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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Salt Margins @ The Whitechapel Gallery, London: this Thursday, 20th September

Salt Margins

Whitechapel Gallery, 80-82 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX
20 September 2007.
Doors at 7pm, first act at 8pm

Featuring poetry from Eleanor Rees, Melanie Challenger and Chris McCabe and music from Songdog.

FREE ENTRANCE

Poets Eleanor Rees (Andraste's Hair) and Melanie Challenger (Galatea) have both been nominated for this year's Forward Prize for Best First Collection, confirming the fast-growing reputation of Salt Publishing. Like Eleanor, Chris McCabe is a Salt poet and a Liverpudlian. His collection The Hutton Inquiry is a powerful examination of language under pressure. Musical refreshment is provided by Songdog, led by playwright Lyndon Morgan, in another strong lineup from Salt Margins.

www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk
www.saltpublishing.com
www.whitechapel.org

Bradford on Avon in Wiltshire hosts Open Mic: Wednesday 19th September

Bradford on Avon Arts Festival

Poetry & Music Open Mic
Wednesday, 19 September, as part of the Bradford on Avon Arts Festival (Wiltshire), American poet Carrie Etter will host an open mike for poetry and music at The George on Woolley Street.

The event begins around 7:30 and is free. All are welcome!

Over the Edge goes Greek: Thursday September 27th

The September ‘Over The Edge: Open Reading’ takes place in Galway City Library on Thursday, September 27th, 6.30-8.00pm.

The Featured Readers are Greek poet and playwright Dimitris Lyacos and Galway-based poets Rita O’Donoghue & Geraldine Keane.

There will be an open-mic after the Featured Readers have finished. New readers are always welcome. The MC for the evening will be Susan Millar DuMars. For further details phone 087-6431748.

Over The Edge acknowledges the financial support of Galway City Council and The Arts Council.

Over the Edge website

'Dreams' Tour: NPD 2007

National Poetry Day 2007 celebrates the theme Dreams on Thursday, 4th October.

During the week of National Poetry Day four acclaimed poets, Patience Agbabi, Robert Crawford, Gwyneth Lewis and Gearoid MacLochlainn, each representing one of the UK’s four nations, will take part in a Dream Tour of four capital cities in four days.

The details of the National Poetry Day Dream Tour are:

Monday, 1st October – London
Venue: Arts Theatre, Great Newport Street, WC2H 7JB
To book call Ticketmaster on 0870 154 4040 and search Dream Tour
Tickets cost £10 (£8 concessions).
Starts: 7.30pm

Tuesday, 2nd October – Cardiff
Venue: Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff CF10 5AL
To book call: 029 2047 2266 or post@academi.org
Tickets cost £5 (£4 concs.)
Starts: 7.30pm

Wednesday, 3rd October – Edinburgh
Venue: Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, EH1 1SR
To book call: 0131 556 9579. Tickets cost £8 (£5 concs.)
Starts: 7.30pm

Thursday, 4th October (National Poetry Day) – Belfast
Venue: The Great Hall, Queen’s University Belfast, BT7 1NN
To book call: 028 9097 1070. Tickets: £8 (£5 concs.)
Starts: 7.30pm

New Blood at the Poetry Cafe: TONIGHT!

New Blood

Featuring Annie Katchinska, Heather Phillipson and John Stammers

Monday, September 17, 2007
7:30pm - 11:30pm
The Poetry Cafe
22 Betterton Street
London
Email: newbloodpoetry @ gmail.com

New Blood is a monthly poetry event at The Poetry Cafe in Covent Garden. We promote up and coming young poets, booking them to read alongside more established names. The line-up for September is:

Annie Katchinska – An exciting young poet, she is a winner of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award and came second in this year’s Christopher Tower Poetry Prize.

Heather Phillipson – A brilliantly talented young poet that crafts poems full of both wit and affect.

John Stammers - One of the best poets around with two outstanding collections from Picador (Panoramic Lounge-Bar, Stolen Love Behavior). He has won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Poetry Award.

New Blood kicks off around 7.30pm and entrance fees are £5/3. Floorspots are available on the night.

Aoife Mannix admits to 'Growing Up an Alien': this autumn in Birmingham

Growing Up an Alien

Intimate, enchanting and funny, 'Growing Up an Alien' is the new show from captivating Irish writer and performer Aoife Mannix. In the company of mesmeric accordionist Janie Armour, Aoife revisits her nomadic childhood, exploring the relationships that bind all families together and the secrets that pull them apart. Born in a snowstorm in Stockholm on the stroke of midnight, Aoife reveals a wondrous coming of age tale about searching for a place to belong.

http://cursesandriots.wordpress.com
www.myspace.com/NaomiWoddis


When: 12 October @ 1pm, 7.30pm, 13 October @ 1pm, 4pm and 7.30pm
Where: mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham B12 9QH
Tickets: £7 / £5 concs
Box Office: 0121 440 3838
Book online: www.macarts.co.uk

Rhythm & Muse, Teddington: Thursday 27th September

Rhythm & Muse

Thursday 27 September
8.30pm

Live music from The Acoustic Astronauts and featured guest poets Esther
Morgan and Anne Stewart. Also open mic floorspots - please book in
advance.

Contact Alison Hill for further details or to book a floorspot.
Tel: 020 8977 4610 or email alison-hill@blueyonder.co.uk.

Venue: The Lion, 27 Wick Road, Teddington, TW11
8.30 - 10.30 pm
£4.00/£2.00 concs

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

Salt Margins @ The Whitechapel Gallery, London: this Thursday, September 20th

Salt Margins

Whitechapel Gallery, 80-82 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX
20 September 2007.
Doors at 7pm, first act at 8pm

Featuring poetry from Eleanor Rees, Melanie Challenger and Chris McCabe and music from Songdog.


FREE

Poets Eleanor Rees (Andraste's Hair) and Melanie Challenger (Galatea) have both been nominated for this year's Forward Prize for Best First Collection, confirming the fast-growing reputation of Salt Publishing. Like Eleanor, Chris McCabe is a Salt poet and a Liverpudlian. His collection The Hutton Inquiry is a powerful examination of language under pressure. Musical refreshment is provided by Songdog, led by playwright Lyndon Morgan, in another strong lineup from Salt Margins.

Further bios:

ELEANOR REES
Born in Birkenhead in 1978, Eleanor Rees received an Eric Gregory Award in 2002. She lives in Liverpool where she works in the community as a poet. Andraste's Hair bridges the divide between performance, experimental and traditional poetries, drawing on myth, memory, folksong and murder ballad. Many of her poems are set in a mythical Liverpool, a city of metamorphosis and magic where boundaries are crossed in search of knowledge.
'an ambitious, experimental voice, vibrantly charged with the energy of city life': Carol Ann Duffy.

MELANIE CHALLENGER
Another recipient of an Eric Gregory Award, Melanie Challenger is current Artist in Residence for the British Antarctic Survey. She has adapted the Anne Frank diaries for an oratorio by James Whitbourn and is engaged in an ongoing collaboration with Bosnian war diarist Zlata Filipovic. In Galatea, Melanie casts a sensitive poet's eye across the hours of a tumultuous century to create startling poems whose voice both celebrates and mourns the tensions of human nature. She divides her time between Penzance and Brooklyn.
'no poetry in English since D.H. Lawrence's matches Challenger's controlled exuberance of form, diction, metric, and vision fused by Eros into authentic splendor': Harold Bloom

CHRIS MCCABE
Born in Liverpool in 1977, Chris McCabe works in the recently-reopened Poetry Library on London's South Bank. His debut book The Hutton Inquiry pushes the boundaries of British poetry, but with infectious wit and plenty of style. The central sequence concerns itself with the events of Summer 2003, leading up to the invasion of Iraq. The emphasis is on speed, association, guesswork, creating a mosaic from the fragmentation of political divide and rule.
'McCabe writes with the lower-case lightness of Tom Raworth and the northern comic realism of Simon Armitage': Jeremy Noel-Todd, The Guardian

SONGDOG
Led by playwright Lyndon Morgan, Songdog write dark, literate songs influenced by the likes of Beckett, Kafka and Leonard Cohen. Their third album The Time of Summer Lightning was released by One Little Indian Records. "And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past" - the closing lines of Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby - nail the brooding heart of this record perfectly, a dark and poignant collection of songs about dreams gone wrong, loves left behind, new lusts and old obsessions.
'Profound ideas and affecting stories set against the most delicately formed musical backdrops': Uncut


www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk
www.saltpublishing.com
www.whitechapel.org

Farrago kicks off again for Autumn: TONIGHT, Thursday 13th September

Farrago Autumn SLAM!

Farrago's new performance season launches on 13th September with The Farrago Autumn SLAM! The season includes the 14th annual Farrago Festival of Spoken Word, The London SLAM! Championships & THE UK SLAM! Championships, run by Farrago since 1994.

The Farrago Autumn SLAM!
Thursday, 13th September. Starts 7:30pm. Slam sign up from 7pm.
RADA Foyer Bar, Malet St, WC1. Goodge St Underground Station

Open to ANY poet, any subject or style, read or perform, every poet wins a prize!

Featutres: Adriel Luis, San Francisco Slam Champion, Breeze, Atlanta poet and songwriter making a long overdue & welcome return, Keith Jarrett, the London Slam Champion and Radio 4 Poetry Slam finalist. The night also sees the feature debuts of the last two Farrago SLAM! winners, Dinah Jurksaitis, School's (almost) Out Champion & Jasmine Cooray, of course Farrago Summer SLAM! Champion.

Emcee: John Paul O’Neill. Tickets: £6/£5
Information: 07905078376. http://london.e-poets (page updated!) www.myspace.com/farragopoetry

Some other new season dates:

The Farrago October SLAM!
Thursday, 4th October @ RADA Foyer Bar.
Features include: Niall Spooner-Harvey, former London & UK Slam Champion, Ross Sutherland, Aisle 16 + feature debuts from Georgina Banfield & Riddle Woman.

The Farrago Festival of Spoken Word Events.
Farrago International Showcase.
Thursday, 18th October @ RADA Foyer Bar.

Farrago London SLAM! Championships. The longest running slam in Europe!
Thursday, 15th November @ RADA Foyer Bar.

Farrago Poetry presents: Fran Landesman’s 80th Celebration Show.
Friday, 16th November @ RADA Foyer Bar.
Other Farrago Festival of Spoken Word dates to be confirmed!

Sweeney, Byrne & Boyne heading Over the Edge in Galway

Over The Edge presents a reading by Matthew Sweeney, Sara Byrne & Edward Boyne, plus the Galway launch of the latest issue of the Limerick-based poetry magazine Revival at Sheridan’s Wine Bar, 14-16 Church Yard Street, Galway on Friday, September 14th, 8pm.

Sara Byrne was born in 1980 in Dublin, where she survived for 18 years before escaping, relatively unharmed to Galway. In 2003 she started to publish some of her poetry. In 2004 she co-founded the North Beach Nights Poetry Slam, which she hosted until relocating to London to pursue a glittering career in sandwich making. In this she has been very successful. In London she continues to read her work to whoever will listen. She is currently completing a BA in Creative Writing.

Edward Boyne is a poet and fiction writer. He has been short-listed for the Hennessy award in both poetry and fiction and for the Francis McManus short story competition. His work has been published in a variety of journals and anthologies. He read at the inaugural Cuirt Festival/Over The Edge showcase reading in April 2006. He lives in Galway.

Matthew Sweeney was born in Donegal, Ireland in 1952. He moved to London in 1973 and studied at the Polytechnic of North London and the University of Freiburg. His poetry collections include A Dream of Maps (1981), Blue Shoes (1989), Cacti (1992), and A Smell of Fish (2000). Selected Poems, representing the best of 10 books and 20 years' work, was published in 2002. He won a Cholmondeley Award in 1987 and an Arts Council Writers' Award in 1999. He has also published poetry for children. Matthew Sweeney has held residencies at the University of East Anglia and the South Bank Centre in London, and was Poet in Residence at the National Library for the Blind as part of the ‘Poetry Places’ scheme run by the Poetry Society in London. His latest poetry collections are Sanctuary (2004) and Black Moon (2007).

This reading will be preceded by the Galway-launch of the latest issue of the Limerick-based poetry magazine ‘Revival’.

There is no entrance fee. All welcome. For further information contact 087-6431748.


Over The Edge acknowledges the financial support of the Arts Council and Galway City Council.

http://www.overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com/

Poetry Studio reading: 22nd September

Prize-winning and short-listed poets Luke Kennard, Adam Thorpe, Melanie Challenger, Eleanor Rees, Clare Pollard and David Morley will be reading together this month. This is when and where:

Poetry Studio, Poetry Cafe, Betterton Street, London
22nd September
6pm-8pm

New Blood at the Poetry Cafe: Monday September 17th

New Blood

Featuring Annie Katchinska, Heather Phillipson and John Stammers

Monday, September 17, 2007
7:30pm - 11:30pm
The Poetry Cafe
22 Betterton Street
London

Email: newbloodpoetry @ gmail.com

New Blood is a monthly poetry event at The Poetry Cafe in Covent Garden. We promote up and coming young poets, booking them to read alongside more established names. The line-up for September is:

Annie Katchinska – An exciting young poet, she is a winner of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award and came second in this year’s Christopher Tower Poetry Prize.

Heather Phillipson – A brilliantly talented young poet that crafts poems full of both wit and affect.

John Stammers - One of the best poets around with two outstanding collections from Picador (Panoramic Lounge-Bar, Stolen Love Behavior). He has won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Poetry Award.

New Blood kicks off around 7.30pm and entrance fees are £5/3. Floorspots are available on the night.

Malika Booker's UNPLANNED

New tour dates for Malika Booker's "UNPLANNED" (in assoc. with Apples & Snakes)

Spellbinding, intimate and wickedly funny, Unplanned is the new show from mesmeric performer and writer Malika Booker. A Pandora’s box of stories, spells and secrets, this theatrical treat delves into the myths and taboos of getting a bun in the oven (and getting it out again).

Malika is a seductive magician who draws on life and its passions to take you to new worlds. Come and join her. She will make your heart skip a beat.

Birmingham Rep – September 20,21,22
Kuumba Theatre, Bristol – September 28
Nuffield Theatre, Southampton – October 16
Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster University – October 25
Croydon Clocktower – November 14
Contact Theatre, Manchester – November 28,29

Birmingham Rep
When: 20,21,22 September @ 7.45pm
Where: The Door, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Centenary Square, B1 2EP
Tickets: £4-£10 (concessions available, ask for details)
Box Office: 0121 236 4455
Book online:www.Birmingham-rep.co.uk

Kuumba Theatre
When: Friday 28 September @7pm
Where: Kuumba 20-23 Hepburn Road, St. Paul's, Bristol, BS2 8UD
Tickets: £7 / £5 concession
Box Office: 0117 942 1870
Book online: www.kuumba.org.uk

Nuffield Theatre Southampton
When: Tuesday16 October @ 7.30pm
Where: Nuffield theatre, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1TR
Tickets: £10 / £8 concs
Box Office: 023 8067 1771
Book online: www.nuffieldtheatre.co.uk

Nuffield Theatre Lancaster
When: Thursday 25 October @ 8pm
Where: Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster University, LA1 4YW
Tickets: £8 / £6 concs.
Box Office: 01524 594151
Book online: www.nuffieldtheatre.com

Croydon Clocktower
When: Wednesday 14 November @ 7.30pm
Where: Croydon Clocktower, Katherine Street, Croydon, London, CR9 1ET
Tickets: £10 / £7.50 concs
Box Office: 020 8253 1030
Book online:

Contact Theatre Manchester
When: 28, 29 November @ 8pm
Where: Contact, Oxford Road, Manchester, M15 6JA
Tickets: £10 / £6 concs
Box Office: 0161 274 0600
Book online: www.contact-theatre.org



Charming and well judged... lingers like a reproachful ghost in our minds
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian

Remarkable... intriguingly unclear where reminiscence ends and magic realism begins
The Times

Seam Magazine Launch, Monday 10th September, with poetry readings galore!

You are warmly invited to the launch of Seam 27
on Monday 10 September

Guest:
Sheenagh Pugh

with contributions from
Gill Andrews
Mike Barlow
Pat Borthwick
Ken Champion
John Clegg
Chrissie Gittins
Rebecca Goss
Jane Holland
Allison McVety
Caroline Natzler
Katy Price
Sue Rose
Julian Stannard
Todd Swift
Kearan Williams

Monday 10 September
6.30 pm prompt
The Gallery
Foyles Bookshop
Charing Cross Road
London WC2H 0EB
Nearest Tube: Leicester Square

Entry is free, but please contact seam.magazine@googlemail.com to let us know how many are coming.

Please check the Seam website for updates
www.seampoetry.co.uk

WRITE TO IGNITE: Details of this month's activities in and around Hackney

Friday 7th September

Poetry Street Party
This event brings together some of the most talented young and established
poets in the country, that all just happen to be local! Hosted by the
witty, imaginative and multi-award winning Hackney Poet Laureate Michael
Rosen. Captivating young troupe Poem In between People - Musa Okwonga,
Joshua Idehen and Inua Ellams - flaunt their comical, rhythmical, lyrical
dexterity. The wry and playfully beguiling Annie Freud reads from her
much-heralded debut collection The Best Man That Ever Was (Picador).
Dynamic artist Adisa weaves his wordspells over a soulful musical
tapestry. All in all, this is one not to be missed.

Venue: Chats Palace 42-44 Brooksby's Walk, Hommerton, E9 6DF
Time: 7.30pm Admission: £3 / FREE concs
Booking: Places limited, so booking essential - contact Festival Box
Office. Tel: 077923474196 or email: boxoffice@writetoignite.co.uk



Sunday 9th September

John Hegley -- Not Just An Udder Poetry Show
Come and enjoy a taste of country air in the city down on Hackney's very
own farm, for a poetry show with a difference. Acclaimed comedian and poet
John Hegley presents an afternoon of family fun, poems, stories and songs
about animals - real and imaginary.
'Scandalously talented' - Sunday Times
'Awesomely mundane' - The Independent

Venue: Hackney City Farm, Hackney Road, E2 8QA
Admission: FREE (£3 suggested donation to the farm)
Booking: Just turn up!
Time: Noon -- 3pm

Tuesday 11th September


Hackney Writers Read Hackney

An evening of book-chat about Hackney Literature. The panel, chaired by
festival writer in residence Michael Rosen, will discuss books from
Hackney Libraries 'Reading Hackney' promotion. The panel are: Roddy
Lumsden -- acclaimed poet whose collections have been shortlisted for the
T.S. Elliot and Forward Prizes; Iain Sinclair -- novelist, poet,
geographer and well-known Hackney resident; Barbara Taylor -- author of
'Mary Wollstonecraft and the Feminist Imagination'.

Venue: Stoke Newington Library, Stoke Newington Church Street, N16 0JS
Time: 7pm Admission: FREE
Booking: Places limited, so booking essential - contact Festival Box
Office. Tel: 077923474196 or email: boxoffice@writetoignite.co.uk



Saturday 22nd September

Clown in the mouth
The country's only museum dedicated to clowns and their history throws
open its doors for a very special festival event. Trace the path of
clowning through a maze of pictures, costumes and props while watching
performances from poets and comedians to celebrate the Clowns
International 60th Birthday.

Performances on the hour:

1pm - Simon Munnery: the mind and body behind Alan Parker: Urban Warrior,
The League Against Tedium and Buckethead. 'One of the most original and
talented comics in the country' - The Observer.

2pm - The Fix: the editor of the UK's only national magazine dedicated to
stand-up comedy gives a half-hearted talk about failure, if nothing goes
wrong in the meantime.

3pm - Hugo Williams: the acclaimed literary journalist and award winning
poet, T.S. Eliot Prize and Queen's Gold Medal, reads a new work about the
clown Grimaldi.

4pm - Andrew Bailey: comic sonic mayhem from the avant-popster comedian's
comedian.

Venue: Clown Museum, All Saints Centre, Haggerston Road, E8 4HT
Admission: FREE (£2 suggested donation to the museum).
Booking: Just turn up!
Time: Noon - 5pm.

Wednesday 26th September


Michael Rosen presents Word on the Streets
Michael Rosen presents poems commissioned in his role as Hackney's Poet
Laureate, giving voice to some of Hackney's streets. The piece he has
created is to be read and performed by a group -- sometimes solo,
sometimes chorus, sometimes a cappella -- and the poems will tell us
something of what Hackney has been, what it is, and what it could be in
the future.

Venue: The Round Chapel, Lower Clapton Road, E5 0LY
Time: Doors 7.30pm, show starts 8pm. Admission: £3 / FREE concs
Booking: Places limited, so booking essential - contact Festival Box
Office. Tel: 077923474196 or email: boxoffice@writetoignite.co.uk


Thursday 27th September

Shortfuse -- Hackney Empire Comedians
Hackney invades Islington for one night only as Shortfuse hosts past
winners of the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year competition. Featuring
Stewart Lee -- co-writer of Jerry Springer: The Opera, Henning When - The
German Comedy Ambassador in the United Kingdom, Joe Wilkinson -- winner of
last year's contest, and Paul Hickman -- a physical torrent of puns and
props. Hosted by Nathan Penlington - 'Sensation' - The Guardian

Venue: Shortfuse, The Camden Head, 2 Camden Walk, Islington, N1 8DY
Time: Doors 8.30pm, show 9pm. Admission: £5 / £3 concs
Booking: Booking recommended - contact 07923 474 196 /
boxoffice@writetoignite.co.uk or visit www.writetoignite.co.uk for more
information. Limited tickets available on the door.



The Final Chapter - Saturday 29th September

The Write to Ignite Festival grand finale held in Hoxton Hall -- beautiful
home to Hackney's musical, theatrical and nonsensical words since 1863 --
a day long celebration of words in print and performance.

Book Swap -- Clear out your dusty shelves and fill them back up with
someone else's favourite reads -- a book for a book. Come early and get a
chance to swap for brand new titles donated by leading publishers. Plus
browse our literary stalls featuring the best Hackney based magazines and
publishers.

Novel Ideas - Local publishers present readings from their writers and
lively discussion: Maia Press authors Dreda Say Mitchell, whose novel
Running Hot won the best first crime novel award 2005, and Kolton Lee
whose new book Last Card is set in East London. Legend Press presents Jae
Watson (author of Journey) and Rebecca Strong (author of Here or There).
Plus Legend Press MD Tom Chalmers will also answer any questions from
aspiring writers about ways to increase chances of getting published, what
Legend Press is looking for in submissions, and why the tide is turning
for independent publishing.

Open Mic -- Are you a lyrical wordsmith, poetic scribbler or comic
versifier? This is your chance to stand behind the Write to Ignite mic and
shine. Hosted by Niall O'Sullivan - charismatic MC of London's longest
running poetry open mic, 'Poetry Unplugged'. Sign up to read on the day.

Write to Excite -- "The poet aspires to the condition of the music-hall
comedian", said T.S. Eliot, and tonight we test that statement. A
fantastic evening show featuring the finest stand-up poetry and spoken
word performers ever to tread the boards.

Tim Turnbull -- engaging and entertaining winner of the Arts Foundation's
prize for performance poetry. 'Truly cutting-edge poetic talent' -- Poetry
Review.

Niall O'Sullivan - one of his generation's most original voices. 'Funny
and compassionate' -- Time Out.

Tim Wells - Stamford Hill's born and bred poet. 'Verse that excites,
entertains, delights and jump-starts your cerebral cortex' -- Phill
Jupitus.

Ashna Sarkar - one of the country's best teenage poets, with style and
substance that lifts her work into an engaging performance.

PLUS some very special guests -- see www.writetoignite.co.uk for details.

Hosted by Nathan Penlington -- the UK's only poet magician. 'A natural
performer, witty, inventive, stylish and original' - Robert Newman.

Venue: Hoxton Hall, 130 Hoxton Street, N1 6SH
Time: Doors 2pm, readings 3pm, open mic 5pm, evening show 7.30pm.
Admission: FREE for all day events. £6/£3 concs for evening show.
Booking: Places limited, so booking essential - contact Festival Box
Office. Tel: 077923474196 or email: boxoffice@writetoignite.co.uk

Full information about all Write to Ignite events can be found on our
website: www.writetoignite.co.uk



Also for those of you who live South of the River, this is an event you
might be interested in:
gDA cabaret -We're back!
Friday 14 September 7:30 PM
With acts from, Poet Elvis McGonagall, Bedlam, Wendy Houstoun, Darren
Johnson, Oren Marshall with 20 tubas, Kathak Dancer Shabari Rao, ,
Acro-balance from So & So Circus Theatre. Alongside table service, live
music and great atmosphere. More information at www.greenwichdance.org.uk
Book tickets on 020 8293 9741

PUREandGOODandRIGHT in Leamington Spa: Sunday, September 16th

Poetry Reading in Dumfries: Hadfield & Jones, Monday 10th September

Poetry Reading: Jen Hadfield & Vivien Jones

"Jen Hadfield is one of our finest younger poets. Her poems take the reader on a wild imaginative journey. Vivien Jones makes a welcome return to Poetry Doubles. Much of her new work explores her passion for music."

£7/£5 Book for all Poetry Doubles Readings and get one free!
Contact Andrew Forster on 01387 253383 or andrew@dgaa.net for information and booking.

Monday 10th September
7pm
Dumfries

Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre
Dumfries

Higgins Celebration in Galway TOMORROW: Wednesday 5th September

Celebrating 'The Boy With No Face'

Kevin Higgins’s debut poetry collection ‘The Boy With No Face’ was Salmon Poetry’s bestselling book of 2005 and has recently been reprinted. To celebrate the rare enough event of a debut poetry collection going to a second printing an invited group of readers will read their favourite poems from ‘The Boy With No Face’ in Galway City Library on Wednesday, September 5th at 6.30pm. The MC for the evening will be John Walsh, organiser of North Beach Poetry Nights.

The readers will be Jessie Lendennie, Councillor Niall O’Brolcháin, Trish Casey, Susan Millar DuMars, Kernan Andrews, Gary King, James C. Harrold, Celeste Augé, Susan Lindsay & Niall McCarthy.

Everyone is welcome!

‘The Boy With No Face’ was shortlisted for the 2006 Strong Award for Best First Collection by an Irish Poet. http://www.salmonpoetry.com/theboy.html Kevin’s second collection, ‘Time Gentlemen, Please’ will be published next year by Salmon Poetry. Kevin’s work will also feature in the anthology Salmon: A Journey in Poetry, an anthology of Salmon Poets with a narrative by Salmon editor Jessie Lendennie, to celebrate Salmon's 25th Anniversary of literary publishing (Autumn 2007)

“A devilishly funny and frank way of looking at Galway and the wider world mark the poetry of Kevin Higgins’ first collection ‘The Boy With No Face’” Kernan Andrews, The Galway Advertiser

Salmon Poetry, Knockeven, Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland
Tel: +353 (0)65 7081941 / Fax: +353 (0)65 7081941
For general queries, please email: info@salmonpoetry.com
For book order queries, please email: bookshop@salmonpoetry.com

Poejazzi TONIGHT in London!

Poejazzi

Volupte Bar, No 9 Norwich Street (off Furnival Street), London EC4A 1EJ

Regular spoken word and music night. Featuring poets Niall O'Sullivan and Luke Wright with music from Bridgett Amofah and J'Nay. Hosted by A Poem In between People.

4 September 2007.
Tickets: £10

Call 0207 8311622 or email lordgokal@hotmail.com
leaving name, mobile number and number of seats you'd like.

www.myspace.com/poejazzi

Peterloo Poets International Poetry Festival: 7-9 Sept 2007

Friday 7th September 2007

Andre Mangeot, Hugo Williams, Peter & Alice Oswald, John Godfrey, Valerie Laws, Joy of Six performance, Gabriel Fitzmaurice.

For further details contact Harry Chambers at www.peterloopets.com

Essex Poetry Festival: Saturday 20th October

Essex Poetry Festival 2007

Daljit Nagra, Catherine Smith, A. F. Harrold, Jane Holland, Tim Cunningham & Audience Participation Workshop with Michael Laskey.

Plus Open Mic & readings from this years competition winners.

Date: Saturday 20th October
Venue: The Cramphorn Theatre, Fairfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1JG
Tickets £12 (£10 concs.) Box office 01245 606505
full details on website.

There will be workshops & readings throughout October at various libraries in Essex, many of these events are free, see website for details.

www.essex-poetry-festival.co.uk

Poetry, Style and Verse Debate: Tuesday 4th September

Poetry, Style and Verse

Writers' Guild Centre, 15-17 Britannia Street, London WC1X 9JN

OneNess, Jonzi D, Dr Peter Sansom, David Morgan and Leo Aylan comprise a panel chaired by Alan Brownjohn that will engage in a discussion on contemporary poetry, followed by individual performances from the panel members.

4 September 2007.
£5 for Guild members and £7.50 for non-members. Includes complimentary glass of wine.

Places are limited - book in advance. Send a cheque payable to the Writers' Guild, to "Poetry Event," Writers' Guild of Great Britain, 15-17 Britannia Street,
London, WC1X 9JN.

Poetry Reading & Open Mic in Bath: Monday 3rd September

Poetry Reading & Open Mic in Bath

Monday 3rd September
8pm

Canadian poet Rhona McAdam will read at 'The Raven' in Bath at 8 p.m. on Monday, 3 September. There will also be an open mic.