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Events
Don't forget to have a look at our
poetry writing workshop programme for 2010
Sunday 12th September 2010
Wilde's Wine Bar, The Parade, Leamington Spa
Doors open 6.30pm, Readings from 7.30pm - FREE ENTRY
To celebrate October's Warwick Words festival, we will have a reading from Warwick Laureates past and present, plus a prize draw for FREE tickets to two Warwick Words events and some Nine Arches goodies!
Plus: Special guest poet Mark Goodwin reads from his latest Nine Arches collection, Shod.
Warwick Laureates confirmed to be reading so far are:
Helen Yendall, Jane Holland, Cathy Whittaker and Marg Roberts
Open mic slots also available, please sign up on the door!
Nine Arches Press & LeftLion Magazine present...
Sunday 19th September 2010 from 7pm onwards
At Jam Cafe, 12 Heathcote Street, Nottingham NG1 3AA
FREE ENTRY. Sign up for open mic on the door.
The first ever Nottingham Shindig! - join us for open mic readings and special guest poets Wayne Burrows, Roz Goddard, Éireann Lorsung and Simon Turner.
Wayne Burrows' first collection Marginalia appeared from Peterloo Poets in 2001, and his second appeared from Shoestring Press in 2009. His work has featured in the British Council anthologies New Writing 12 and NW15, as well as the Forward anthology for 2002 and many magazines and anthologies. He is editor of Staple magazine and currently lives in Nottingham.
Roz Goddard’s fourth poetry collection is The Sopranos Sonnets & Other Poems. She is a former poet-laureate for Birmingham. Her poetry has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and 4. She runs writing workshops and courses, including for the Arvon Foundation and mentors individual writers. She is currently studying for an MPhil in writing at Glamorgan University.
Éireann Lorsung is the author of Music for Landing Planes By (Milkweed Editions, 2007) and Projet Linguistique (forthcoming, Milkweed Editions). Her poems appear widely in magazines and in two recent anthologies. Prior to coming to the UK, she lived in Italy and France. She is the organiser of the Nottingham Poetry Series.
 Simon Turner was born in Birmingham in 1981 and his first collection, You Are Here, was published in 2007. Difficult Second Album is his second collection, launched by Nine Arches Press in April 2010. With George Ttoouli, he co-edits Gists and Piths, a blog dedicated to the publication and discussion of contemporary poetry. He lives and works in Warwickshire.
This event is co-hosted by LeftLion Magazine and kindly sponsored by Writing East Midlands
  
Nine Arches Press at Warwick Words Festival
Sunday 3 October, The Unitarian Chapel, High Street, Warwick. 11.00am
 
Prepare for poetry that strikes a cool and clear edge whilst it also speaks in strange tongues and revels in magic and invention.
Celebrate the launch of two new poetry pamphlets by Claire Crowther and Ruth Larbey from Warwickshire poetry publishers, Nine Arches Press, with this special reading hosted by Roz Goddard.
Tickets: £5.00
We strongly advise you to book your tickets in advance to avoid disappointment.
By phone
Festival Box Office: 01926 776438
In person
The Festival Box Office is open: Monday to Friday 10:00am – 5.30pm and on Saturdays from 10:00am – 2:00pm. The Warwick Words Festival Box Office
is located at the Bridge House Theatre, Warwick.
By post
Write to:
Warwick Words Festival Box Office
Bridge House Theatre
Myton Road
Warwick
CV34 6PP
More information about Warwick Words Festival can be found here.
Monday 11th October 2010
The Looking Glass, 68-70 Braunstone Road, Leicester
Readings from 7.30pm - FREE ENTRY
Special Guest Poets: Roz Goddard and Michael W. Thomas.
‘Mulberries’ was the name of the artificial harbours used for the D-Day landings in June, 1944. The title poem of the collection, Port Winston Mulberry highlights one of Michael Wyndham Thomas's abiding interests: giving voice to anonymous witnesses when history throws a fit. But this is just one strand in his latest collection, as varied in mood and form as in subject.
Roz Goddard's The Sopranos Sonnets & Other Poems is acutely observed, streetwise and bittersweet. At its heart are ten sonnet-portraits inspired by the television series about a dysfunctional mafia boss and his family. Among the cast of characters is Gloria, the hauntingly-seductive mistress with a built-in self-destruct button, and Leotardo, ready to murder at the drop of a letter…
Open mic slots also available, please sign up on the door.
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