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Sat 1
James Fenton & Kathryn Gray £12/£10 7.30pm at The Drill Hall, Lower Church Street, Chepstow, Wales Booking: 01291 638807, www.poetryontheborder.org
Sun 2
Torriano Poets featuring guest readers, poets from the floor welcome. £5/£4/£3/£2 (according to pocket) 7.30pm at the Torriano Meeting House, 99 Torriano Avenue, London NW5 § access Tel: 020 7267 2751, www.hearingeye.org
Tues 11
The Wordsworth Trust Michael Symmons Roberts & Peter Bennet £7/£6 (advance booking) 6.45pm at St Oswald’s Church, Grasmere, Cumbria LA22. The reading is followed by supper at 8.45pm at the Dale Lodge Hotel, Grasmere, with the poets in attendance. Meal is £16.00 per head, £18.95 with a glass of wine. Tel: 01539435544, www.wordsworth.org.uk
Sun 16
Torriano Poets featuring guest readers, poets from the floor welcome. £5/£4/£3/£2 (according to pocket) 7.30pm at the Torriano Meeting House, 99 Torriano Avenue, London NW5 § access Tel: 020 7267 2751, www.hearingeye.org
Tues 18
The Blue Bus presents Angela Gardner & Laurie Duggan £5/£3 7.30pm at The Lamb (in the upstairs room), 94 Lamb’s Conduit Street, London WC1
Tues 25
Poetry Prom featuring Alan Brownjohn, Finuala Dowling & Sharon Olds. Presented by The Poetry Trust in partnership with Aldeburgh Music. £14/£12/£10/prom £6 7.30pm at the Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Suffolk IP17 1SP Tel: 01728 687110, boxoffice@aldeburgh.co.uk, www.aldeburgh.co.uk, www.thepoetrytrust.org
The Wordsworth Trust Josephine Dickinson & Jeremy Over £7/£6 (advance booking) 6.45pm at St Oswald’s Church, Grasmere, Cumbria LA22. The reading is followed by supper at 8.45pm at the Dale Lodge Hotel, Grasmere, with the poets in attendance. Meal is £16.00 per head, £18.95 with a glass of wine. Tel: 01539435544, www.wordsworth.org.uk
Fri 28
Betjeman's Birthday An informal poetry reading to celebrate Betjeman's birthday at the station where a statue of the poet has recently been erected. Time tbc at St Pancras International Train Station, Pancras Road, London NW1 Info: The Betjeman Society at 41 Lakeside, Oxford, OX2 8JQ.
Dead Poets Slam An evening of competitive poetry hosted by The Bard of Windmill Hill, Trevor Carter. Special guest David C. Johnson. £5 7.30pm at The Grant Bradley Gallery, 1 St Peter’s Court, Bedminster Parade, Bristol BS3 Tel: 07702910702, www.poetrycan.co.uk
Sat 29
John Betjeman guided walk led by Lance Pierson around Highgate to see the places where John Betjeman was born, brought up and went to school and to hear the poems he wrote about them. £7/£5 2.30pm–4.45pm starting from Kentish Town Station. Further info: www.lancepierson.org
The Shuffle readers tbc 7.30pm at the Poetry Café, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H Tel: 020 7420 9887, theshufflepoetry@gmail.com
Sun 30
Torriano Poets featuring guest readers, poets from the floor welcome. £5/£4/£3/£2 (according to pocket) 7.30pm at the Torriano Meeting House, 99 Torriano Avenue, London NW5 § access Tel: 020 7267 2751, www.hearingeye.org
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| SEPTEMBER |
Thurs 3
Bristol Can Openers – Festival special open floor hosted by Claire Williamson. Free entry 12noon at the Bristol Central Library Café, College Green, Bristol BS1 Fully accessible. Tel: 0117 933 0900, info@poetrycan.co.uk, www.poetrycan.co.uk
Thurs 3–Sun 13
Bristol Poetry Festival featuring Fleur Adcock, Pascale Petit, Catherine Smith, Esther Morgan, Penelope Shuttle among others at The Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 Tel: 0117 939 0900, info@poetrycan.co.uk, www.poetrycan.co.uk
Sat 5
Cornwall Watercolour Society exhibition private viewing followed by the reading of poetry on trees given by poets involved in the Poetry Society's centenary celebrations. Poems will include ones written during the Great Trees of Cornwall Poetry Project's programme to celebrate the Poetry Society's centenary. Time tbc at The Camelford Gallery, 23 Market Place, Camelford, Cornwall PL32 9PD Booking: 01840 213980
MisGuided tour of Brixton Michael Groce, Vic Lambrusco, Eddy Arts Council Grant & Linton Krazy Joneston plus open mic £5/£3 Meet 2pm outside Brixton tube station Contact: Richard Tyrone Jones on 07912 539 098, richardtyronejones@gmail.com, (Facebook event)
Wendy Cope & Sheenagh Pugh £12/£10 7.30pm at The Drill Hall, Lower Church Street, Chepstow, Wales Booking: 01291 638807, www.poetryontheborder.org
Sun 6
Torriano Poets featuring guest readers, poets from the floor welcome. £5/£4/£3/£2 (according to pocket) 7.30pm at the Torriano Meeting House, 99 Torriano Avenue, London NW5 § access Tel: 020 7267 2751, www.hearingeye.org
Tues 8
Poetry series in aid of the Cold Weather Shelter (see Tues 14 July for details)
The Wordsworth Trust Imtiaz Dharker & Emma Jones £7/£6 (advance booking) 6.45pm at St Oswald’s Church, Grasmere, Cumbria LA22. The reading is followed by supper at 8.45pm at the Dale Lodge Hotel, Grasmere, with the poets in attendance. Meal is £16.00 per head, £18.95 with a glass of wine. Tel: 01539435544, www.wordsworth.org.uk
Wed 9
Loose Muse celebrating its fifth birthday with special featured writers. £5/£3 8pm at the Poetry Café, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2 For more information & details on featured writers contact Agnes Meadows, fellow poet and host on 07789-901-667
Sun 13
Bristol Poetry Festival Jeannie Ellin, Richard Carter, Paul Scott & Pascale Petit 4pm at The Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol, BS1 4QA Info: info@poetrycan.co.uk, www.poetrycan.co.uk
Torriano Poets featuring guest readers, poets from the floor welcome. £5/£4/£3/£2 (according to pocket) 7.30pm at the Torriano Meeting House, 99 Torriano Avenue, London NW5 § access Tel: 020 7267 2751, www.hearingeye.org
Tues 15
The Blue Bus presents Vahni Capildeo, Lesley Mckenna & David Miller £5/£3 7.30pm at The Lamb (in the upstairs room), 94 Lamb’s Conduit Street, London WC1
Wed 16
Bath Poetry Café Cafe Poets showcase their New Work Book £4 6.45pm in the Duncan Room, Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institute, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath BA1 Fully accessible. Info: jimboyle@gotadsl.co.uk
Sun 20
Torriano Poets featuring guest readers, poets from the floor welcome. £5/£4/£3/£2 (according to pocket) 7.30pm at the Torriano Meeting House, 99 Torriano Avenue, London NW5 § access Tel: 020 7267 2751, www.hearingeye.org
Mon 21
Coffee-House Poetry at the Troubadour ‘Random Harvest’: New & Established, a wide range of poetry voices. £6.50/£5.50 8pm at the Troubadour, 263-267 Old Brompton Road, London SW5 Contact: Anne-Marie Fyfe (Organiser) on 020-8354 0660, CoffPoetry@aol.com, www.coffeehousepoetry.org, www.annemariefyfe.com
Tues 22
The Wordsworth Trust Don Paterson & Kate Rhodes £7/£6 (advance booking) 6.45pm at St Oswald’s Church, Grasmere, Cumbria LA22. The reading is followed by supper at 8.45pm at the Dale Lodge Hotel, Grasmere, with the poets in attendance. Meal is £16.00 per head, £18.95 with a glass of wine. Tel: 01539435544, www.wordsworth.org.uk
Thurs 24
Poets in the Bookshop – Regular event featuring a guest poet and an open mic slot. £4/£2.80/£1.60 7.30pm at The Dylan Thomas Centre, Somerset Place, Swansea SA1 Tel: 01792 463980, Dylanthomas.lit@swansea.gov.uk, www.dylanthomas.com
Fri 25–Sun 27
King's Lynn Poetry Festival featuring Peter Porter, Moniza Alvi, Pascale Petit, Michael Hulse, Eli Tolaretxipi, Kit Wright & John Hartley Williams at King’s Lynn riverside, Norfolk PE30 Tel: 01553 691661, enquiries@lynnlitfests.com, www.lynnlitfests.com
Sat 26
The Shuffle readers tbc 7.30pm at the Poetry Café, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H Tel: 020 7420 9887, theshufflepoetry@gmail.com
Sun 27
Torriano Poets featuring guest readers, poets from the floor welcome. £5/£4/£3/£2 (according to pocket) 7.30pm at the Torriano Meeting House, 99 Torriano Avenue, London NW5 § access Tel: 020 7267 2751, www.hearingeye.org
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| OCTOBER |
Sat 3
Tony Curtis & Helen Dunmore £12/£10 7.30pm at The Drill Hall, Lower Church Street, Chepstow, Wales Booking: 01291 638807, www.poetryontheborder.org
Sun 4
Torriano Poets featuring guest readers, poets from the floor welcome. £5/£4/£3/£2 (according to pocket) 7.30pm at the Torriano Meeting House, 99 Torriano Avenue, London NW5 § access Tel: 020 7267 2751, www.hearingeye.org
Warwick Words Festival Morning Coffee with Pascale Petit. Poetry readings, coffee, questions and book signings 10.30am–11.30am at Kozi Bar, 62 Market Pl, Warwick CV34 Info: www.warwickwords.co.uk
Mon 5
Coffee-House Poetry at the Troubadour ‘Hearers and Hearteners’: celebrating three decades of Peterloo Poetry. £6.50/£5.50 8pm at the Troubadour, 263-267 Old Brompton Road, London SW5 Contact: Anne-Marie Fyfe (Organiser) on 020-8354 0660, CoffPoetry@aol.com, www.coffeehousepoetry.org, www.annemariefyfe.com
Tues 6
The Wordsworth Trust Hugo Williams & Joanne Limburg £7/£6 (advance booking) 6.45pm at St Oswald’s Church, Grasmere, Cumbria LA22. The reading is followed by supper at 8.45pm at the Dale Lodge Hotel, Grasmere, with the poets in attendance. Meal is £16.00 per head, £18.95 with a glass of wine. Tel: 01539435544, www.wordsworth.org.uk
Wed 7
Bath Poetry Café Poetry and Politics: How should poetry engage with the political and social issues of its day? Bring your ideas, your poems, the thoughts and poems of ‘political’ poets you admire. £4 6.45pm in the Duncan Room, Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institute, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath BA1 Fully accessible. Info: jimboyle@gotadsl.co.uk
Sat 10
John Milton guided walk led by Lance Pierson around the places where John Milton lived and worked in the City of London, reading some of the poems he wrote there. £7/£5 10.45am–12.45pm starting from Mansion House Underground Station (Exit No 4, signed to Bow Lane and St Paul's Cathedral). Further info: www.lancepierson.org
Tues 13
Poetry series in aid of the Cold Weather Shelter (see Tues 14 July for details)
Wed 14
Loose Muse celebrating its fifth birthday with special featured writers. £5/£3 8pm at the Poetry Café, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2 For more information & details on featured writers contact Agnes Meadows, fellow poet and host on 07789-901-667
Sun 18
Torriano Poets featuring guest readers, poets from the floor welcome. £5/£4/£3/£2 (according to pocket) 7.30pm at the Torriano Meeting House, 99 Torriano Avenue, London NW5 § access Tel: 020 7267 2751, www.hearingeye.org
Mon 19
Coffee-House Poetry at the Troubadour ‘Found in Translation’: David Constantine with Jane Draycott & other Oxford poets/translators. £6.50/£5.50 8pm at the Troubadour, 263-267 Old Brompton Road, London SW5 Contact: Anne-Marie Fyfe (Organiser) on 020-8354 0660, CoffPoetry@aol.com, www.coffeehousepoetry.org, www.annemariefyfe.com
Fri 30
Poetry series in aid of the Cold Weather Shelter (see Fri 24 July for details)
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| NOVEMBER |
Mon 2
Coffee-House Poetry at the Troubadour £6.50/£5.50 8pm at the Troubadour, 263-267 Old Brompton Road, London SW5 Contact: Anne-Marie Fyfe (Organiser) on 020-8354 0660, CoffPoetry@aol.com, www.coffeehousepoetry.org, www.annemariefyfe.com
Sat 7
Paul Henry & Don Paterson £12/£10 7.30pm at The Drill Hall, Lower Church Street, Chepstow, Wales Booking: 01291 638807, www.poetryontheborder.org
Tues 10
Poetry series in aid of the Cold Weather Shelter (see Tues 14 July for details)
Mon 16
Coffee-House Poetry at the Troubadour Magma 45 poetry magazine launch with contributors and guest poets. £6.50/£5.50 8pm at the Troubadour, 263-267 Old Brompton Road, London SW5 Contact: Anne-Marie Fyfe (Organiser) on 020-8354 0660, CoffPoetry@aol.com, www.coffeehousepoetry.org, www.annemariefyfe.com
Wed 18
Bath Poetry Café Remembrance Café £4 6.45pm in the Duncan Room, Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institute, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath BA1 Fully accessible. Info: jimboyle@gotadsl.co.uk
Fri 20
Poetry series in aid of the Cold Weather Shelter (see Fri 24 July for details)
Mon 30
Coffee-House Poetry at the Troubadour Troubadour Poetry Prize 2009, prizegiving and winners' reading, alongside 2009 judges Jamie McKendrick & Maura Dooley. £6.50/£5.50 8pm at the Troubadour, 263-267 Old Brompton Road, London SW5 Contact: Anne-Marie Fyfe (Organiser) on 020-8354 0660, CoffPoetry@aol.com, www.coffeehousepoetry.org, www.annemariefyfe.com
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| REGULAR EVENTS |
TUESDAY
Every Tuesday
POETRY UNPLUGGED
London's premier open mic night
Poetry Café, 22 Betterton Street
London WC2H 9BX Come and sign up between 6 and 7pm to be on the line up. Hosted by Niall O'Sullivan. £4/3 (0)20 7420 9880 http://more.poetrysociety.org.uk/cafe/calendar.php
First Tuesday of each month (except August) at various venues
Kent and Sussex Poetry Society’s Writers’ workshop meetings
Info: info@kentandsussexpoetrysociety.org, www.kentandsussexpoetrysociety.org
2nd Tuesday of each month
AMBit: poetry reading
Bath House pub, Soho (excluding Jan, July and Aug)
Third Tuesday of each month (except August)
Kent and Sussex Poetry Society’s main meetings
The Camden Centre, Market Square, Tunbridge Wells TN1 2SW Info: info@kentandsussexpoetrysociety.org, www.kentandsussexpoetrysociety.org
WEDNESDAY
Every Wednesday
EXPRESSS EXCESS: mix of comedy, poetry, storytelling
The Enterprise, 2 Haverstock Hill, London NW5 £5/£3 Doors: 8.30pm, show 9pm Tel: 020 7485 2659, www.expressexcess.co.uk
Poetry Library
Poetry Explorers
Join the band of intrepid Poetry Explorers every Wednesday. Parents and children are welcome at this reading club for families in the newly refurbished Poetry Library. Free 4pm
www.poetrylibrary.org.uk
Second Wednesday of the moth
LOOSE MUSE For women writers of all genres. One or more guest readers plus floor spots. Hosted by Agnes Meadow £5/3
Poetry Café, 22 Betterton Street
London WC2H 9BX http://more.poetrysociety.org.uk/cafe/calendar.php
THURSDAY
First Thursday of the month
tall-lighthouse
The finest contemporary poetry in the intimate surroundings of the Poetry Cafe with a unique mix of voices and regular open mic slots. The event features a diverse range of poets from outright performance to poetry normally only seen on the page with some of the UK's best poets headlining.
Poetry Café, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BX
Tel: 020 8297 8279, www.tall-lighthouse.co.uk
Every first & second Thursday of the month
Junkbox Poetry Group: A lively forum for constructive criticism.
7.30pm–9pm at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Somerset Place, Swansea SA1
For details contact junkboxpoetry@hotmail.com
Second Thursday of month
SURVIVORS POETRY open mic for survivors
Poetry Café, 22 Betterton Street
London WC2H 9BX
Last Thursday of each month
POETS IN THE BOOKSHOP
Dylan Thomas Centre
A night of readings and song with floor spots for local writers.
£4/£2.80/£1,60 (Swansea PTL & floor performers) 7.30pm at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Somerset Place, Swansea Sa1 1RR Tel: 01792 463980, visit www.dylanthomas.org or dylanthomas.lit@swansea.gov.uk
FRIDAY
Fourth Friday of the month
FOURTH FRIDAY
Fourth Friday is a poetry and music event at the Poetry Cafe in London's Covent Garden. At 8pm on the fourth Friday of every month we'll be featuring booked poets, singers, songwriters and musicians - known and not so known. There'll also be voices from the floor. Fourth Friday is hosted by Hylda Sims & Liz Simcock.
Poetry Café, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BX
SATURDAY
Last Saturday of the month
"The Shuffle", a monthly reading series featuring all sorts of poets. Hosted by Amy Key, Gale Burns and Jaqueline Saphra.
Poetry Café, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BX
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