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Jeff Whitehead

We are sad to announce the death of Jeff Whitehead, poet, karate master, stalwart of Write Out Loud and Bank Street Writers. He died peacefully in the Bolton Hospice on Wednesday evening, 25th February, and will be much missed by all his friends in poetry.

Please note: Family flowers only but the family ask that donations be made to Bolton Hospice

The funeral arrangements are as follows:
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Free Song Writing Workshop in Bradford

Factory St. Studios in Bradford are pleased to offer a free Song Writing Workshop on Sunday 15th March 2-4pm with Shaun T Hunter of quiet rebellion, contemporary acoustic singer/songwriter.

Shaun will be giving a talk/workshop on creative song writing. He'll cover how to discover your own voice, ...

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Poet's Express

Here's an early advert for an event in Bantry (Ireland) in July which is being set up and run by Kylyra Ameringer - book your flights now!


11 July at Bantry Boys Club, 7pm to 9.30pm.


It's an evening of ...

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Bog Standard Poetry Contributions Wanted

A competition has been launched to find poetry which will feature in the toilets of Shetland.

Six poems will be selected every three months to go on display in all leisure centre toilets and at ...

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Poet Seeks Collaborators in East Midlands

Ms J, is a conscious  poet/spoken word performer who is looking to collaborate with performance poets from areas such as, Leicester, Northamptonshire, Milton Keynes and neighbouring towns/counties in...

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Public Speaking For Writers Workshop - Manchester

Commonword invite you to a "Public Speaking For Writers" workshop on 24 February at 19:00.

It will be held at Commonword's offices 6 Mount Street, (entrance via Boootle St).

For further information and...

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Poetry in Performance Workshop

The Poetry School presents a workshop run by Wyllie Longmore (pictured) at The Village Hall, 163 Palatine Road, Manchester M20 2GH - Saturday 7 March 2009, 10.00am - 4.00pm - £56 / £37 concs (lunch in...

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Flash Fiction/Poetry Wanted

Cinnamon press are looking for pieces of microfiction, sometimes called short short fiction or flash fiction, and pieces of prose poetry that tell a story in under 600 words. There is no minimum wo...

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Submissions Wanted

Missfit productions are co-producing missfit Mondays to raise money for a new charity called dys(the)lexi and are looking for submissions. The deadline for submissions is 20 February and they are ha...

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Events Cancelled Due To Weather

We are aware that some events have been cancelled due to the weather even outside of London. So, whatever you do please check with the event organiser or venue before you battle through the snow only ...

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