Pete Crompton Breaks Ankle
Pete Crompton (pictured at an event in Wigan earlier this month), well know, well respected and even loved, North West poet has broken his ankle in three places and is currently in hospital in Southport.
The accident occurred whilst he was roller skating and he is awaiting surgery which cannot be undertaken until the swelling goes down.
It looks as though he'll be in hospital for sometime and we wi...
24th June 2009
Spotlight Writing Surgeries - Lancaster
24th June 2009
Beverley Poetry Day 27th June
22nd June 2009
London Heat of BBC Radio 4 Slam
19th June 2009
The Gift of Boats Sails Away with £5,000
The much awaited results of the 2009 Academi Cardiff International Poetry Competition were announced in Cardiff Bay aboard cruise vessel Seren-y-Bae on Wednesday 17 June. National Poet ...
19th June 2009
Write Out Loud's Newsletter June 2009
This month we’re devoting our Newsletter to the Regional heats of the of the national BBC Radio 4 Slam competition. We hope that, if you’re not performing, you’ll...
19th June 2009
Matt Simpson 13th May 1936 - 8th June 2009
The poet, MATT SIMPSON, died on the 8th June, a week after a heart
bypass operation.
Born in Bootle in 1936, he published six books of
poetry, three from Bloodaxe, two from Liverpool University Pre...
17th June 2009
Seminars at Manchester Central Library
at academics but are also open to the general public. The University of Salford have instigated this innovation in association...
17th June 2009
Adrian Mitchel Memorial Gig - Shoreham, West Sussex
‘My brain socialist, my heart anarchist, my eyes pacifist, my blood revolutionary’
THURSDAY 18 JUNE, 8pm (doors/rea...
17th June 2009
The Crashaw Prize for Poetry
If you have a debut collection of poetry why not consider entering the 2009 Crashaw Prize?
The
Crashaw Prize is an international annual prize for a first collection
of poetry. Entrants must not have ...
17th June 2009
Hovis Presley Obituary
It was the 4th anniversary of Hovis's death earlier this month and we thought we'd mark it by reprinting Tony Hadoke's obituary. Richard was a regular at Write Out Loud and was a friend to many of us....
15th June 2009
National Write a Poem about the News Day!
The news can be poetry and poetry can be news.
Feel like you can't do anything about what's going on in the news?
Writing a poem about i...
15th June 2009
Mental Virus - Contributions Wanted
There is a loose theme of 'The Way We Are' to tie in with the NXNW Festival (www.nxnwfestival.co.uk).
Send ...
11th June 2009
All Aboard the Poetry Boat
Join Academi at 2.00 pm on Wednesday 17 June as it announces the winners of the prestigious 2009 Cardiff International Poetry Competition. The names of the winners will be revealed at an official ce...
11th June 2009
Writing Festival - Nottingham
The full list of eventiss :
10th June 2009
Manchester - Creative Writing Workshop
7th June 2009
Superheroes of Slam - Heat 2, Hebden Bridge
6th June 2009
Competitions
Write Out Loud has details of several poetry/short story competitions - too many to list here - email info@writeoutloud.net for full details.
Note there maybe a delay of a couple of days before we sen...
5th June 2009
Chris Jam Wins Super Poet's Slam!
Congratulations to Chris Jam (pictured) who just pipped Gemma O'Neill to win Heat 1 of the "Return of the Superheroes of Slam" last night at the Octagon, Bolton. Louise Fazackerley came a close third ...
2nd June 2009
Superheroes of slam - Bolton Leg
The Stranglers once asked ‘ Whatever happened to - all those Superheroes (of poetry)…’ or something like that. Well, none got their ears burnt, or watched a Rome burn - instead, they gathered at Bo...
1st June 2009
