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Rubbing Salt in it: poets mourn publisher's pullout The poetry world is still reverberating over the news that independent publishers Salt will no longer be publishing single collections of poetry. The... Read more and leave comments (0)   23rd May 2013 10:58 am	Write Out Loud at Middleton on Sunday Pete Slater is the guest poet at Write Out Loud Middleton on Sunday 26 May, at the Ring O’Bells, St Leonard’s Square, Middleton. Contact g... Read more and leave comments (0)   23rd May 2013 10:58 am	Mad experiment on Write Out Loud – translating poems online! by Julian Jordon Look, here's an idea: let’s translate our poems so we can share them with the world, and the world can share theirs with us. Simple. I mean,... Read more and leave comments (9)   23rd May 2013 10:58 am	Stanza Bonanza: poets from Reading and Greenwich in high-scoring draw by Greg Freeman The Poetry Society had billed it as Greenwich v Reading. But you mustn’t think of this meeting of two of the society’s Stanza groups at Lo... Read more and leave comments (0)   23rd May 2013 10:58 am
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North-west poetry anthology reading at Hebden Bridge John Siddique, Andrew Oldham, and editors Lindsey Holland and Angela Topping will be among those reading at a launch of Sculpted: Poetry of the North... Read more and leave comments (0)   22nd May 2013 10:47 am	Ruth Padel to judge £1,000 Rialto/RSPB nature poetry prize Ruth Padel will be judging The Rialto/RSPB £1,000 nature poetry competition, which has a 30 September deadline. The prizes include a personal to... Read more and leave comments (0)   22nd May 2013 10:46 am	August deadline for £200 Ilkley festival competiion The £200 poetry competition for Ilkley literature festival is open for entries, with the deadline 1 August, and winners and commended writers in... Read more and leave comments (0)   22nd May 2013 10:46 am	McGough, Clarke, Abse, Sheers and Armitage at Hay festival Roger McGough, Gillian Clarke, Dannie Abse, Owen Sheers, and Simon Armitage are just some of the big names at the Hay festival, from 23 May to 2 June.... Read more and leave comments (0)   22nd May 2013 9:32 am

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