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About Salisbury House Poets

Salisbury House Poets have been meeting since 2000.  It was founded by Anthony Fisher, Jane Elder and Valerie Darville.  The group has a genuine interest in both reading and listening to poetry – half of the evening is devoted to “poets from the floor” and the other half to a guest poet.  New members are always welcome.

Salisbury House is a Grade II listed Jacobean house in Bury Street West, Edmonton, with an unproven link to the “hanging judge” Judge Jeffreys.  Arts and Crafts classes are run throughout the week and it also has room for hire for workshops and meetings.  Many community groups use the house in the evenings.

The group receives no public funding and is reliant on its events for funding, so please, please, do come along to enjoy and join in the readings and enter future competitions if you can.

Events:

Regular monthly readings on Saturday Evenings.  Events commence at 7:30 p.m. and end about 10:00 with an interval for refreshments.   Entrance £3.50 Concessions £2.50.

Events include “Poets from the Floor”, where members of the audience are able to read a poem of their own.

Hosts:  Valerie Darville, Anthony Fisher, Jane Elder.

Please feel free to print the list and pass copies to your friends and colleagues:    Feb to Jul 07 (pdf)  and let us know if you want to be added to our mailing list.

2007:

February 3rd

Adjudication of the Salisbury House Poets Open Poetry Competition 2006, by MARIO PETRUCCI

March 3rd

KATHERINE GALLAGHER launches her new collection: “Circus-Apprentice”

April 7th

LAWRENCE REEVE-JONES and BILL LOOKER

May 5th

ENFIELD WRITERS’ WORKSHOP, featuring the humorous poetry of the late Jim Webster.

June 2nd

ROSIE BAILEY reads her own and U.A. Fanthorpe's poetry

July 7th

JILL BAMBER

(August and September - no meetings)

October 6th

JENNY VUGLAR, winner of the 2006 Open Poetry Competition

November 3rd

The Salisbury House Poets read poetry from the 1st world war

December 1st

CHRISTMAS EVENT

Competition

Salisbury House Poets recently ran their first poetry competition, with a first prize of £500, which was judged by Mario Petrucci and attracted almost 800 entries.  It is hoped this will become an annual event.

Results:

Open Poetry Competition, 2006

Judge:   Mario Petrucci                                     (link to Mario Petrucci web-page)

1st Place: Jenny Vuglar - "Jerome in his Study"

2nd Place: Rose Flint - "Only Maid"

(Joint) 3rd Place: Linda Saunders - "Thornton Force"

(Joint) 3rd Place: Jacqueline Medway -
"The year that Man walked on the moon, he bought a carpet"

Runners Up

Alan Jones - "His Latest Cleopatra"

Pauline Keith - "Seasonal, Mallorca"

M.C. Newton - "a child dies"

Contact details:

Salisbury House, Bury Street West, Edmonton, London, N9 9LA     map

How to get there:

192 bus will stop outside (hail and ride) .  
329 bus stops at Ridge Avenue Library, then 5/10 minutes walk.
W8 stops at Ridge Avenue Library, 5/10 minute walk

No tube very close but Bush Hill Park Railway station is 15/20 minutes walk away.  

There is on-street parking very close.

e-mail Anthony Fisher and Valerie Darville

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