio 1
Acclaimed poet Michael Hulse leads a fascinating insight into one of the University of Warwick’s most intriguing and controversial creative experiments.
* ‘Philosophy at Elevenses With Cookies and Milk
4.30-5pm
Studio 2
Ex-Warwick student Joe Watson and his Tadley cronies, blab la, bring you an exclusive live performance of their latest instalment of eclectic comedy. With everything from Zen to William Blake, questionable gardening tips and a host of hilarious characters, supplemented by an ingenius electro soundtrack, these three musketeers of new comedy are not to be missed!
* Student Scriptwriting A Showcase
5-7.30pm
Studio 2
Students from a number of universities across the UK present readings of scripts-in-progress that they’ve written for the stage. Each performance will be followed by a Q&A session between writers, performers and the audience, discussing the process of writing for stage right from conceiving an idea, to the moment an actor is lit up on stage.
* ‘Polluto’ A Showcase
5-6pm
Rehearsal Room
Polutto: The Anti-Pop Culture Journal is ‘a magazine that thinks it’s a book’ which, just three weeks after the publication of its first issue, was awarded the Spectrum Silver Editorial Award. Founded and edited by students at Leeds University and containing a razor-sharp blend of disturbing art and surreal science-fiction, with contributors ranging from a sleaze-punk singer to a former heroin addict, it represents the cutting edge of contemporary student publication.
* ‘Comedy For Writers’
Stand-up comedy from A.L. Kennedy
6-7.30pm
Studio 1
Everybody knows how good an author A.L. Kennedy is: you don’t get given the Costa Book of the Year prize for nothing after all. What a lot of people don’t realise, however, is that she is also a cracking stand-up comedian, who has performed to universal acclaim for several years. Kennedy brings us a hilarious expose on the relationship between comedy and the practice of writing – this is one not to be missed!
* PENCILfest INTERNATIONAL Poetry Slam
9pm til late
Graduate Club, Student’s Union
Slam poetry is a fast-growing and exciting form of competition. PENCILfest brings you a dynamic, emotionally explosive, piercing spoken word performance where 16 student poets from across the country will be competing, and audience members are the judges! The fates of our competitors are in your hands… who will you choose? Headlining this event are 4 internationally renowned slam poets – Wojtek Cichon (Poland), Sebastian Rabsahl (Germany), Daan Doesborgh (The Netherlands) and Sergio Garau (Italy), not to mention that the event is MCed by Bohdan Piaseki, another of Europe’s finest slam poets. With the best of European slam, poetry to inspire your political and emotional passions, and an adrenaline-infused night out, this is an event sure to blow your mind!
Sunday
* ‘Into The Woods’ An ecopoetry workshop with David Morley
11am-2pm
Rehearsal room (starting point) & into the great outdoors!
In this innovative ecopoetry workshop, the poet, teacher and Director of the Warwick Writing Programme, will take his fellow writers on a poetic field trip. As David comments, "In this 'walking workshop' we shall find poems, plant poems, and make poems". Please bring pen, paper, survival food, suitable clothes and shoes.
* Slam Workshop: Performing your Text
12-2pm
Studio 2
Slam poetry has revolutionised the way that poems are performed on stage. Come along to this workshop to learn from internationally renowned slam poets the secrets of a great spoken word performance. Techniques covered will include: stage behaviour, using a microphone, interpreting a text and using one's voice effectively. This workshop will help you to master the delivery of that spine-chilling line and leave audiences spellbound.
Remember to bring a piece of writing with you! You can take advantage of the PENCILfest Open Mic to put into practice the skills you have learnt.
* ‘The New Poets’
A showcase of new poetry talent with Luke Kennard
1-2.30pm
Writers’ Room
Luke Kennard, the youngest ever Forward Prize nominee and a poet who makes his more venerable rivals look, well, venerable, headlines a showcase of spectacular new poetry by a new generation of literary superstars-in-waiting.
* Trespass Magazine A Showcase
2-3.30pm
Studio 1
Trespass Magazine, sister to the prestigious London Magazine, is fast becoming one of London’s hottest new magazines, with work from the likes of George Szirtes (T.S. Eliot prize-winner) gracing it’s pages in recent months. Here, Trespass present a spectrum of their authors and poets, with readings from Tim Wells, Martyn Crucefix, Geroge Szirtes, Anthony Howcroft, Agnes Meadows, Annie Freud, A.F. Harold, and David Gaffney.
* ‘Fluxus’ Performance with the students of Royal Holloway
2-4pm
Rehearsal Room
MA Poetic Practice students from Royal Holloway invite you to enter into a world of poetry you never knew existed. Drop in and have a look at what could well be the most mind-expanding performance of PencilFest 2008.
* ‘Public Poetry’ A Showcase and Competition Prize-Giving
3.30-4.30pm
Studio 1
Public Poetry is, at best, a guerrilla act installing poetry displays in the most unlikely, exposed and challenging of public spaces. Students have competed to win the title of Geurilla Poetry Champion, so join the PENCILfest team and Trespass Magazine to congratulate the winners, see images of their poetry and hear the stories behind how they managed to create public works of literary art, often against all odds.
* Peter Blegvad Performs
4.30-5.30pm
Studio 1
Peter Blegvad has been, at one time or another, a highly successful musician, singer-songwriter, spoken word performer and writer, and has two of the greatest claims to fame imaginable: 1, he is Matt Groening’s favourite cartoonist; 2, he can claim credit for one of the world's longest grammatically-correct palindromes (‘Peel's foe not a set animal laminates a tone of sleep’ in case you’re interested). And though his performances are notoriously unpredictable, expect a combination of music, verse, humour, word-games and surrealism that could prove to be the highlight of the festival.
* The Open-Mic Finale
4-7pm
Foyer
A three hour long opportunity for anybody inspired by what they’ve seen at PencilFest 2008 to get up on a stage and show the world what they can do. The more original, spectacular or bizarre the performance, the better. Old material is, of course, welcome, but why not perform something you’ve written over the festival? There’ll never be a better chance to win yourself over some pretty impressive fans…
Continuous
* All Day Audio Room with Chai Tea
Saturday 12-4pm
Studio 2
For one day only, a theatre studio is transformed into a space to drink tea and listen. Just listen. Featuring readings and drama from students, BBC Radio and Audio, and Peter Blegvad’s Ear-toons (cartoons for the ear) as broadcast on Radio 3’s The Verb.
PENCILFest 2008 Events
Saturday 10th May
* ‘The Sound Crew’ An Arvon Poetry Showcase
3-4.30pm
Writers’ Room
Once upon a time at The Arvon Foundation, a group of poets came together and stayed together. They have gone on to enormous success as individuals and as a collective. ‘Sound Crew’ is a group of extraordinary and diverse poets who work together to celebrate individual writing, a shared ambition and growing recognition. They are: Gill Andrews, Judy Brown, Robbie, Burton, Josh Ekroy, Valerie Fry, Victoria Heath, Allison McVety, David Foster Morgan, Philip Ruthen, Norman Staines, and Maggie Sullivan.
* Slam Workshop: Writing For Performance
3-5pm
Rehearsal Room
How can you improve your performance poetry? What are the most important things to remember when writing poetry specifically for vocal performance? This workshop, run by internationally renowned slam poets, will give you invaluable hints and tips on how to write poems that will enrapture audiences.
* ‘Shakespeare’s Bones’
4-5pm
Studio 1
Acclaimed poet Michael Hulse leads a fascinating insight into one of the University of Warwick’s most intriguing and controversial creative experiments.
* ‘Philosophy at Elevenses With Cookies and Milk
4.30-5pm
Studio 2
Ex-Warwick student Joe Watson and his Tadley cronies, blab la, bring you an exclusive live performance of their latest instalment of eclectic comedy. With everything from Zen to William Blake, questionable gardening tips and a host of hilarious characters, supplemented by an ingenius electro soundtrack, these three musketeers of new comedy are not to be missed!
* Student Scriptwriting A Showcase
5-7.30pm
Studio 2
Students from a number of universities across the UK present readings of scripts-in-progress that they’ve written for the stage. Each performance will be followed by a Q&A session between writers, performers and the audience, discussing the process of writing for stage right from conceiving an idea, to the moment an actor is lit up on stage.
* ‘Polluto’ A Showcase
5-6pm
Rehearsal Room
Polutto: The Anti-Pop Culture Journal is ‘a magazine that thinks it’s a book’ which, just three weeks after the publication of its first issue, was awarded the Spectrum Silver Editorial Award. Founded and edited by students at Leeds University and containing a razor-sharp blend of disturbing art and surreal science-fiction, with contributors ranging from a sleaze-punk singer to a former heroin addict, it represents the cutting edge of contemporary student publication.
* ‘Comedy For Writers’
Stand-up comedy from A.L. Kennedy
6-7.30pm
Studio 1
Everybody knows how good an author A.L. Kennedy is: you don’t get given the Costa Book of the Year prize for nothing after all. What a lot of people don’t realise, however, is that she is also a cracking stand-up comedian, who has performed to universal acclaim for several years. Kennedy brings us a hilarious expose on the relationship between comedy and the practice of writing – this is one not to be missed!
* PENCILfest INTERNATIONAL Poetry Slam
9pm til late
Graduate Club, Student’s Union
Slam poetry is a fast-growing and exciting form of competition. PENCILfest brings you a dynamic, emotionally explosive, piercing spoken word performance where 16 student poets from across the country will be competing, and audience members are the judges! The fates of our competitors are in your hands… who will you choose? Headlining this event are 4 internationally renowned slam poets – Wojtek Cichon (Poland), Sebastian Rabsahl (Germany), Daan Doesborgh (The Netherlands) and Sergio Garau (Italy), not to mention that the event is MCed by Bohdan Piaseki, another of Europe’s finest slam poets. With the best of European slam, poetry to inspire your political and emotional passions, and an adrenaline-infused night out, this is an event sure to blow your mind!
Sunday
* ‘Into The Woods’ An ecopoetry workshop with David Morley
11am-2pm
Rehearsal room (starting point) & into the great outdoors!
In this innovative ecopoetry workshop, the poet, teacher and Director of the Warwick Writing Programme, will take his fellow writers on a poetic field trip. As David comments, "In this 'walking workshop' we shall find poems, plant poems, and make poems". Please bring pen, paper, survival food, suitable clothes and shoes.
* Slam Workshop: Performing your Text
12-2pm
Studio 2
Slam poetry has revolutionised the way that poems are performed on stage. Come along to this workshop to learn from internationally renowned slam poets the secrets of a great spoken word performance. Techniques covered will include: stage behaviour, using a microphone, interpreting a text and using one's voice effectively. This workshop will help you to master the delivery of that spine-chilling line and leave audiences spellbound.
Remember to bring a piece of writing with you! You can take advantage of the PENCILfest Open Mic to put into practice the skills you have learnt.
* ‘The New Poets’
A showcase of new poetry talent with Luke Kennard
1-2.30pm
Writers’ Room
Luke Kennard, the youngest ever Forward Prize nominee and a poet who makes his more venerable rivals look, well, venerable, headlines a showcase of spectacular new poetry by a new generation of literary superstars-in-waiting.
* Trespass Magazine A Showcase
2-3.30pm
Studio 1
Trespass Magazine, sister to the prestigious London Magazine, is fast becoming one of London’s hottest new magazines, with work from the likes of George Szirtes (T.S. Eliot prize-winner) gracing it’s pages in recent months. Here, Trespass present a spectrum of their authors and poets, with readings from Tim Wells, Martyn Crucefix, Geroge Szirtes, Anthony Howcroft, Agnes Meadows, Annie Freud, A.F. Harold, and David Gaffney.
* ‘Fluxus’ Performance with the students of Royal Holloway
2-4pm
Rehearsal Room
MA Poetic Practice students from Royal Holloway invite you to enter into a world of poetry you never knew existed. Drop in and have a look at what could well be the most mind-expanding performance of PencilFest 2008.
* ‘Public Poetry’ A Showcase and Competition Prize-Giving
3.30-4.30pm
Studio 1
Public Poetry is, at best, a guerrilla act installing poetry displays in the most unlikely, exposed and challenging of public spaces. Students have competed to win the title of Geurilla Poetry Champion, so join the PENCILfest team and Trespass Magazine to congratulate the winners, see images of their poetry and hear the stories behind how they managed to create public works of literary art, often against all odds.
* Peter Blegvad Performs
4.30-5.30pm
Studio 1
Peter Blegvad has been, at one time or another, a highly successful musician, singer-songwriter, spoken word performer and writer, and has two of the greatest claims to fame imaginable: 1, he is Matt Groening’s favourite cartoonist; 2, he can claim credit for one of the world's longest grammatically-correct palindromes (‘Peel's foe not a set animal laminates a tone of sleep’ in case you’re interested). And though his performances are notoriously unpredictable, expect a combination of music, verse, humour, word-games and surrealism that could prove to be the highlight of the festival.
* The Open-Mic Finale
4-7pm
Foyer
A three hour long opportunity for anybody inspired by what they’ve seen at PencilFest 2008 to get up on a stage and show the world what they can do. The more original, spectacular or bizarre the performance, the better. Old material is, of course, welcome, but why not perform something you’ve written over the festival? There’ll never be a better chance to win yourself over some pretty impressive fans…
Continuous
* All Day Audio Room with Chai Tea
Saturday 12-4pm
Studio 2
For one day only, a theatre studio is transformed into a space to drink tea and listen. Just listen. Featuring readings and drama from students, BBC Radio and Audio, and Peter Blegvad’s Ear-toons (cartoons for the ear) as broadcast on Radio 3’s The Verb.
Friday, February 29, 2008
THIS WEEKEND! Poetry at Throckmortons: Three Heaventree Poets
'POETRY ON THE SQUARE'
A night of the best Midlands poetry in a warm and friendly independent bookshop in one of Britain's up and coming book towns!
Brought to you by Throckmorton's bookshop and the Heaventree Press.
Matt Nunn, Simon Turner and Scrubber Jack (aka Jackie Smallridge) will be performing poems from their Heaventree collections on Saturday 1st March, at Throckmorton's bookshop, 16 Market Place, Atherstone, Warks.
Doors open at 6pm and performances at 7pm. Free entrance and refreshments available. Audience participation welcome!
A night of the best Midlands poetry in a warm and friendly independent bookshop in one of Britain's up and coming book towns!
Brought to you by Throckmorton's bookshop and the Heaventree Press.
Matt Nunn, Simon Turner and Scrubber Jack (aka Jackie Smallridge) will be performing poems from their Heaventree collections on Saturday 1st March, at Throckmorton's bookshop, 16 Market Place, Atherstone, Warks.
Doors open at 6pm and performances at 7pm. Free entrance and refreshments available. Audience participation welcome!
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Poetry on the Square: Saturday 1st March
'POETRY ON THE SQUARE'
A night of the best Midlands poetry in a warm and friendly independent bookshop in one of Britain's up and coming book towns!
Brought to you by Throckmorton's bookshop and the Heaventree Press.
Matt Nunn, Simon Turner and Scrubber Jack (aka Jackie Smallridge) will be performing poems from their Heaventree collections on Saturday 1st March, at Throckmorton's bookshop, 16 Market Place, Atherstone, Warks.
Doors open at 6pm and performances at 7pm. Free entrance and refreshments available. Audience participation welcome!
A night of the best Midlands poetry in a warm and friendly independent bookshop in one of Britain's up and coming book towns!
Brought to you by Throckmorton's bookshop and the Heaventree Press.
Matt Nunn, Simon Turner and Scrubber Jack (aka Jackie Smallridge) will be performing poems from their Heaventree collections on Saturday 1st March, at Throckmorton's bookshop, 16 Market Place, Atherstone, Warks.
Doors open at 6pm and performances at 7pm. Free entrance and refreshments available. Audience participation welcome!
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Zoe Brigley & David Morley: University of Warwick, Wednesday 21st November
Zoe Brigley & David Morley: a poetry reading
Wednesday 21st November 2007
7.15pm - 8pm
Warwick Arts Centre Conference Room
University of Warwick
Bookings/Info: warwickartscentre@warwick.ac.uk
Zoe Brigley reads from her first collection, The Secret (Bloodaxe) which is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation this Autumn. Zoe won an Eric Gregory Award in 2003.
The award-winning poet David Morley's new poetry collection The Invisible Kings is also a Poetry Book Society Recommendation: 'a rare and beautiful book' (The Guardian) and 'one of the most thrilling poetry books of the year' (Radio 3). The book's language and themes are influenced by the writer's Romany heritage. David writes regularly for Poetry Review and The Guardian.
The reading will be followed by a Q & A with the poets. All are welcome.
£5 (£3.50)
Wednesday 21st November 2007
7.15pm - 8pm
Warwick Arts Centre Conference Room
University of Warwick
Bookings/Info: warwickartscentre@warwick.ac.uk
Zoe Brigley reads from her first collection, The Secret (Bloodaxe) which is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation this Autumn. Zoe won an Eric Gregory Award in 2003.
The award-winning poet David Morley's new poetry collection The Invisible Kings is also a Poetry Book Society Recommendation: 'a rare and beautiful book' (The Guardian) and 'one of the most thrilling poetry books of the year' (Radio 3). The book's language and themes are influenced by the writer's Romany heritage. David writes regularly for Poetry Review and The Guardian.
The reading will be followed by a Q & A with the poets. All are welcome.
£5 (£3.50)
Sunday, October 28, 2007
New Writing from Warwick: Broadcast 2 launch
BROADCAST 2 - work from Warwick University
Wednesday 31st October7.30pm
Conference Room, Warwick Arts Centre
Broadcast 2 - Picture Thinking and other stories will be launched on Wednesday October 31st in the Conference Room at Warwick Arts Centre. The event starts at 7.30, and includes performances from the students in the anthology, plus readings by great Heaventree poets Simon Turner and Milorad Krystanovich, and an acoustic performance by tutor, writer and musician Peter Blegvad. It all looks set to be wonderful night, and I hope you will be able to make it. Please support this project and the work of new Warwick writers!
Jane Commane
Saturday, October 06, 2007
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.
Thursday, October 04, 2007
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.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
PUREandGOODandRIGHT in Leamington Spa this Sunday August 19th
From Sean Kelly, MC at P&G&R in Leamington Spa, complete with capitals and exclamation marks!
PUREandGOODandRIGHT is an Open Mic poetry event taking place in Leamington Spa, with a regular THIRD SUNDAY OF THE MONTH slot at THE FOX, on Clarendon Avenue.
We have great STAR ACTS - every month!
And every event is an opportunity for YOU to come along and perform your poetry!
Our next event is on SUNDAY 19th AUGUST (starting at 7.30pm prompt, get there early!) at the FOX, Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa CV32 4RZ.
Our VERY special guest in August is our irregular favourite, BIRMINGHAM's POET LAUREATE: SPOZ!
Sunday 19th August
The Fox, Leamington Spa
7.15pm
£3 entrance (?)
PUREandGOODandRIGHT is an Open Mic poetry event taking place in Leamington Spa, with a regular THIRD SUNDAY OF THE MONTH slot at THE FOX, on Clarendon Avenue.
We have great STAR ACTS - every month!
And every event is an opportunity for YOU to come along and perform your poetry!
Our next event is on SUNDAY 19th AUGUST (starting at 7.30pm prompt, get there early!) at the FOX, Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa CV32 4RZ.
Our VERY special guest in August is our irregular favourite, BIRMINGHAM's POET LAUREATE: SPOZ!
Sunday 19th August
The Fox, Leamington Spa
7.15pm
£3 entrance (?)
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Elvis McGonagall at PUREandGOODandRIGHT: TONIGHT, Sunday 15th July, in Leamington Spa
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Monday, July 09, 2007
Pure and Good and Right in Leamington Spa: Sunday 15th May
PureandGoodandRight
PureandGoodandRight is an open mic with guest poets night in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. "PureandGoodandRight is DELIGHTED and EXCITED this month to present World Poetry Slam Champion, ELVIS McGONAGALL. Elvis will be supported by a popular and regular visitor to PureandGoodandRight, Oxford’s Laura King. And budding local poets will take the stage in our open mic sessions to present their own varied and wonderful poetry!"It’s all happening from 7.30pm on Sunday 15th July at the Fox, Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa CV32 4RU. Admission is £3 (£2 NUS/OAP).
You can find out more at www.kellywit.com.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Warwick Words Festival: 4-7 October
Warwick Words - Festival of Literature and Spoken Word
Warwick Words is taking place in various venues around the historictown between 4 - 7 October 2007 and promises to be a lively and
entertaining weekend with something for everyone.
During the weekend there will be lots of performances, talks and
workshops to choose from including; a Literary Lunch, Poetry & Pints,
Philip Larkin Walk, Warwick SLAM, creative writing workshops,
Afternoon Teas, Children's Book Fair and activities, Poetry Cafe and
much more!
Special Guests to date include: Roy Hattersley, Sophie Hannah,
Michael Wood, Pauline Prior-Pitt, Will Hutton, Harry Mount, Zoe
Brigley, David Morley and many more.
www.warwickwords.co.uk
admin@warwickwords.co.uk
01926 427056
Saturday, June 16, 2007
PUREandGOODandRIGHT in Leamington Spa this Sunday 17th June
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Jude Simpson is the Guest Poet at PUREandGOODandRIGHT this coming Sunday night, June 17th, at the Fox, Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa. The event is an open mic and you'll need to arrive by 7pm if you want to read your own work, or even earlier. It's about £3 entrance, and will be hosted this month by the witty Dani Carbery, in Sean Kelly's absence.
Warwick Words Festival: 4-7 October
Warwick Words - Festival of Literature and Spoken Word
"Warwick Words is taking place in various venues around the historictown between 4 - 7 October 2007 and promises to be a lively and
entertaining weekend with something for everyone.
During the weekend there will be lots of performances, talks and
workshops to choose from including; a Literary Lunch, Poetry & Pints,
Philip Larkin Walk, Warwick SLAM, creative writing workshops,
Afternoon Teas, Children's Book Fair and activities, Poetry Cafe and
much more!
Special Guests to date include: Roy Hattersley, Sophie Hannah,
Michael Wood, Pauline Prior-Pitt, Will Hutton, Harry Mount, Zoe
Brigley, David Morley and many more.
Full Festival details will be released in July.
Warwick Poet Laureate 2007/2008 competition details have just been
released on the web site, so if you would like to enter the
competition please down load the application form.
www.warwickwords.co.uk
We look forward to welcoming you to Warwick Words in October. If you love words you will love Warwick Words!"
Helen Meeke, Festival Organiser
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