STOKED: the first Pighog Poetry Night of 2020
This event on 19th February 2020 at 19:15 has past.
Open Mic Event
Contact: info@naomifoyle.co.uk
The long-running Brighton poetry night lights the touch paper of a new season, with sizzling readings from Seni Seneviratne, reading from her PBS Recommended new collection Unknown Soldier (Peepal Tree Press), Sea Sharp, reading from their new second collection Black Cotton (Waterloo Press), and Naomi Foyle, launching the UK edition of her third collection Adamantine (Red Hen/Pighog Press).
STOKED is a queer and trans-friendly decolonial event that celebrates community with the Pighog Open Mic. Bring poems to fan the flames of equality and inclusivity!
STOKED is hosted by renowned poet Maria Jastrzębska, kindly bringing her dazzle to Pighog between the Lewes and Brighton dates of her marvellous new Polish-English (Ponglish!) Live Lit production Snow Q!
Seni Seneviratne is of English and Sri Lankan heritage. Published by Peepal Tree Press - Wild Cinnamon and Winter Skin (2007), The Heart of It (2012), Unknown Soldier (2019, PBS Recommendation), she has collaborated with filmmakers, visual artists, musicians and digital artists. She lives in Derbyshire and works as a freelance writer. www.seniseneviratne.com
Award-winning poet Sea Sharp is the author of The Swagger of Dorothy Gale & Other Filthy Ways to Strut (Ice Cube Press, 2017) and Black Cotton (Waterloo Press, 2019) and Arts Council England grant recipient for the show, Brother Insect. Both on the stage and on the page, Sea Sharp’s work is unflinchingly and uncompromisingly confrontational. www.seathepoet.com
Naomi Foyle is a British-Canadian poet, SF novelist and essayist. Her many poetry publications include The Night Pavilion (Waterloo Press), an Autumn 2008 PBS Recommendation, and Adamantine (Red Hen/Pighog Press, US/UK). Also the author of five SF novels, she lives in Brighton, teaches at the University of Chichester, and has read her work in Canada, Germany, Czech Republic, Portugal, NYC, Ireland and Iraq. www.naomifoyle.com
Going strong for over 12 years, Pighog is one of Brighton's longest-running live poetry nights. Enjoy exciting new poems from some of the most accomplished poets in the UK and perform your own in the popular Pighog Open Mic
“What a wonderful night this was! I went home feeling truly inspired to write after watching a great selection of both well known and new poets take to the stage. Great atmosphere!” - Kubi May
Price: £5.00 / £3.00
Time: 7:15pm (7:15 for 8pm start.)
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