Poetry Jam

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Open mic at Writers’ Shack 7pm Thursday 7th April 2011 Ideal for road-testing new material Bring your words and add your name to the jam jar or just sit back and soak up the lyrical atmosphere Waddington Street Centre, 3 … Continue reading →

Drey

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*Drey is a new magazine. Its first issue has a very readable essay by Sally Evans on the late Scottish poet Sandie Craigie (1963-2005) plus poems from (among others) Adam Fish, Crista Ermiya, Rab Wilson and my good self. There … Continue reading →

Poems in the Waiting Room

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This 106 page volume thumped its way through our letter box today. Here’s some bumf on the anthology. A new Collected Edition of Poems in the Waiting Room has just been published. The book presents every quarterly issue of Poems … Continue reading →

Tom Kelly: Literary Lunch at Lit & Phil

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Wednesday 11th May 12.30pm Literary Lunch: Poet and Playwright Tom Kelly reads from and discusses his work. The event will be chaired by John Grundy. Tom’s theatre work, produced by the Customs House, includes his most recent critically acclaimed play, … Continue reading →

Marianne Faithfull

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Number One Album in 1976 In another life I used to write pop songs. One of the many songs I co-wrote with musician Davey Price was, The Way You Want Me To Be recorded by Marianne Faithfull. The song featured … Continue reading →

Tom Kelly, History Talks: Reviews

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Tom Kelly’s new collection ‘History Talks’ from Red Squirrel Press is a stark and powerful reminder of a poetry that closely engages with and draws upon the social realities of contemporary living, while tracing roots back through personal, familial and … Continue reading →

Guy Mankowski Friday 25 March 2011

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@ Morden Tower North East author Guy Mankowski launches his debut novel, The Intimates (Legend Press) This fantastic debut novel is off to a great start, as it has been selected to take part in the Read Regional promotion this … Continue reading →