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readings and performances:
 

 

2010

 

Wed Mar 10

7 to 9 pm

Brittle Star, Issue 25 launch reading, London

 

Barbican Music Library, Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS

Free event but book in advance: 0207 638 0569

(readers tbc)

Thu Mar 11

7 to 8 pm

Scarborough Library, reading & artwork display, Scarborough

 

Preview event for Scarborough Literature Festival (see their website for full ticket details).

 

The Concert Room & room next to it.  
Small entry charge.  

Wine and juice available.

Helen Burke

Fri Mar 12

6:30 to 8 pm

An Evening of Lesbian Poetry, reading, Oxford

 

At The Jam Factory, 27 Park End Street, OX1 1HU (entrance through restaurant on Hollybush Row)

01865 244613

RV Bailey, Kate Foley, Joy Howard, Christine Webb & Pat Winslow

Sat Mar 13

2 - 3pm

Cracking On (Grey Hen Press), anthology reading, London

 

At the Wisewords Bookfest.

The Women's Library, Old Castle Street, E1 7NT

Kate Foley, Joy Howard, Angela Kirby, Dinah Livingstone, Alwyn Marriage, Ruth O'Callaghan & Diane Tang

Tue Mar 16

8 pm

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

Stanza Rep: Anne Stewart

Tue Mar 16

8 pm

Tongues & Grooves, poetry & song, Havant

Poets & Musicians 'Obosca':
Janelle Hanna, Bernard Macdonagh, Martin Heys, Stephanie Heys, Maggie Sawkins

Wed Mar 17

6:30 pm

Goater's Alley, launch reading, London

 

Oxfam Bookshop, Marylebone High Street

Ruth O'Callaghan

Thu Mar 18

7:30 pm

Salisbury House, 10th Year Anniversary Poetry Gala, London

 

Info: 0208 881 1418. e-mail

 

Venue: Dugdale Center, Thomas Hardy House,
Cnr. London Rd & Cecil Rd. Enfield. E1.

Katherine Gallagher, Mario Petrucci, Angela Elliot & Louis Cennamo Jazz Ensemble and other Salisbury House poets

Fri Mar 19

7 pm

Headingley Literature Festival launch reading, Leeds

 

Headingly New Club

Helen Burke, James Nash and more...

Sat Mar 20

2:30 to 4:30 pm

Pennine Poets and (More) friends, poetry & music, York

Jacob’s Well, York, off Micklegate
Venue : Tickets: £4 (£3 conc), including refreshments.
Bookings: York Literature Festival or
e-mail Pauline Kirk

Pennine Poets & local poets: includes Andrew Boobier, Julia Deakin, Ian M Emberson & Pauline Kirk, Margaret Speak, Rose Drew & Alan Gillott + readers from the floor.

Tue Mar 23

7 pm

Beat Poetry, reading & music, York

 

Dean Court Hotel.

Poetry by Burroughs, Bukowski, Kerouac.

£25, Bistro Bar Area.

Part of York Literature Festival.

Adrian Spendlow, Helen Burke & Graham Smith

Poets: Helen Burke & Adrian Spendlow & 2 musicians.

Tue Mar 23

2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle, readers meeting, Bromley

 

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

Topic:   Children & Schooldays

Thu Mar 25

8:30pm

Rhythm & Muse at the Rose, poetry & music, Kingston

 

The Rose Theatre Studio.

 

The only poetry and music event in the Think in Kingston Festival.

 

Book online or at Rhythm & Muse in February, or pay on the door.

Francesca Beard, AF Harrold

Hannah Rose Tristram & Friends

Fri Mar 26

7 pm

(note changed date, was 19th)

Poetry Platter, reading & supper, York

 

Dean Court Hotel (next to York Minster).

Part of York Literature Festival. £20.

Book through festival or at Dean Court Hotel reception.

Helen Burke & Adrian Spendlow

Sat Mar 27

7 pm

Poetry in the Crypt, reading, London

Joanna Boulter, Phil Kirby & Katrina Naomi

+ readers from the floor

Sun Mar 28

Phantoms & Sharks, world music & poetry, York

 

4 musicians & 2 poets bringing to life tiger, monkey & snake - and other shamanic animals & ghosts.

The Winning Post, Bishopthorpe Road.

£5/£4.

Part of York Literature Festival.

Poets: Helen Burke & Adrian Spendlow & 2 musicians.

Thu Apr 8

after 8pm

Albert Poets, reading, Huddersfield

 

The Albert Hotel

Helen Burke

Fri Apr 9
(note 2nd Fri)

Ware Poets, reading, Ware

 

Danielle Hope

Sat Apr 10

2 - 4:30 p m

Poetry Reading, Leeds

 

Central Library (Exhibition Room).

Admission free.

Ian Emberson, June English, Pauline Kirk, Thelma Laycock, Maggie Norton and Second Bite Poets: Hilary Murray & Gina Shaw

Sun Apr 11

(note changed  from Mar 14)

7:30 pm

Torriano Meeting House, annual poetry competition adjudication & reading, London

June English & Katherine Gallagher

Tue Apr 13
(note changed from 20th)

7:30 pm

Blue Bus, reading, London

Anthony Rudolf, Martin Anderson & Tom Lowenstein

Sat Apr 17

7:30 pm

Carnival Edge, launch reading, London

 

Venue: St John's, Junction of Green Lanes & Bourne Hill, N13.

Info: 0208 881 1418.

Wine & nibbles.

Launch reading: Katherine Gallagher

Other readers: Mark Roper, Lynda How, Christine Vial & Ruth O'Callaghan

(+ readers from the floor)

Sun Apr 18

3 pm

After a visit to a botanical garden, reading, West Wales

 

Ceridwen Centre e-mail Cane Arrow Press

Maggie Harris

Tue Apr 20

8 pm

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

Stanza Rep: Anne Stewart

Sun Apr 25

6:30 pm

Centuries of Skin, Launch reading, Redbridge.

 

Part of the Redbridge Book and Media Festival. With local poets. 

Valentine's Mansion, Gantshill, Essex. 6pm. Free.

Joanna Ezekiel & friends

Tue Apr 27

2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle, readers meeting, Bromley

 

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

Topic:   (tba)

Thu Apr 29

Rhythm & Muse, poetry & music, Teddington

 

Celebration of life and work of Aeronwy Thomas

Friends & family

Frances White, Beryl Myers & Annie Taylor

Singer-songwriter Bernadette Reed

Guest Host: Russell Thompson

Thu May 6

7-9 pm

Ragged Raven, reading, Chipping Campden

Chipping Campden Literary Festival.
Upper Room, Town Hall, Glocs.
Entry £6.

Christopher James, Chris Kinsey, John Robinson, Joanna Ezekiel, Angela France and Bob Mee.                                            

Fri May 7

Ware Poets, reading, Ware

 

CL Dallat

Tue May 11

2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle, readers meeting, Bromley

 

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

Topic:   (tba)

Tue May 18

8 pm

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

Stanza Rep: Anne Stewart

Tue May 18

7:30 pm

Blue Bus, reading, London

Nat Raha, Lucy Harvest Clarke, Anna Ticehurst

Tue May 25

2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle, readers meeting, Bromley

 

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

Topic:   (tba)

Thu Jun 3

7:30 pm

Blue Bus presents:

 

Alfred Celestine Memorial Reading, London

 

The Camden Eye, 2 Kentish Town Road, NW1.

 

Free entry.

Christopher Gutkind, John Welch, Jeremy Hilton, Richard Leigh, Jennifer Johnson, David Miller, Keith Jebb... and more

Fri Jun 4

Ware Poets, reading, Ware

 

Diane Tang

Sat Jun 5

Schubertiad 2010, reading, nr Beccles

Suffolk Poetry Society event, The Old Granary Studios, nr Beccles, Suffolk. 

Details will be posted on SPS website when available

13 poets, including Helen Burke

Piano: Holgar Aston

Tue Jun 6

2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle, readers meeting, Bromley

 

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

Topic:   (tba)

Tue Jun 22

2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle, readers meeting, Bromley

 

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

Topic:   (tba)

Tue Jun 22

8 pm

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

Stanza Rep: Anne Stewart

Tue Jun 22

7:30 pm

Blue Bus, reading, London

Fanny Howe & Tom Raworth

Fri Jul 9
(note 2nd Fri)

Ware Poets, Competition Prize-giving & readings, Ware

 

Judge Robert Seatter, winners & local poets

Tue Jul 13

2:30 pm

Shortlands Poetry Circle, readers meeting, Bromley

 

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

Topic:   (tba)

Tue Jul 20

7:30 pm

Blue Bus, reading, London

Carole Watts & Michael Zand

Tue Aug 17

7:30 pm

Blue Bus, reading, London

Adrian Clarke, Wayne Clements (plus ano tba)

Wed Aug 25

7:15 to 8:15 pm

Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, reading and talk & art display, Whitby

The Normanby Room, Whitby Museum.

Helen Burke

Thu Oct 7 (tbc)

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

Tue Nov 16

8 pm

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

Stanza Rep: Anne Stewart

 

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courses, workshops  and festivals:

 

2010

 

Mondays
6 weeks
Feb 22 - Mar 29

18:45 to 20:15

Poetry from Art at the Tate Modern, workshops, London

 

Shaping Poems - Image-making the 2nd of 3 courses to be taken together or independently (1st: 19 Oct 09 to 23 Nov 09 and 3rd starts 7 Jun 10).

Tate Modern, throughout the galleries,
Bankside, London, SE1 9TG.  
Tel 0207 887 8888 or book online
£120 (£90 concessions) per term.  
Booking essential.

Pascale Petit

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Sat Mar 13

10 am to 5 pm

Writers' Day, workshops, talks, readings, book fair, Carmarthenshire

£10 for the day, including light lunch
Small additional charge for book display space.

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

Organiser: Simone Mansell Broome

Sat Mar 13

International Women's Week, 3 poetry presentation workshops, York

Drama Studio 2, York St John University,
Lord Mayor's Walk.

Cost: £5 each or £12 for 3
Contact: Sue Lister (Real People Theatre) 01904 488870

10.30 am – 12  Pauline Kirk Catching the Spark – finding inspiration
1 – 2.30 pm Sue Lister Bringing Poetry to Life – lifting words from the page
3 – 4.30 pm Rose Drew Poetry as Performance – presenting your poem

Pauline Kirk, Sue Lister, Rose Drew

Sun Mar 14

10 am to 5 pm

Blood in the Country, crime writing workshops, Carmarthenshire

£35, including light lunch & refreshments.
Limited concessions available.

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

Organiser: Simone Mansell Broome

Tue to Fri
Mar 23 - 26

Second Light, residential workshop and readings, Worcestershire

Holland House near Evesham.
Booking is open to women poets aged around 40 and above, with some experience of writing. Priority is given to Second Light members.

£265 for a single room, £220 in a shared room.
Booking Form

Tutors: Myra Schneider & Penelope Shuttle

Sat Mar 27

Writing the Bright Moment, workshop, Nr Totnes

Haiku & mindfulness (you don’t need to be a Buddhist)

Fire in the Head

Roselle Angwin

Sat to Sat
Mar27 - Apr 3

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.

Tamar Yoseloff

Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North

Sat to Sat
Apr 10 - 17

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.

Vicki Feaver

Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North

Mon - Sat

Apr 19 - 24

Hebrides Islands of the Heart Retreat, residential workshop, Isle of Iona

Fire in the Head

Roselle Angwin

Sat to Sat
Apr 24 - May 1

Memoir, 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.

Judith Barrington

Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North

Sun - Sat
Apr 25 - May 1

Chateau Ventenac residential course, Languedoc

Chateau Ventenac.  Tel +44(0) 7773 206344 or 0033 671 894990 for details.

Penelope Shuttle

Sat to Sat
May 8 - 15

Mountain Walking, residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante

7 nights, £650 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.

Gill Round

Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North

Fri - Sun

May 14 - 16

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

Sun - Sat
May 16-22

Freeing the Imagination, residential course, Languedoc

Chateau Ventenac.  Tel +44(0) 7773 206344 or 0033 671 894990 for details.

Pascale Petit

Mon May 17

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 Ceridwen centre

Marcus Moore & Sara-Jane Arbury

Sat to Sat
May 22 - 29

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.

Sue Whitmore

Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North

Sat to Sat
Jun 5 - 12

Poetry/Prose, 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.

John Hartley Williams

Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North

Mondays
6 weeks
Jun 7 - Jul 12

18:45 to 20:15

Poetry from Art at the Tate Modern, workshops, London

 

Art Poems and Editing the last of 3 courses to be taken together or independently (1st: 19 Oct 09 to 23 Nov 09, 2nd: 22 Feb 10 to 29 Mar 10).

Tate Modern, throughout the galleries,
Bankside, London, SE1 9TG.  
Tel 0207 887 8888 or book online
£120 (£90 concessions) per term.  
Booking essential.

Pascale Petit

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Wed to Sun
Jun 9 - 13

The Imaginative Ear, residential course, Crete

Loutro    Course Fee £250,  see website for transfer, accommodation and flight info

Mimi Khalvati

Sat to Sat
Jun 19 - 26

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.

James Byrne of the 'WOLF'

Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North

Sun Jun 20

Ground of Being, workshop, Merrivale

Dartmoor: Eco-poetry & more

Fire in the Head

Roselle Angwin

Sat to Sat
Aug 28 - Sep 4

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.

Mimi Khalvati

Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North

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 Ceridwen centre

Marcus Moore & Sara-Jane Arbury

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

Sat to Sat
Oct 29 - Nov 1

Olive Gathering, residential, Almassera Vella, Alicante

Details and prices on application

Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North

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

 

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, (Sep 09:  Now back in The Crypt!) St Mary's Church, Upper Street, Islington, N1. New start time, from 2010:  7 pm  Admission £4/£3 conc.   Poets from the floor welcome.  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).   more...      web-site

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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31 Mar

Hannah Franks Poetry Competition

Write a poem (up to 40 lines) based on one of Hannah Frank's drawings.

Entry: £3 per poem for adults, free for under-18s. First prize: £200 (adult), £100 (18 and under).

Prizewinners will also receive a framed Hannah Frank print.

see Hannah Frank website for rules and application form

David Kinlock

25 Apr (post)
31 Apr online

Build Africa Poetry Competition

Cash Prizes:  £150 / £75 / £50
Winners & Highly Commended: publication on web-site and in anthology (more info on website)

Entry £3 per poem.

Mandy Pannett

30 Apr

Ware Poets Open Poetry Competition

Prizes:  £500 / £200 / £100
+ RedPage Sonnet Prize of £100

Robert Seatter

30 Apr

Grey Hen Press, Poetry Competition
Open to women over 60.

1st Prize:  £100;  2nd: £75;  3rd: £25
Entry: £3 per poem (£10 for 4)

Details and Entry Form

Ann Alexander & Penelope Shuttle

8 May

Templar Open Poetry Competition 2010

pamphlet and collection prizes

Pat Winslow

10 May
(postmark)

10th Poetry on the Lake Poetry Competition

Suggested theme: "Mediterranean"
Categories: Silver Wyvern (1st prize €500, publication in Orbis, 1 year subscription to Orbis); Formal Verse and Short poem.

More on prizes, rules & entry costs: Poetry on the Lake

Awards: 1 to 3 October, in Orta, Giulio, Italy.

James Harpur, Carole Baldock, Kevin Bailey

19 May

The 5th Virginia Warbey Poetry Prize

1st Prize:  £800;  2nd: £350;  3rd: £200
Entry: £3 per poem (£12 for 5)

Details and Entry Form (pdf)

Chandler's Ford Writers

31 May

Frogmore Poetry Prize

1st Prize:  200 guineas & 2 year subscription to
The Frogmore Papers;    
2nd: 75 guineas and 1 year subscription;
3rd: 50 guineas and 1 year subscription;
all shortlisted poems will be published in
The Frogmore Papers
Entry: £3 per poem

Details and Entry Form (pdf)

Stewart Conn

 

Results

Frogmore Poetry Prize 2009
Frogmore Poetry Prize 2008

Poetry on the Lake, 2006

Salisbury House, 2006

Torriano, 2008/9

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

 


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