THE POETRY KIT NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2003
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* February Events
Australia
Canada
Ireland
UK
USA
* February Competition deadlines
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EVENTS:
--AUSTRALIA ---
http://www.poetrykit.org/oz/ozevents.htm
----SOUTH AUSTRALIA
--------Onkaparinga
*Waverley Homestead, Willunga
Sunday February 9th 2.00-5.00pm
Poetry Unplugged Launch Special performance by
Kaledoscopic poetry troupe
--CANADA
----BRITISH COLUMBIA
--------Vancouver
*Kootenay School of Writing
- 505 Hamilton Street
Saturday February 8th 8.00pm
Louis Cabri reads from Mood Embosser
----ONTARIO
--------Toronto
*Up From The Rootsin various Toronto venues. Contact
Dwayne Morgan, [log in to unmask] 416.822.1465
Saturday February 8th 9.00pm
Brigantine Room, Harbourfront
Tickets $15.00 in advance, $18.00 on the day.
Call 416.973.4000.
Talking Aloud - part of Harbourfront's Kuumba
Festival, featuring Ainsley Burrows,
DChase, The Boogiman, Anthony Bansfield, Andrea
Thompson, Dwayne Morgan,
and Karen Richardson.
--IRELAND ---
http://www.poetrykit.org/ireland/lievents.htm
--------Dublin
*Out to Lunch.series of Friday lunchtime poetry
readings in the Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, Foster
Place, Dublin 2. Adm Free. Start 1.15pm (unless not)
Information: 01 671 1488
February 14th 6.00pm
Neville Keery
*Poetry Ireland Introductions Readings7.00pm in the
Connolly Room, Liberty Hall, Dublin 1. Admission
free. Information 01 6714632
February 11th
Esta Spalding and Enda Wyley
*Poets Anonymous
guest poets plus open mike, Wednesdays 7.30-9.30's
Bar, Nassau St., Dublin 2.: Tim Coles, 6 Casimir
Avenue, Harolds Cross, Dublin 6W, e-mail
[log in to unmask] tel: 087 7715561
February 26th
Knute Skinner - (in association with Poetry
Ireland)
--------Sligo
*Model Arts Centre/Niland Gallery.
Friday February 21st 6.00pm Free
contact Anne O'Connell 071 71624 or Jo Conway 071
41405
Ted Deppe reads from Cape Clear: New and
Selected Poems (Salmon)
---UK -- http://www.poetrykit.org/events.htm
--------Bristol
*Big Mouth Cabaret
Thursday February 20th at Indigoes 31 King Street,
Bristol BS1.
Doors 7.30pm/Show 8.00pm. Tickets GBP5.00/GBP4.00
(includes raffle ticket)
Featuring: Nathan Filer, Mark Olver, Tom
Phillips, BUCKY + open mic
Iformation Rosemary Dun 0117 963 6462
*Cotham Parish ChurchMichael's Hill
Saturday February 15th 3.00pm Free
Move over Valentine - poems, songs and jokes by
poet David Johnson and Michael
Godwin, guitar
For more information phone David Johnson on 0117
9238822
--------Coventry
*Writers at Warwickotherwise, events take place in
the Conference Room of Warwick University at 7.15pm,
and tickets cost GBP5.00 (GBP3.00).Office: 024 7652
4524 [log in to unmask]
http://www.warwickartscentre.co.uk. events include:
Wednesday February 5th
Douglas Dunn and Henry Shukman
Wednesday February 26th 7.15pm
Free to ticket holders
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
--------Edinburgh
*Shore Poets- 7.45pm on the last Sun of every month.
Admission GBP1.00 (concessions free).at The Canons'
Gait, 232 Canongate, Edinburgh EH8 8DQ. For full
programme e-mail Peter Cudmore,
[log in to unmask] or visit the website
www.shorepoets.org.uk
February 23rd
Janet Paisley, Eleanor Livingstone (TBC), Paula
Jennings
--------Greatfield
*Pulsar, 'Live Microphone'
Thursday 27th February
Performance Poetry and Music Evening
at Riffs Bar,(formerly the Butchers Arms)
This is a free-of-charge event which is open to
all. You can read your own poems (or poems of your
choice) to a partisan non-competitive audience. Of
course you don't have to read / recite, you may
simply come along to soak up the atmosphere - to get
away from the dreaded box in the corner of your front
room! The evening will be covered / reviewed in
Pulsar Poetry Magazine, with photographs.information
about the pub / food / accommodation, (if required),
telephone landlord Andy Pett on 01793 778304.details
from David Pike 01793 875941 email:
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--------Liverpool
*Dead Good Poets SocietyEveryman Bistro, Hope Street,
Liverpool 1mike events first Wednesday of each month.
All events start at 8pm - and they’re FREE. mc
Hairyfish (Janine Pinion & Alison Rostron).
Performers old and new, all welcome - five whole
minutes to strut your stuff. Or just sit back and
enjoy. Donations (at least one round pound) much
appreciated, towards expenses. Many other mid-month
special events and readings.
Wednesday February 19th GBP2.00/GBP1.00
Myra Schneider
Organised by Janine Pinion on behalf of
Liverpool Dead Good Poets Society
Thursday February 20th 10am-12.45pm
at Blackburne House Centre for Women, Hope St.
Exploring Yourself in Poetry - a workshop led by
Myra Schneider.
The workshop costs GBP7.00 (GBP4.00 concessions)
and must be paid in advance in order to secure a
place. Maximum number of participants is fourteen. e-
mail [log in to unmask] Tel 0151 638 6528 or post
details and cheque (made payable to DGPS) to: DGPS,
PO Box 84,L18 1WS.
-------London
*Anthem for Doomed Youth31st 2002 - April 27th
2003exhibition of manuscripts, leters, diaries, works
of art, photographs and personal momentoesEdmund
Blunden, Rupert Brook, Robert Graves, Julian
Grenfell, Ivor Gurney, David, Frances Ledwige,
Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, Siegfried Sassoon,
Charles Sorley, Edward ThomasWar Museum, Lambeth
Road, London SE1 6HZ: 020 7416 5320, recorded, 0900
1600140GBP5.00/GBP4.00 concessions. Groups must book
in advance on 020 7416 5439
*Apples & Snakes, Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender
Hill, SW11 5TNenquiries: 020 7924 3410 Programming:
020 7924 3850 Education: 020 7738 0941 Fax: 020
3763 e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Friday February 14th
The Snaking Game - featuring Tina C, Jonzi D and
Lucy English
*Coffee House Poetry at the Troubadour
Old Brompton Road SW58.00-10.00pm. Plus workshops.
Tickets GBP5.00, concessions GBP4.00, season tickets
50%., booking and mailing list 020 8354 0660 or write
to Anne-Marie Fyfe at Coffee-House Poetry, PO Box
16210, London W4 1ZP or email [log in to unmask]
February 3rd
magma 25 launch, featuring Marius Kociejowski,
Roddy Lumsden, Mario Petrucci and
Pascale Petit
February 17th
Peterloo Poets featuring Ann Alexander, Tim
Cunningham, Julian May and Owen
Gallagher
*The Poetry Café
Betterton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9BU
Map020 7240 4810 Tickets 020 7420 9895Monday-Friday
11am-11pm; Saturday 6.30-11pm
-Saturday February 15th
The annual Farrago Love SLAM!
-Cats' Night Out - organised by Poetry Worksplatform
for women's poetry, hosted by Angela Dovea guest poet
and a chance to read your own work. Sign in by 7.30pm
if you want to read - one poem, not more than 50
lines please . Mixed audience.
Tickets can be pre booked by sending a cheque made
out to Angela Dove (no credit cards) to Poetryworks,
47, Dunlace Road, London E5ONF., specifying the date
and event, ticket price GBP5.00 GBP4.00 concessions.
They will be held for you at the door on the evening
for collection by 7.45. Tel enquiries: 020 8533 2190
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Wednesday February 26th
Kurdish poet Choman Hardi, and Julia Copus
reading from her new collection
-Studio Poetrythe BT Poetry Studio
pm GBP5.00 (GBP4.00 members and concessions).
Information from 020 7420 9895 or
email:@poetrysociety.org.uk
Thursday February 20th 7.30pm
Sarah Maguire and Maurice Riordan
*Poetry at the Victoria and Albert MuseumRoad, South
Kensington, London SW7 2RLfrom the Poetry Book
Society on 020 8870 8403 or [log in to unmask]
Sunday February 9th 2.00pm-5.00pm, repeating
Valerie Bloom, Collette Bryce, Michael Donaghy,
Anthony Dunn and Ruth Padel read
new poems inspired by objects in the British
Gallery 1500-1900
*Poetry in the HouseHouse, Waterlow Park, Highgate
Hill, N6 5HG: 020 8348 8716 Fax: 020 8442 9099 Email:
[log in to unmask] 8.00pm (bar open
7.30pm). Tickets GBP5.00 (GBP3.00)
Thursday February 13th
Poetry in Performance - featuring Aidan AD
*Shortfusethe Camden Head, Camden Walk, Islington,
N1to present a fusion of performance comedy, stand-up
poetry and music. Hosted by Nathan Penlington and
dj'd by David Bush.., 8.30pm GBP5.00 waged, GBP3.00
concs with ID phone: 020 8536 0652 e-mail:
[log in to unmask]
February 6th
Francesca Beard, Jasper Bark and Charlotte Ansell
*Somerset House WC2R 1LAand Masterclasses - the
Poet's Method
(in the Lecture Theatre). Lectures hosted by Graham
Fawcett, Masterclases by Christina Patterson. Start
3.00pm Tickets GBP8.50 conc GBP6.50by The Poetry
School in ssociation with The Poetry Societyseating.
Aplication on BOOKING FORM ONLY, obtainable from The
Poetry School, 1a Jewel Road, Walthamstow, London E17
4QU. Phone: 020 8223 0401
February 9th 2003
Lecture by Gillian Clarke
*Torriano Meeting House
Torriano Avenue, Kentish Town, NW5 2RX Map 020 7267
2751 e-mail [log in to unmask] 7.30pm. Poets
from the floor welcome. Wheelchair access. Admission
GBP3.00 GBP2.00 GBP1.00 according to pocket
Sunday February 16th
June English and Katherine Gallagher
--------Newbury
*New Greenham Arts Centre
Saturday February 22nd 8.00pm
The 3rd Newbury Slam!
Details from Slam! Productions, Tel: 01285
640470, Email: [log in to unmask] Web
page: http://www.author.co.uk/slam/
--------Newcastle-upon-Tyne
*Swarley's ClubPoetry and Music. For information
phone: 0191 2529531 or email:
[log in to unmask]
Saturday February 15th 2003
Leon Rosselson, Doctor Socrates and Mister
Armstrong
--------Wakefield
*Jaw, Jaw, War, Warexhibition of poetry and visual
art at Wakefield Cathedral, West Yorkshire,
portraying the concern of ordinary people caught up
in the apparent inevitability of a war with
Iraq.Friday February 7th at 7pm at the Cathedral’s
Treacy Hall annexe - an event presided over by Walter
Harrison, former Wakefield MP.guests invited to the
launch will be MPs, trade unionists, and
representatives of local mosques and foreign
embassies. Poets and artists from as far away as
India and the US have already submitted work.for
consideration may be e-mailed to
[log in to unmask] or posted to The Cathedral
Poets, Wakefield Cathedral, Northgate, Wakefield,
West Yorkshire. Further information from Louis
Kasatkin on 01924-781642.Cathedral Poets is an
organisation sponsored by Wakefield Cathedral as part
of its policy of playing a greater role in local
culture.
--------Ware
*Ware PoetsArts Centre, Kibes Lane, Ware, Hertsmike
plus guest. Usually first Friday of the month. Start
8.00pm. Entry GBP3.00information contact David Perman
on 01920-467868 or e-mail John Godfrey at
[log in to unmask]
February 7th
Michael Henry
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--USA -- http://www.poetrykit.org/usa/usevents.htm
---LOUISIANA
--------New Orleans
*Maple Leaf Barmike readings with guest spots, every
Sunday afternoon at 3.00pm at the Maple Leaf Bar (in
the back patio) at 8316 Oak Street, New Orleans, LA
70118.Nancy Harris e-mail [log in to unmask],
phone 504-861-7162
February 2nd
Dennis Tyler presents a birthday reading. Open
mike follows.
February 9th
Alsion Pelegrin reads from and signs her new
book, The Zydeco Tablets.
February 16th
Open mike
February 23rd
Open mike
---MARYLAND
--------Baltimore
*SLAMICIDE!Monday night at XandO, 3003 N. Charles St.
(Charles @ 31st across the street from Johns Hopkins
University).: 410-889-7076ups begin at 6:30 p.m. 7
p.m. open mic $5 Cover +drink specials+by Nicki
Miller and Dave Schein
February 3rd
Katie O'Laughlin/LA
February 10th
Roger Bonair-Agard/NYC
February 17th
Nina Simon and Craig Nelson/Boston
February 24th
Ray McNiece/Cleveland
---MASSACHUSETTS
---------Boston
*Forest Hills Trust
Poetry in the Chapel series, in conjunction with
Tapestry of Voice, a Boston-based poetry society.
Forsyth Chapel at Historic Forest Hills Cemetery, 95
Forest Hills Avenue, Jamaica Plain. US$4.00
admission, free parking.Abigail Norman at 617-524-
0128 or email [log in to unmask]
Sunday February 2nd 2.00pm
Lisa Beatman, Doug Holder, Ellen Steinbaum, and
Marc Widershien
---NEW YORK
--------New York
*Bowery Poetry Club
Bowery (@ Bleecker Street)Poets, hosted by Ebony
Washington - Saturday Nights at 10pmLIFE is a monthly
spotlight series, held on the second Saturday of the
month
February 8th 10.30pm
US$12 @ the door/US$10 for students
POETS4LIFE presents Pamela Sneed
*The Pink Pony West Reading SeriesStreet Cafe, 29
Cornelia Street, Betw. Bleeker & West 4th Streetat
6.00pm, $6 including free drink - Open Mike &
Featured Poet; hosted by Jackie Sheeler. 212-989-9319
February 7th
Patricia Spears Jones
February 14th
Shelley Stenhouse
February 21st
Vanessa Hidary
*The Poetry ProjectMark's Church, 131 E. 10th St.,
New York, NY 10003: (212) 674-0910 E-mail:
[log in to unmask] at 8 pm, $7 admission, $4 for
students; and $3 for members, unless otherwise noted.
The Poetry Project is wheelchair accessible with
advance notice. Schedule subject to change.
Saturday February 1st 2.00pm - 9.00pm Free
The Poetry is News Coalition inaugural meeting.
Participants include poets, writers and critics
Ammiel Alcalay, Samiya Bashir, Moustafa
Bayoumi, Gabrielle David, Alan Gilbert, Richard
Hell, David Henderson, Fanny Howe,
Elias Khoury, Karen Malpede, Michael Palmer, Anne
Waldman and Eliot Weinberger;
musician Marc Ribot, special guest, cartoonist
and journalist Ted Rall, and others.
Monday February 3rd 8.00pm
Open Reading
Wednesday February 5th 8.00pm
David Shapiro and Lytle Shaw
Saturday February 8th 4.00pm
A Tribute to Charles Henri Ford
--------Woodstock
*Woodstock Poetry SocietyO. Box 531, Woodstock, NY
12498every second Saturday of the month at 2 p.m. at
the Woodstock Town Hall, 76 Tinker St., Woodstock,
NY; three featured readers plus an open mike: Bob
Wright 845-679-9837
February 8th
James Casey, J.J. Clarke, Robert Waugh
---WASHINGTON DC
--------Washington
*Cafe Myth.comNicki Miller [log in to unmask]
7:00-10:00 p.m. ~ CafeMyth.com ~ now at TEAISM, 400
8th St. NW Washington, DC
638-6010 (the corner of 8th and D Sts.)
~Greater Washington DC's track to the National Poetry
Slam ~ hosted by DC Slammaster Toby~ $5.00 cover
charge ~ meet your friends, bring your poetry ~ great
food and java at the Cafe
February 2nd
Katie O'Laughlin/LA
February 9th
Roger Bonair-Agard/NYC
February 16th
Nina Simon and Craig Nelson/Boston
February 23rd
Ray McNiece/Cleveland
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****************COMPETITION DEADLINES further ahead
are listed at http://www.poetrykit.org/comps.htm
(Addresses are UK unless otherwise)
th February London Competition for poems no longer
than 80 lines.: Moniza Alvi. Entry: GBP4.00 per poem
(Poetry London
subscribers GBP3.00 per poem. Contact: Poetry London,
PO Box 30104 London EC17 4XR
th FebruaryHarwood Poetry Prize for single poems or a
linked suite of poems not longer than 100 lines.
Entry: $12 Australian. Details from: Island, P.O.Box
210, Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7006
th FebruaryChristian Writers Foundation Odes of March
Poetry Contest for poets of Christian faith. Full
details from the website
http://snowfaux.com/utmost.htm.
th FebruaryWriters Circle Open Poetry Competition for
poems not exceeding 40 lines. Special Mary Ingate
Prize for the best poem on a rural theme written by a
resident of Norfolk. Entry: GBP2.00 per poem.Details
from:
The Street, Porlingland, Norwich, Norfolk NR14 7JT
th FebruaryWriters' Showcase - Between the Lines 2003
invites entries from poets, playwrights and prose
writers who wish to read at The Writers' Showcase on
March 24th as part of the 2003 Literary Festival in
Belfast. Entrants may submit any number of entries -
poemsto 100 lines, or a piece of prose or drama not
exceeding 1000 words. Entry: GBP3.00/Euro5.00 payable
to Crescent Arts Centre. details from/entries to:
Writers' Showcase, Between the Lines, Crescent Arts
Centre,
University Road, Belfast BT7 1NH
th February
Strokestown Poetry Prize for poems up to 70 lines.
Judges: Gillian Clarke, Frank Ormsby and Peter Sirr.
Entry: Euro4.00, GBP3.00, or US$5.00. Information and
printable entry form fromstrokestownpoetryprize.com
or Poetry Festival, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon,
Ireland
th FebruaryTower Poetry Prize for poems no longer
than 48 lines on the theme of The Passport. Open to
16-18 year olds in UK schools or colleges. Entry:
free. Entrants may only submit one poem, with the
entry form countersigned by their teacher. Details
attowerpoetry.org.uk or contact: Tower Prizes, Christ
Church, Oxford OX1 1DP
th FebruaryPoetry Competition for poems not exceeding
40 lines. Judge: David Pike. Entry: GBP2.50 for the
first poem, GBP0.75 each additional poem. Contact:
Competition Administrator, Pulsar Poetry Magazine, 34
Lineacre, Grange Park, Swindon, Wiltshire SN5 6DA
st March& Freedom Environmental Poetry Competition
for poems no longer than 32 lines on the theme of the
environment. Entry: GBP2.00/(US$4.00) per poem,
GBP6.00/(US$12.00) for 4 poems. Detailsentries: &
Freedom Press, 17 Farrow Road, Whaplode Drove,
Spalding, Lincs, PE12 0TS, U.K.
st March
th Annual Peterloo Poets Open Poetry Competition for
poems not exceeding 40 lines. Section for 15-19 year
olds. Judges: Michael Laskey, Carole Satyamurti, John
Mole, Harry Chambers. Entry: Adults GBP5.00 per poem.
15-19 year olds GBP2.00 per poem. Details from: Old
Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock, Cornwall PL18 9QX
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