Past Events

2008

Wed 28th May, 7.00pm
New Zealand House, 80 Haymarket, SW1Y 4TQ
With the support of the Scottish Poetry Library, ANDREW JOHNSTON launches his new collection Sol in a reading with fellow New Zealand poet, Gerrie Fellows.Admission free, but advance booking essential on 0131 557 2876. Nearest tube station: Piccadilly Circus
Thu 29th May, 2.30pm
Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crighton Close, Canongate, Edinburgh EH8 8DT
ANDREW JOHNSTON launches his new collection Sol in Scotland in a reading with Gerrie Fellows. ;rg.uk
Fri 30th May, 7.30pm
The Tai Chi Village Hall, 163 Palatine Road, Didsbury, Manchester M20 2GH
As part of Linda Chase's 'Poets and Players' programme, LORNA THORPE launches her first full-length collection A Ghost in my House in the North of England in a reading with Penelope Shuttle, Helen Tookey and Edmund Prestwich. With music from Chris Davies and Matt Halsall. Tickets: £5 / £3 (conc) on the door. For further information about the venue and how to get there, visit www.poetsandplayers.co.uk
Sat 14th June, 12.00pm
The Friends Meeting House, The Friars, Canterbury CT1 2EB (close to the Marlowe Theatre)
SOLEIMAN ADEL GUEMAR (poet and investigative journalist from Algeria) reads from State of Emergency at the 'Writing for Freedom': Writing Workshop and Performance Poetry for Refugee Week, organized by Kent Refugee Help. Programme: Writers' Workshop (with personal testimonies from refugees who have been detained / creative writing). Poetry (with Hubert Moore, poets from Write to Life, the Medical Foundation for Victims of Torture and poets from the floor). Free entry. Lunch provided. Donations welcome. Further information / booking: Kate Adams, Kent Refugee Help, kadams314@hotmail.com or 07826395433.
Thu 17th July, 7.30pm
The Studio, Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BX (nearest tube Covent Garden)
KATHERINE GALLAGHER, author of Tigers on the Silk Road and Circus-Apprentice, reads with Gary Studley and Heather Wilson Queen.
Mon 11th August, 1.00pm
MANCHESTER CITY LIBRARY, St. Peter's Square, M2 5PD
Sigitas Parulskis, Eugenijus Alisanka, Gintaras Grajauskas read from Six Lithuanian Poets, now being published by Arc Publications. FREE.
Mon 11th August, 4.30pm
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL at Charlotte Square, Edinburgh
Chrissie Gittins with Gerard Woodward and Gerard Donovan.
Tue 12th August, 4.30pm
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL, Writers of the World, Charlotte Square, Edinburh
Sigitas Parulskis, Eugenijus Alisanka, Gintaras Grajauskas read from Six Lithuanian Poets, now being published by Arc Publications. Tickets (£6-£4) can be purchased online at www.edbookfest.co.uk
Tue 12th August, 6.00pm
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL, Writers of the World, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh
Bernardo Atxaga with Emilio Calderon
Wed 13th August, 6.30pm
GALLERY AT FOYLES, 113-119 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0EB
Sigitas Parulskis, Eugenijus Alisanka, Gintaras Grajauskas read from Six Lithuanian Poets, now being published by Arc Publications. FREE, but advance booking essential. Email
culture@lithuanianembassy.co.uk to reserve or call 020 7935 9872.
Tue 2nd September, 6.30pm
WEST LONDON LITERARY FESTIVAL, at Central LIbrary, 103 Ealing Broadway Centre, London W5 5JY
Michelene Wandor
Thu 4th September, 6.30am
WATERSTONE'S, Rose Lane, Canterbury. Info: 01304 380 866
KATHERINE GALLAGHER, author of Circus-Apprentice and Tigers on the Silk Road, reads with June English and John Whitworth
Sat 27th September, 3.00pm
KING'S LYNN POETRY FESTIVAL, 26th-28th September at The Green Quay, King's Lynn
Adel Guemar, Jackie Wills and Lorna Thorpe
Sat 27th September, 8.00pm
KING'S LYNN POETRY FESTIVAL, 26th-28th September at The Green Quay, King's Lynn
Elizabeth Smither with Ruth Fainlight and Alan Sillitoe.
Sun 28th September, 3.00pm
KING'S LYNN POETRY FESTIVAL, 26th-28th September at The Green Quay, King's Lynn
Paul Stubbs, Will Stone with Piers Alexander and Louis de Bernieres
Sat 4th October, 7.30pm
BEVERLEY LITERATURE FESTIVAL, St. Mary's Parish Hall
Adel Guemar and Michelene Wandor
Thu 9th October, 7.30pm
Beverley Literature Festival
Jackie Wills and Lorna Thorpe
Fri 17th October, 7.30pm
The Friends Meeting House, 16 Queens Road, Leicester LE2
Mike Haslam reading at the Leicester Poetry Society
Thu 23rd October, 7.30pm
DURHAM BOOK FESTIVAL, Gala (Studio 1)
Michael O'Neill will be appearing with Jamie McKendrick for a reading/talk, Q & A, and book signing. (Copies of Wheel will be on sale at this event.)
Tickets £4/£3 (0191 332 4041 or Gala Durham)
Fri 24th October, 2.15pm
TORQUAY Grosvenor Hotel, Belgrave Road
'FROM NORTH TO SOUTH' : Lynne Wycherley and Michelene Wandor. Lynne Wycherley's poems are individually accomplished, becoming a journey both physical and metaphorical into the high and wild places of the North. Michelene Wandor is a playwright, poet, short story writer, reviewer, broadcaster, theatre historian and musician, who performs Renaissance and Baroque music with her early music group, The Siena Ensemble. Tickets £4.50/£3.50 concs. inc. tea/coffee and biscuits. www.acumen-poetry.co.uk
Sat 25th October, 7.30pm
The Wensum Lodge, King Street, Norwich
Paul Stubbs reading from The Icon Maker
Free Event
In association with Eggbox, The New Writing Partnership and The Wolf Magazine
Sat 25th October, 7.45pm
Purcell Room, South Bank Centre
MOURID BARGHOUTI, Mark Doty, Jorie Graham, Valzynha Mort.
An international mixed bill of poets from Palestine, the US and Belarus read their new work.
Sun 26th October, 7.00pm
Blue Room, Spirit Level, South Bank Centre
Agnieszka Kuciak and Tomasz Rozycki represent the next generation of Polish poetry. Writing with an appetite for traditional poetic forms, themes and cultural references, this reading marks a shift away from post-communist writing, and is included in the New Voices from Europe and Beyond series.
Zoe Skoulding, Editor of Poetry Wales, chairs the event.
In association with Literature Across Frontiers.
Tue 28th October, 8.00pm
Old Combination Room, Trinity College, Cambridge
Reading by Jamie McKendrick and Michael O'Neill.
Free for Trinity Students, £1 for others.
Wed 29th October, 8.00pm
The Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, London
Lorna Thorpe, author of 'A Ghost in my House', will be reading with Abdul Jamal, Kate Noakes and Christopher Horton in an event organised by Tall-Lighthouse. Tickets £4. Visit www.tall-lighthouse.co.uk for more details.
Sat 1st November, 8.00pm
LANCASTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL, Dukes Theatre
Adel Guemar and Michelene Wandor
Tue 11th November, 7.00pm
Old Common Room, Balliol College, Oxford
Jamie McKendrick and Michael O'Neill
Open to all and free.
Tue 25th November, 7.00pm
The Pushkin Club, Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA Nearest tube stations:Holborn / Tottenham Court Road
Launch: Larissa Miller will be reading from her new book, Guests of Eternity, No 23 in the Arc Publications Visible Poets series, with her translator, Richard McKane.
Admissions £5.00 or £3.50 concessions
Further information on: 0207 269 9770
Thu 4th December, 1.15pm
Newcastle University, Bedson Teaching Centre, Queen Victoria Street
Timothy Adès and Francis Jones, translator-poets, read their versions of Brecht, Desnos, Cassou, Radnóti, Jansma.
Fri 5th December, 7.00pm
Trinity United Reform Church, 1 Buck Street, Camden Town (2 mins Camden Tube)
Ruth O'Callaghan presents Blue Chrome Poets PLUS the Russian poet Larissa Miller, who reads from Guests of Eternity. Poets from the floor welcome. Doors open 6.30. 1-2 minutes Camden Town tube. Entry £4/£3. Wine.