(as advised by members)

go to:   readings and performances              competitions and calls for submissions

courses, workshops  and festivals:

	2008
2008	Storymaking 6-month novel writing online correspondence course: you can now join at any time                     details:  Fire-in-the-Head web-site	Roselle Angwin
	May
Wed to Tue May 7 - 13	Painting, Poetry and Prayer - CARM Retreat, Assisi Details from Thelma 01132 789256	Martin Cottam, Thelma Laycock, Charmion Mann
Fri to Sun May 9 - 11	Caribbean HouseParty - music & poetry, Ceridwen Centre, West Wales further details e-mail Maggie or call 01559 371070	Organiser: Maggie Harris
Sat May 10	Trebah Gardens - workshop, Falmouth	Penelope Shuttle
Sat May 10	Salisbury House - workshop, London details from e-mail Katherine	Katherine Gallagher
Sat to Sat May 17 - 24	Painting in the Marina Baja Mountains - Almassera Vella, Alicante	Sue Whitmore Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North
Fri toTue May 23 - 27	Queille Trust and The French Literary Review a second Symposium for published writers, Chateau de Queille, South of France details:   e-mail Barbara	Organisers:   Barbara Dordi, Patrick Early
Sat to Sat May 31 - Jun 7	Poetry Workshop - Almassera Vella, Alicante	Alfred Corn Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North
Sat May 31	Writing the River Within - part of the Fal River Festival Arwenack Room, Falmouth Hotel. 10 – 1:00 pm.    Cost £10 including tea and coffee. Bookings:  01326 319 030 or e-mail	Victoria Field
	June
Fri to Sun Jun 13 to 15	Stop! Look! Listen! - Holland House, Cropthorne, near Evesham            Details & Application (pdf)	John Killick & Myra Schneider
Fri - Sun June 13 - 15	Wooda for Storymakers, weekend residential, Cornwall                     details:  Fire-in-the-Head web-site	Roselle Angwin
Sat to Sat Jun 14 to 21	Beginning to Write - Almassera Vella, Alicante	Christopher North Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North
Mon Jun 16	Poetry School - surgery, London Details from the Poetry School	Penelope Shuttle
	July
Sun Jul 6	The Troubadour,The Art of Losing,  workshop, London	Wendy French
Mon - Fri Jul 14 - 18	Writing the Novella, workshop, Exeter Phoenix, Devon  (non-residential)                     details:  Fire-in-the-Head web-site	Roselle Angwin
Sat Jul 19	Trebah Gardens - workshop, Falmouth 10:00 to 1:00 for workshop, afternoon reading for all, at Alice’s Seat.	Caroline Carver
	August
Sat Aug 9	Indian King - workshop, Camelford £30 full/£25   concession, includes entrance to the reading.  Bring your own lunch.    Reading alone: £6 full/£3 concession	Penelope Shuttle
Sun - Sat Aug 17 - 23	Poetry Otherwise, workshop, Sussex                     details:  Fire-in-the-Head web-site	Roselle Angwin, Mimi Khalvati, Hugo Williams
Mon - Sat Aug 18 - 23	Extended Poetry Course, tutorials, workshop & readings, Ty Newydd, Gwyneth             combines distance learning with face-to-face working	Daljit Nagra & Pascale Petit
	September
Sat to Sat Sep 6 - 13	From Notebook to Poem, Almassera Vella, Alicante	John Hartley Williams Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North
Mon to Sat Sep 15 - 20	Inspiring Wells - Nafplion, Greece Foomara 11, Nafplion, 21100.   Details:  email Margaret Eddershaw (link to flier (pdf) on Katherine's web-site)	Mimi Khalvati
Sat to Sat Sep 18 - 23	Retreat Week for Artists and Writers - (option to stay on for the village fiesta), Almassera Vella, Alicante	Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North
Thu to Sun Sep 25 - 28	Havant Literary Festival "A Fresh Page" - Havant Workshops, readings, walks, lectures... details at Tongues&Grooves web-site Also see Calls & Comps	the Poets: John Davies, Hugh Dunkerley, John Haynes, Donald Gardner, Geroge Marsh, Rory Motion, Maggie Sawkins
	October
Sat to Sat Oct 4 - 11	Mirror and Window - Inner and Outer Vision in Poetry, Almassera Vella, Alicante	Penelope Shuttle Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North
Fri - Sun Oct 17 - 19	Exploring the Poem, workshop, South Hooe, Devon                     details:  Fire-in-the-Head web-site	Roselle Angwin
Sat to Sat Oct 18 - 25	Painting in a Mountain Village, Almassera Vella, Alicante	Andy Walker Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North
	November
Fri - Sun Nov 7 - 9	Stories for the dark time, workshop, South Hooe, Devon                     details:  Fire-in-the-Head web-site	Roselle Angwin
Fri to Mon Nov 21 - 24	Olive Gathering weekend, Almassera Vella, Alicante	Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North
Fri - Sun Nov 28 - 30	Sounding the Word, advanced poetry workshop, South Hooe, Devon                     details:  Fire-in-the-Head web-site	Roselle Angwin
Sat to Sat Nov 28 - Dec 1	Olive Gathering, Almassera Vella, Alicante	Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North

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.

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

Catch a moment's moment, talk, reading and Renga performance, Mon 17Mar08, 5.30 – 7.30pm. In the Terrace Café, the Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey, TQ13 9AF.  Wine and nibbles.  £6 / £4.  (Members / Friends / students).  ADVANCE BOOKING ESSENTIAL. BOOK NOW ON: 01626 832223.  e-mail  web-site

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