ILKLEY: World Poets' Tour

Sunday, October 12th, 2008, 5pm, £4/£3
Ilkley Playhouse
Weston Road,
Ilkley,
West Yorks
LS29 8DW

Readings by Farzaneh Khojandi, Kajal Ahmad and Noshi Gillai, with Lavinia Greenlaw.

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: 01943 816714
Website: www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk
More details: www.poetrytranslation.org

SHEFFIELD: Poetry Business Party

Thursday, October 9th, 2008, 7.30pm, FREE
Bank Street
Sheffield

The National Poetry Day theme this year is work – but we intend to PARTY! Come & celebrate the PB's move to Sheffield. Readings by Geoff Hattersley, John Turner and competition winners Julia Deakin & Padraig O'Morain; plus new North magazine. Bar & Bookstall

Link: http://www.poetrybusiness.co.uk/default.aspx

National Poetry Day POETRY BUSINESS PARTY

OCT 9th 2008
at Bank Street
Sheffield 7.30pm – FREE

The NPD theme this year is work – but we intend to PARTY! Come & celebrate the PB's move to Sheffield. Readings by Geoff Hattersley, John Turner and competition winners Julia Deakin & Padraig O'Morain; plus new North magazine. Bar & Bookstall

Link: http://www.poetrybusiness.co.uk/default.aspx

Halifax: PUZZLE HALL POETS

Monday 1st September
8:00pm onwards
at the Puzzle Hall Inn
Sowerby Bridge
Hollins Mill Lane
Sowerby Bridge
Halifax
HX6 2QG

The Puzzle Hall Poets are a friendly poetry loving group who meet the Puzzle Hall Inn, Sowerby Bridge. Our next gathering is on monday the 1st of September and then continues on the 1st Monday of every month. The Event starts at 8:00pm. We have guest readers from all over the UK & the evening finishes with a read-around. Bring a poem to read, or just come to listen.
All Welcome.

Simon Armitage in the Park this September

Simon Armitage: Poems in the Park

Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield WF4 4LG.


A series of five readings by poet Simon Armitage to celebrate YSP's 30th birthday. Each site-specific reading will be tailored to the particular atmosphere of the location, and alongside existing work, Armitage will read new poems written especially for the occasion. These will include translations from the Wakefield Mystery Plays; the cycle of medieval verse-dramas dating from the 15th century.

Those attending will each receive a signed, limited-edition copy of the new works as a reminder of these special events.


The week will culminate in a final, celebratory reading performed to a larger audience in Longside Gallery, with a glass of wine to toast the occasion.

23 September
Camellia House Reading

25 September
Deer Shelter Skyspace Reading

26 September
Underground Gallery Reading

28 September
Mystery Location Reading

29 September
Longside Gallery Reading

These are once-only, intimate performances, and audience numbers will be strictly limited. Please book early to avoid disappointment.

For further information or to book, call 01924 832642 or email anthony.shepherd@ysp.co.uk