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THE POETRY KIT NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2001
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CONTENTS
* Septemer Events
Australia
Canada
UK
USA
* September Competition deadlines
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SEPTEMBER EVENTS:
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---Australia --
http://www.poetrykit.org/oz/ozevents.htm
---------Kyneton
*Poetry and Wine tastings by vignerons of
Kyneton District
Gonnella's Restaurant, 72 Piper Street, Kyneton.
Starts 2.00pm. $10 door entry includes coffee
and cake. Guests are invited to read one piece
of their own after the performance.
Details / bookings: call 03 5422 2022
Sunday September 2nd
Catherine Bateson & Homer Reith
---------Newcastle, NSW
*Poetry At The Pub
third and fourth and fifth Mondays of the month
at the Northern Star Pub/Hotel, Beaumont Street,
Hamilton (Newcastle).
Usually begins around 7.30pm. Door charge
$2.00/$1.00. Open readings available.
September 17th
Leonie Wellard
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http://www.poetrykit.org/canada/canevents.htm
-----ALBERTA
---------Calgary
*Bodies and Texts
Friday & Saturday, September 7th 8th 2001
Symposium on Normalcy, Disability, Mortality,
and Poetry
University of Calgary
Keynote Speakers:
Frank Davey, University of Western Ontario.
Author of Living and Dying (forthcoming).
Michael Davidson, University of California, San
Diego. Author of Hearing Things: Deafness,
Disabilities and the Production of Normalcy
(forthcoming).
Contact: Susan Rudy, Professor of English,
University of Calgary, [log in to unmask] 2500
University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4
Tel: (403) 220-4677 Fax: (403) 289-1123
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---------Camelford
*Indian King Arts Centre
phone 01840 212111 e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Saturday September 8th 19.30
Meeting Room
GBP5.00/GBP3.00 conc.
An evening with Kenneth Stevens (follows
afternoon workshop)
---------Grasmere
*The Wordsworth Trust
Summer Poetry Readings
Every Tuesday 6.00pm-8.00pm from May 1st to
October 23rd
Thistle Hotel
Tickets: GBP4.00 in advance, GBP5.00 on the
door, GBP80.00 season. Dinner after readings
GBP12.00
Information and reservations Wordsworth Trust,
Dove Cottage, phone 015394 35544
September 4th
Michael Longley
September 11th
Kathleen Jamie
September 18th
Gerard Benson and Esther Morgan
September 25th
Anthony Hecht
--------King's Lynn
*King's Lynn Poetry Festival
September 28th - 30th
Thoresby College
Events GBP7.00 each. Season ticket GBP32.00
Information: King's Lynn Poetry Festival, c/o
Anthony Ellis 19 Tuesday Market Place, King's
Lynn, Norfolk PE30 1JW
Telephone (01553) 691661 (office hours) (01553)
761919 (evenings and weekends)
Friday September 28th 7.30pm
Anthony Hecht, Peter Goldsworthy and
Michael Donaghy read.
Saturday September 29th 11.00am
Poetry, lyric, pop song - a discussion
Saturday September 29th 3.00pm
Lavinia Greenlaw and Michael Hofmann
read
Saturday September 29th 8.00pm
Presentation of the King's Lynn Award
for Merit in Poetry 2001 with
readings by Pauline Stainer, Charles
Simic and C K Stead
Sunday September 30th 11.15am
Ian Hamilton, Anthony Thwaite and
Christopher Reid read.
Sunday September 30th 3.00pm
Twentieth Century Icons - the poets
read and comment on the work of the
twentieth century poet they most admire
--------Liverpool
*Dead Good Poets Society
at The Pilgrim, Pilgrim Street, Liverpool 1
Open mike events first Thursday of each month.
All events start at 8pm - and they're FREE
Enquiries: Carole Baldock, 0151 625 1446;
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Many other mid-month special events and
readings.
September 20th
To be confirmed
Rosie Lugosi Organiser and support: David
Bateman
--------London
*Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London EC2Y 8BQ
Nearest Station: Barbican (London Underground)
Box Office: 020 7638 8891
Thursday and Friday,
September 27th and 28th
Write Black, Write British - from post-
colonial to black British literature
2 days of workshops, seminars, literary
salons and performances, featuring
Courttia Newland, Sonia Sanchez and Jackie
Kay plus a full cast of poets,
novelists, publishers, storytellers and
scholars.
For more information and booking details,
go to
http://communities.msn.com/writeblackbritish/ or
http://www.barbican.org.uk/.
Contact Kadija George/Sonia McIntosh -
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*Finborough Arms
118 Finborough Rd, London SW10, nearest Tube
Earls Court
Poetry and Music - The Human Soundwave Company,
hosted by Véronique Acoustique
Saturdays 8.00-11.00pm (7.30pm for floor-spots),
GBP4.00, concessions GBP3.00, floorspots GBP1.00
(arrive by 8.00pm)
Enquiries: 020-7243-0291 (Véronique) 01992-
637671 (Nyki) e-mail:
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September 1st
Dave Russell - Acoustic Punk
Bella Trix - poet
Hosted and organised by poet Nyki
Blatchley
September 8th
Michael Berk - guitarist
Rachel Pantechnicon - poet)
Silver Sam - folk singer
Hosted and organised by singer-
songwriter Véronique Acoustique
September 15th
Aidan McGee - singer/songwriter
Caroline David - story teller
Amy H - poet
Hosted and organised by poet Nyki
Blatchley
September 22nd
The Missing Puddings - band
Simon the Poet & Vic Venture - poets
Paul Riley - singer-songwriter
Hosted and organised by singer-
songwriter Véronique Acoustique
September 29th
Springettbooth - pop-rock
Alison Trower - actress/poet
Nyki Blatchley - poetry & music
Hosted by guest MC Paula Edwards
*Hungarian Culture Centre
10 Maiden Lane, London WC2
Tuesday September 11th 7.30pm
Announcement of the results of the
MANIFOLD 'Hungarian Millennium
Competition', reading of selected entries,
and Hungarian wine.
*The Poetry Café
22 Betterton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H
9BU Map
phone 020 7240 4810 Tickets 020 7420 9895
Open Monday-Friday 11am-11pm; Saturday 6.30-11pm
Monday September 10th 7.30 for 8.00pm
GBP2.00, GBP1.00 conc
Bipolar Power Poetry open mic. For further
details contact Jeat Wit on
020 7793 2600
Thursday September 20th 8.00pm GBP3.00
New Blood - readings by 5 young poets
Friday September 21st 6.30pm GBP7.00/GBP6.00
Blind Tasting - wine with Jules Mann.
Booking essential - more details
http://www.poetrysoc.com/cafe/winevent.htm
Thursday September 27th 7.30pm
GBP4.00/GBP3.00
Reading by Aidan Dunn
Crossing the Line
A series of poetry readings on the second
Friday of each month)
Each reading begins at 7.30. Admission:
GBP5.00 or GBP3.00 (Poetry Society
members/concessions).
September 14th
Paul Buck / David Menzies
Studio Poetry
in the BT Poetry Studio
7.30pm GBP5.00 (GBP4.00 members and
concessions). Information from 020 7420 9895 or
email:
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Thursday September 6th
Matthew Sweeney and John Hartley Williams
*Poetry in the House
Lauderdale House, Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill,
N6 5HG
Tel: 020 8348 8716 Fax: 020 8442 9099
Thursday September 13th
Women and Words
featuring Sarah Lawson, Nancy Mattson and
Linda Rose Parkes
*The South Bank Centre
Runs poetry readings and other literature events
all the year round, either at the Voice Box or
other South Bank venues. Details from the
centre's web site or from the Royal Festival
Hall, London SE1 8XX
Phone: 020 7960 4242
Tuesday September 25th
7.30pm
Voice Box. GBP5.00 conc GBP3.00
Peter Goldsworthy and Kit Wright
Thursday September 27th
7.30pm
Voice Box. GBP5.00 conc GBP3.00
Ian Hamilton, Anthony Hecht and
Charles Simic
*Sub Voicive Poetry
Readings usually on a Tuesday, Betsey Trotwood,
cnr Farringdon Road / Farringdon Lane Nearest
tube / train Farringdon
The start time is usually 8 p.m. for 8.15 p.m.
Admission GBP5.00 / GBP2.50 concession
[admission may include SPAD magazine when
published that day] Email [log in to unmask]
for more details
September 4th
Cancelled
September 18th
Rob Holloway / Miles Champion
September 25th
Canadian Paul Dutton
5th Sub Voicive Colloquium
29th September 2001
Central London location - exact times to be
announced
Theme: How do we perform that? - What is the
relationship between what is on the page and
what is performed, visually, aurally and
gesturally?
*Word for Word
September 19th
Hornsey Library, Haringey Park, Crouch End, N8
9JA. Map
Start time 7.30pm. Admission free. For more
info, contact Elissa Swinglehurst, phone: 020
8372 3534
email: [log in to unmask]
Supported by: Haringey Library Service, Haringey
Literature Festival, Haringey Arts Council
--------Middlesbrough
*The B[uz]z Poetry Performances
The Cyber Café, 65 Grange Road, Middlesbrough
First Friday. 8pm start. GBP3.00/GBP2.00
(students GBP1.00)
Friday September 7th
Jacob Polley and Jo Colley
---------Oxford
*St Columba's Hall, Alfred Street (off High
Street)
Sunday September 23rd doors
7.30pm poetry from 8.00pm
Admission GBP5.00/GBP4.00 (free to
members of Back Room Poets)
Medbh McGuckian reading for Back Room
Poets, with Jenny Lewis
and Rachel Wiggans
*Oxford Playhouse bar
Monday September 24th 8.00pm
6th Oxford Playhouse Slam!
Details from Slam Productions, Marcus Moore &
Sara-Jane Arbury, 20
Coxwell Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
GL7 2BH. Tel: 01285
640470. Email: [log in to unmask]
*Back Room at Borders
Monthly open mikes, third Thursday in Borders
Books, Magdalen Street, Oxford (under Debenhams)
all at 8.00 admission FREE, all welcome
Contact Rip Bulkeley, 01865-556069 /
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Thursday September 20th
featured reader tba
---------Richmond upon Thames
*The Poet's Kitchen
- upstairs at Molly Malone's, Kew Road, Richmond.
Performance Poetry, Comedy, Readings,
Storytelling, Music, Floor Spots.
Programme Organiser Louise Taylor of The Very
Chakra Company
Contact to confirm details of performers,
prices, times - 020 8847 1133 : 07890 196665 e-
mail:
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Thursday September 20th 8.00pm
GBP6.00/GBP4.00
Head Candy - Iona Jette's Handbag Cabaret
with Special Guests.
Floor Spots Welcome.
---------Swansea
*Dylan Thomas Centre
Somerset Place, Swansea
Box office 01792 463892 Other 01792 463980 e-
mail [log in to unmask]
Saturday September 22nd
GBP3.00 (conc GBP2.10, Swansea PTL GBP1.20
Demo/Text - an evening of poetry & jazz
Thursday September 27th
Academi Annual John Tripp Award. The
annual poetry in performance
prize heats. For full details call
Academi - 02920 472266
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*Cwmdonkin Drive Events
Series of events at Dylan Thomas' birthplace,
No. 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Uplands, Swansea.
GBP3.00 (conc GBP2.10, Swansea PTL GBP1.20)
Start time 7.30pm
For more details call David Woolley on 01792
463980 or Peter Read on 01792 458665 (evenings).
Thursday September 13th
GBP3.00 Concessions GBP2.10 Swansea PTL
GBP1.20
Jo Furber of the Dylan Thomas Centre
and Swansea University - '"To
shade and knit anew the patch of
words": Dylan Thomas and Medbh
McGuckian.'
---------Worcester
* Swan Theatre
Sunday September 23rd 8.00pm
3rd Worcester City Slam!
Details from Slam Productions, Marcus Moore
& Sara-Jane Arbury, 20
Coxwell Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
GL7 2BH. Tel: 01285 640470.
Email: [log in to unmask]
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http://www.poetrykit.org/usa/usevents.htm
----MARYLAND
--------Baltimore
*SLAMICIDE!
every MONDAY Night at XandO, 3003 N. Charles
St. (Charles @ 31st across the street from Johns
Hopkins University).
Info: 410-889-7076
sign-ups begin at 6:30 p.m. 7 p.m. open mic $5
Cover +drink specials+
Hosted by Nicki Miller and Dave Schein
open mic ~ features ~ slam
September 3rd
Michael Brown and Valerie Lawson/Boston
September 10th
Taalam Acey/New Jersey
September 17th
Lisa Buscani/NYC 1992 National Poetry Slam
Champion
September 24th
Christina Springer/Pittsburgh
---------Frederick
*Cafe Muse Literary Series
Strathmore Hall Arts Center, 10701 Rockville
Pike.
Second Wednesday of each month. 7:30 pm
Sponsored by the WordWorks, this monthly venue
offers marvelous feature readers and a brief
open mic when time permits. Sign ups begin at
7:15. Free!
September 12th
Poets Michael Collier and Richard
McCann. Host: Moira Burns.
----NEW YORK
---------New York
*Rattapallax Press Reading Series
with the New York Public Library at several
branches, but mainly at St. Agnes Branch located
at 444 Amsterdam Ave.
September 8th 2.00pm
Indran Amirthanayagam, Peter M.
Rojcewicz, and Richard Levine
September 15th 2.00pm
Marilyn Hacker, Beatrix Gates &
Stephanos Papadopoulos
September 29th 2.00pm
Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave.,
Rattapallax No. 6 Launch Reading hosted
by Martin Mitchell
----TEXAS
---------Austin
*Cafe Mundi Poetry Circle
Every Wednesday.
5.00-7.00pm Freewrite session. 7.00-10.00pm-
Freeform poetic collaborations/features. Info:
1704 East 5th -phone 2368634
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September 5th
Gerald Youngblood and poetic guests
September 12th
Anonymous Poets Collective
September 19th
Jeanne"The Sicilian Slut" Spicuzzi
September 26th
Special presentation: The Truth about
Cats and Dogs
*Expressions
Bahai Center 2214 E.M. Franklin Rd.
For program details contact Terry Roberts at 440-
1459 or e-mail at [log in to unmask]
September 1st
Austin's Hidden Treasures - featuring
Peggy Lynch,Sue Littleton, Chris Brown,and
many more.
$2 or cans of food for the Poets Pantry
Pot Luck-open mike-Complimentary Buffet
Contact 512 4167435 for directions/bookings.
----WASHINGTON DC
--------Washington
*Cafe Myth.com,
Contact Nicki Miller [log in to unmask]
Sunday Nights 7:00-10:00 p.m. ~ CafeMyth.com ~
now at TEAISM, 400 8th
St. NW Washington, DC
202 638-6010 (the corner of 8th and D Sts.)
~Greater Washington DC's track to the National
Poetry Slam ~ hosted by
DC Slammaster Toby
DeBarr ~ $5.00 cover charge ~ meet your friends,
bring your poetry ~
great food and java at the Cafe
September 2nd
Michael Brown and Valerie Lawson/Boston
September 9th
Taalam Acey/New Jersey
September 16th
Lisa Buscani/NYC 1992 National Poetry Slam
Champion
September 23rd
Christina Springer/Pittsburgh
September 30th
Josh Kellar/DC
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SEPTEMBER COMPETITION DEADLINES
http://www.poetrykit.org/comps.htm
(Addresses are UK unless otherwise)
10th September
(postmarked by 3rd
September)
Virginia Adversaria Poetry Contest for no more than two poems,
no longer than 75 lines. Entry: US$10.00 payable to to Empire
Publishing. Judge: Joseph Awad. Full information from:
Virginia Adversaria Poetry Contest, PO Box 2349, Poquoson VA 23662 USA
15th September
East Street Poets International Open Poetry Competition for
poems not exceeding 60 lines. Entry: GBP4.00 for the first poem then
GBP3.00 each additional poem. Full details from:
15 Portman Rd, Pimperne, Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 8UJ
15th September
Essex Poetry Festival Competition. Entry: GBP3.00 for first poem and
GBP1.00 for subsequent poems. Details and entry form:
PO Box 3684, Danbury, Chelmsford Essex CM3 4GP
15th September
Nottingham Open Poetry Competition 2001 for poems no longer
than 40 lines. Adjudicator: Merryn Williams. Entry: GBP2.50 per poem.
Details from The Competition Secretary, 11 Orkney Close, Stenson Fields,
Derbyshire DE24 3LW
16th September
Voyage International Poetry Competition for poems no longer than
240 lines. Entry: GBP4.00 per poem. Entry form and full rules from
[log in to unmask] or from Voyage Poetry Competition Organiser, Regent
Publications, 14 Honor Avenue, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, WV4 5HH, UK
19th September
Wells Festival of Literature International Poetry Competition for
poems no longer than 40 lines. Judge: Andrew Motion. Entry: GBP3.50
per poem. Entry form and full rules from website or from
The Competition Organiser, Creechbarn, Creech St Michael,
Taunton, Somerset, TA3 5PP
20th September
Barnet 2001 Open Poetry Competition for poems not exceeding 35
lines. Sections for adults, 7-11 year olds and 12-16 year olds. Entry:
Adults GBP3.00 per poem, 7-11
's & 12-16
's GBP2.00 per poem. Details from:
BBAC Box 2001, C/- All Saints
' Arts Centre, 122 Oakleigh Rd North, London N20 9EZ
22nd September
7th Open Competition Love Poetry for love poems of up to 80 lines.
Judge: Adrian Bishop. Entry: GBP3.00 per poem. Enter as many poems as
you like. Full details from:
'How do I love thee? magazine', Poetry Life Publishing, 1 Blue Ball
Corner, Water Lane, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 0ER
30th September
The Aldeburgh Poetry Festival Prize for the best first full collection
of at least 40 pages of poetry published in Great Britain and Eire since
1st October 2000. Entries, three bound or proof copies with a note of
the date of publication, should be sent (by individual poets or
publishers) to:
Aldeburgh Poetry Festival Prize, Goldings, Goldings Lane,
Leiston, Suffolk IP16 4EB
Enquiries to Director, Aldeburgh Poetry Festival telephone 01379 668345
email [log in to unmask]
30th September
Housman Society Poetry Competition - Highways for poems of
any length on the topic of highways. Entry: GBP3.00 per poem. Full details
from:
78 Kidderminster Rd, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire B61 7LD
30th September
Poetry Monthly Open Poetry Booklet Collection Competition
Send four representative poems, maximum length of each poem 36 lines
including stanza breaks. Entry: GBP4.00. Details:
Poetry Monthly (Competition), 39 Cavendish Rd, Long Eaton,
Nottingham, NG10 4HY
30th September annually
Tom Roder Memorial Prize for Poetry. Annual poetry prize
awarded for a body of work, a collection of 20-30 individual
unpublished poems i.e. around 24 typewritten pages. The winner
receives a cash prize plus publication in pamphlet form. Entry: GBP5.00
per collection. Full details and entry form from:
Dr Sue Vice, Department of English Literature, The
University,Sheffield, S10 2TN
Email: [log in to unmask]
1st October
Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize for poems not exceeding 100 lines.
Entry: $10 Australian. Full details fromwebsite or from
P.O.Box 210, Sandy Bay, TAS 7006, Australia
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Particular thanks for help in providing the information posted here are
due to:
The British Council; The British-Poets and
Poetryetc mailing lists;
Local Ireland; Poetry London; The Saison Poetry
Library; The Poetry
Society; Regional Arts Councils.
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