FRIDAY 16th March: 6-7.30pm. Poetry in the City 2007 Festival Launch, The Dragon Bar, Berry Street. All welcome.
SATURDAY 17th March – DGPS POETRY READING GROUP: 11am – 1pm Bebington Library, Bebington, Wirral. Stephen Waling, poet & editor of Brando’s Hat poetry magazine, will give a short reading, followed by discussion of 4 poems. Refreshments provided.Free. If you would like to receive copies of the poems in advance, please contact Sarah on 0151 709 5221.
SATURDAY 17th March: 2- 4PM. DEAD GOOD POETS SOCIETY WRITERS OF COLOUR WRITING GROUP. Edge Hill Library, Lodge Lane, Liverpool 8. For writers from a Black or Minority Ethnic Heritage. Experienced writing tutor & performance poet, Curtis Watt, will help you develop & polish your writing. Curtis welcomes people with all levels of experience – including no previous writing experience. Just bring a pen, some paper & your enthusiasm! Free. For more information please contact Sarah on 0151 709 5221.
SUNDAY 18th March @ 8pm. The Write Out Loud Poetry Read-around. The Howcroft Inn, Pool St, Bolton. £1. For futher details check www.writeoutloud.net
MONDAY 19th March: 4-6pm / TUESDAY 20th March 12-2pm Writing Advice Desk Poets & Writers from The Windows Project are available for on-the-spot critiques & appraisals. Bring examples of your work, & book in for a chat. The Poetry Section, Central Library, Liverpool. With Ade Jackson & Dinesh Allirajah.
TUESDAY 20th March; 2-4PM Writing Advice Desk @ Spellow Library, Walton. With Glyn Wright. As above.
TUESDAY 20th March:11am – 4pm. Writing workshop with Gladys Mary Coles.
Accomplished poet, Gladys Mary Coles, will give a reading from her latest poetry collections, before leading an all day workshop in which particpants will write poems in response to paintings in the gallery.The Walker Art gallery, Liverpool.
WEDNESDAY 21st March @ 8pm. DEAD GOOD POETS SOCIETY GUEST NIGHT. We welcome BBC Radio 4 regular,UK Poetry Slam Champion, Elvis McGonagall: Poet & Armchair Revolutionary – don’t step on his blue suede verse! With support from Tony Walsh, Curtis Watt Compered by the puntastic Clare Kirwan. The 3rd Room, Everyman Bistro, Hope Street, Liverpool 1. £3 / £2 / £1
THURSDAY 22nd March @ 7.30pm Poet Harriet Tarlo reads at The Rose Theatre, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk. £3.50 “..lean, accurate glimpses of the Northern world..”
SATURDAY 24th March 10.30am-12.30pm. DGPS workshop: HOW TO GET YOUR POETRY PUBLISHED. Carole Baldock (Editor of Orbis International Literary Magazine) & Brian Wake (Driftwood Publishing) take you through the dos and don’ts of getting your poetry into print. The Meeting Room, DGPS, 96 Bold Street, Liverpool (Above News From Nowhere Bookshop). It is anticipated that this will be a popular event, so please book early. Phone 0151 709 5221 to reserve a place. Refreshments provided. £3 / £2.
SATURDAY 24th March: 2-4pm. DGPS INTERNATIONAL POETRY READING. A chance to celebrate the many languages that make up Liverpool’s World in one City. If you can speak any non-English language, please come & share a poem or two. Original poems, or those by a favourite poet are welcome. Edge Hill Library, Lodge Lane, Liverpool 8