LEAMINGTON SPA: PUREandGOODandRIGHT

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009, 7.30pm, £3 (£2 Student/OAP)

The Stables,
Newbold Comyn Arms,
Newbold Terrace East
Leamington Spa
CV32 4EU

Our guest MC for the night is Richard Owen and our performance poet is the truly amazing and absolutely fabulous Matt Black.

Both serious and entertaining, Matt writes on subjects such as snails, love, travels in Texas and Cleethorpes, granny power, childhood, council strategies and the joys of Ofsted inspections. Matt writes and performs for adults and children, created the first Poetry Jukebox, set a world record performing in 50 venues in 5 hours (on a tandem) and runs (with Jonny White) the Zing-Zong Fantielastical Poetry Imagination Machine. He is published in magazines such as Envoi, Fatchance, Magma, Smith’s Knoll, Interpreter’s House ………he has won awards and commissions and has toured in Germany, U.S.A, Ireland, Poland and the Czech Republic.
For more information please see www.matt-black.co.uk

With open mic support from…….yes……YOU! Arrive early to book a slot.

If you're planning to come along, or would like to know more about the night, please email pgrpoetryandpints@talktalk.net

BIRMINGHAM: Flarestack launch

FLARESTACK POETS BOOK LAUNCH, 2pm, SATURDAY, 21ST NOVEMBER, BIRMINGHAM REP

Flarestack Poets, the new imprint from Flarestack Publishing, will celebrate the publication of its first three pamphlets, Wake by Cliff Forshaw, Advice On Wearing Animal Prints by Selima Hill (both winners of the Flarestack Poets Pamphlet Competition 2009) and Mr Barton Isn't Paying, an anthology of poems selected from the competition.

There will be readings from Cliff Forshaw, Selima Hill and poets whose work appears in the anthology.

Wine and other refreshments will be served. The event is free, but anyone wishing to attend should contact jacquirowe@hotmail.co.uk

LONDON: Camden Poetry Series

Friday, 20th November, 2009, doors open 6.30pm, 7pm start, £4/£3, wine

Trinity United Reform Church
1 Buck Street,
Camden Town
(2 minutes Camden Town tube.)

Ruth O'Callaghan presents Arc poets Shanta Acharya and Stephen Watts. Poets from the floor very welcome.

Cinnamon Press is our new sponsor. Please bring a copy of the poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology. Proceeds to the Cold Weather Shelter for the Homeless

LEWES: Kate Tym

Thursday, November 19th, 2009, doors 8pm, 8.30pm start

Upstairs at the Lewes Arms

Lewes

The fantastic Kate Tym will giving it her all as headliner at the last of the current season of Lewes Poetry. Also, there will be an unforgettable performance by Charlie Devus plus the legendary limerick competition with the usual prize!

Open mic poets welcome!

GALWAY: Over The Edge

Thursday, November 19th, 2009, 6.30pm-8pm

Galway City Library,
St. Augustine Street,
Galway

Featured Readers are Jimi McDonnell, James Marshall and Claire Kilroy.

Jimi McDonnell is a native of Tuam, Co.Galway. He cites his family, playwright Tom Murphy and footballer Ja Fallon as pivotal influences. Since 2007, Jimi has been the music correspondent for the Connacht Tribune. Last year he took Susan Millar DuMars’ Creative Writing course at GTI and is now enrolled in the MA in Writing programme at NUI, Galway. Jimi is currently working on poetry and fiction projects.

James Marshall was born on the west coast of Scotland sometime in the 60s to a Swedish mother and Scottish father. He grew up in and around London. James landed in Galway in 1999 and never took off again. A mid life crisis resulted in his musical tastes broadening towards the extreme end of the spectrum; the more bizarre and challenging the better. He has attended creative writing classes with both Susan Millar DuMars and Kevin Higgins at Galway Technical Institute and is currently working on his first novel, but not as much as he should be.

Claire Kilroy is the author of three novels which loosely form a trilogy about the obsessions and exhilarations of art. Her debut, All Summer, a literary thriller about a stolen painting, was awarded the 2004 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. Her second novel, Tenderwire, a love story between a violinist and a masterpiece violin, was published to great acclaim in 2006, and was shortlisted for the 2007 Irish Novel of the Year as well as the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award. Her latest novel, All Names Have Been Changed, set in 1980s Dublin and centring around a great Irish writer and his Trinity writing class, was published this May. Educated at Trinity College, she lives in Dublin.

There will be an open-mic when the Featured Readers have finished. This is open to anyone who has a poem or story to share. New readers are always especially welcome. The MC for the evening will be Susan Millar DuMars. For further details phone 087-6431748.

LONDON: Tall Lighthouse

Thursday, November 26th, 2009, 7.30pm, FREE

Whitechapel Gallery,

14 Hour presents tall-lighthouse, with Brendan Cleary, Helen Mort, Jasmine Cooray, Alex Brocklehurst and Graham Buchan.

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=173392951073

● BRENDAN CLEARY: Brendan Cleary has published several full-length poetry collections including The Irish Card and Sacrilege, both from Bloodaxe, and Stranger in the House from Wrecking Ball Press. Over 20 years he has also published numerous pamphlets from various small presses, his latest being Jackson from Pighog Press. He currently lives in Brighton where he works as a poetry tutor. His selected poems, Goin' Down Slow, is due out in June 2010 with tall-lighthouse.

HELEN MORT: Helen's poems are tender and intriguing, filled with subtle yet memorable images. She writes with an easy maturity and is a welcome new presence. Helen was born in Sheffield and grew up in Derbyshire. She received an Eric Gregory Award in 2007 and won the Manchester Young Writer prize in 2008.

JASMINE COORAY: Jasmine Ann Cooray lives in London where she develops confidence in young people through writing and performance. She founded Floetics, Brighton’s monthly performance night, and runs WRITELondon, an innovative series of writing workshops. Her debut pamphlet, Everything We Don’t Say, was published by tall-lighthouse in April 2009.

ALEX BROCKHURST: Originally from Cambridge, Alex has lived in Brighton for many years where she has achieved success in the fields of Fine Art, Law & Psychology. Her debut pamphlet Black Fen is published by tall-lighthouse.

GRAHAM BUCHAN: Graham Buchan has spent his working life in the film, video and television industries as an editor, writer, producer and director. He is a regular on the London poetry scene and, apart from poetry in many magazines, he has published short stories, travel writing and film appreciation. His poetry is also available on the CD Radio Pussycat.

● JOHN CITIZEN is guest compere. Plus 14 Hour DJs.

Horizon Review & Poetry Reading, Soho this Wednesday 18th November

Ride the Word XVIII
on the road to
The Café Yumchaa
Free Admission

Cafe Yumchaa, 45 Berwick Street, Soho, London W.1
Wed 18th November 7.00 p.m.—9.15 p.m.

All Salt lineup
Elizabeth Baines reading from her new novel: Too Many Magpies
Jane Holland
Vincent De Souza
Jay Merill
and guests:

Horizon Review introduced by:
editor, Jane Holland, plus readers George Ttoouli and Sophie Mayer

also
Floor spots: Jan Woolf, Alan Franks,
Marc Compton, et al

BIRMINGHAM: 'Rhymes' @ The Custard Factory

Thursday, November 26th, 2009, 8pm, £5
The Mixing Bowl Theatre @The Custard Factory
Birmingham
£5

This month's poets...

Brendan Hawthorne, a vibrant and instinctive performer, he brings his own unique poetic style forged from Black Country steel and wit to any event.

Louis Campbell, a multimedia poet, regular on the West Midlands poetry scene since 1992 and an all round cool guy.

Jacqui Rowe's poems have appeared extensively in anthologies and magazines and she runs 'Poetry Bites', a regular event with leading poets, as well as workshops.

Adrian Johnson, poet, story teller and Literature Office for the West Midlands will be performing one of his first gigs as Birminghams new Poet Laureate.

MC Lorna Meehan, plus The Wordbag Challenge and The Rhymes Raffle.

BIRMINGHAM: Poetry Bites with Angela France

Tuesday, 24th November, 2009, 7.30pm (food available from 6.30pm), £5/£4
Kitchen Garden Café,
17 York Road,
Kings Heath,
Birmingham
B14 7SA

Angela France is a Gloucestershire-based poet whose second collection, Occupation, has been published this year by Ragged Raven Press. She has had poems published in many of the leading journals in the UK and US and has been anthologised – most recently in A Twist of Malice: uncomfortable poems by older women. She has just completed an MA in Creative and Critical Writing at the University of Gloucestershire

"Angela France writes with passion and clarity; here is a meticulous sensuous imagination, richly structured and musical." - Penelope Shuttle
" The poems are always vigorous and rhythmically controlled. Occupation establishes a clear, firm, valuable voice in contemporary poetry." - George Szirtes

Poetry Bites includes floor spots where you can share your own poetry with an appreciative audience. Please arrive early to book a spot.

To reserve a place email jacquirowe@hotmail.co.uk or pay at the door.

LONDON: Camden Poetry Series

Friday, 20th November, 2009, doors open 6.30pm, 7pm start, £4/£3, wine
Trinity United Reform Church
1 Buck Street,
Camden Town
(2 minutes Camden Town tube.)

Ruth O'Callaghan presents Arc poets Shanta Acharya and Stephen Watts. Poets from the floor very welcome.

Cinnamon Press is our new sponsor. Please bring a copy of the poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology. Proceeds to the Cold Weather Shelter for the Homeless

LEAMINGTON SPA: PUREandGOODandRIGHT

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009, 7.30pm, £3 (£2 Student/OAP)
The Stables,
Newbold Comyn Arms,
Newbold Terrace East
Leamington Spa
CV32 4EU

Our guest MC for the night is Richard Owen and our performance poet is the truly amazing and absolutely fabulous Matt Black.

Both serious and entertaining, Matt writes on subjects such as snails, love, travels in Texas and Cleethorpes, granny power, childhood, council strategies and the joys of Ofsted inspections. Matt writes and performs for adults and children, created the first Poetry Jukebox, set a world record performing in 50 venues in 5 hours (on a tandem) and runs (with Jonny White) the Zing-Zong Fantielastical Poetry Imagination Machine. He is published in magazines such as Envoi, Fatchance, Magma, Smith’s Knoll, Interpreter’s House ………he has won awards and commissions and has toured in Germany, U.S.A, Ireland, Poland and the Czech Republic.
For more information please see www.matt-black.co.uk

With open mic support from…….yes……YOU! Arrive early to book a slot.

If you're planning to come along, or would like to know more about the night, please email pgrpoetryandpints@talktalk.net

RICHMOND: Poetry Jam @ The Tea Box

Friday, 13th November, 2009, 7.30pm, FREE
The Tea Box,
7 Paradise Road,
Richmond,
TW9 1RX
Nearest tube: Richmond

‘Innocence meets Experience’ as The Tea Box hosts another open mic poetry jam where new voices can perform alongside established performance poets.

Feed your mind, soul and belly at this unique event where you can enjoy tea, hot food, soft and alcoholic drinks while listening to the odd bard or two.

At our last event Dominoe Joe entertained us with his witty and quirky performance poetry, mixed up with some sad and serious war poetry.

And hopefully we'll be seeing either some more war poetry, given the proximity to Remembrance Day, or some scary and supernatural poetry as this jam takes place on Friday 13th!

Our audience are always friendly, supportive and enthusiastic, as is our host, resident poet 'Anonymous Webster', who will ensure you receive a warm welcome to the stage.

Want to join the Jam? Call us on 020 8940 3521, e-mail on info@theteabox.co.uk or just stick your hand up on the night.

LONDON: Rum, Punch and Poets

Friday, November 13th, 2009, 8pm, £12 / £10
Rich Mix
35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road,
London,
E1 6LA

A mouthwatering show with four leading poets. Legend Lemn Sissay leads the way. Dub poet Jean 'Binta' Breeze has worked in theatre, television and film. Inua Ellams has been described as the love child of John Keats and Mos Def. Alex Pascall OBE is an inspirational playwright and songwriter..
http://www.richmix.org.uk/aandc_whatson.htm

Box Office: 020 7613 7498
Online booking: www.richmix.org.uk/bookings

LONDON: Tall Lighthouse

Friday, 13th November, 2009, 8pm (late bar), £3
The Old Tigers Head,
351 Lee High Road,
SE12 8RU

Tall-Lighthouse presents a seriously good poetry night, supported by the Lee Green Locality Fund

with Roddy Lumsden, Niall O’Sullivan, Christopher Horton, Jocelyn Page, Paul Blake, plus others tbc

with John Citizen (mc)

plus open mic

LEICESTER: Three Leicester Poets

Friday, November 13th, 2009, 7.30pm
Friends Meeting House,
16 Queen's Road,
Leicester

featuring Pam Thompson, Lydia Towsey and Matt Merritt.

Pam Thompson has been writing and performing poetry in the East Midlands for a number of years. She is part of the steering-group of and was artistic producer of the Lyric Lounge week at The Y Theatre, Leicester, in July 2009. Pam is widely published in magazines and pamphlets. Her first full collection is The Japan Quiz, published by Redbeck Press in 2008

Lydia Towsey comperes and coordinates WORD! and in 2009 has been the Artistic Director of The Lyric Lounge (www.lyriclounge.co.uk). She has performed alongside John Hegley and Jean 'Binta' Breeze and is soon to be published in POM, an anthology of new voices, co-edited by Michael Horovitz, John Hegley and Melanie Abrahams.

Matt Merritt's first full collection, Troy Town, was published by Arrowhead Press in March 2008, following a chapbook, Making The Most Of The Light, from HappenStance in 2005. He has read all over England and Scotland, and blogs at Polyolbion.

NOTTINGHAM: Poets and Exhibitions

Tuesday, 24th November, 2009, 7pm, FREE
Nottingham Contemporary Gallery

Come along and hear newly commissioned poems in response to two exhibitions at Nottingham Contemporary Gallery: 'David Hockney 1960-1968, A Marriage of Styles' and 'Frances Stark: But what of Frances Stark, standing by itself, a naked name, bare as a ghost to whom one would like to lend a sheet?'

Poets reading: Wayne Burrows, Sue Dymoke, Michael McKimm, Carol Rowntree-Jones and Gregory Woods.

MANCHESTER: Beyond Words - New Poetry from South Africa

12th November 2009, 8pm, £10 / £6
Contact,
Oxford Road,
Manchester,
M15 6JA
Box office: 0161 274 0600 / www.contact-theatre.org

Apples & Snakes presents Beyond Words: New Poetry From South Africa Live On Tour

Four incredible South African poets tour the UK together for the first time. Brought together by South African Poet Laureate and renowned exile campaigner Keorapetse Kgositsile, the show premieres specially commissioned new work. This is a blistering introduction to the new South Africa and to the power of live poetry in performance.

Featuring some of the most exciting voices of South Africa in the 21st century - Keorapetse Kgositsile, Lebo Mashile, Don Mattera and Phillippa Yaa de Villiers.

Keorapetse Kgositsile said: "I think an exchange of literature among peoples has better chances of building understanding and friendship than any diplomatic missions could ever achieve."

CAMBRIDGE: CB1 Poetry - Lizzy Dening

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009, doors open 7.30pm, 8pm start
The Punter Pub,
Pound Hill,
Cambridge

CB1@ The Punter presents Lizzy Dening

Lizzy Dening is a local poet and wildlife writer who graduated from Liverpool with a degree in Creative Writing. She was the editor of the prestigious literature journal at John Moore's University and has been published in various poetry magazines.

Readers from the floor fill up most of the night, with two 10-minute slots either side of the interval for the headliner to read.

For details of how to find The Punter visit us at our website, www.cb1poetry.org.uk