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| MARCH 2010 | ||
| Melbourne | 10th Mar |
How do you make your poem sound
great? Whether you want to be a slam poet, or want to find the
confidence and the tools to speak in front of an audience, this
workshop will guide you in the right direction. Bring a piece of work to share. With Emily Zoe Baker Wednesday 10 March 2010 from 5-7pm at Signal, Melbourne city. Directions provided upon booking. Emily Zoe Baker (EZB) is an award winning poet and spoken word artist. After her tour in North America in 2009 she was involved in 'Elemental' poetry at the Planetarium for the 2009 Melbourne International Arts Festival. This is a free event for 13-20 year olds! Bookings on 9097 7890 or on artisticdirector (@) expressmedia (dot) org (dot) au |
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London |
12th Mar |
A reading from the new Grey Hen Press anthology Cracking On :Poems on Ageing by older women. Kate Foley, Joy Howard, Angela Kirby, Dinah Livingstone, Alwyn Marriage, Ruth O'Callaghan and Diane Tang
Wisewords Bookfest The Women's Library, Old Castle St London E! 7NT 12th March 2-3pm |
| Oxford | 12th Mar |
A Celebration of Lesbian
Poetry
The
Jam Factory, Oxford. 12th March 6.30-8 pm
RV
Bailey, Christine Webb, Joy Howard, Pat Winslow and Kate Foley
All
welcome
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| Halesworth | 15-19 Mar |
Advanced Poetry Seminar, 15 – 19 March 2010 The Poetry Trust invites expressions of interest for the fourth Advanced Poetry Seminar which will take place at the stunning Bruisyard Hall in Suffolk from 15 – 19 March 2010. Co-tutored for a fourth successive year by Michael Laskey and Peter Sansom, this intensive residential retreat is designed to offer accelerated professional and creative development to a small group of carefully selected poets early in their publishing careers. Previous attenders – and subsequent prize-winning and first book ‘successes’ – include Allison McVety, Helen Mort, Katrina Naomi, Ed Reiss, Philip Rush, Kathryn Simmonds and Saradha Soobrayen.
Successful applicants will either be at or genuinely close to their first collection stage. We will also consider applicants who are in the transitional period between first and second books. For further details see: www.thepoetrytrust.org To register your interest please contact: admin@thepoetrytrust.org or call 01986 835950. |
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Tyneside |
15th March |
Cinema Slam At the Tyneside Cinema Hosted by Jeff Price The Slam Winners Slam Doors 7.30 Starts 8.00 Monday 15th March Tickets £4.00 from the Tyneside Cinema Box Office Slammers. Jay Arnott, Jim Bennett, Alfie Crow, Kate Fox, Nikki Hawkins, Jess Johnson , James Oates, Sophia, Karl Thompson, Scott Tyrrell and Steve Urwin. Slam Poetry is the newest addition to the eclectic line-up of events in the Tyneside Bar. Beginning in Chicago in 1984, Poetry Slams are a high-energy, fast and furious competition between performance poets. For our first slam, we have gathered together the elite of the Northern Slam Poets, every one of them already a winner. Each slammer will have three minutes to wow the audience with their words and performance, and then the judges vote, scoring on content, style and audience reaction. Over the night we whittle down the poets until only one is left standing. Slam Poetry, echoing out from the clubs of Chicago, across the North and into the fabulous Tyneside Bar… it’s poetry, but not as you know it. |
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London |
15th March |
Ken Champion & Juli Jana’sMORE POETRY under the bridge at MUG HOUSENo.1 Tooley Street. A five minute walk from London Bridge Station - Duke Street Hill exit, turn left for 60 yards; opposite is Evans cycle shop, down the steps at the side, then left…you’re there.Monday 15 March - 7.30 for 8.00 Admission £1 Free sandwiches! Ken Head + Open mic and Melinda Walker & Dave ‘guitar’ Pelling Contact: www.kenchampion.org.uk tel: 02082202669 or: julijswallow@hotmail.co.uk tel: 07946882614 www.myspace.com/morepoetry |
| London | 20th March | Spoken word/live poetry. It takes place on Saturday 20th March 2010 The Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, Islington, London 12-2pm Featuring spoken word from Laura Dockrill and Liz Bentley, music from The Langley Sisters and comedy from Danielle Ward. Free entry, donation goes to a homeless charity. myspace.com/sundownmultimedia |
| Oxford | 25th March |
Back Room Poets
present at Oxfringe 2010
25 March, 7:30 p.m. Aspects of Being: Life in the Verse Lane Presented by Jenyth Worsley and Tina Sederholm With a cabaret interlude from Lucy Matheson Vaults & Garden Cafe Radcliffe Square, Oxford Entry £7 (£5 concessions) Refreshments served from 7 p.m. |
| April 2010 | ||
| Milton Keynes | 9 April |
Poetry Kapow! 9 (The Slam of Sins...) MADCAP, Wolverton, Creed Street, Milton Keynes MK12 5LY Fri 09/04/2010 7:30 PM Entry: £5/ £4 performers and other concessions; slam competition, open mic, live acoustic music, written competitions, and featured artists |
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Much Wenlock |
9-11 April |
The first Wenlock Poetry Festival will be held under the patronage of Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy in Much Wenlock, Shrophshire 9 - 11 April 2010. www.wenlockpoetryfestival.org for more information.-- Wenlock Poetry Festival Wenlock Books 12 High Street Much Wenlock Shropshire TF13 6AA 01952 727877 email: info@wenlockpoetryfestival.org www.wenlockpoetryfestival.org
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London |
10th April |
Wave If You're Really There St Leonards Church, London E1 6JN Nearest Station: Liverpool St Tel: 02071932665 Time: 7pm Price: £10 advance Tickets & Info: www.mercyonline.co.uk Lineup: Poetry from Ross Sutherland, Nathan Jones, Salena Godden, David J. (Plus Music from Eugene McGuinness, The Wave Machines, Sarah Nicholls, Gary Davis). Info: Liverpool arts collective Mercy bring their sixth, site-specific masterpiece of poetry, music, art and spectacle to the capital. The dramatic collision of music and poetry in collaboration not only revamps the church atmosphere, but redefines the notion of literary entertainment in an exhilarating and innovative way. |
| Brighton | 16th-17th April |
The Centre for Modernist Studies at Sussex is pleased to
announce that the First Annual Brighton Poetry Festival will
take place on Friday April 16th and Saturday April 17th 2010.
The alternate title of said event is, tentatively, "The
Inaugural Last Annual Brighton Poetry Festival."
Venues include the Nightingale Theatre (downtown Brighton) and
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Dartmoor |
13th June |
The Dartmoor Summer Haiku Almanac workshop and walk Sunday 13 June from 10am to 4pm Workshop leaders Alan Summers and Karen Hoy. The aim of the day is to produce Dartmoor Haiku for the creation of a Devon Haiku Almanac. This follows in the tradition of haiku poets in Japan, who traditionally produce seasonal almanacs ? Haiku Saijiki. Bring both old and new Devon/Dartmoor colloquial terms, nicknames, sayings, and street slang to help create a Haiku Saijiki for Devon. You?ll also need to bring pens and paper, and a packed lunch if coming for a full day. Tea and coffee is available. If appropriate, please bring outdoor wear (even sunscreen!) suitable for the weather and month on Dartmoor. The day includes an introduction and workshop, with free Haiku Journal notebook, followed by the writing walk including a second free notebook for fieldnotes. Workshop fees are by donation, with a suggested £10 to £25 for all day. Workshops must be booked in advance as numbers are often limited. To reserve your place call or email Jennie Osborne on 01803 840541 or jenniedancing@googlemail.com. |
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Swansea |
25 June |
FROM AMERICA NOVELIST AND DRAMATIST PAUL M. LEVITT POET IFEANYI MENKITI plus Julie-Anne Grey (actress) and Steve Grey (actor) Plus SONGS FROM SINGER-SONGWRITER TERRY CLARKE introduced by Peter Thabit Jones at The Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, on FRIDAY, 25th June, 2010 7 P.M. FREE ENTRY A collaboration between THE SEVENTH QUARRY CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS, NEW YORK |