Followed by the if p then q book launch at The Betsey Trotwood
Poetry Book Fair & if p then q reading - Saturday 8th September
Followed by the if p then q book launch at The Betsey Trotwood
Poets for Pussy Riot - Tomorrow
Poets for Pussy Riot
Wednesday August 29th 2012 – 7pm until late – Free entrance
at the Rich mix arts centre, main space venue,
35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA 020 7613 7498
at the Rich mix arts centre, main space venue,
35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA 020 7613 7498
With the news that Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich of the Russian punk collective, Pussy Riot, were sentenced to two years in prison for a wholly necessary and valid political protest, contemporary poets in London will come together in a unique evening of readings, featuring original poetry and text, as well as the words of Pussy Riot themselves. This event is an act of solidarity through the medium of poetry – a celebration of the courage and spirit of fellow writers of this generation, writing for real political change in a country that needs it.
The event will feature over 30 poets, including Tim Atkins, David Berridge, Harry Burke, Becky Cremin, Nia Davies, Amy Evans, Ollie Evans, Irum Fazal, SJ Fowler, Charlotte Geater, Jeff Hilson, Kirsty Irving, Keith Jebb, Antony John, Marek Kazmierski, Robert Kiely, Francesca Lisette, Chris McCabe, Mendoza, Reza Mohammadi, Sandeep Parmar, Claire Potter, Nat Raha, Will Rowe, Connie Scozzaro, Antonia Seroff, Andy Spragg, Jon Stone, Philip Terry, Jack Underwood, MJ Weller, James Wilkes, Jenny Wong and Michael Zand.
Index on Censorship will also have a presence at the event. You can follow their work regarding the Pussy Riot case here.
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Modern Poetry in Translation have also provided remarkable translations of the testimonials of the three women who have been sentenced, and the punk prayer song that was performed in Christ the Saviour cathedral in Moscow in February, completely free, thanks to the diligence and endeavour of MPT editor, Sasha Dugdale.
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Feelings - 16th August
FEELINGS: POETRY / FILM / SAD DISCO
Thursday 16th August 2012
8pm to midnight
Featuring:
Francesca Lisette
Johanna Linsley
David Ashford
The Everyday Cosmonaut
DJ Jonathan Kemp
**More TBC**
VOGUE FABRICS, 66 Stoke Newington Rd, N16
£3
Xing The Line - 15th August
Xing the Line
Wednesday 15th August
Tim Atkins
Steven Fowler
Fabian Macpherson
7.30pm
£5/£3
The Apple Tree, Mount Pleasant, London WC1X 0AE
Wednesday 15th August
Tim Atkins
Steven Fowler
Fabian Macpherson
7.30pm
£5/£3
The Apple Tree, Mount Pleasant, London WC1X 0AE
Viersomes Launch - 1st August
Veer Books: Viersomes 0 & 1 Launch
1st August
Veer Books will launch a new series of variously named publications featuring work by younger innovative writers, four at a time, called 'viersomes'. The first two in this series feature work by:
Edmund Hardy
Danny Hayward
Mendoza
Sam Solomon
&
Becky Cremin
Amy Evans
Frances Kruk
Nat Raha
8pm at The Poetry Library, 5th Floor Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre
Free
Booking suggested as space is limited - to book a place email specialedition@poetrylibrary.org.uk
1st August
Veer Books will launch a new series of variously named publications featuring work by younger innovative writers, four at a time, called 'viersomes'. The first two in this series feature work by:
Edmund Hardy
Danny Hayward
Mendoza
Sam Solomon
&
Becky Cremin
Amy Evans
Frances Kruk
Nat Raha
8pm at The Poetry Library, 5th Floor Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre
Free
Booking suggested as space is limited - to book a place email specialedition@poetrylibrary.org.uk
Intercapillary Places - July 26th
Come to an evening of space time, where calculation and history collide. Mathematician John Armstrong will speak on special relativity a a theory of the geometry of space time, then the historian and poet John Seed will read from his poetry which investigates labour and the archive.
Place: Parasol Unit, 14 Wharf Road, N1 7RW
Date: Thurs 26th July
Time: Arrive 6.30pm for drinks, event begins at 7pm
Tickets: £5/£5 conc - tickets can be booked through Parasol Unit by phone, email or online through Paypal - http://www.parasol-unit.org/index.php?id=22
The event also forms part of the 'Islington Exhibits' festival - http://www.islingtonexhibits.com/home
About the Speakers:
John Armstrong is a mathematician and software architect. He currently lectures at King's College, London on financial mathematics, C ++ and Matlab, while researching differential geometry.
John Seed is an honorary research fellow at Roehampton. His book on 'Dissenting Histories' was published by Edinburgh University Press in 2008. His Collected Poems and also two volumes of archive poetry drawn from Henry Mayhew, That Barrikins, are published by Shearsman.
More information at Intercapillary Places
KFS Book Launch - 17th July, Birmingham
Knives, Forks and Spoons Press Launch
Tuesday 17th July
Bobby Parker, Meredith Andrea, and Rhys Trimble
7pm
The Kitchen Garden Bar & Cafe
17 York Road, King's Heath, Birmingham B14 7SA
Tuesday 17th July
Bobby Parker, Meredith Andrea, and Rhys Trimble
7pm
The Kitchen Garden Bar & Cafe
17 York Road, King's Heath, Birmingham B14 7SA
Coldharbour Gallery Reading - Tomorrow
Memorial reading for James Harvey - 19th July
Veer Books / Xing the Line / Writers Forum Workshop (New Series) and The
Blue Bus have come together to celebrate the life and poetry of James
Harvey, who died last month.
This memorial reading will take place at Birkbeck College on Thursday 19th July, from 18.00-21.00 at The Keynes Library, Birkbeck Centre for Poetics, School of Arts, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD.
Readers/performers will include Carol Watts, Will Rowe, James Wilkes, matt martin, Jeff Hilson, Holly Pester, Michael Zand, Stephen Emmerson, Juliet Troy, John Gibbens, Keith Jebb, David Miller, Antony John, Edward Carey, Peter Philpott, S J Fowler, Elizabeth Guthrie, and The Children (Armorel Weston and John Gibbens).
Please note that this is a free event.
This memorial reading will take place at Birkbeck College on Thursday 19th July, from 18.00-21.00 at The Keynes Library, Birkbeck Centre for Poetics, School of Arts, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD.
Readers/performers will include Carol Watts, Will Rowe, James Wilkes, matt martin, Jeff Hilson, Holly Pester, Michael Zand, Stephen Emmerson, Juliet Troy, John Gibbens, Keith Jebb, David Miller, Antony John, Edward Carey, Peter Philpott, S J Fowler, Elizabeth Guthrie, and The Children (Armorel Weston and John Gibbens).
Please note that this is a free event.
Xing the Line - 18th July
Wednesday 18th July
XING THE LINE
Frances Presley & Gavin Selerie
The Apple Tree, 45 Mount Pleasant, WC1
7.30pm, £5/£3.
XING THE LINE
Frances Presley & Gavin Selerie
The Apple Tree, 45 Mount Pleasant, WC1
7.30pm, £5/£3.
Feelings - 12th July
FEELINGS: POETRY / FILM / SAD DISCO
12th July 2012
7.30 to midnight
VOGUE FABRICS, 66 Stoke Newington Rd, N16
£3
POETRY
Jennifer Cooke (*not suitable for domestic sublimation BOOK LAUNCH)
Alan Hay
Nat Raha
Connie Scozzaro
Joe Luna
FILM Warren Garland
The Everyday Cosmonaut
SAD DISCO
DJ John Lee Bird
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