Wordsmiths & Co.
This event on 18th February 2013 at 19:45 has past.
Contact: bohdan@applesandsnakes.org
Presented in partnership with Warwick Arts Centre, Nine Arches Press, Bloodaxe Books and Apples and Snakes
WORDSMITHS & CO.
The UK’s first live poetry talk show, featuring poets you know from the pages of books and from festival stages. A rare opportunity to witness them sharing stories, poems and opinions as they engage in no-holds-barred conversation right before your widened eyes.
GASP as words are made to perform daring feats of sound and meaning! Shudder as you discover how your favourite poems came to be! Cheer wildly at the apparent humanity of their creators!
This is live poetry. This is not for the faint of heart. This is Wordsmiths & Co.
Jo Bell invites conversation and memorable performances from:
Patience Agbabi is renowned for her performances on both page and stage. Her poems have been broadcast on television and radio all over the world. She is currently a Fellow in Creative Writing at Oxford Brookes University. She’s published three poetry collections, R.A.W. (Gecko Press, 1995), Transformatrix (Canongate Books, 2000) and Bloodshot Monochrome (Canongate Books, 2008).
Kate Tempest is a writer and spoken word artist. She’s performed her writing on stages all over the world as well as playing all the major UK and European music festivals. She has written poems for Barnado's children's charity, the BBC, Amnesty International and the Royal Shakespeare Company, amongst many others. Her band Sound of Rum’s debut album Balance came out in 2011, (Sunday Best Recordings). Her first play Wasted (2012) was commissioned by theatre company Paines Plough. Her first poetry book Everything Speaks in its Own Way, with a CD and DVD of live performances and interviews is out now (Zingaro).
Deborah Stevenson has taken her poetry from Camden to Shanghai working with organisations such as Chanel 4 (yeardot.co.uk), The Roundhouse and The British Council. She teaches poetry at the University of Nottingham and has just completed a poetry research scholarship in America. She’s been published by Louis Vuitton, Oxford University and the National Association of Writing in Education. Deborah has also received commissions from the likes of BBC Radio 3, The Olympics and The World Freerunning Championships. She is the founder of The Mouthy Poets at Nottingham Playhouse.
Andrew Frolish studied politics at Lancaster University and trained to be a teacher in the Lake District. He has received prizes in several competitions and won the Suffolk Poetry Society Crabbe Memorial competition in 2006. His poems for children have been published by Hopscotch. He now lives with his family in Suffolk, where he is a headteacher. Retellings (Nine Arches Press 2012) is his debut collection.
When: Monday 18 February, 7.45pm
Where: Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL
Tickets: £5
Booking: 024 7652 4524 / www.warwickartscentre.co.uk
Tweet: @WordsmithsandCo
Price: £5.00
Time: 7:45pm
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