Disappointment For The Albert Poets!
We reported last month that it looked as though the Albert poets were going to return to the Albert on the 12th of February following it's reopening.
News has reached us, now confirmed, that unfortunately the Albert has closed again and so the group have been forced to move to the cellar, Dogma, 29 Queensgate, Huddersfield on the Ring Road opposite the university.
See gig guide for full details
Ha...
30th January 2009
Lemn Sissay at Lyric Hammersmith
Playwright, performer and broadcaster Lemn Sissay is at Lyric Hammersmith from 22 Jan ?" 14 Feb with Why I Don’t Hate White People.
Lemn’s story is one that spans time and the globe as he recounts his journey of discovery to unearth the truth about himself. From his childhood in a Lancashire ...
30th January 2009
Submissions Wanted
To celebrate the 5th year of London Poetry Festival 2009 they are publishing this poetry anthology in August (to be launched at the 5th Festival) 2009.
Submis...
30th January 2009
Sunday Brunch Jazz Poetry with Michael Horovitz
Sunday 8 February | £10
Enjoy a relaxed Sunday Brunch in the Ivy House Café,
followed by dazzling performances of Jazz, Poetry, and Jazz Poetry
from two masters who have been enrapturing audiences since...
30th January 2009
Poetry Film - Proceeds to Charity
We reported in August last year that a film was being made by, amongst others, Spoz who is Birmingham's Poet Laureate.
Tony Stringfellow has informed us that the film has been completed and was recent...
30th January 2009
Blood and Glitter In Liverpool
NWDAF & Dadafest in association with the Unity Theatre present:
BLOOD AND GLITTER!
Gory Gory Alleluia! It’s Rosie Lugosi - for one night only!
The Unity Theatre, 1 Hope Place
Liverpool, L1 9BG
Tuesday ...
28th January 2009
Free Ebook
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2008. In his Nobel Lecture he considers the role of the writer, and borrows the title of his speech from Swedish writer Stig Dager...
24th January 2009
Calling Wolverhampton
Please note that the popular "Open Words....Open Verse...Open mic" event, run by Tony Stringfellow (pictured), is moving from its regular last Thursday of the month slot to last Wednesday of the month...
24th January 2009
US Soldier-Poet In Manchester
24th January 2009
Phoenix FM Seeks Calderdale Writers!
Wr...
20th January 2009
Boost for Wales’ young writers
20th January 2009
Creative Writing Tutor Vacancy - Warrington
Urgently required - person with knowledge of creative writing techniques who can convert that knowledge into fun exercises for children aged 10/ 11 years old for an hour a week for ten weeks. Must h...
19th January 2009
Submissions Wanted - US Ezine
Stone's Throw is a quarterly online literary magazine based in Montana. The ezine features poetry, fiction and art from around the world and they're asking for submissions for a new feature called "...
18th January 2009
Winter Wonderland Words, Warwick
16th January 2009
About Everything...
16th January 2009
National Poet of Wales Salutes Obama
Academi, the Welsh National Literature Promotion Agency, has posted a special letter to President Elect Barack Obama containing poems by the National Poet of Wales, Gillian Clarke, and Bard...
16th January 2009
Job: Poet in Residence, The Wordsworth Trust
The Wordsworth Trust is seeking to appoint a new Poet in Residence, to run from May 2009 to April 2010. This residency offers an inv...
12th January 2009
More Poetry Competitions
www.writers-forum.co.uk/competition/pypcomp.htm
THE GRACE DIEU WRITERS CIRCLE is running a competition for poems on an...
12th January 2009
Fresh Poetry from Modern Art
Mondays 16 February 2009 – 23 March 2009, 18.45–20.15
Starting in Rodchenko & Popova then working in the Roni Horn: A...
10th January 2009
Left your heart in Manchester?
Rainy City Stories wants your love. They also want your love stories and poems. In honour of Valentine’s Day, they’re offering a wonderful prize for the best Rainy City Love Story received i...
10th January 2009
Calling All Weirdos!
Calling all weirdos and yes, that means you!
'I can't figure out if you're a detective or a pervert.'
Seeking poems that explore the twisted world of David Lynch's Blue Velvet for The Private ...
9th January 2009
Frogmore 2009 Poetry Prize
See www.frogmorepress.co.uk for full details
The winner of the Frogmore Poetry Prize for 2009 will win two hundred guineas and a two-year subscription t...
9th January 2009
The MAG Poetry Prize 2009
This is a fundraiser for MAG (Mines Advisory Group) - a neutral and impartial humanitarian organisation that clears the remnants of conflict f...
8th January 2009
Flarestack Poets Pamphlet Competition
7th January 2009
Envoi open poetry competition
7th January 2009
Flash Fiction Wanted
Flash, the international short-short story magazine is seeking contributions.
Short stories of up to 360 words (including title).
For submission & subscription details visit: http://www.chester.ac.uk/f...
2nd January 2009