Texting Obama
Local and international academics, writers, performers and directors are gathering at The Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences Research at Manchester Metropolitan University from 7th-10th September to review the history and passage of Barack Obama’s first Presidential term. Right now is a very critical time in Obama’s tenure, given the recent BP oil disaster, and the ongoing challenges t...
24th August 2010
Blank Pages - Out Now
The latest issue of Blank pages is out now and features..
Kevin Bradshaw, after his excellent cover feature last month, he's our guest illustrator for August.
An excellent how-to feature from Stuart Douglas of Obverse Books, about starting your own small press, and thay are also featu...
22nd August 2010
Poetry School News
The Poetry School's new programme launches this week. Dozens of courses, workshops, seminars and tutorials all round the country and online; writing activities for beginner, intermediate or advance...
19th August 2010
Prole Invites Submissions
Prole magazine is inviting submissions for its next issue. They consider short prose, creative non-fiction and poetry for publication but advise potential contributers to read earlier issues of the...
19th August 2010
Submissions Wanted
Bad Language have opened up their submissions for their second anthology!
This time around instead of an overall theme for everyone to write to, they want you to send a piece of work that you ...
19th August 2010
Performers Wanted - Contact Theatre, Manchester
Wanted: Live artists, performers, poets, painters, music magicians, dancers, chancers, actors, cats and buffoons.
The Event: Akemi presents LIVE ART at the Contact Theatre - 4th October 2010
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15th August 2010
East Manchester & Tameside Stanza
The East Manchester & Tameside Stanza is a new Poetry Society 'Stanza' group based in the Cheshire area – open to anyone with an interest in reading and writing poetry, whether or not they are a me...
13th August 2010
Muslim Women's Writing Programme
Ulfah Arts and The REP Theatre are running a women’s writing development programme based around the governments PVE agenda. This is a great opportunity for 30 Muslim women to be involved in a pione...
11th August 2010
Performers Wanted - Clitheroe and London
Are you a writer? Do you have poetry, or some some self-penned literature you want to share with the world? If you are free on the relevant date for your nearest 'Outspoken' evening (see below) and...
11th August 2010
Rachel McGladdery wins NXNW slam
Congratulations to Rachel McGladdery, who won a hard-fought, top-quality poetry slam on Monday night in Wigan - and it was her first appearance in a slam too.
She pipped, BBC Radio 4 slam final...
11th August 2010
Steve Tasane’s Poetry Double Bill
Poetry Double Billis a whole new way of publishing performance poetry. These two radically different films are being posted/published virally over Summer 2010 by Apples & Snakes, Lyric Lounge, Poet...
9th August 2010
Calderdale Writers' Roadshow
The second Calderdale Writers' Roadshow. Three days of workshops and talks by writers for writers:
Last year there was a fantastic response:
"Seeing so many different facets of creative wri...9th August 2010
Site Enhancements
We’ve put some new software on the site and here are the main changes we’ve introduced. You need to be logged in to use most of them.
Click on “My Account” and you will find a...
4th August 2010
Wigan Poetry Writing Workshop
As part of the NXNW Arts Festival there will be a creative writing workshop held at 1pm on 9th of August at Unit 9, Swan Meadow Industrial Estate Swan Meadow Rd, WN3 5BJ Wigan.
Writers John Tog...
3rd August 2010
Ted Walter's Competition Results 2010
Announcement of results of all winners; runners-up; third placed, and short listed (Sunday 1st August 2010) For ‘The 4th Annual Ted Walters International Short Story, Poetry and Playwriting Compet...
1st August 2010
