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| Newcastle | 11th May 2023 |
NORTHERN POETRY SYMPOSIUM: COMMUNITY | 11th MAY | 10-5pm | NORTHERN
STAGE 2 Join the Poetry Book Society and Newcastle University on the 11th May for the Northern Poetry Symposium at Northern Stage to launch Newcastle Poetry Festival. We’re reuniting the poetry world to celebrate community, from vital discussions around inclusion to a British Council Indian poetry showcase and an electrifying dance-poetry performance. Join us for an inspiring day of readings and reflections from 20 leading poets including Imtiaz Dharker, Malika Booker, Airea D. Matthews, Jamie Hale, Adam Lowe, Stephanie Sy Quia, Kim Moore, Inua Ellams, Mani Rao, Sarabjeet Garcha, Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa, Yogesh Maitreya, Clare Lees, Lily Blacksell, Jacob Sam-La Rose, Clare Shaw, Nathalie Teitler, Theresa Munoz and Linda Anderson. Northern Poetry Symposium in-person day tickets cost £20 (£15 concessions) to hear from 20 world-class poets plus a free networking lunch. Book now at www.newcastlepoetryfestival.co.uk/events/ |
| Manchester | 9th May 2023 |
Manchester Poets Fri 19 May 2023 6:30-8. 25 to 30 minutes guest
spot, from 7.25 at The
Place at Platt Lane Fallowfield, Manchester M14 7FB There is a car park with access from Platt Lane All welcome £3 / £1 There is a readaround in the first half, giving
everyone a chance to read at least one poem, and then, after an interval, our
guest poet from Yorkshire will read. Peter Sansom Carcanet published Sansom’s first book in 1990. With
Ann Sansom, Peter is the director of The Poetry Business in Sheffield and
co-editor of The North and Smith|Doorstop Books. Lanyard is his twelfth Carcanet
collection. Family is at the heart of this warm, witty and moving book in which
he evokes working-class life in the early and mid-twentieth century, and from
the 1970s, vinyl, tie-dye, crushed velvet, gatefold sleeves. We travel in his
first car, meet him as teacher, roofer, pigeon fancier. We see Sheffield as it
is seldom portrayed. His elegies celebrate Gerard Benson (former MP guest,
children’s poet and founder of Poems on the Underground); and Sarah Maguire,
poet, translator and anthologist. All human life, and death, are to be found
here. There is laughter and tears and a vivid evocation of a world that survives
thanks to poems like these. Jun 16 Jenny King Sheffield Jul 21 Stephen Payne Cardiff Oct 20 Helen
Clare Heery |
| Pasadena, USA | 18th May 2023 |
Voices at the Center of American Literature:
Richard Blanco, C. Bain and Michelle Chihara Date: May 18, 2023 Start Time: 6:30 P.M. PST Venue: Hen House Literary Center 1540 Lincoln Avenue Pasadena, CA 91103 Entry Fees: $0.00 Description: Funded in part by the National Endowment for the
Arts, Voices at the Center
of American Literature will
feature readings and conversations by and with BIPOC and LGBTQ+ authors to
discuss visibility, community, and navigating multiple identities, plus the “own
voice” and personal narrative. Presidential inaugural poet, poet laureate of
Miami-Dade County, and recent recipient of the National Humanities Medal Richard
Blanco will join gender liminal multidisciplinary artist C. Bain in a
conversation, moderated by Los
Angeles Review of Books Editor-in-Chief
Michelle Chihara, on their identities as queer men, as a Latino immigrant and a
gender nonconforming performer, and on finding their space in the literary world
and celebrating what makes them unique. Please join us for what will undoubtedly be an
incredible evening of poetry and discussion. ASL interpreting services will be provided. This
event will take place in-person at the Hen House Literary Center in Pasadena,
California, and will also be livestreamed on Red Hen Press’s website at
redhen.org/virtual, Red Hen’s YouTube
Channel, and Red Hen’s Facebook Page. This event is free, but all events taking place at
the Hen House Literary Center require proof of vaccination prior to entry.
Please have your vaccination cards and IDs at the ready! Additional details can be found
here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-reading-conversation-with-richard-blanco-c-bain-and-michelle-chihara-tickets-624738398367 |
| Via Zoom | Every Sunday |
Torriano Poetry in Cyberspace At 6.30pm every Sunday Joan Michelson and Dan Kennedy host Torriano Poetry in
cyberspace. Come at 6.15pm for pre-reading socialising. |