poetry
pRO Romanian UK Tour, Fri 20 Mar to Thu 2 Apr
celebration
of the 1st year of collaboration between poetry
p f and Lidia
Vianu of the University of Bucharest. Events
took place in Cambridge, London, Southsea, Teddington
and York. Over 20 poetry p f members
took part in the tour events along with translators
from Bucharest, Lavinea Zainea and Elena Nistor. See
PhotosThe
celebratory anthology: And the Story
Isn't Over... and CD: And the Story
So Far... (49 poets & 46 translators
represented between the two) is now available from the poetry p f online
shop at £11.99 for both. More: The
Project The
Tour
readings and performances:
2009
Sat - Sun
Jul 4
- 5
A
Small Corner of Cornwall,
workshop & reading, Cambridge
Performance poet Jude Simpson with her new show 'Making
Happy'; Speranza (that Wilde duo) Antony Elvin - 'Noel Coward meets Gilbert & Sullivan'
Time Out Hannah Rose Tristam - singer and accordianist
Poetry,
Poetry School residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante
7 nights,
£525 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
(NOTE:
Full & waiting list)
September
University
of Cumbria International Online Poety Course
with
week-long summer school at UC's Charlotte Mason Campus,
Ambleside in July 2010
Suitable
for: recent graduates / undergraduates on Creative
Writing programmes; continuing ed students;
poets at all stages of their writing
7 nights,
£525 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.
7 nights,
£525 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.
Speak Your Mind (public
speaking/performance),
Ceridwen Carmarthenshire
Monday
Morning Workshops: a series of lively workshops for creative enthusiasts. Enjoy a range of
inventive ideas and imaginative exercises to get you thinking, writing and
talking.
Each workshop costs £7 and places
should be booked in advance with Simone: 01559 370517 or
e-mail
7 nights,
£525 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.
Gerard
Benson
Hosts:
Christopher & Marisa North
Mondays 6 weeks Oct 19
- Nov 23
18:45
to 20:15
Poetry from Art at the Tate Modern,workshops, London
Starting
Poems - Writing the 1st of 3 courses to be taken
together or independently (See 22 Feb 2010 and 7 June
2010 for the other 2 courses).
Tate
Modern, throughout the galleries, Bankside, London,
SE1 9TG. Tel 0207 887 8888 or book
online £120 (£90 concessions) per term. Booking
essential.
7 nights,
£525 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.
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
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
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-mailweb-site