Ten by Ten

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Presents Lyrical Slam The Cumberland Arms Ouseburn, Byker Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 1LD, Thursday 22nd October Doors at 7.30 starts at 8.00 We have some of the best of the North East poetry slammers signed up for our Lyrical Slam, … Continue reading →

The Pitmen Painters

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I’ve seen the play at Live Theatre and the National. I cannot recommend it highly enough. The Pitmen Painters By Lee Hall, inspired by a book by William Feaver Co-production between the National Theatre and Live Theatre, Newcastle Theatre Royal, … Continue reading →

next swan down the river might be black

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the new play by sean burn It tells of the interactions between two patients and a student nurse over six days on a psychiatric ward: Cerys (a 19-year-old black woman, who is suffering from depression after the death of her … Continue reading →

The Book of Ten

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I’ve three poems in The Book of Ten which is to be launched by Zebra Publications at the Cumberland Arms on Thursday November 19th. All three poems revolve around Mary Ann Cotton. Incidentally the definitive book on Cotton is Arthur … Continue reading →

Tom Kelly Readings

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Monday 5th October Northumbria Gallery 6.00 pm Joint event with Biscuit Publishing featuring up to ten authors from each press – including Maureen Almond , Celia Bryce, Kevin Cadwallender, Gillian Garnham, Ruth Henderson, Beda Higgins, Tom Kelly, Kathleen Kenny, Bernard … Continue reading →

Penniless Press

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I have two poems in the next issue of PENNILESS PRESS, Issue 27 http://www.pennilesspress.co.uk/ Here’s one of them: Into the Rain Shipyard’s closed, gates knotted with iron. Men waited for buses to everywhere: Newcastle East, West. Here my father lost … Continue reading →