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Tuesday 6th May 2008 - Manchester
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Tuesday 6th May, 7.30pm Gender & the Lyric Voice with Vicki Bertram Ph.D.
A woman’s voice cannot escape
its sex, so female poets who write ‘I’ will be read as writing
either about their own experience, or the experience of other women.
Does this matter and, if it does, why? Vicki Bertram
from the Writing School at MMU will discuss some of the ideas
explored in her book Gendering Poetry: Contemporary Women and
Men Poets. Venue: Poetry School
Manchester at the Tai Chi Village Hall, behind the house at 163
Palatine Rd, Manchester M20 2GH. Please note, the Hall is a no shoes
venue, so wear your best socks!
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Thursday 8th May 2008 - London
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Thursday 8 May: Poetry at
the London Irish Centre |
Sunday 11th May 2008 - London.
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John Milton - Pre-eminence Lost? A celebration of Milton’s poetry to mark the 400th anniversary of his birth. Actor Lance Pierson performs extracts from Paradise Lost, Samson Agonistes, L’Allegro and Il Penseroso, Comus, Lycidas and the Sonnets. Sunday May 11th, 7.30pm
The Gatehouse Theatre, Highgate
Village, London N6 4BD
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Friday 12th May 2008 - Chester
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Monday, May 12, 8pm
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Thursday 15th May 2008 - Manchester
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Emily Dickinson &
Charlotte Mew with Michael Schmidt O.B.E., F.R.S.L.
Entry: £9 (£7 concs)
Venue: Poetry School Manchester
at the Tai Chi Village Hall, behind the house at 163 Palatine Rd,
Manchester M20 2GH. Please note, the Hall is a no shoes venue, so
wear your best socks! |
Friday 16th May 2008 - Southport
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'An Audience With Germaine Greer' Friday 16 May, 7.30pm Tickets are £12 (£10 concessions)
Southport Arts Centre Come and see the controversial author, acclaimed academic, outspoken broadcaster, groundbreaking publisher, feminist icon and cultural commentator present her latest book, Shakespeare Wife (Bloomsbury 2007).
Professor Greer uses fascinating documentary evidence about his life in Shakespeare's Stratford to put his marriage, and his views on marriage, into a social context. The event will include a Q&A session and the chance to purchase a copy of her latest book.
In partnership with Broadhursts of Southport.
If you would like to book tickets please call box office on 01704 540011 or book online at www.seftonarts.co.uk |
Saturday 17th May 2008 - Little Gidding, Huntingdon, Cambs
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T. S. ELIOT FESTIVAL AT LITTLE GIDDING
Poetry enthusiasts of T.S. Eliot from across the country will gather at the tiny hamlet of Little Gidding for the third annual T. S. Eliot Festival, to be held on Saturday 17 May 2008. The festival programme includes inspiring talks and readings celebrating poetry and the work of T.S. Eliot.
The day’s programme begins with the annual Little Gidding Lecture, to be delivered by Peter Stanford, the authorised biographer of C. Day-Lewis. Titled ‘On Not Saying Everything’, the talk will examine poetry’s role in capturing religious experience. The festival’s Keynote Speaker is Ingrid Soren, also known as the writer Rosamund Richardson. Fresh from the International Symposium in Florence, Soren will deliver her paper ‘We are Born with the Dead’ - Dante and Eliot: A Conversation. The day will conclude with an evening reading by the acclaimed poet, Sean O’Brien, the recipient of both the 2007 T.S. Eliot Prize and the 2007 Forward Poetry Prize.
Interspersed with audience readings, music, tea and a buffet supper, the festival promises to be an inspiring and convivial gathering at the beautiful setting of Little Gidding, which has remained virtually unchanged since T.S. Eliot visited and was inspired to write about it in his most famous poem ‘Four Quartets’.
A full day ticket is £25, and includes tea and supper. Separate tickets for the afternoon or evening events are also available at £10. Further details about tickets and bookings can be obtained from info@ferrarhouse.co.uk.
Contact Festival Coordinator Ferrar House, Little Gidding, Huntingdon, Cambs., PE28 5RJ 01832 293383 info@ferrarhouse.co.uk
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Thursday 22nd May 2008 - London
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The highly popular ‘Under the Influence’ series, where one poet looks at the influence another poet has had on their work, continues in 2008 with an exciting new line up and venue!
Thursday 22 May at 7pm Robert Minhinnick under the influence of Derek Walcott West Indian poet Derek Walcott’s collection Sea Grapes inspired Welsh poet, Robert Minhinnick to explore his own language and landscape and find that the ‘bwlch’ and ‘gwter’ of his ‘own scrap of coast’ could be poetic.
The host for each event will be the Poetry Society’s Chair, Anne-Marie Fyfe.
All events will be taking place in a new venue - the wonderfully atmospheric and historic Club Room at the Arts Theatre* in London's West End, 6/7 Great Newport Street, London, WC2H 7JB. * Please note access to the venue is stairs only. Should you require assistance on arrival, please contact us at least 24 hours prior to the event, on 0207 420 9895.
Tickets £10 and £7 (Concessions and Poetry Society members). Ticket Bookings on 0844 847 1608 or in person at the venue. |
Monday 26th May 2008 - Toronto, ON. Canada
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Toronto Public Library's Canada Council Heritage Series - Foresight: Speculative Fiction in Canada. Toronto, ON Oakwood Village Library 341 Oakwood Ave. Monday, May 26, 7 p.m. Science fiction authors and poets Paula Johanson, Candas Jane Dorsey, Phyllis Gotlieb and Sandra Kasturi read and discuss their poetry. Q&A and book signing to follow. Visit http://torontopubliclibrary.ca/foresight for details, or phone (416) 393-7131. |
Wednesday 28th May 2008 - London
Perdika Press @ The Room
“the HEART, by way of the BREATH, to the LINE” – Charles Olson
Readers
Peter Brennan Tom JonesChristine North Mario PetrucciNick Potamitis Adam Simmonds
Wednesday 28 May @ 8pmAdmission £5 (Concs. £4)
The Room, 33 Holcombe Road, Tottenham Hale, N17 9AS
Nearest stations: Tottenham Hale (Victoria Line) Bruce Grove (Overground)
www.perdikapress.com www.the-room.org.uk |
Friday 30th May 2008 - Manchester
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Friday, May 30, 7.30pm Musicians:
Chris Davies, Olivia Moore |
Saturday 31st May 2008 - Magherafelt, Co. Derry N. Ireland
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Magherafelt Arts Society, in association with Poetry Ireland, presents An Evening of Poetry with Moyra Donaldson & Frank Ormsby. Venue: Laurel Villa Townhouse 60
Church St. Magherafelt Co. Derry N. Ireland Time: 7.45 pm |
Thursday 5th June 2008 - London
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Visions of the City I Thursday 5 June 2008 • 7.00pm Writers include: Tim Wells, Simon Barraclough and Jay Bernard Introduced and curated by Tom Chivers
Oblique, bleak bloke Tim Wells has supported The Libertines with his riotous 'Cockney Hell' poetry show and his collection Boys Night Out In The Afternoon (Donut) was nominated for the prestigious Forward Prize. Simon Barraclough's debut collection of poetry Los Alamos Mon Amour (Salt) has not yet been launched but is already creating a stir. According to The Guardian, Los Alamos 'wheels through forms, moods and locations around a sensual core of love poems'. Jay Bernard is fast establishing a reputation as one of the UK's most talented young writers with her poetry collection Your Sign is Cuckoo, Girl and has performed at venues across the country including the London Respect Slam.
The ‘Visions of the City Series’ will take place in Bishopsgate Library: Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4QH Tel: 020 7392 9200 Email: events@bishopsgate.org.uk Web: www.bishopsgate.org.uk
How to book • By post. Complete and return a booking form to Bishopsgate Institute along with payment. Copies of the form are available on our website. • In person. Book at reception between 9.30am and 8.30pm, Monday to Friday. • By telephone. Call our ticket line on 020 7392 9220 between 9.30am and 5.30pm, Monday to Friday.
Access Bishopsgate Library is fully accessible to wheelchair users. Limited parking spaces are also available outside Bishopsgate Institute for disabled parking permit holders. These need to be booked in advance. A mobile induction loop system is available. Assistance dogs are welcome in the Institute. Please let us know of any other special requirements.
Visions of the City Series All tickets: £7, concs £5; advance booking required
This series, curated by Bishopsgate Institute’s Poet in Residence Tom Chivers, will introduce some of London's most exciting poets - writers whose work explores the complex, fluid and multivocal character of the City. Alongside their readings Tom will also premiere his own new work produced during the Residency.
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24th June 2008 - London
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AND THEN THERE WAS LIGHT
A collection of poetry, prose, poetic prose and prose poems
from the Way of words 2000 The event will take place at the Queen in Brixton on the 24th of June. Doors opening at 7,30 till 2 am. Dj s also will be there.
25 writers based or in connection with Lambeth will present their work, around themes of love and war, sex and death and much more. It is a very stimulating collection shedding light on our contemporary experience. Poet Anne Seed is the organizer for this event.
Please contact me either by email or cell 07909610117 |
Thursday 26th June 2008 - London
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The highly popular ‘Under the Influence’ series, where one poet looks at the influence another poet has had on their work, continues in 2008 with an exciting new line up and venue!
Thursday 26 June at 7pm Lemn Sissay under the influence of the Liverpool Poets Lemn Sissay was born in 1967, the year The Mersey Sound was first published, but he wasn't given a copy until 15 years later when his head teacher spotted his burgeoning talent. Within its pages Lemn found the confirmation he had been looking for, that poetry should be for the people, by the people. It is a beat he has worked to ever since. This event is part of Liverpool 08.
The host for each event will be the Poetry Society’s Chair, Anne-Marie Fyfe.
All events will be taking place in a new venue - the wonderfully atmospheric and historic Club Room at the Arts Theatre* in London's West End, 6/7 Great Newport Street, London, WC2H 7JB. * Please note access to the venue is stairs only. Should you require assistance on arrival, please contact us at least 24 hours prior to the event, on 0207 420 9895.
Tickets £10 and £7 (Concessions and Poetry Society members). Ticket Bookings on 0844 847 1608 or in person at the venue. |
Thursday 3rd July 2008 - London
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Visions of the City II Thursday 3 July 2008 • 7.00pm Writers include: Iain Sinclair, Hannah Silva and Chris McCabe Introduced and curated by Tom Chivers
Iain Sinclair is the de factor chronicler of contemporary London. Poet, novelist, essayist, anthologist, filmmaker and former book dealer, Sinclair has been described as 'incomparable ... the De Quincy of English letters' by Peter Ackroyd. He is the author of numerous books of fiction, non-fiction and poetry, the latest of which is London: City of Disappearances (Hamish Hamilton). Hannah Silva is a young, fast-talking poet, performer and choreographer from Devon. Her City Fragments captures the speed, energy and contradictions of 21st century urban life. Chris McCabe’s poetry is raw, energetic and experimental, covering topics as diverse as Iraq, fatherhood and Pete Doherty. His second collection of poetry is published this year with the provisional title Zeppelins and follows his acclaimed debut The Hutton Inquiry.
The ‘Visions of the City Series’ will take place in Bishopsgate Library: Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4QH Tel: 020 7392 9200 Email: events@bishopsgate.org.uk Web: www.bishopsgate.org.uk
How to book • By post. Complete and return a booking form to Bishopsgate Institute along with payment. Copies of the form are available on our website. • In person. Book at reception between 9.30am and 8.30pm, Monday to Friday. • By telephone. Call our ticket line on 020 7392 9220 between 9.30am and 5.30pm, Monday to Friday.
Access Bishopsgate Library is fully accessible to wheelchair users. Limited parking spaces are also available outside Bishopsgate Institute for disabled parking permit holders. These need to be booked in advance. A mobile induction loop system is available. Assistance dogs are welcome in the Institute. Please let us know of any other special requirements.
Visions of the City Series All tickets: £7, concs £5; advance booking required
This series, curated by Bishopsgate Institute’s Poet in Residence Tom Chivers, will introduce some of London's most exciting poets - writers whose work explores the complex, fluid and multivocal character of the City. Alongside their readings Tom will also premiere his own new work produced during the Residency. |
Wednesday 16th July 2008 - London
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The highly popular ‘Under the Influence’ series, where one poet looks at the influence another poet has had on their work, continues in 2008 with an exciting new line up and venue!
Wednesday 16 July at 7pm Yang Lian under the influence of Ezra PoundHow could an American poet influence a Chinese poet? Not only influence his writing in general, but influence him to develop his understanding of Chinese, his native language? Chinese poet Yang Lian will discuss not only the influence of one poet on another but one poetic culture on another. This event is part of CHINA NOW.
The host for each event will be the Poetry Society’s Chair, Anne-Marie Fyfe.
All events will be taking place in a new venue - the wonderfully atmospheric and historic Club Room at the Arts Theatre* in London's West End, 6/7 Great Newport Street, London, WC2H 7JB. * Please note access to the venue is stairs only. Should you require assistance on arrival, please contact us at least 24 hours prior to the event, on 0207 420 9895.
Tickets £10 and £7 (Concessions and Poetry Society members). Ticket Bookings on 0844 847 1608 or in person at the venue. |
7th - 23rd August 2008 - Forest Row
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Poetry Otherwise 17th - 23rd August A week of workshops and events for poets, writers and all lovers of language.
Contributing poets include: Roselle Angwin, Mimi Khalvati, Andie Lewenstein, Janis Mackay, Paul Matthews and Hugo Williams.
Each morning there will be a workshop with the workshop leader of your choice and the focus will be on craft and creative process.
Afternoons offer a group in the art of speaking poetry, walks, conversation and time for individual writing. This year's theme is 'What Makes a Poet'? and we will explore this through lively debate and responses to prepared contributions from our visiting poets.
In the evenings: poetry readings (with music), dancing, and a bonfire to end the week.
Emerson College provides beautiful grounds, wholesome food and dedication to the free and creative spirit of each individual.
For more information please visit our website: or telephone Emerson College on 01342 824799
Address: Emerson College, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5JX, England.
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