Creative Writing Workshop Bradford
With
poet Christine Bousfield on 30th
August 2008
at Vicars Café, Saltaire, Victoria Road, Saltaire, Bradford
10-30 ‘til 4.00pm
To book: Tel. 01274.562656 or www.christine-bousfield.com
What you will need:
· Paper, Pens
· An open mind
£3 per person to cover costs, plus the price of a Vicars lunch, cakes, coffee tea etc.
This eve...
31st July 2008
Professional Development Seminar Series For Writers
This autumn Litfest is offering another three seminars for writers at all stages of their careers. Once again places are free. Please book by emailing sarah.hymas@litfest.org or phoning us on (01524 62166) as early as possible, as places are restricted.
Managing your time – Saturday 4...
31st July 2008
London Poetry Festival August 2008
The 4th London Poetry Festival 2008 is about to happen! To be precise, on August 8, 9, 10 & 11: Friday to Monday.
People may begin gathering from six but the Festival will start at about 7:30 p.m and...
30th July 2008
Bespoken Word BBC Radio 4
29th July 2008
Pete Crompton Does it Again!
Pete Crompton (pictured) must be in league with the Devil himself. OK he may not have sold his soul but rumour has it he's traded his jockstrap. Yes, on a fevered, tropical night in a boiling, darkene...
29th July 2008
Publish Your Debut Collection!
Salt launches The Crashaw Prize for the publication of debut collections of poetry
CAMBRIDGE, UK (Salt Publishing) – The UK’s largest poetry publisher, Salt, has launched a new annual award for debu...
24th July 2008
News From Citizen32
Race issue out on July 25
At last, the race issue is on its way and features some of the best poets in the UK, USA and throughout the world.
British black poets, Benjamin Zephaniah and Lem...
17th July 2008
Midlands Support Acts Wanted!
Poetic Intervention is a spoken words band from the midlands, fusing poetry with jazz & funk style music. They’re looking for Performance Poets, Folk/spoken words, Roots/World music
and Jazz/funk/fusi...
17th July 2008
Wanted - Playwright and Directors for Festival
Following the success of this year's HighTide Festival in Suffolk, the organisers are now requesting submissions for HighTide 2009.
How to Become a HighTide Writer
HighTide are looking for new full-leng...
16th July 2008
MOLOCH SHOWCASES EMERGING IRISH TALENT
Moloch - an online journal of new art and writing - hosts a Dublin night showcasing some of its poets and songwriters on July 31st. Acts include Kevin Higgins, Alan Jude Moore, Stephen Ke...
15th July 2008
Martin Daws at DGPS
This months guests at Dead Good Poets Society in Liverpool are Martin Daws (pictured) and Cathy Roberts.
MARTIN DAWS is a performance poet who truly embraces the sounds of
the words as a complex mus...
15th July 2008
THE ALL-PURPOSE STARS
Last month's poem of the month writer, Hannah Kate, has chosen this month's poem.
14th July 2008
Festival of Bathing Beauties, Lincolnshire
The Festival of Bathing Beauties is the UK’s only arts festival centred in and around beach huts. The second annual festival will take place in Mablethorpe and Sutton on Sea, on the Lincolnshire coast...
13th July 2008
APPLES & SNAKES MASTER CLASS and KAT FRANCOIS PLUS
PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF SPOKEN WORD
Professional Development For Performance Poets
and a high quality cabaret style spoken word e...
10th July 2008
Below the Belt by Mia Darlone
In 1986, along with 49,999 others, I was standing inside the home stadium of a West German football team in the centre of Cologne. It was late summer an...
10th July 2008
In The Write Light Workshops
Later this year there will be writing workshops in Tarifa, Spain on the Costa da le Luz
Full details can found at http://www.inthewritelight.com
Comments from previous students include:
'I could no...
10th July 2008
Pete Crompton Wins Hebden Slam!
In an exciting and high quality slam Pete Crompton (pictured) won the 1st Hebden Bridge, Fringe-Festival slam on Monday 9th July in an extremely close finish. Second was the magnificant Tony Walsh wit...
8th July 2008
Any One For Cricket?
They want to hear from inspired budding authors, poet...
7th July 2008
2008 Yorkshire Open Poetry Competition
There are a total of 19 prizes for this year's competition. Penelope Shuttle is the sole adjudicator.
First prize £500 (plus publication of the winning poem in the Yorkshire Post)
Second prize £250
Third...
5th July 2008
Liverpool Poets 08
ISBN: 978-1-906588-20-5
3rd July 2008
Your Scripts And What To Do With Them
The Not Part Of Festival are pleased to announce the seminar - Your Scripts And What To Do With Them at 5pm 8th July at Urbis.
With Guest Speakers from BBC Writersroom and North West Playwri...
2nd July 2008
Lisa B's booklaunch
Lisa B's arrival from Canada last year added some great talent to the Manchester poetry scene, winning slams and impressing audiences across the city.
If you haven't seen her, you should; if you hadn'...
2nd July 2008
Hovis In Wonderland With A New Cast!
Dave Morgan presents his adaptation of Poetic off licence by Hovis Presley (1960-2005) as part of manchester’s “not part of” f...
1st July 2008
End of the Albert Poets
Albert Hotel Huddersfield, sixteen years of poetry at the Albert is coming to an end.
For the final, going-out-on-a-high readi...
1st July 2008
sanderlings
Last month's poem of the month writer, Christine Bousfield, has chosen this month's poem. Christine says, "I like the energy, economy and strong sound patterning of this poem which reminds me a bit of...
1st July 2008
