Cafe Writers Norwich

Open Mic Event

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Café Writers monthly Live Literature event at Take 5 from 7.30- £2 only!

13th July Jon McGregor and Joan Hewitt

Jon McGregor writes novels and short stories. His recent books include a short story collection, This Isn’t the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You, and his third novel, Even the Dogs, which won the IMPAC Dublin Literature Award in 2012. He is a Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Nottingham, where he edits The Letters Page, a literary journal in letters. The Guardian recently named him as one of the Top Ten writers to see live, describing him, faintly, as ‘not the showiest or most showboating of authors.’ Jon lives in Nottingham, and divides his time.

Joan Hewitt‘s collection Missing the Eclipse was published by Cinnamon Press in 2008. Her poems have appeared in London Magazine, Magma, Southlight and Mslexia; and in many anthologies, including Double Bill, poems on popular culture( Shoestring Press); The Body and the Book, Writings on Poetry and Sexuality by Rodopi Press; and Not A Muse, women from 100 different countries (Haven Press). She has been placed in many competitions, including the Ledbury; received the Northern Promise Poetry Award from New Writing North ; and is a member of Newcastle’s Northern Poetry workshop, which includes Sean O’Brien, W N Herbert , Jacob Polley, and Kathy Towers. She has performed at Newcastle’s Theatre Royal with the Royal Shakespeare Company and regional poets.

Price: £2.00

Time: 7:30pm