A mighty million!

KANDACE SIOBHAN WALKER & POETRY OPEN MIC
Thursday 16 May @ 7pm
Book tickets online or in the library. £5. 

Kandace Siobhan Walker is a writer and artist of Jamaican-Canadian, Saltwater Geechee and Welsh heritage.  She is the author of two books of poetry, Kaleido (Bad Betty Press, 2022) and Cowboy (CHEERIO, 2023).  In 2023, Cowboy was shortlisted for the Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection (formerly the Forward Prize for Best First Collection).  In 2021, she was the recipient of an Eric Gregory Award and the winner of The White Review Poet’s Prize. In 2019, she won the Guardian / 4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize.  In 2022, she was awarded a Wales Venice 10 Commission by Artes Mundi.  She lives in London.  She is a Poetry School tutor!

 “This debut is hilarious, moving and dazzlingly new … Cowboy marks the entry of a significant and exciting new voice into British poetry.” – THE GUARDIAN
 “A truly dazzling debut, full of utterly inventive and original work … Walker’s voice is at once razor sharp and enigmatic, a sophisticated blend of control and swagger that gives the collection an assurance beyond its years” – JANE YEH 
Tickets available in advance and on the door.  Wine and soft drinks will be available.  Copies of Cowboy will be available for purchase and signing.  Buy tickets securely through Hertfordshire County Council website here: http://tinyurl.com/2es2by56

The second half of the evening is an Open Mic, which our guest poet is staying for.  Please bring a couple of your own poems to read! 
#poetryreading #openmic
 

https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/poetry-lit-online-reading-series-tickets-115998652091

The pre-sale of my first collection is online! It’s mainly in Portuguese, but there are some multilingual poems inside. It’s possible to buy at the same time the books of the best new experimental poets from Brazil. There are some visual poetry books. If you don’t understand how to do it, just contact me!

Isabela

If you want to register for a (free) ticket: https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/poetry-lit-online-reading-series-tickets-115998652091
And if you want to sign up for the open mic, join this Facebook Group to access the sign up sheet: https://www.facebook.com/groups/807454926703231

Hope to ‘see’  you!

#poetryreading #openmic

The reading is Tuesday 31 May 2022 online and you can book a free place here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/multiple-exposures-digital-pamphlet-poetry-reading-tickets-346610500337?utm_source=eventbrite&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=post_publish&utm_content=shortLinkNewEmail

or download the pamphlet here: https://longbarrowpress.com/current-publications/digital-publications/multiple-exposures/

Here is a link to a pdf presenting our manifesto: zabāāñ launch

زبان zabāāñ is for spoken word artists, poets, writers and sound artists of South Asian heritage. Connect with us at zabaan.future@icloud.com or on our private Instagram page here by sending a request to follow.

We’re looking to get the word out to as many South Asian networks and communities as possible in the UK and internationally. Any help with spreading the message is appreciated. You can also share this link
 

زبان zabāāñ will launch with a series of online and in-person events in various cities throughout 2022-2023. We are also actively looking to partner with funders, cultural organisations, community centres and venues interested in collaborating or offering space and support. We also have some nice merch

Don’t hesitate to reach through the above contact details, I am available if you need any further details or would like to discuss.

shukriya

Dipesh Pandya
زبان zabāāñ south asian future language
experiments in spoken word, poetry and sound by artists of South Asian heritage 

Please register to secure your place.

Christmas Together: Twelve Poems for Those We Love
Wednesday 1st December 2021 at 7pm
With Five Leaves Bookshop
An evening of poetry and music celebrating the joy of togetherness – with readings by a host of guest poets and carol-singing from Our Dementia Choir. An event that’s sure to bring plenty of comfort and joy!
Register here

Christmas Movies: A Double Bill of Festive Poems
Friday 3rd December 2021 at 7pm
With The Leeds Library
Guest poets from around the world will be reading poems about Christmas films – taking in everything from The Chronicles of Narnia to Love Actually. An uplifting celebration of this very special Christmas tradition.
Register here

I’m running two Christmas and Winter-themed workshops in the next couple of weeks on Zoom:

“Light Unlocked”: Writing Christmas Poems is on Monday 29/11/21 @ 7-9pm OR Wednesday 01/21/21 @ 11am-1pm.

“Darkness Visible”: Writing Winter is on Tuesday 07/12/21 @ 7-9pm OR Wednesday 08/12/21 @ 11am-1pm.

£30.00 for one workshop. 15% discount (£51.00) if you book for both.

For more details and to book please contact me on info@rosiemilespoet.com

I running this workshop and would love to see you there –

Sunday 14 November 2021 2-4pm Zoom

A free Eco-Poetry Workshop held on Zoom with a focus on the peatland Lindow Moss, led by Estelle Price. We will develop new writing in response to a range of poems and prompts. For beginners and experienced writers alike. We will read poems by Jane Hirschfield, Seamus Heaney, Lucille Clifton and others and hope to go home with one or more new poems focused on our global environmental concerns as well as celebrating the wild and diverse landscape of peatlands, their fragility and environmental needs. It does not matter if Lindow Moss is new to you, images will be shown. The Zoom link will be sent the week before the workshop. Tickets and more info available here https://www.festivalofnature.co.uk/event-details/workshop-giving-voice-to-lindow-moss-an-eco-poetry-workshop

I’m running 4 x poetry days at Holland House, Cropthorne, Worcestershire in August and September. They are in-person events. They are all themed and will consist of a morning workshop / two-course lunch / afternoon workshop (plus refreshments). Holland House is a lovely Elizabethan house with gardens and a very pleasant place to spend the day doing some new writing. If you’re in south Birmingham, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, the Cotswolds and more Holland House is accessible to you via car.

“Look up more often”: Talking to the divine in poetry. Tuesday 17th August 2021. More details and book here.

“Something understood”: Poems of gladness. Tuesday 31st August 2021. More details and book here.

“Quiet Work”: The poetry of flowers and gardens. Tuesday 14th September 2021. More details and book here.

“Nothing gold can stay”: The poetry of loss and grief. Tuesday 28th September 2021. More details and book here.

I’m co-leading a weekend event at lovely Holland House, Cropthorne, Worcs., Fri 28- Sun 30 May 2021 (with Nicola Slee).  Our weekend is titled “Try to Praise the Mutilated World …” (after Adam Zagajewski’s poem) and we will be using Bloodaxe Books’ Being Alive anthology to offer us poems as prompts to write into these changing and challenging times.  Full details on the attached pdf flyer (below).  COST = £280 (including all meals and two nights’ board, plus all facilitated sessions).  There will be some free time on Saturday afternoon and Holland House will be truly lovely at the end of May.  If you’d like more information and a Booking Form please contact info@rosiemilespoet.com

TryToPraise_FLYER

This Friday 12th February at 8pm I’m delighted to be reading with my fellow Corrupted Poetry team Nic Stringer and Michelle Penn for Reading’s Poets’ Cafe! Thank you to Claire Dyer for the invitation, and to Becci Fearnley for hosting. Free tickets available here, do join us!

Corrupted Poetry at the Poets’ Cafe

Forthcoming Events

‘Wandering Hearts’ online poetry reading from Candlestick Press in partnership with the National Library of Ireland

7pm Friday 12th February 2021

Featuring Fleur Adcock, Moniza Alvi, Tiffany Atkinson, Tony Curtis, Choman Hardi, Paul Henry, Lorraine Mariner, Emily Wills

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, join Irish poet Tony Curtis for readings of some well-known love poems by WB Yeats and a love potion of fantastic Candlestick poets for more recently published poems about love, friendship and the relationship between husbands and wives.

Pensive they paced along the faded leaves,

While slowly he whose hand held hers replied:

‘Passion has often worn our wandering hearts.’

from ‘Ephemera’ by WB Yeats

To join us for this special free online event, please book here: https://nli.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173607045

With festivals going online I have been able to fan-girl over Danez Smith, which I wouldn’t have been other wise. I’ve shared poems with people from different countries on open mics. I want to add to that joy and therefore I’ve started Poetry Lit! It’s set to feature to guest readers and it has several open mics spots each time. Learn more: Poetry Lit Online Reading Series

Perhaps someone is interested in funding a Brazilian poetry project. I can translate into Brazilian Portuguese for free, if someone is interested.

Hope you and those you are in contact with are well and taking care,

Isabela

Sahar Mustafah & George Abraham, in conjunction with the Center for Arabic Culture Somerville, have decided to team up and do a virtual launch party together, celebrating our respective 4/7/2020 releases: THE BEAUTY OF YOUR FACE (Norton) &; Birthright (Button Poetry).

Sahar and George are going to be broadcasting via Facebook Live starting at 8 PM EST on 4/7! We will post the public Facebook Live share here, though it will be public on mine or Sahar’s personal pages, as well as Button Poetry’s page! We plan on reading a bit from our books, then doing a Q&A together afterwards! See below for our book descriptions & bios!

BOOK DESCRIPTIONS:*note: due to the intense nature of George & Sahar’s work, we recommend this event for ages 14+

Birthright is a book that balances the weight of place. The pride and shame and worth of homeland. Palestine, a homeland under siege and under scrutiny from a world that doesn’t occupy its borders. Moving through invented and broken poetic forms, Birthright pulls together all corners of the author’s pride in home, but also a desire to understand the violent cycles of the American machinery of war. Named a top spring release by Library Journal, Birthright has been called “a miraculous debut,” (Craig Santos Perez), and “In a lineage of many broken hearts & heart attacks, here is a heart too brave to mutter or flail.” (Naomi Shihab-Nye).

A uniquely American story told in powerful, evocative prose, The Beauty of Your Face navigates a country growing ever more divided. Afaf Rahman, the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, is the principal of Nurrideen School for Girls, a Muslim school in the Chicago suburbs. One morning, a shooter―radicalized by the online alt-right―attacks the school. Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by Marie Claire, Bustle, Real Simple, and Literary Hub, a Palestinian American woman wrestles with faith, loss, and identity before coming face-to-face with a school shooter in this searing debut.

AUTHOR BIOS: Sahar Mustafah is the daughter of Palestinian immigrants. Her short stories have been awarded the Guild Literary Complex Prize for fiction, a Distinguished Story honor from Best American Short Stories, and three Pushcart Prize nominations, among other honors. She teaches literature and creative writing to high-school students outside of Chicago.
George Abraham is a Palestinian American poet and PhD candidate at Harvard University. They are a Kundiman fellow, and a board member for the Radius of Arab American Writers (RAWI). Their debut poetry collection, Birthright, is forthcoming with Button Poetry in April 2020.

Reading Link: https://bit.ly/2wq6Ysu

I was wondering if anyone had links to any upcoming Zoom poetry launches or open mics. If so please do post them!

Jay

Ruth O’Callaghan Presents

Acumen Poetry Magazine

Poets from the Floor Very Welcome
Please bring a copy of poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology.

*Camden/Lumen poets are again invited to read at other venues so we will be selecting poets from the floor to represent our venues.

Trinity United Reform Church, 1 Buck St, Camden Town
(1-2 mins. Camden Town tube.)
Entrance £5/£4 ~ Wine ~ 7.00p.m. (doors open 6.30)

Ruth O’Callaghan presents:

Two Rivers Press Poets

Kate Behrens
Conor Carville
James Peake
Peter Robinson

Poets from the floor very welcome.
Please leave the poem you read to be considered for the next anthology.

LUMEN 88 Tavistock Place WC1H 9RT
£5/£4 (doors open 6.30 for 7p.m.)
Wine

I’m very lucky to be reading with GEORGE SZIRTES and CHRISTOPHER REID on Tuesday 17th December at Lumen. 88 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9RT  – raising much needed money for Cold Weather Shelters for the Homeless.

It’s also a great opportunity for you to read one of your poems (and have it considered for our next anthology – published every year by Salmon Poetry).

I’ll be reading from my forthcoming poetry pamphlet ‘Join the Dots’ to be published by Against The Grain Press in 2020.

https://camdenlumen.wordpress.com/ #Poetry #poetryinlondon #londonpoetry #poetryreading #openmic

Friday 6th December ~ Patron: Andrew Motion ~ Ruth O’Callaghan Presents:   JULIA BIRD and MIKE SIMS   Poets from the Floor Very Welcome Please bring a copy of the poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology. THIS IS ONE OF TWO FINAL EVENTS BEFORE SELECTION FOR THE NEW ANTHOLOGY.   Trinity United Reform Church, 1 Buck St, Camden Town, London NW1 8NJ (1-2 mins. Camden Town tube.) 

for her English poetry. She divides her time between London

, Wales, and Mumbai

. She says she describes herself as a “Scottish Muslim Calvinist

” adopted by India and married into Wales.
Robert Seatter worked variously as an EFL teacher in Italy and France, an actor, a journalist, in publishing and broadcasting. He lives in London where he now works for the BBC. His poetry has been widely published, has won numerous awards and has been featured on radio, television and London buses.
https://camdenlumen.wordpress.com/events/

Each event has guest readers, and an opportunity for readers from the floor (that’s you!) to get up and read a poem. Your poem will also be considered for our anthology which is published every year, It would be great to see you at one of our forthcoming events! For full details: https://camdenlumen.wordpress.com/

I am sure you are busy, as all professionals undoubtedly, This is my website in which there is a link to the survey.

‘https://www.imageryjustine.com The site is more poet friendly than the beginning of the survey, which is why I am sending it to you. If you have the 11 minutes (approx) to fill in the form and up to 20 minutes total to take part in a discussion, I would be grateful.

If you were able to recommend any other poets as well this would be helpful.

Thank  you for your time.

Justine Newport

https://www.brookes.ac.uk/poetry-centre/international-poetry-competition/

Polish Wretched Strangers: Five Poets In-Between

Fancy an evening of multilingual poetry? If any of you are in London on Wednesday 20 March, you are warmly invited to attend my upcoming multimedia performance ‘Reveries about Language’ in English, French and  Croatian, Pinter Studio, Queen Mary University of London, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm. Entrance is free, but please register. More details and Eventbrite link available here:

https://www.languageacts.org/related-projects/may-2018-call/unbound/

Thanks!

Jasmina

http://www.marywardcentre.ac.uk/course/new-writing-the-city

Introducing Creative Histories of Witchcraft