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Dead Good Poets - June 2009 Diary

Published on May 31, 2009 in Dead Good Poets. Closed Tags: .

Wednesday 3rd @ 8pm – DEAD GOOD POETS SOCIETY OPEN FLOOR. 24 spaces of five minutes for you to perform your own poetry. New poets always welcome as are new audience members! Old poets and audience also welcome! In fact, EVERYONE’s welcome. The 3rd Room, Everyman Bistro, Hope Street, Liverpool. Arrive early to book a performance slot. £2/£1 pay on the door.

Wedneday 3rd @ 7.30pm: Wirral Grand Slam. Three poetry groups on the Wirral are combining to promote the “Wirral Grand Slam” to be held at 8pm prompt (doors 7.30pm), 3rd June at Tullula’s Late Lounge, Marine Parade (above Wilkie’s Amusements), New Brighton, Wirral CH45 2JX.

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Dead Good Poets - March 2009 Diary

Published on March 3, 2009 in Dead Good Poets. Closed Tags: , .

Wednesday 4th @ 8pm – DEAD GOOD POETS SOCIETY OPEN FLOOR. 24 spaces of five minutes for you to perform your own poetry. New poets always welcome as are new audience members! Old poets and audience also welcome! In fact, EVERYONE’s welcome. The 3rd Room, Everyman Bistro, Hope Street, Liverpool. Arrive early to book a performance slot. Compered by Peter Crompton £3 / £2

Friday 6th @ 7.30pm – SLAMbassadors poetry slam semi final. Stop, look and listen to the sound of young Great Britain! In a time when perceptions of young people are distorted by relentless bulletins of gun and knife crime, in a climate where young people are questioned about their respect for society and for themselves, SLAMbassadors UK, Britain’s only online slam, gives young people in London and Liverpool the opportunity to have their say - and say it their way. You can see the cream of Liverpool’s young lyrical talent battle it out to reach the London Final and perform alongside spoken word artists Curtis Watt, Nikki Blaze and internationally acclaimed Dub Poet Levi Tafari, who is also judging the contest. The Blackie, Great Georges Community Cultural Project), Great George Street, Liverpool, L1 5EW. Places are FREE but LIMITED so please book a ticket in advance. Call Jess at Writing on the Wall on 0151 703 0020

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Dead Good Poets Society - January 2009 Diary

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Tuesday 6th @ 7.30pm – 10.30pm. Wirral Words @ The Scouse House, 3 Oliver Lane, Birkenhead Contact malpoet@hotmail.co.uk for more details.

Wednesday 7th @ 8pm – DEAD GOOD POETS SOCIETY OPEN FLOOR. 24 spaces of five minutes for you to perform your own poetry. New poets always welcome as are new audience members! A warm and supportive welcome guaranteed. The 3rd Room, Everyman Bistro, Hope Street, Liverpool. Arrive early to book a performance slot. £3 / £2

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Dead Good Poets Society - December 2008 Diary

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Dead Good Poets Society Newsletter – December 2008

Wednesday 3rd @ 8pm – DEAD GOOD POETS SOCIETY Open Floor. 24 spaces of five minutes for you to perform your own poetry. A warm welcome from a friendly and supportive audience. Come early to book a performance slot with your compere extraordinaire, Chris Clarke. The 3rd Room, Everyman Bistro, Hope St, Liverpool. £2 / £1.

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Dead Good Poets Society - November 2008 Diary

Published on November 11, 2008 in Dead Good Poets. Closed Tags: .

November’s Diary

Thursday 6th @ 5.30pm: George Szirtes gives this year’s Kenneth Allott
Memorial Lecture. Winner of the Faber Memorial Prize & the T S Eliot
Prize, Szirtes is also an award-winning translator. Victoria Gallery &
Museum, Liverpool University. Free.

Friday 7th: 6.30-7.30pm – Philip Pullman: The Elementary Particles of
Narrative. Looking at the smallest possible units of story, the talk
will focus on how such units work and change and become charged with
meaning in larger narratives. Sherrington Lecture Theatre 2, Liverpool
University £5/£3

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Dead Good Poetry Cafe 25 Sep 08

Published on September 22, 2008 in Dead Good Poets and Events. 0 Comments Tags: .

The last DEAD GOOD Poetry Cafe of 2008 takes place on Thursday 25th September 7pm - 9.30pm.

(Don’t worry, there will be other Poetry Cafe events next month).

Open mic spaces - come early to book a reading slot - plus some very special Dead Good Poets.

Clare Kirwan! Hot from a stunning performance at the Bristol Poetry Festival, last chance to see her before she flits off on her Dead Good Down Under World Tour.

David Bateman! Sizzling from his performance at the Bristol Poetry Festival, staying put but always a joy.

Chris Clarke! Who, despite what her idiot publicist might say, doesn’t ONLY write poems about belly-dancing.

And Aaron Murdoch, who is quite simply indescribable.

Great fun, great poetry guaranteed.

Costa Coffee, Bold Street. Liverpool

Free event but a donation towards the hire of the sound equipment is always appreciated.

* * * * * ALSO!* * * * * *

Tickets for Dead Good Poets @ the Bluecoat are now on sale.

Guest poets Paul Durcan and Rebecca Goss

Paul Durcan and Rebecca Goss treat you to their poetry readings.
Dubliner Paul Durcan’s has published seventeen poetry collections.
He has won numerous prestigious prizes and is considered one of the finest poets working today.

“Anyone who has attended one of his electrifying poetry readings and been reduced to hysteria (a common enough occurrence)
can testify to the unique flavour of his work, especially when read aloud by the poet himself” – Catriona O’Reilly

Rebecca Goss taught creative writing at Liverpool John Moores University for several years.
She was this year’s runner-up in the New Writer Competition.

“The language is precise and evocative, the images sharp as a photograph” - Val McDermid

Wednesday 15th October @ 8pm - 9.30pm

The Performance Space, Bluecoat, Liverpool.

Tickets for this event are strictly limited and are already selling fast so please book early.

Ring the Bluecoat Box Office on 0151 702 5324

Or go to their website and book online www.thebluecoat.org.uk

The Poetry Glam Slam! - 16 August 2008

Published on August 15, 2008 in Dead Good Poets and Events. 0 Comments Tags: .

Dead Good Poets Society presents: The Poetry Glam Slam!

A poetry slam with a difference. 18 poets compete for the title (and the right to wear the crown and satin sash) declaring them Liverpool’s Most Glamorous Poet.
Camp it up and vamp it up! Glitter, sparkle, shine!
It’s the Summer’s sequinned sequel to the Liverpool Poetry Slam.
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.

NB. Glam may be defined in the loosest and louche-est sense… Poetry AND dressing up - what’s not to like???

Compered by the extremely glamorous Gerry Potter.

Date: Saturday 16th August 2008
Venue: The Hub, Ground Floor, Bluecoat Arts Centre, School Lane, Liverpool.
Time: 7.30pm
Pay on the door: £4 /£2

Dead Good Poets Society - August & September 2008 Diary

Published on August 1, 2008 in Dead Good Poets. Closed Tags: , , .

DEAD GOOD POETS SOCIETY - August/September 2008 NEWSLETTER

We have a lot of big events coming up in this final half of the European Capital of Culture year, so I thought you’d appreciate advance warning for your diaries.
And in the interest of fairness, Other Poetry Events are available (and are also listed in this newsletter!)
Hope you’re enjoying your Summer! Best wishes, Sarah Maclennan

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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.

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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