NOVEMBER DIARY
Saturday 3rd 6pm -8.30pm: Artists & Identity. Poets, musicians, puppets, art – what more could you ask for? With Dave Ward, Eleanor Rees, Sue Ironfield, Stan Ambrose, Martin Robinson. Gallery 4 All Arts, 36 Ullet Road (near Sefton Park) Liverpool L17 3BP. Phone 07756 912911 for more details
Monday 5th @ 8pm: Come Strut your Stuff – Poetry & acoustic music night hosted by Graham & Nick, with Stan the Harper. The Egg Café, Newington, between Bold St & Renshaw Street, Liverpool. Come early to book a slot. Free.
Tuesday 6th @ 6.30pm: Cath Nichols will introduce her film The Boy Nancy at an open meeting of the Poetry & Poetics Research Group. Room M:46, Edgehill University, Ormskirk. Free.
Wednesday 7th @ 8pm: Dead Good Poets Society Open Floor. Twenty-four 5 minutes slots for you to perform your own poetry. Doors open 7.30pm. Come early to book a reading slot. Compered by the magnificent Aaron Murdoch – once seen never forgotten! The event will be recorded by BBC Radio 4. The producers are particularly interested in poems about Liverpool and its Capital of Culture status – so if you have one, bring it! The 3rd Room, The Everyman Bistro, Hope Street, Liverpool 1. £1.
Thursday 8th @ 8pm: Poetry & Music Night at the Freshfield Hotel, Formby. Open mic special event run by the Bolton duo, Bill & Don. Free.
Friday 9th @ 7.30pm: Poets & Players Open Mic with guest Allison McVety reading from her new first collection. Read, sing or play in the open mic spaces – one piece each. Book slot on arrival. The Poetry School, Tai Chi Village Hall, 163 Palatine Road, Didsbury, Manchester M20 2GH. £3 / £2
Saturday 10th 2-4pm: Dead Good Poets Society Poetry Reading Group @ The Hornby Room, Liverpool Central Library. A chance to look at and discuss 4 poems on the subject of Food. No right or wrong answers, just good-natured debate ( and a few tangents!). If you would like to receive copies of the poems in advance, please contact Sarah on 0151 709 5221. Free.
Monday 12th @ 8pm: Zest Open Floor Poetry Night with special guest, Mandy Pannett. A great night, welcoming, exciting and the biggest portions of tapas you have ever seen! Alexander’s Jazz Bar, Rufus Court, off Northgate Street, Chester. £3/ £2
Friday 16th @ 8.30pm: Spotlight Open Mic Slam £80 in prizes up for grabs! Book your space in advance by phoning 01524 381642 or emailing spotlight club@btinternet.com The Spotlight Club, Yorkshire House, Lancaster. £3 / £2
Saturday 17th: 11am – 1pm Dead Good Poets Society Poetry Reading Group @ Bebington Library, Bebington, Wirral. For advance copies of the poems, please contact Sarah on 0151 709 5221. Free. Refreshments provided. All welcome.
Sunday 18th @ 8pm:Write Out Loud Read Around – popular, friendly Open Mic. All are welcome, beginners especially so. Howcroft Inn, Pool St, Bolton. Entry: £1 donation requested. Check www.writeoutloud.net for directions. Monday 19th @ 7.30pm: DaDaVerse – as part of DaDaFest, Julie McNamara & Roger Cliffe-Thompson present poets from Dead Good Poets Society & Poems800, plus Open Mic.The Picket Music Venue, 61 Jordan Street, Liverpool, L1 0BW. £4 /£3
Wednesday 21st @ 8pm: Dead Good Poets Society Guest Night in conjunction with Sahir House & WHISC. Cate Jacobs will read poems from her first collection “Climbing Mountains in the Dark.” Based on her experience of living with HIV, her poetry covers diagnosis, bereavement, loss, love, becoming a grandmother and other unexpected dreams. There will also be a screening of a short film produced by Rebecca Dittman. Support comes courtesy of Carole Baldock, editor of Orbis, launching her first collection “Give Me Where To Stand” (Headland) and Janine Pinion with new writers from WHISC. Red ribbons will be available, and at the end of the evening a collection will be held for Sahir House in advance of World Aids Day. 3rd Room, Everyman Bistro, Hope St, Liverpool 1. Pay on the door: £3 / £2
Thursday 22nd @ 5.30pm: The Kenneth Allott Lecture in Poetry. Professor Christopher Reid will give a lecture on Auden, McNeice and Spencer. The Management School Lecture Theatre, University of Liverpool. For further information phone 0151 794 2428 Wednesday 28th 1pm – 2pm: Poetry Reading with Fiona Sampson, editor of Poetry Review & regular contributor to The Guardian. Fiona has published 14 books, been short-listed for the Forward Prize, and has been translated into several languages. The Beatty Room, Modern Languages Building, University of Liverpool, Chatham Street, Liverpool. Free.
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