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2010

 

Fri Sep 3

8 pm

Poetry at the Ware Arts Centre, reading, Ware

 

Programme Sep - Dec 10 (pdf)

Jacqueline Gabbitas

Sat Sep 4

7:30 for 8 pm

Ware Poets on Tour, reading, London

 

Salisbury House, Enfield

 

Programme Sep - Dec 10 (pdf)

Ware Poets

Sun Sep 5

5 pm
(note: amended from 7:30pm)

Cracking On..., reading, Suffolk

 

Walpole Old Chapel

(b117, 2 miles SW of Halesworth)

Entry by donation.

Contact: Chris van Melzen, 01986 798308

Readers include Ann Drysdale, Kate Foley, Joy Howard, Angela Kirby, Christine Webb

Thu Sep 9

8 pm

Lauderdale House, reading, London

George Szirtes & David Constantine

Tue Sep 14

7:30 pm

Blue Bus, reading, London

Ken Edwards and Harry Gilonis

Tue Sep 14

2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle, readers meeting, Bromley

 

Join us to share a read round and tea & biscuits after.

Topic:   Open Choice

Tue Sep 14

6:30 for 7 pm

Lumen Poetry, reading, London

Cinnamon Press, Sheila Hillier, Omar Sabbagh

Presenter: Ruth O'Callaghan

+ poets from the floor

Wed Sep 15

7 for 7:30 pm

Poetry Society, reading, London

 

Walthamstow Library, Reference Room, 1st floor.

High Street, E17

£3 - buy on the door - includes a glass of wine.

Pascale Petit, Jacqueline Gabbitas and Meryl Pugh

Sat Sep 18

2 pm

Poetry Society, reading, London

 

Brontë Parsonage Musem, reading, Haworth

 

A reading from the 2011 Poem Calendar produced Grey Hen Press, featuring month-by- month poems about the Brontë family. 

Carole Bromley, Marianne Burton, Joy Howard, Pauline Kirk, Wendy Klein, Char March, Katrina Naomi, Christine Webb and Sue Wood.

Sun Sep 19

7:30 pm

Caffe Vista, readings & music, Tenby

 

Supported by Academi.
£6.50 entry. More at
tenbyartsfestival.co.uk

Poetry: Simone Mansell Broome

Music: Richard Ellin & Paul Uden

 Sat Sep 25

1 pm

Russian Voices: Vladivostok to Moscow, music & reading, Hampstead

Hampstead and Highate Festival, Keats House, Keats Grove, NW3 2RR
Tickets £6

Tel: 02073 323868 or e-mail Keats House

Jehane Markham Trio

Tue Sep 28

2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle, readers meeting, Bromley

 

Join us to share a read round and tea & biscuits after.

Topic:   WB Years & Irish Poets

Tue Sep 28

6:30 pm

Cardiff Bay Lunch, reading, Haverfordwest

 

Haverford West Library Gallery, Pembrokeshire

Simone Mansell Broome

Wed Sep 29

7:30 pm

Vladislav Khodasevich & Catherine Pozzi - translations, readings, London

 

Poetry Café, 22 Betterton St, London WC2H 9BX

£5 / £3 (conc).

Peter Daniels & Sebastian Hayes

Thu Sep 30

7:30 pm

Still Kicking, a hotpotch of humour, histories & hormones, Drefach Felindre

 

Centre for the Spoken Word.

The Old Dairy, Ceridwen Centre, Penybanc, SA44 5XE.
£6 entry. more at www.ceridwencentre.co.uk

Jo Bousfield & Marcus Moore

Fri Oct 1

8 pm

Poetry at the Ware Arts Centre, reading, Ware

 

Programme Sep - Dec 10 (pdf)

Andy Forster

Sat Oct 2

7:30 pm

Salisbury House, reading, London

Elaine Feinstein

Sun Oct 3

6:30 - 8:30 pm

Second Exile, prose & poetry documentary reading, London

The Czech Club, 74 West End Lane, NW6 2LX
e-mail Jane Kirwan to book

Ales Machácek’s & Jane Kirwan

Thu Oct 7

8 pm

Poetry Society, Kent North West Stanza, reading, Bromley

 

National Poetry Day  - bring poems to read - your own or favourites by other poets

Stanza Rep: Anne Stewart

10 min readings by Stanza members

Visitors: read 1 or 2 poems

 Thu Oct 7

6:15 - 8:15 pm

Birmingham Book Festival, reading, Birmingham

To book: Tel 01213 03323 or Birmingham Book Festival website

Pascale Petit

 Thu Oct 7

2 - 5 pm

Celebrating National Poetry Day, reading, Hull

Hull Central Library, Albion Street,Hull HU1 3TF

June English
& Thelma Laycock

+ floor readers (2 poems)

 Fri Oct 8

7 pm

The Waywiser Press, readings, London

Collections (respectively): New & Selected Poems, Someone Else's Name, Cattle Console Him

Poetry Café, 22 Betterton St, WC2H 9BX

Al Alvarez, Joseph Harrison and Chris Preddle

Tue Oct 12

2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle, readers meeting, Bromley

 

Join us to share a read round and tea & biscuits after.

Topic:   Fruit & Fish

Tue Oct 12

7:30 pm

Blue Bus, reading, London

Robert Sheppard and Hazel Smith

 Wed Oct 13

1 pm

The Excitement of Rhyme and Metre, poetry translation, Bath

Dozens of translated poems… at the Royal Literary & Scientific Institution.
Visitors £4, Members & Students £2

Reader: Timothy Adès

Thu Oct 14

8 pm

Lauderdale House, Arc Publications reading, London

Shanta Acharya, George Hyde, Lorna Thorpe, Jackie Wills

Sat Oct 16

7 pm

Poetry in the Crypt, reading, London

 

Cakes & Coffee!

Murray Bodo, Sue Rose and Susan Utting

+ readers from the floor

 Mon Oct 18

8 pm

Poetic Licence - YEAR 10, reading, London

Readings from new work.
Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate Village, N6
£7 (£5 conc). Includes compimentary glass of wine at interval. Box Office 0208 340 3488.

ALL PROCEEDS TO The North London Hospice

Johannes Kerkhoven, Judy Langton, Jean Pestell and Rosanna Taylor

+ readers from the floor

 Tue Oct 19

1 - 2 pm

Manchester Literature Festival, reading, Manchester

Illustrated reading from What the Water Gave Me - Poems after Frida Kahlo

Lecture Theatre, Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, M2 3JL

Tickets: £5/£3 (conc). Bookings: Tel 0843 208 0500 or Manchester Literature Festival website or at Manchester What's On website

Pascale Petit

 Thu Oct 21

7 pm

Off the Shelf Festival, reading, Sheffield

Illustrated reading from What the Water Gave Me - Poems after Frida Kahlo

Off The Shelf website

Pascale Petit

 Sun Oct 24

3:30 pm

Durham Book Festival, reading, Durham

Durham Book Festival website

Readers: Pascale & Jo Shapcott

 Mon Oct 25

7:30 pm

Mole Valley Poets, reading, Dorking

Upper room, Christian Centre by St Martin's Church, RH4 1DW

Info: 0208 881 1418

Katherine Gallagher

Tue Oct 26

2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle, readers meeting, Bromley

 

Join us to share a read round and tea & biscuits after.

Topic:   'Portfolio' reading - (Writers' group) & 1 open choice poem

 Thu - Mon

28Oct - 1Nov

Torbay Poetry Festival, "one long poetry party", Torquay

Workshops, discussion, readings, escursion, Poetry Quiz, Festival Supper... and more

Festival website

& see Festivals

Readers: Denise Bennett, Nikki Bennet, Alan Brownjohn, Maggie Butt, Wendy Cope, Martyn Crucefix, June Hall, Jane Kirwan, Penelope Shuttle and more...

Tue Nov 9

2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle, readers meeting, Bromley

 

Join us to share a read round and tea & biscuits after.

Topic:   Epitaphs & Farewells

Tue Nov 9

7:30 pm

Blue Bus, reading, London

Christopher Gutkind and James Wilkes

Tue Nov 9
(note: Tue not Thu)

8 pm

Lauderdale House, Rockingham Press reading, London

Danielle hope, Lotte Kramer, Seán Street

Fri Nov 12

8 pm

Ware Arts Centre, reading, Ware

 

Programme Sep - Dec 10 (pdf)

Salisbury House Poets

Tue Nov 16

8 pm

Poetry Society, Kent North West Stanza, reading & discussion, Bromley

Stanza Rep: Anne Stewart

Sat Nov 20

7 pm

Poetry in the Crypt, reading, London

 

Cakes & Coffee!

Tim Dooley, Rosemary Norman and Penelope Shuttle

+ readers from the floor

Tue Nov 23

2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle, readers meeting, Bromley

 

Join us to share a read round and tea & biscuits after.

Topic:   Norman McCaig & Henry Newbolt

Fri Dec 10

8 pm

Poetry at the Ware Arts Centre, reading, Ware

 

Programme Sep - Dec 10 (pdf)

"Dreaming Spheres", Sarah Doyle & Allen Ashley

Tue Dec 14

2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle, readers meeting, Bromley

 

Join us to share a read round and tea & biscuits after.

Topic:   Music & Dance

Tue Dec 14

6:30 pm

What Poetry?, reading, Haverfordwest

 

Haverford West Library Gallery, Pembrokeshire

Simone Mansell Broome

 

2011

 

Tue Jan 11

2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle, readers meeting, Bromley

 

Join us to share a read round and tea & biscuits after.

Topic:   Open Choice

Tue Jan 18

7:30 pm

Blue Bus, reading, London

Simon Smith & Michael Grant

Tue Jan 25

2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle, readers meeting, Bromley

 

Join us to share a read round and tea & biscuits after.

Topic:   (tba)

Tue Feb 8

7:30 pm

Blue Bus, reading, London

Laurie Duggan, Juliet Troy and Ken White & David Miller

Tue Feb 8

2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle, readers meeting, Bromley

 

Join us to share a read round and tea & biscuits after.

Topic:   (tba)

Tue Feb 22

2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle, readers meeting, Bromley

 

Join us to share a read round and tea & biscuits after.

Topic:   (tba)

Tue Mar 8

2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle, readers meeting, Bromley

 

Join us to share a read round and tea & biscuits after.

AGM

Tue Mar 22

2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle, readers meeting, Bromley

 

Join us to share a read round and tea & biscuits after.

Topic:   (tba)

 

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courses, workshops  and festivals:

 

2010

 

Sat to Sat
Sep 11 - 18

Beginning to Write, residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante

7 nights, £595 all inclusive (save travel to Alicante and insurance).  Private rooms, Spanish cuisine, 3000 book library, wireless internet, transport to and from airport, swimming pool -  non-participatory partners 10% discount. £125 deposits secures reservation.

Christopher North

Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North

Fri - Sun

Oct 1 - 3

Even More Room to Write, creative writing weekend, Carmarthenshire

£185, full board, reduced fee for non-residential.

Ceridwen Centre
Drefach Felindre, nr Llandysul, SA44 5XE.
Pre-book with Simone Mansell-Broome
01559 370517 or 
email Ceridwen centre

Marcus Moore & Sara-Jane Arbury

Sat to Sat
Oct 2 - 9

Painting, residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante

7 nights, £595 all inclusive (save travel to Alicante and insurance).  Private rooms, Spanish cuisine, 3000 book library, wireless internet, transport to and from airport, swimming pool -  non-participatory partners 10% discount. £125 deposits secures reservation.

Jennifer Johnson

Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North

Mon Oct 4

10 am - 12 noon

Monday Morning Writing Class, workshop, Carmarthenshire

Ceridwen Centre
Drefach Felindre, nr Llandysul, SA44 5XE.
Pre-book with Simone Mansell-Broome
01559 370517 or 
email

Marcus Moore & Sara-Jane Arbury

 Fri Oct 8

starts 10:30 am

Inside the Brightness of Red, workshops & readings, London

Second Light: 1st of 2 festival days (also see 18th Nov).

Workshops & Anne Stewart reading, at the Lumen Centre, 88 Tavistock Place, WC1H 9RT
(nearest stations: Russell Sq, Kings X, St Pancras

Mary MacRae reading at The Art Workers Guild, 6 Queen Square, WC1
(nearest tube: Russell Sq)

                   download booking form

Workshops:
Fiona Sampson, Penelope Shuttle

Readings:
Anne Stewart
& launch of a second, posthumous collection of poetry by Mary MacRae

 Sat Oct 9

10:30 am to 12:30

A Family Affair, workshop, Halifax

Central Library, Northgate, HX1 1UN.

Inspired by contemporary poets and using what you know – or don’t know – about your family; writing that can be both personal yet relate to a wider audience. Bring some snapshots if you can. £10.

To book please go to: Central Library website

Julia Deakin

 Mon - Sat
Oct 11 - 16

Starting to Write, residential course, Craven Arms

The Hurst, Clunton, Shropshire, SY7 0JA

The Hurst website

e-mail The Hurst

Pascale Petit

Sat to Sat
Oct 16 - 23

Poetry, residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante

7 nights, £595 all inclusive (save travel to Alicante and insurance).  Private rooms, Spanish cuisine, 3000 book library, wireless internet, transport to and from airport, swimming pool -  non-participatory partners 10% discount. £125 deposits secures reservation.

Penelope Shuttle

Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North

 Thu - Mon

28Oct - 1Nov

Torbay Poetry Festival, "one long poetry party", Torquay

Workshops, discussion, readings, escursion, Poetry Quiz, Festival Supper... and more

Festival website

& see Readings

Tutors: Lucy Lepchani, Mim Darlington, Elizabeth Rapp, Danielle Hope, Penelope Shuttle

Presenters: Carole Baldock, Wendy French, Jane Holland, William Oxley, Peter Phillips, Ian Purser, Anne Stewart and more...

Oct 29 - Nov 1

Olive Gathering, residential, Almassera Vella, Alicante

Details and prices on application

Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North

Sat Oct 30

12 - 6pm

Salisbury House Writing Workshops, London, N9

Themed workshops for new and experienced writers.
Tea, coffee, biscuits available.  Bring packed lunch.
£30 (£24conc).

Tutor:

Katherine Gallagher

Sat to Sat
Nov 6 - 13

Fiction, residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante

7 nights, £595 all inclusive (save travel to Alicante and insurance).  Private rooms, Spanish cuisine, 3000 book library, wireless internet, transport to and from airport, swimming pool -  non-participatory partners 10% discount. £125 deposits secures reservation.

Mavis Cheek

Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North

 Thu Nov 18

starts 10:30 am

Losing & Finding, workshops & readings, London

Second Light: 2nd of 2 festival days (also see 8th Oct).

Lumen Centre, 88 Tavistock Place, WC1H 9RT
(nearest stations: Russell Sq, Kings X, St Pancras

                   download booking form

Workshops:
Wendy French, Myra Schneider

Readings:
Angela France, June Hall

 

2011

 

 Fri & Sat

1 & 2 Apr

Second Light Spring Festival, workshops & readings, London

Details t/f

Details t/f

 Fri & Sat

1 & 2 Aug

Second Light, residential course, Cropthorne

At Holland House.   Details t/f

Penelope Shuttle & others. Details t/f

 

venues (alphabetical) :     

Almàssera Vella, Carrer de la Mare de Deu del Miracle 56, Relleu 03578, Alicante, SPAIN, x 34 966 856003. www.oldolivepress.com .  Contact Christopher & Marisa North to check availability of places.

Ambit at the Bath House, Dean Street, Soho, W1. 6:30 for 7p.m. £5/£4 conc.

Ambit at the Bountiful Cow, The Bountiful Cow pub, 51 Eagle Street, London WC1R.  Holborn Tube.  7.00pm for 7:30 start.  £5/£4(conc), full bar upstairs & excellent food available (not just steak!). Up to 10 readers from the floor welcome to read a poem after the interval! http://www.ambitmagazine.co.uk/Events.htm

Ambit at the Owl Bookshop, 209 Kentish Town Road, London NW5.   Starts 6:30pm for 7.  Free entry.    (Turn left out of Kentish Town tube, walk for 5 mintues, the Owl is on the right.   Buses: C2, 134, 214 and 46.  Metered parking, free from 6.30pm)

ArtsBar Café, Wellington Road, Wokingham, RG40 2AN.  2 mins Wokingham Station or free parking for cars.  Tel 01189 775886.  Entry £4.

The Barrel House, 59-59a High Street, Totnes. Start 8:00pm.  Food from 7:00pm.  £5/£3(conc) (more info at poetrycan)

Beehive Poets, New Beehive Inn, Westgate Bradford BD1.  Mondays, 8:30pm.  Read-arounds-1st & 3rd Monday & Bradford Poetry Workshops - Poetry Society and Stanza members most welcome. Details from Bruce Barnes by e-mail or tel: 01274 223665.   Info on readings & read-arounds, John Sugden by e-mail

Bloomsbury Oxfam,  Oxfam Books, 12 Bloomsbury Street, London, WC1B 3Q.   7:00pm.  Admission free.  Contact Alison Jackson to reserve seats.   Tel: 020 7637 4610.

Blue Bus:  The upstairs room at The Lamb, 94 Lamb's Conduit Street, London WC1, from 7.30.   Admissions: £5 / £3 (concessions). Nearest tubes: Russell Square; Holborn.

Bluebell Bookshop, Angel Square, Penrith. Start, 7.30pm.  Free admission, refreshments available (for which, contributions welcome). For further information Tel The Bluebell Bookshop on: 01768 866 660

Borders Bookstore, N1 Centre, 26 Parkfield Street, London N1 (the shopping mall opposite Angel tube).  6.45-8.15 p.m.   Entrance Free.

British-Australian Studies Conference, University of Exeter, Penryn.   University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Tremough, Penryn, Cornwall. TR10 9EZ.  Start 09:50 a.m.

The Bull, The Bull Theatre, 68 High Street, Barnet.  Start 3.00p.m.  £4 / £3 (concessions)  Info: 020 8441 5010.

Buzzwords, The Exmouth Arms, Bath Road, Cheltenham.  First Sunday of every month.  7pm - Writing time: exercises, themes and tips to get you going.  8pm – Guest  poet reading and open mic.  Come at 7pm if you want to write, 8pm if you don’t.  Open mic spots (first come, first served). £3.  Enquiries: 07855 308122 or e-mail

Camden Poetry Series.  Trinity United Reformed Church, 1 Buck Street, Camden Town, NW1 8JN.  Tube: Camden Town.   6:30 for 7:00pm  £4 / £3 (conc.). Wine.  Contact:  Ruth O'Callaghan 0208 392 1171.   Patron: Carol Ann Duffy. Proceeds to Cold Weather Shelter.  2010:  * Floor readers at this event are eligible for consideration for an anthology of poets from the floor - an opportunity to be published alongside major poets - leave a copy of your poem if you want to submit it.

CB1 Poetry at CB1 Cafe, 32 Mill Road, Cambridge, CB1 2AD.  8:00pm prompt.  Doors have to be closed when an audience of 30 is reached.  £3 / £2     AND    CB1 Poetry at Michaelhouse, Michaelhouse Cafe, Trinity Street, Cambridge, CB2 1SU.    8:00pm; sign up at 7:45 for open mic.  £5 / £3     - more at:  www.cb1poetry.org.uk   

Ceridwen Centre, Drefach Felindre, nr Llandysul, SA44 5XE. Pre-book with Simone Mansell-Broome
01559 370517 or email
email Ceridwen centre (workshops Carmarthenshire)

Choco-Latte, 38 Northfields Avenue, Northfields (Tube Northfields on Piccadilly Line). 7.30.  £4/£3.  Delicious pannini.  BYOB.

Crockatt & Powell Bookshop, 119-120 Lower Marsh, London SE1 7AE.  nearest tubes Waterloo/Lambeth North.  Tel. 020 7928 0234.   Start 7pm. Entry £3.

Dead Good Poets Society, Regular Events. Third Room, The Everyman Bistro, Hope Street, Liverpool.  Start 8.30pm.  Guest nights:  £3/£2/£1.    Open Floor nights:  £1

East Finchley Poetry Writing Workshops, £20. Tel: (020) 8346 9528 for a booking form. Workshops are designed to encourage and celebrate each person’s creativity. The workshops provide the opportunity to experiment with a wide variety of forms in a supportive and constructive atmosphere. Suitable for those already writing and those who have a desire to write.

Liz Cantell Room, Ealing Town Hall, Uxbridge Road, Ealing, W5 2BY.  Start 10am. Entry £2.

Fast and Bulbous, Falmouth Festival of Literature and Arts, Start 8:30.  £6 entry.  01326 212300.  Contact Kirsten Whiting - Kirsten

Fourth Friday, the Poetry Café, 22 Betterton Street, London, WC2H 9BU. 8.00 £6/£5 (concessions). Covent Garden tube.  020 7420 9888.   Poetry Society   Website www.fourthfriday.co.uk   Tel: 020 8299 2767 Email: info@fourthfriday.co.uk

Joe's Friends Café, 10 Northfield Avenue, Northfields, Ealing, W13 9RJ.  7:00 for 7:30.  £4/£3(concessions).  Nearest tube:  Northfields (Piccadilly line), nearest bus: E2 or E3 (almost outside the door)

 

Langoustine est Morte.  The Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton St., Covent Garden, London WC2H 9BX.   Start:  7.30.  £4.    More info at myspace.com/langoustine

Lapidus, day workshop with Myra Schneider, Falmouth Hotel. 10:00a.m to 1:00.  Bookings: Victoria Field

Loose Muse, the Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, London, WC2H 9BX.  Start 8pm.  Entry £5/£3(conc)

Lumen Poetry Series, 88 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9RT.  Tubes: Russell Square, Kings Cross, St Pancras.  6:30 for 7:00pm  £4 / £3 (conc.). Wine.  Contact:  Ruth O'Callaghan 0208 392 1171. Patron: Carol Ann Duffy.  Proceeds to Cold Weather Shelter.  2010:  * Floor readers at this event are eligible for consideration for an anthology of poets from the floor - an opportunity to be published alongside major poets - leave a copy of your poem if you want to submit it.

The Lunchtime Reading, Manchester Central Library, Reception Room, 2nd Floor, Central Library, St. Peters Square.  1pm to 2pm.  Entry: Free.  Contact:  Libby Tempest, Cultural Services Manager, Manchester Library & Information Service, Central Library, St. Peter's Square, Manchester, M2 5PD.  Tel: 0161-234-1981 or email Libby

The Measure - e-zine of poetry and prose, editor Rod Riesco.   The magazine will publish poetry, fiction, reviews and essays. It will be sent by email to all subscribers.  No subscription fee and no payment to contributors, just the pleasure of having their work read by an interested group of subscribers.  Full details (pdf) or contact Rod at Measure Magazine

Navasartian Centre, 223 Northfields Avenue, West Ealing, W13 9QU.  Tube: Northfields Picadilly Line (Turn Right out of tube and it’s about 150  m. on same side).   Start 7:30pm.  £4/£3 Concs.  Wine.

Le Moulin , 50410 Villebaudon, France.  Tel: 0033 (0)233 592181.   e-mail  Kay Cotton and Sylvia Miles run a series of workshops, "Writing in Normandie", inviting tutors to run the courses.  They also have weeks available where a group can meet there for their own writing.   

Oxfam Books & Music, 91 Marylebone High Street, W1.  (near Baker Street).  7:00pm  Free entry but £10 donation appreciated.  Let them know if you're coming:   Oxfam Marylebone

Pentameters, Pentameters Theatre, The Horseshoe (pub), 29 Heath Street, (entrance Oriel Place) Hampstead NW3. 1 min Hampstead tube, buses 46 & 268.     Start: 7:30 Tickets £8 (£5 concs).  Bookings:  02074 353648

Petersfield Write Angle Poetry Cabaret meets every Third Tues of the Month at The Square Brewery, Market Square, Petersfield GU32, 7.30pm, £3. Guest Performance Artiste plus Music plus Open Mic make for great fun evening. Guests include John Hegley, Atilla the Stockbroker, and more. They're booked through March 2010. Info on website or call 0783 431 6040.

Poetic Licence, in aid of (and periodically at!) The North London Hospice.  But mainly, upstairs at The Gatehouse, Highgate Village, N6.  £7 / £5(concs). 8:00pm.  Complimentary wine during the interval.

Poetry Aloud - "We provide any poet who comes to our meetings with a sympathetic platform from which to read their work.  We do not criticise or analyse but offer an encouraging ear. There is, of course, a warm welcome for those who come along to listen. We meet in Bury St Edmunds at 7:30pm on the last Tuesday of each month (except August & December)".  (Poetry Aloud webmaster)

The Poetry Barn, New York Avenue / High Street, Huntington, NY 8:00 to 10:00pm

The Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9BX.  

The Poetry Café, Salisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin Street, Salisbury, SP1 3UT.   7:30 for 8pm.  £3.  e-mail  Tel:  01722 710944.  

The Poets' Cafe, South Street Arts Centre, 21 South Street, Reading,RG1 4QU.  3rd Friday of every month. Open mic and Guest Poet.  £6/£4(conc & readers).  Contact 01189 606060. www.afharrold.co.uk   Doors 8:00pm for 8:30, sign up early for open mic.

The Poetry Club, Anatolian Café Ev, Ev Delicatessen, 97-99 Isabella Street, Waterloo, SE1 8DA. 020 762 061 91.  7:00 pm.  Tube:  Southwark.  £5, £4, £3 to suit pocket.   The Poetry Club readings celebrate everything that is essential to The Poetry School: inspiring poetry, an inclusive community and a commitment to and love of the art.

Poetry in the Crypt, St Mary's Church, Upper Street, Islington, N1. 7 pm  Admission £4/£3 conc.   Poets from the floor welcome.  Cakes & Coffee. All proceeds will support Hospis Care in Kenya. Info:  0207 354 0433

Poetry in the House , Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, Waterlow Park, London N6 5HG. Tel: 020 8348 8716.  8 to 10pm. £5/£3 concessions  

Poetry in Palmers Green, St John's Church, corner of Green Lanes/Bourne Hill. £4 / £3 (conc).  Parking nearby.  Wood Green tube or 10 mins from Palmers Green BR station. Contacts: Katherine Gallagher  e-mail or Tel:  02088 811418; Myra Schneider  e-mail or Tel:  02088 861329.

Poetry London , at Foyles, more and reserve a place: email Foyles

The Poetry Parlour, Crockatt & Powell Bookshop, 119-120 Lower Marsh, London SE1 7AE.  nearest tubes Waterloo/Lambeth North.  Tel. 020 7928 0234.  Second Tuesday of each month. Start 7pm. Entry £3.

Poets for Peace, Housemans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, King’s Cross, N1.  Start: 6.30pm.  Free entry, donations welcome.

Poetry Society, Kent North West Stanza meeting (visitors welcome).  2009:  3rd Tuesdays:  Feb to Jun and Nov.  Oct on National Poetry Day. 8:00pm. The Two Doves, 37 Oakley Road, Bromley Common, BR2 8HD.  (bring a poem, can be your own, if you have one you'd like included in the discussion) Contact Stanza Rep:  Anne (email) or 07850 537489.

Poetry Wivenhoe, The Greyhound, High Stree, Wivenhoe.  8pm. £5 entry. Contact Chris Tanner 07840 745220.

Rack Press launch reading:   6.30 for 7:00 to 8.30pm. Swedenborg Hall, 20 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1.  (Entrance at side from Barter St. Nearest underground Holborn/ Tottenham Court Road)

Rhythm & Muse, The Lion, Wick Road, Teddington.  8:30 to 10:30.  Poetry and Music.  Floor readers, book in advance and for enquiries:  Alison Hill 0208 977 4610.   £6.00/£5.00 (concs.)

Salisbury House, Community Arts Centre, Bury Street West, Enfield, Middlesx, N9 9LA.  Start 7:30pm. Ends around 10pm and there is a refreshments interval.  £3.50/£2.50 (concessions).   website .  
Salisbury House Writing Workshops:  Contacts:  Allen Ashley -
e-mailTel 07813 263992; Angela J Elliott - e-mail Tel 07877 938612 ; June English - e-mail Tel 01304 380 866; Katherine Gallagher -  e-mail Tel 0208 881 1418.

Salisbury Poetry Café Salisbury Arts Centre, St Edmund's Church, Bedwin Street, Salisbury.  7:30 for 8:00pm. e-mail or Box Office: 01722 321744

Sam's Place, 144 Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough. 7.30pm. Tickets £2

Small Presses, Big Poets, Border Poets presents 3 Flambard Press Poets, 8 p.m.  Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Castle Street, Carlisle. Phone 01228 53478. Admission £3.00

Shortlands Poetry Circle, poetry appreciation group, Bromley.  Meets to share poetry by particular poets or on set topics - tea & coffee afterwards. Usually 2nd & 4th Tues of the month at Ripley Arts Centre, 24 Sundridge Avenue, Bromley, but see programme and please check venue with Membership Secretary on 0208 289 3265 or e-mail vice president.

Split the Lark. As of August 2009, Split the Lark has discontinued. If you want to contact the original organisers,  e-mail site editor

St Benet's Church, Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4ER (corner with White Lion Hill.  Nearest tube Blackfriars, take Mermaid Theatre exit). 7:00pm  £4 / £3 (conc.). Wine.  Contact:  Ruth O'Callaghan 0208 392 1171.   Proceeds to Cold Weather Shelter.  2009:  * Floor readers at this event are eligible for consideration for the forthcoming Cinnamon Press anthology - bring 2 copies of your poem if you want to submit it.

Tall Lighthouse:  7:30pm.  Poetry Café, Betterton St, Covent Garden.  Admission £4/£3 conc.   More info: Tall Lighthouse  lastwednesday@tall-lighthouse.co.uk

Thresholds, Writing retreat:  For short break guests at £200 for 4 nights, £60 per night full board,  or £55 per night bed & breakfast.  Info from 0845 345 7281 or email Ted

Tongues & Grooves , 8:00-10:30pm The Florence Arms , Southsea, Hants. £3 / £2 conc.    Tongues & Grooves Roadshow:   8:00-10:15pm, Havant Arts Centre, East Street. £3 / £2 conc.  Box office 02392 472700 web-site

Torriano Meeting House, 99 Torriano Avenue, NW5 2RX.  Start 7.30pm. Contact: 020 7267 2751. £5/£4/£3/£2 according to pocket.   Nearest tube Kentish Town.

Trebah Gardens , near Falmouth.  Workshops and readings. Contacts:   Caroline Carver,  e-mail Caroline or Tel: 01326 374 334, or Penelope Shuttle,  e-mail Penelope or Tel: 01326 314 632.

Trereife House, Newlyn, Penzance.

The Troubadour:    Coffee House Poetry.  265 Old Brompton Rd, London SW5P.  Nearest Tube: Earls Court (District and Piccadilly)   Readings:  8 to 10 pm, tickets £6.50 concessions £5.50, season tickets 30% off.    Workshops:  Sundays 12 to 3:30pm, £28 (concs. £24), advance booking only.    Contact: Anne-Marie Fyfe, e-mail, P.O.Box 16210, London W4 1ZP. Tel: 020 8354 0660.

Truro Library Poetry Group, Truro Library, Union Place, Truro.  start 7:30pm, £2. Refreshments.

Extended Poetry Course, Ty Newydd, Llanystumdwy, Cricieth, Gwyneth, LL52 0LW.  18-23Aug 08:  Combine the advantages of distance-learning and face-to-face tuition, receive helpful and specific advice from the tutors before, during and after the residential course. Tutorials, workshops and readings.  Participants are invited to submit 6 poems of moderate length to the tutors for a written commentary 4 weeks before the start of the course. Further pieces of work can be submitted for commentary after the course.  Bookings: Tel: 01766 522811   e-mail   web-site  

United Reformed Church, Fox Lane, Palmers Green, N13.  (Burford Hall, at the side of the church).  Charity poetry reading:  proceeds to Helen Rollason Charity and the North London Hospice.  Start 7:30pm.   Entry £6 / £3(conc).  Nearest station:  Palmers Green BR.  329 bus from Wood Green underground (to the Fox Pub Green Lanes).  2008:  * Floor readers at this event are eligible for consideration for Bluechrome's forthcoming anthology - bring 2 copies of your poem if you want to submit it.

The Walpole Old Chapel, Walpole, near Halesworth, Suffolk  (on the B1117, 2 miles SW of Halesworth).  Start 7:30pm.  Entry by donation.

Ware Poets:  Ware Arts Centre, Kibes Lane, Ware, Herts.   Regular poetry event, usually on the first Friday of the month (but sometimes the second Friday, so do check:   John Godfrey 01462 431098 or Frances Wilson 01992 503147).  Start 8:00p.m.   £4 / £2.50 (concessions)

Waterman's Arts Centre, 40 High Street, Brentford.  Start 8:00pm

Wonderful Words, Penzance Poetry Group, Penzance Library, Morrab Road, Penzance.   Start 7:30pm.   £2 entry. Refreshments.

WORDPLAY, a series of open Mic poetry events, Neo's Bookshop, Coffee Shop, Gallery, Cockermouth, Cumbria.  From Thurs, 25th May.  Start: 7.30pm, turn up early to book a place at the Mic or enjoy some food.  Contact Debbie at The Neo Gallery, 25-31Market Place, Cockermouth, Cumbria. Tel:01900-829-900 www.neo-bookshop.co.uk

Writers Inc, Writers of the Year Competition evening, The Barbican Library , Start 7:00p.m.  contact Writers Inc  for bookings

Zest! 3/2 at Alexander's Jazz theatrebar, Rufus Court, off Northgate St, Chester, CH1 2JG.  Food available.  Host: Leih Steggall.  Zest! team:  Gill McEvoy, Leih Steggall, Caroline Hawkridge.  Getting there:  Chester Station - 20 mins walk, City Council parking is free after 3pm.   Northgate:  look for Chez Jules then Abbey Green alleyway opposite, leading to Rufus Court - "The Creative Quarter".  

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2010

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1 October

Second Light Long and Short Poems Competition for women poets

First prizes £250 in each category.
Second £100, Third £50
and book prizes for commended poets.
Publication on Second Light website and in ARTEMISpoetry & invitation to read at London event.

Long Poems over 50 lines
Short Poems up to 50 lines
Entry: £4 per poem, £8 for 3, £12 for 8
(1 free entry for Second Light members)

Competition Full Details

Myra Schneider

Fri 15 October

Troubadour International Poetry Prize

1st prize £1,000;  2nd prize £500;  3rd prize £250
and 20 prizes of £20 each;
plus Spring 2011 coffee-house poetry season ticket
& a prizewinners' reading with Gwyneth Lewis & Maurice Riordan on Mon 29th Nov 10.

Entry: £5 each for 1 to 3 poems; £4 each if 4 or more poems submitted

      full details at coffee-house poetry

Gwyneth Lewis
& Maurice Riordan

14 November

The Bedford Open Poetry Competition

1st prize £300;  2nd prize £150;  3rd prize £50
and publication in The Interpreter's House

Entry: £3 per poem

      Entry Form (pdf)

Final Judge: Lucy Newlyn

 

2011

 

31 January

The Mayor's Poetry Competition

1st prize £500;  2nd prize £200;  3rd prize £100
and 'Enfield Prize' for a poem on subject of Enfield

Entry: £3 each for 1 to 3 poems; £2 each thereafter.

        Entry Form (pdf)

Maria Petrucci

3 February

Torriano Poetry Competition

1st prize £250;   2nd prize £150;  3rd prize £75
Adjudication celebrations Sun 27th March 2011
at Torriano Meeting House, 99 Torriano Avenue, Kentish Town, London, NW5 2RX.

Entry: £3 for 1 poem; £5 for 2; £10 for 5

         Full details (pdf)

Wendy French
& Maggie Butt

14 February

Lumen/Camden Poetry Competition

Prize:  pamphlet publication of winner's poems - 50 free copies + reading
Entry: £2.50, max 40 lines; 6 poems for £10.
Submissions & Cheques to Ruth O'Callaghan, 49 Ripley Gardens, Mortlake, London, SW14 8HF.

Proceeds to Cold Weather Shelter

Carol Ann Duffy

Thu 19 May

The 6th Virginia Warbey Poetry Prize

1st prize £600;  2nd prize £300;  3rd prize £150
and 10 runner-up prizes of £25

Entry: £4 per poem, £15 for 4. Send TWO copies

      entry form (pdf)

Chandler's Ford Writers

31 May

The Frogmore Poetry Prize

1st prize 200 guineas & 2-year subscription to The Frogmore Papers;  
2nd & 3rd prizes 75 & 50 guineas respectively & 1-year subscription to The Frogmore Papers.
Frogmore Press publications for shortlisted poets.

Entry: £3 per poem.

      entry form (pdf)

Tamar Yoseloff

 

Results

Frogmore Poetry Prize 2010
Frogmore Poetry Prize 2009
Frogmore Poetry Prize 2008

Poetry on the Lake, 2006 (later results on Poetry on the Lake website)

Torriano, 2008/9

Virginia Warbey Poetry Prize 2010(pdf)
Virginia Warbey Poetry Prize 2010(pdf)
Virginia Warbey Poetry Prize 2008(pdf)
Virginia Warbey Poetry Prize 2007(pdf)
Virginia Warbey Poetry Prize 2006(pdf)

 


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