Monthly Archive for July, 2008

Dead Good Poets Society – guest night reminder. 16 July 08

Published on July 13, 2008 in Dead Good Poets and Events. 0 Comments Tags: .

Wednesday 16th July @ 8pm

* MARTIN DAWS * is a performance poet who truly embraces the sounds of the words as a complex music of meaning. He uses spoken word to connect with the world on a deeper level and has developed a style of poetry that is essentially a “music of speaking”. Martin lives in Gwynedd & works as a professional workshop facilitator in music and writing. He uses ‘intense rhythmic patterns and compacted rhyme sequences, drawn from hip hop and jazz influences, counter pointed to fluid lyrical passages of poetry written in more literate forms.’ Last month he came second in the Poetry Slam at Glastonbury – so please welcome him back to Liverpool!

* CATHY ROBERTS *, a former winner of the Nothing Rhymes With Poets competition, uses humour to create poetic dramatic monologues. She has recently restored a boat and sailed it from the East coast, around the top of Scotland and is currently docked in Liverpool, so expect some salty words!

Hope that you can come to be part of this event. We are sure you will find it inspiring!

The Third Room, Everyman Bistro, Hope Street, Liverpool

£3 /£2 pay on the door.

The Costa Liverpool Poetry Cafe, 14 July, Alice Lenkiewicz

Published on July 8, 2008 in Costa Poetry Cafe. 0 Comments Tags: .
Alice Lenkiewicz will be reading her poems
Monday, July 14, 2008
The Costa Cafe. Liverpool, Bold Street.

The Costa Liverpool Poetry Cafe. hosted by Alex Scott-Samuel. 13 Bold Street, Liverpool, England, 7:30 p.m onwards which will include two events.
Alice starting at 7.45 until 8.45 and then proceeded by Jeff Cottrill until later in the evening. This event is free.

Alice lives in Toxteth Liverpool. She is an artist and poet and edits the experimental Poetry/Art Magazine, ‘Neon Highway’ which she set up 2002.
www.geocities.com/poetshideout/Neon.html

She also curates the Toxteth Art gallery:
http://toxtethartgallery.wordpress.com

In the past Alice has curated poetry readings in Liverpool for various guest poets, including Allen Fisher, Bill Griffiths, Geraldine Monk, Lawrence Upton, Dave Ward and Robert Sheppard. Events have taken place at the Walker Art Gallery, The Planetarium, Central Library, 33-45 Club.
After completing her MA in ‘Writing Studies’, her novella, ‘Maxine’, containing, prose, poems and illustrations was published by Bluechrome Publishing in 2005.
Since then she has experimented with sound poetry, and has recently completed her first full collection of poems that have evolved from pamphlets such as ‘Men Hate Blondes’ and ‘Clubbing’. Her most recent poems are a reflection upon and include drawings and thoughts based around the myths and ghosts of Liverpool.

Neon Highway. Issue 13 is now printed.

Subsription details:

Neon Highway, the magazine for experimental and innovative poetry.

Submissions of innovative poetry and artwork to be sent to editors:Alice Lenkiewicz, Dee Mcmahon, Matt Fallaize.

Neon Highway is available bi-annually, with 2 issues costing £5.50, or a single
Issue available at £3.00. Order your next issue by contacting Alice Lenkiewicz on poetshideout@yahoo.com

Dead Good Poets Society – July 2008 Diary

Published on July 2, 2008 in Dead Good Poets. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Camp it up and vamp it up! Glitter, sparkle, shine! Dead Good Poets Society presents The Poetry Glam Slam, the Summer’s sequinned sequel to the Liverpool Poetry Slam. We’re giving you good notice of this event on Saturday 16th August at the Bluecoat, Liverpool, so there’s time to fluff up your feather boas, dust off your diamante, and polish your Prada. There will be prizes for the most glamorous audience members, and poets will be marked on Glam Factor as well as poetic performance and content.

NB. You may define Glam in the loosest and louche-est sense.
If you would like to compete in the Glam Slam, please contact DGPS as soon as possible.

Best wishes, Sarah Maclennan

New addition to the newsletter: Members’ News. If you would like to publicise a reading, a new book, if you’ve won a poetry prize/competition, or anything else of poetic interest to share, please forward details to me and I’ll include it in our listings. We like to celebrate your success!

***MEMBERS’ NEWS***

* Tony Walsh* Fresh from a performance for the British Council in Poland, Manchester poet Tony has announced two dates in July – one at either end of the lovely M6! On Sunday July 13th Tony will compere and perform for Apples and Snakes at the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal. The excellent line up will feature former World Slam Champion Kat Francois, Generation Text poet Emma McGordon and local hero James Knight. Limited open mic slots are available and the evening event follows an afternoon compering masterclass led by Kat and annthepoet.
On Wednesday 16th July Tony will perform two sets at the wonderful Pure and Good and Right night at the Fox in Leamington Spa – Royal Leamington Spa to you! Open mic slots available. Further details and news of other gigs at the Electric Picnic Festival in Ireland and at Cheltenham and Manchester Literature Festivals can be found online at http://www.myspace.com/tonywalshpoet

*Juke James* second poetic anthology, ‘BERET, ME’, illustrationed by John O’Neill is on sale (RRP £3.00) from 25th. June in Liverpool’s premier independent bookshop News From Nowhere, and will be on sale elsewhere over the coming weeks both here in Liverpool and throughout the North West.

***JULY’S DIARY***

***Wednesday 2nd@ 8pm – Dead Good Poets Society Open Floor. 24 performance slots of 5 minutes for you to perform your own poetry. Come early to book a slot. Compered by Nick Payne. The 3rd Room, Everyman Bistro, Hope Street, Liverpool 1. £2 /£1.

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