WATERLOO PRESS & LIT UP: POETRY BOOK LAUNCH BY DES

Contact: https://waterloopress.co.uk

Waterloo Press presents the launch of LIT UP: two innovative poets' collections, the second of nine new titles 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM GMT. Open Mic - one poem each. Admission £3.00 (refundable against price of book purchase).

Waterloo Press brings radical and marginalised voices to the fore, mirroring the aesthetic value of their work. We are proud to announce that LIT UP, our new Arts Council England funded mentoring and publishing programme for emerging poets of colour, is now nearing completion with nine titles scheduled to appear in 2019-2020. Waterloo Press breaks down the borders between contemporary schools of poetry, to forge a new poetics based on respect for craft, innovation, and the music of real communication.

Des Mannay won prizes/been shortlisted in 7 competitions and published in 18 anthologies. Supported 'Attila the Stockbroker' on part of his 'Arguments Yard' tour. Published by Waterloo Press. Performed at 'Unity' Festival, 'Maindee' Festival, 'Hub' Festival, 'Stoke Newington Literature Festival', KAYA Festival of World Music & Arts, Merthyr Rising, The Seed Festival, Green Gathering and Walls:Muriau - Welsh mental health arts festival. Published in 'I Am Not A Silent Poet' online journal, 'The Angry Manifesto', 'Proletarian Poetry', 'Yellow Chair Review', 'Indiana Voice Journal', 'Stand Up And Spit', 'Red Poets', 'The Scum Gentry' 'The Round Up', 'Poetry24', 'Winning Writers', 'International Times' and Erbacce Journal. facebook - "The stuff wot I wrote' Des Mannay - hooligan Poet" twitter - @hooliganpoet His book 'Sod 'em - and tomorrow' is his first collection.

Kev Inn is a poet, teacher and social historian. As a poet, he has performed at a number of open mic nights in London, and was selected to take part in Waterloo Press’ publishing and mentoring scheme, LIT UP. As a teacher, he has taught sociology at three different inner-city London colleges, and as a researcher, he has completed a PhD project, and worked at the University of Birmingham. Kev Inn has had work published in the ‘Race and Class’ journal, and contributed a chapter to the book, ‘Black British History: New Perspectives,’ published by Zed in 2019. His pamphlet ‘Adventures in Racial Capitalism,’ is his first poetry collection.

Waterloo Website - https://waterloopress.co.uk

LIT UP Mentoring & Publishing Programme - https://waterloopress.co.uk/lit-up/

Price: £3.00

Time: 2:30pm (2:30 PM – 5:30 PM GMT)