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Sable LitMag website
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Visit the website for details of the Sable /Arvon course in 2005 and the
chance to win a free place on the course for poets and fiction writers.
Fiction Tutor: MARITA GOLDEN
Poetry Tutor: KAMAU BRATHWAITE
Both writers are flying in from the USA especially to work with writers of
colour
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Events and Courses
*7 June 0 Exiled Writers with Moris Farhi
*10 June Verbalized Mindz 1st Year Anniversary
*18 June The Paul Robeson Story - Film
*24 June Apples and Snakes & M/CR Poetry Festival Presents "LIT @ BLUECAT
*3 July Love Poetry Hate Racism Tent (Take Part)
Submissions and Jobs
* X Magazine
*Fito South African Feminist Ezine
*Our School Anthology
*DRUM Magazine
*Trainee Journalist (Business Journalism) Short term position
*Artists Bursary
*Housemans Bookstore Development Manager Position
EVENTS AND COURSES
Exiled Writers Ink!
Monday 7th June 2004 at 7.30
Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2
Moris Farhi plus translation workshop in the second half (see below)
Moris Farhi author of the recently published
'Young Turk'
in conversation with poet and translator: Richard McKane
Moris Farhi was born in Turkey in 1935. He has written several novels,
including Children of the Rainbow (The Independent, The New Statesman and
The Daily Telegraph 'Book of the Year') and Journey through the Wilderness
('bears comparison with the best of Graham Greene'). He is a vice-president
of English PEN and a patron of Exiled Writers Ink and in 2001 was appointed
MBE for 'services to literature'. He lives in London.
"Beautifully rendered, poetic and mystical, this is an intoxicating collect
ion of 13 tales run together like kebabs on the skewer of Turkish history."
Daily Mail
Translation workshop: We have decided to try out translation workshops from
time to time in the second half of the Poetry Cafe evenings. The idea is
that:
- a writer does a rough translation of a piece and brings it along to the
Poetry Cafe to work with a volunteer.
URGENT!
Please let us know if you are bringing a piece of work or if you
wish to volunteer to work with an exiled writer.
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thank you
www.exiledwriters.co.uk
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VERBALIZED MINDZ 1ST YEAR ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
An exciting & all inspiring night of spoken word, passion, expression,
poetry, song & verbal dexterity.
This month celebrates the 1st year anniversary of Verbalized Mindz with
a 30 Poet Jam featuring some of the shows top performers over the last
12 months, supporters and special guests.
Performers include in order of appearance on the night:
Amen Noir - Charlotte Ansell - Brother Courtney - Dondamic - Carl Ramsey-
Ebele - Casey Siji David J. - Emmanuelle - Darwood Grace - Floetic Lara -
Deep Cobra -Heather Taylor - Divine Justice Sareal - Gee - Oneness - Geo -
Patricia Foster - Jahmessam - Poetically
Buff - Mosaique - RedhedNolan Weekes - Kat Francois - shortMAN - Sharlene
Hector - Tuggstar -Urban'e - Urban Spirit - Yap
Hosted by: Phenzwaan
THURSDAY 10TH JUNE 2004
@ THE LION (formerly Stoke Tup) 132 Stoke Newington Church Street,
Stoke Newington, London, N16 OJX.
Come join us as we celebrate the 1st birthday of one of north London's
premier spoken word and poetry platforms.
6.45pm - arrive early as places will be limited due to this exceptional
line-up...not to mention all the cake and lollipops may be finished.
Doors must close once venue reaches its capacity.
Entry: L5 or enter the FREE entry draw - just text go phenzology to
82280 from your mobile phone.
Successful entrants will be notified via the mobile number they text
from.
For any further enquiries tel: 07958 623 304 or Email:
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Directions/Nearest Tubes & Buses: 73 bus from the Angel; 149 bus from
Liverpool Street/Shoreditch/Dalston or Seven Sisters.
Black History is longer than a month
The Paul Robeson Story (Here I Stand)
(115mins)
Friday 18 June
Doors open 7.00pm
Presentation 7.30pm
The 100 Black Men of London is committed to educating and informing the
community about our history, much of which has been sidelined. In an effort
to put black history in the mainstream we hire cinemas once a month and
show positive films about our accomplishments. All such events are free.
Adults, children, schools , refugees and community groups are encouraged to
attend.
This screening takes place at the Paul Robeson Theatre, High Street,
Hounslow Central To register for your free seats visit www.100bmol.org.uk
(website open to bookings from 10 days prior to the event)
Paul Robeson
was a famous African-American athlete, academic, singer, actor, and
advocate for the civil rights of people around the world. In 1915 he won an
academic scholarship to Rutgers University. Despite violence and racism
from team-mates, he won awards in baseball, basketball, and track.
He practiced as a lawyer but left when a white secretary refused to take
dictation from him. He used his art to promote African history and
culture.He lived in Camden, London, where he earned international acclaim
for his lead role in Othello. He was only the second black man to appear in
this role.
He sang for peace and justice in 25 languages. Among his friends were
Kenyan leader Jomo Kenyatta, India's Nehru, historian Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois,
anarchist Emma Goldman, and writers James Joyce and Ernest Hemingway. In
1933, Robeson donated the proceeds of his play to Jewish refugees fleeing
Hitler's Germany.
In 1945, he lobbied President Truman to support an anti-lynching law. He
questioned the draft for African Americans just as Muhammed Ali was to do
three decades later. His concerts were cancelled and the US government
withdrew his passport for 8 years
He met with Albert Einstein to discuss the prospects for world peace and
argued with the British Prime Minister for a Race Relations law in the
1930s. He was the most famous black man in the world but many people have
never heard of him. Find out why.
Next Event. Saturday 10 July, Museum of London. EC2: The Olaudah Equiano
story and James Baldwin Speaks
Tony Warner
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APPLES & SNAKES & M/CR POETRY FESTIVAL PRESENTS
"LIT @ BLUECAT"
featuring Malika Booker, Khadija Ibrahiim, Amanda Milligan & Michelle
Green.
Host MC: Segun
Thu 24 June
7.30-9.30pm
Entry: L2.50/L1.50 concessions
Blue Cat Cafe, Shaw Rd, off Heaton Moor Rd, Heaton Moor, Manchester
www.bluecatcafe.co.uk
A showcase night of fingerlickin lyrical performances from some of the UK's
most exciting
poets.
Malika Booker has established herself as one of London's sassiest and
busiest performers.
Her warm and vivacious performances has brought her tours across Europe and
the USA with
the British Council & she co-runs Poetry Kitchen, a writers collective
offering writers surgeries
and showcases of new work at London venues. She is a featured artist on
Kin, a UK tour of
poets, prose writers, DJs & musicians organised by renaissance one.
Khadijah Ibrahiim has toured across Africa, The Middle East, the Caribbean
and the USA &
her inspirational poetry explores the spiritual wealth of Africa and the
Caribbean. She is artist
in residence at Host-Leeds Media centre where she has organised Leeds
Young Authors and
the Leeds Youth Poetry slam 2004.
Michelle Green has dished up her social soul rants and rhymes across the
UK, most
recently at Manchesters Retro Bar courtesy of The Poetry Cubicle, and on
the Europride
mainstage. She will be appearing with 14 of the countrys top slam poets at
Leamingtons
Slam of the Year on July 30th.
Manchester based poet, Amanda Milligan gives intense performances that are
truly
mesmerising, drawing the metaphysical out of the everyday. She has been
published in the
anthology Poetry Slam (AK Press, 1996 and is
currently developing The Death of Opera a cross-art theatre production for
2005.
www.applesandsnakes.org
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Tel: 0161 615 0528
www.manchesterpoetryfestival.co.uk
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Tel: 0161 236 5725
Funded through Arts Council of England Regional Arts Lottery Programme
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Love poetry hate Racism tent
>
I'm looking for Poet's to perform at the Unity festival this year in the
> Love Poetry Hate Racism tent.
>
> The Unity Festival is now in its 10th Year and its final as next year it
> will be a different set up. I hoping you will like to be part of the
Grande finale, to celebrate Multi Cultural Manchester, in Chorlton Park on
Saturday 3rd July 2004. The event happens from 1-6pm.
>
>What we basically require is a 10 minute performance piece, for which we
will pay Artist L20 plus expenses, as we are a non profitable
organisation.
>
Of course I will send through more information as required, firstly I
Would like to gauge your interest.
>
Please feel free to email me or contact me on my mobile for further info
on 07754866859
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> Look forward to speaking with you soon,
>
> Regards Kelly - Unity Co-ordinator
X MAGAZINE ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS
http://www.flippedeye.net/xmag
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Sally Strong, Editor
Stazja McFadyen, US Poetry Editor
Nii Ayikwei Parkes, UK Poetry Editor
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x magazine is a literary magazine that focuses on work by writers who
read in public. The most recent issue (March 2004) features poetry from
the likes of Ainsley Burrows and Heather Taylor, prose from Aoife
Mannix and Napoleon Dozier and an exclusive interview with Ursula Rucker.
Although we do not pay for submissions all contributors get a free copy
of the magazine and a 25% discount on subsequent purchase of the
magazine. Previous contributors include; Amiri Baraka & Theodore Harris
III, Agnes Meadows, Bob Holman, Georgia Popoff, Taalam Acey, Marvin G.
Kimbrough, Ekere Tallie, Aoife Mannix, and Quraysh Ali Lansana.
GUIDELINES:
COVER ART: Please send your concept at 500px by 667px at 72dpi
initially and the editor will request the final work after a choice has
been
made. Please visit the website to see previous covers.
SHORT PROSE:
Stories should not exceed 5000 words in length and no more than 2
stories should be submitted.
POETRY:
There are no line length limitations for poetry, however, no more than 5
poems should be submitted for any issue of the magazine. Also, please do
not send us work that has never been edited. It's our pet peeve!
SUBMISSIONS:
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EZINE (SOUTH AFRICA)
"Fito," a feminist ezine, seeks artwork, fiction, articles and other
unnameable genres that go against the grain. For more information:
http://www.fito.co.za <http://www.fito.co.za/ >
Dear writer/agent,
Our School - a poetry anthology for Pan Macmillan
Earlier this year I sent out a brief for this poetry anthology, and many of
you sent me poems, for which thanks! I was a little slow in getting back to
everyone I suppose I could best sum it up by
saying that I'm looking for the universal through the specific - ie, I want
the final collection to reflect children's experiences of primary school in
a pretty deep and interesting way. So although I want lots of poems about
specific subjects - and I'll be listing those further on in this brief -
I'd like there to be something in each poem that touches on the universal.
The original idea came to me when I was listening to Under Milk Wood, and
Ithought how wonderful it would be if I could put together a kind of Under
Milk Wood about school for kids (and for teachers and parents, too!).I've
had lots of poems in about funny things happening in classrooms, quirky
teachers etc, but (apart from a number of good poems about school
secretaries - now what does that tell us?) very few covering the subjects I
listed in my first brief. So the field is wide open... anyway, here's what
I said in the original brief...
If you are still interested, please conact Tony Bradman for the original
brief its long an detailed but at least gives you a very clear idea of
what he is looking for.
I am currently seeking contributions to an anthology of original poems
entitled Our School, and aimed at primary age children (7-11).
Tony Bradman
29 The Heights
Foxgrove Road
Beckenham
Kent BR3 5BY
Tel: 020 8663 9334
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(Please contact Tony Bradman directly for the full brief)
DRUM MAGAZINE
NOW AVAILABLE IN VIRGIN MEGASTORES [but NOT in Manchester!!]
Reply to: Paul Boakye [[log in to unmask]]
The pocket-sized DRUM magazine is now available in the following Virgin
Megastores around the country (except Manchester so keep on asking for it
in Manchester!:
With an active commitment to promoting cross-cultural exchange and the
contributions made by 'cultures of black origin' (COBO) to the popular
mainstream, DRUM is an item for music lovers of all backgrounds and the
literary and arts world in general. DRUM'S line up of music, arts and
entertainment and the presentation of its material specifically target a
young, 18-30, diverse audience. The magazine also attracts older age groups
through its in-depth features, interviews, information and social/political
analysis.
For personal or organisational subscriptions to DRUM, contact 020 7823
3663 or write to: Drum, Suite 10, Grove House, 320 Kensal Road, London
W10 5
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TRAINEE JOURNALIST
Gas Matters, the leading international energy
publisher, is offering a three-month traineeship in
business journalism this summer from July to
September, as cover for a member of staff who has been
awarded a secondment to the Financial Times. We are
part of the specialist natural gas company
EconoMatters, whose activities include publishing,
consultancy, conferences and management training.
The role calls for a graduate who can demonstrate a
keen interest in journalism as a career (perhaps by
involvement in a student newspaper) and the ability to
comprehend and analyse complex commercial and
political information. Experience of the energy
business is not essential but literacy, numeracy and
an affinity for information technology are.
Training will be provided, along with a salary
equivalent to L14,600 per annum. The selected
candidate will get a thorough grounding in the skills
required by a business journalist. Duties will include
news gathering, interviewing, reporting and feature
writing, for our monthly and daily publications. Our
offices are based in the City.
To apply, please send a hand-written covering letter
with a CV by June 11 to: Alex Forbes, Chief
Editor, Gas Matters Limited, Rodwell House, 100
Middlesex Street, London E1 7HD, UK
(This position is a 3 month cover whilst Uchenna Izundu is off to the
Fincancial Times for a training Programme)
theatre-rites: Artists Bursary
This 9-month placement commencing January 2005 is a training opportunity
for a black or ethnic minority artist* to explore the area where visual art
meets live performance. Applications invited from artists with minimum 2
years professional experience working in one or more of the following
fields: visual arts (especially painting, sculpture, installation),
dance/choreography, fabric installation/costume design. This placement
offers the opportunity to train alongide theatre-rites artistic team on two
professional productions as well as to learn more about an arts companies
managerial practices. Placement supported by Arts Council England, London.
L8,500 with additional support for materials, some travel etc.
* This is a positive action training and development scheme for black and
ethnic minority artists who are under-represented in this area, in
accordance with Section 37 of the Race Relations Act 1976.
For application pack, send A4 SAE (75p) to: theatre-rites, The Warehouse,
12 Ravensbury Terrace, London SW18 4RL or email: [log in to unmask]
Deadline for requesting pack : 4 June. Applications deadline: 12 July
For information on theatre-rites, please go to www.theatre-rites.co.uk
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DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, L20K
HOUSMANS BOOKSHOP in London's Kings Cross, one of Britain's few remaining
alternative bookshops, seeks entrepreneurial, enthusiastic Development
Manager to re-launch & promote the shop, which serves people working for
social change through nonviolence, as well as the local community.
The political climate and the redevelopment of the area offer exciting new
opportunities and challenges.
Closing date : June 11th
Details and application form from: Ian Dixon, Rushmore, Old Domewood,
Copthorne, West Sussex, RH10 3HD . Tel/Fax: 01342-719270. Email:
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