HOTSPOT NEWSLETTER - Feb 2003
(Please excuse any cross postings)
* GRANTS / SUBMISSSIONS / COURSES
-Authors Foundation Grants
-Anthology on Friendship
-Sable/Arvon Residential Creative Writing Course
-A residential seminar for exiled journalists
*EVENTS
-Exiled Writers - Kurdish Arts - 3 Feb
-Prelude of love - fundraising Live Lit event - 8Feb
-Rice n' Peas Social Club - every Thursday
-Valentine's book launch - Strictly Casual:Fiction by Women on Love - 13 Feb
-Farrago Love Poetry Slam - 15 Feb
-Book launch - Raman Mundair - 20 feb
-Readers Day -22 Feb
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The Authors Foundation 2003
The Authors Foundation provides grants to writers to assist them while writing
books. There will be two rounds of grants in 2003, awarded in the spring and
autumn.
The next closing date for applications is 30 April 2003.
Eligibility - to apply the author must meet either of the two following
conditions:
* The author has been commissioned by a British publisher to write a
full-length work of fiction, poetry or non-fiction and needs funding (in
addition to the publisher's advance) for important research, travel, or other
more general expenditure.
* The author is without a contractual commitment by a publisher but has had
at least one book published by a British publisher, and there is a strong
likelihood that their next book will be published in Britain.
Please note:
* No author may apply to the Foundation twice within one 12 month period.
* Editors, translators and screenwriters are not eligible.
* Grants will not be awarded to cover publication costs.
For further information, including how to apply please contact:
Dorothy Sym
Authors Foundation
The Society of Authors
84 Drayton Gardens
London
SW10 9SB
Tel: 020 7373 6642
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PUB: anthology on friendship
>SIMPLE PLEASURES OF FRIENDSHIP has extended their deadline.
>
>Looking for stories from 200-500 words for a book entitled
>SIMPLE PLEASURES OF FRIENDSHIP, part of the SIMPLE PLEASURES
>series. NO POETRY. If your story is chosen, you will receive
>$25, a free copy of the book, and an author's credit. The
>book will be published in Fall 2003. Email Susannah Seton at
>[log in to unmask] Deadline Feb. 15, 2002.
>
>Guidelines
>1. Please be sure to include your name and contact
>information (email, phone, and address) at the top of the
>story. If you want to use a pen name as your author's credit,
>indicate that, but we must have your real name for
>permissions.
>2. Please proofread for typos, grammar, etc. and include
>in the body of the email. No attachments!
>3. By your submission, you are giving me the right to edit
>and publish your work in SIMPLE PLEASURES OF FRIENDSHIP. All
>other rights to the piece remain with you.
>4. If your story is chosen, you will be contacted
>by March 15, 2003.
> >>
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Worldwide call for submissions for an anthology of historically based erotica
edited by author/anthologist Mitzi Szereto.
History is dull. Dry. A real yawn. At least some people think so. As editor, I
hope to change this misconception by offering up a collection of erotic
stories based in history. Real life historical events, or a fictionalised
version of history, or simply a historical setting you decide. What did
Napoleon and Josephine really get up to? Was Cleopatra as hot as everyone
says? What went on backstage with the Bard and his actors? Were the Roaring
Twenties really roaring? Okay, you get the picture.
Youve got thousands of years to work with, so get cracking!
Specifications:
1. Stories can be of any length, but generally no longer than 8,000
words.
2. A high calibre of writing is expected.
3. Explicitness is fine; crudeness is not.
4. No underage or non-consensual encounters.
5. No hackneyed descriptions or dialogue.
6. Stories may be of any sexual orientation.
7. All stylisations are welcome.
8. Give your tale a twist! (To get an idea of what I am looking for,
refer to my other anthologies.)
9. And please, get your historical facts right!
Previously published material will be considered, providing you have the
rights or can get the rights. (Indicate where and when published, plus rights
status.)
Submission requirements:
Stories must be submitted in typewritten hard copy ONLY, double-spaced (with a
Windows-compatible file available on request). Manuscripts not chosen will be
discarded, so do not send your only copy. Include with your submission a brief
author bio and your e-mail address. Please do not submit stories by e-mail. I
will not read them.
For questions and information on where to send your submission, please
contact: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]
Submission deadline: June 1, 2003.
Contributors will be paid upon publication.
{Mitzi Szereto is author of "Erotic Fairy Tales, A Romp Through the Classics,"
the novella "highway" and editor of the "Erotic Travel Tales" anthology
series. She is also known as M. S. Valentine, author of several best-selling
erotic novels.}
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SABLE RESIDENTIAL CREATIVE WRITING COURSE
We have 2 places left on this course.
Do you want to develop your writing and see it published in Sable?* We are
offering this wonderful opportunity, in partnership with the Arvon Foundation
at Totleigh Barton in Devon, for poets, fiction writers and memoir writers of
colour to do just this!
Writers will participate in small group workshops, work one-on-one with
tutors, have time to work on your own, and receive supportive critical
feedback from peers and SABLE editors, Leone Ross, Dorothea Smartt and Kadija
George, in a positive and safe space.
Guest reader Helon Habila, author of Waiting for an Angel - winner of Caine
Prize for African writing, 2001 (tbc)
The course takes place from 7 April - 12 April 2003
at The Arvon Foundation, Totleigh Barton, Devon
Fee:240 includes 5 nights accommodation, full board, and workshops. A small
number of bursaries are available for low/unwaged persons to assist in
reducing this cost. Please indicate if you wish to apply for a bursary when
you book. (Arvon Foundation courses are usually 385, therefore, this
Sable/Arvon course is being offered at a significant reduction).
This is not a course for beginners or for those who have just started to
write. For queries/booking form please email Kadija George :
[log in to unmask] or call me on 07980 269 138
*The current issue of Sable is now available at Africa Book Centre, 38 King
Street, Covent Garden, London WC2 or by direct mail
SAKS Media, PO Box 33504, London E9 7YE. Price L5
Issue 3 will be available in March
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Working in the UK Media
A residential seminar for exiled journalists
Friday 28 - Sunday 30 March 2003
Burwalls, Leighwoods, Bristol BS8 3PD
Organised by the PressWise RAM Project
Draft Programme
The seminar will take the form of panel discussions with plenty of time for
questions and answers and opportunities for networking. PressWise cannot
provide or guarantee full-time work, but we hope this event will generate
ideas and suggest work opportunities.
Friday 28 March
Participants arrive early evening
Welcome meal with guest speaker - (leading journalist)
Saturday 29 March
Session 1:
The UK media scene - how it operates and how to get in
Panel will include editors
Session 2:
Training and skills: qualifications vs experience - what are you expected to
know and what re-skilling is available?
Panel will include journalism trainers.
LUNCH
Session 3
Doing it yourself? Panel will include exiled journalists who will explain how
they went about setting up their own media projects.
Session 4:
Support networks - the role of media unions
Panel will include Jeremy Dear, General Secretary NUJ
DINNER
Social evening with Exiled Writers Ink
Sunday 30 March:
Session 1:
The Exiled Journalists Directory - What is in it for you?
Session 2:
The PressWise RAM Project - keeping in touch
LUNCH
Participants leave early afternoon
Attendance at the RAM Project Burwalls Residential Seminar is free to exiled
journalists currently residing in the UK. Assistance with travel costs will be
arranged once participation is confirmed. Bookings are on a
'first-come-first-served' basis.
To reserve a place please complete and return the application form.
APPLICATION FORM
Please complete and return as soon as possible.
Your application should include a 300-500 article about your experience of
exile, and a summary of your media background. With your consent this material
might be used in the creation of a Directory of Exiled Journalists,
arrangements for which will be discussed at the seminar. For examples you may
like to read (see www.ramproject.org.uk)
. '. Mightier Than the Sword?' by Max Jimmy RAM Bulletin,
October 2002
. 'Journalism as a State of Mind' by Zafir Behlic RAM Bulletin,
December 2002
. 'Journalists Must Speak Out' by Nikola Medic RAM Bulletin,
January 2002
If you cannot view these over the Internet please call us so we could send you
printed copies.
The completed application form and article should be emailed to:
[log in to unmask] or posted to: The RAM Project, Easton Business Centre
Felix Road, Bristol BS5 0HE
First Name(s)
Surname
Address:
Postcode:
Tel:
Mobile:
Fax:
E-Mail address:
Country of origin
Date of birth
Current immigration status (Refugee, ELR, In Process, Resident):
Current employment/ education status:
Media skills/
qualifications
(please give dates and location of courses)
Media experience (job title, dates, publications/
broadcasting stations)
Specialist knowledge:
(Sport/Arts etc)
Preferred medium (print/radio/TV/photo, etc)
Union/association membership
Please tick which forms of training would assist you
Use of English
Understanding UK media
Keyboard skills
Interviewing skills
Shorthand
Sub-editing
Photography
Picture editing
Page design
Use of the web
Web publishing
Working as a freelance
Media law
Government
Radio production
Radio journalism
TV journalism
TV production
Job interview skills
Other (please specify)
My experience of exile (300-500 words)
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Exiled Writers Ink! presents
An evening of Kurdish arts:
In support of a free press in Kurdistan
03/02/03, 7.30 p.m.
The Poetry Place
22 Betterton Street (upstairs)
nearest tube: Covent Garden station
Kamal Mirawdali, Poet
Rebwar, Artist
Newroz, Singer
chaired by Maureen Kendal, Poet
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Creative Arts hackney
Presents
PRELUDE OF LOVE
A Rhythm & Rhyme Production Live Literature
in association with ScribesUK
S A T U R D A Y 8th F E B R U A R Y 2 0 0 3
40% of funds raised in aid Sicklenemia
(children suffering with Sickle Cell Disease)
Promising an evening of excellent entertainment; live music and Spoken Word.
Venue
Broadmead Church Hall
Chigwell Road
Woodford Green
Essex
E8 8PE
(Nearest tube stations: Woodford Station or South Woodford Station
Buses: W14, 123, 179 & 275)
L5 Adults (L2.50 Children)
Doors open at 6.00pm
Show starts at 7.00pm
Featuring:
Melted Demerara, Casey Abaraonye, Wayeta B, TBell,
Nii Ayikwe Parkes, Fiona Skyers, Niall OSullivan, Agnes Meadows,
Phil Gannon, Patricia Foster, Asha Elfenbine of Ten Rooms & The Spot, Andre,
Doreen, Natalie, Elz, Mick, Sable & Rosetta Stone
What Love is this? Excelling in Splendour Rosetta Stone
Unbreak my heart, say you Love me again Toni Braxtion
If music is the food of Love, play on William Shakespeare
How do I Love the? Let me count the ways Elizabeth Barrett-Browning
Sponsored by Awards For All
Supported by ScribesUK www.scribesuk.net
For further information contact:
Rosetta Stone: 07946 719 096 Ramona: 07947 189 757
Email: [log in to unmask]
Email: [log in to unmask]
Email: [log in to unmask]
ScribesUK
Your Poetry and Arts Information Portal
www.scribesuk.net
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Rice and Peas Social Club
(ARRIVE EARLY - We got there at 9.30pm the week it started and there was
already a queue outside the door! - Kadija)
Starting Thursday 23 January
Calling all music lovers, board games, dominoes and chess lovers
I'm starting a new night called 'Rice and Peas' at the Market Place Bar next
Thursday.
Music is on the 'memory lane' tip which will hopefully give me a chance to
play all those
records that have been gathering dust in the collection over the past 20
years.
Which means nuff Reggae, Jazz, Hi life, Ju -Ju,Fela ,early Hip Hop
and Soul music. In fact my mother is already asking me where her african
records have disappeared too and I expect a fatal beating anytime soon. But
seriously, this a night showcasing the music and culture that I grew up
with and a chance to catch the sounds that shaped the lives we lead today.
So all you old cats can reminisce and do the running man while the youngsters
play spot the RnB sample.
www. blacktronica.com or www.marketplace-london.com
Now for all the chess, dominoes, Monopoly and board game crew, this is a
chance for you to back up the chat with some real action. Please come down
and showcase your skills because I've just raided Hamleys and I'm gathering
games a plenty!
Should be a nice chilled out way to unwind after the pressures of work,
life, love and London in general. Let's keep the family vibe moving in 2003.
peace out charlie dark
The Rice and Peas Social Club
Thursday 23 January
8pm -1am
The Market Place
11 Market Place W1
Nearest Tube: Oxford Circus (behind top shop)
More info www. blacktronica.com or www.marketplace-london.com
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Valentine's book launch - Strictly Casual:Fiction by Women on Love
To mark the publication of Strictly Casual (pub. Serpent's Tail), Silver Moon
will be hosting a Valentine's launch event. Amy Prior will be introducing
readings from contributors, Kadija Sesay, Bonnie Greer, Bridget O'Connor and
Laura Hird.
Thursday 13 Feb. 6.30-8pm, Foyles, Charing X Road, nrst tubes - TCR; Leicester
Sq
A ticket only event. Refreshments available. Tickets available from Foyles @L2
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The Farrago
Love SLAM!
& Love Words Top Ten
Please vote for your favourite poems, songs & other love words now! By
e-mail or text.
Saturday, 15th February at 8pm. Poetry Place, 22, Betterton St, WC2
Open to ANY poet SLAM! Poems with a loving theme score double! Every
poet wins a prize! Features tba.
Emcee: John Paul ONeill. L6/L4
Text or email your favourite love words to 07905078376/
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Congratulations to this years Farrago Zoo Award winners:
1)Best Overall Performance/ Reading: Zena Edwards
Best SLAM! Performance: Raj B
Best Performance by a London Poet: Jadid Khan
Best Farrago Debut Performance: Matt Black
Best Performance by an International Performer: Ainsley Burrows
Best Musical Performance: Indigo
Best Performance by a performer working in English and another language:
Alfredo Cordal
Special Award: Joelle Taylor.
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You are invited to the book launch of
Lovers, Liars, Conjurers and Thieves
The debut poetry collection by Raman Mundair
How would you deal with the thief of your heart?
Lovers, Liars, Conjurers and Thieves dissects the real in all its complex,
tragic and surreal forms. The language lures you, siren-like away from the
page, enticing you into Mundair's essential world of all things sensual. You
can smell love lost, hear the brutal slice of flesh. Her innovative
intertwining of the English, Urdu and Hindi languages constructs a powerful,
hopeful vision of a multicultural society.
About Raman Mundair
Raman is a familiar face on the international poetry and performance circuits.
Although this is her first poetry collection, her writing has appeared in many
anthologies, including The Fire People and Bittersweet. Her writing is
featured in UK and US universities' teaching curriculums and she has performed
to packed crowds at the Royal Festival Hall, Amnesty International and the
Museum of Modern Art (Finland). She is a former Lecturer at Loughborough
University and is currently Writer-In-Residence in the Shetland Isles.
This event is a partnership between the Barbican Centre and renaissance one.
The evening also features guest writers Dorothea Smartt and Patience Agbabi
Book Launch
Thursday 20 February 2003
Barbican Library
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2
Doors 7pm
Launch 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Admission free
RSVP ONLY AS SEATING IS LIMITED
Please reply to renaissance one by emailing [log in to unmask], on or
before 18 February 2003, including your full name, contact details and number
of places required. Seats are limited and available on a
first-come-first-served basis.
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South London Readers Day
Lambeth Libraries in partnership with newBOOKSmag, Spread the Word,
Croydon Libraries, Sutton Libraries and Upper Norwood Library, would like to
invite you to the first South London Readers Day.
Venue: Nettlefold Hall, Norwood High Street, SE27
Date: Saturday 22 February 2003
Time: 9.30am-4pm
Ticket price: L7
Are you a passionate reader? If so then this is your ideal day..Find out why
authors write, where they get their inspriation from and who their favourite
authors are. If you are a budding author come along and hear from both sides
of the publishing world.
There's a tantalizing selection of seminars for you to choose from, for a
close encounter with either an author or publisher.
Authors include, Helon Habila, winner of the Caine Prize for Fiction 2001.
Maggie Gee author of the The White Family, shortlisted for the Orange Prize
2002. Alex Wheatle latest novel Seven Sisters, Courttia Newland, author of
Snakeskin, and Wendy Perriam a novelist of over 20 years experience.
For more information please contact The Reader Development Team, Streatham
Library, 63 Streatham High Road, London, SW16 1PL. Tel: 020 7926 6768
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