WHAT? Huis van de Poëzie WHEN? Thursday, January 27th, 2011 Event starts at 20:35 (but see below) WHERE? Utrecht City Hall Korte Minrebroerderstraat 2, Utrecht (map) MORE INFO The 27th is National Poetry Day in the Netherlands, and I am going to have the chance to perform at the biggest event celebrating the occasion: Het [...]
January 17, 2011
WHAT? Poëzie bij de Barones WHEN? Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 Doors 19:30, start 20:00 WHERE? Café de Barones Torensteeg 2, Amsterdam (map) MORE INFO My 2011 Dutch mini-tour will begin with this intimate literature night organised and hosted by Daan Doesborgh in Café De Barones, a small pub close to the literature faculty of the [...]
January 17, 2011
WHAT? Turing Victims Fundraiser Event WHEN? Wednesday, January 26th, 2011 20:00 WHERE? Café De Zaak Korte Minrebroederstraat 9, Utrecht (map) MORE INFO Every year, the Turing Foundation organises a huge National Poetry Competition in the Netherlands. This year, over 2300 poets – established authors and beginners alike - anonymously submitted 9869 poems! The 100 winning texts are [...]
January 8, 2011
WHAT? PureandGoodandRight WHEN? Monday, January 10th, 2011, 19:30 WHERE The Sozzled Sausage 141 Regent St Leamington Spa CV32 4NX (map) MORE INFO Fun fact: the first time I headlined PureandGoodandright was around three years ago. Natasha Godfrey, then the Apples & Snakes West Midlands coordinator, was there, and kindly recommended me to the rest of [...]
November 22, 2010
This is a bit different from the standard gig announcement: this Thursday, I am launching a new regular poetry night at the Victoria in Birmingham. I’m calling it Hit the Ode, because I believe that a bad pun will set expectations nice and low, and people will be totally bowled over by the show. We have [...]
October 17, 2010
WHAT? The first London Anti-Slam! WHEN? Wednesday, 27 October, 2010, 19:30 WHERE? ARTCH Next door to Ten Gales gallery, Arch 11, Gales Gardens London, Bethnal Green, E2 0EJ (map) MORE INFO Anti-slam champion Raymond Antrobus will host the night in conjunction with the evil mastermind behind the whole concept, Paula Varjack, flying in from here [...]
October 9, 2010
WHAT? Cheltenham Literary Festival WHEN? Sunday, October 10th, 2010, 15:00 WHERE? Voices Off Stage Regent Arcade, Cheltenham (map) MORE INFO The Cheltenham Literary Festival is one of the biggest in the UK. Invited writers are ferried from the station to the luscious green room by limousines and fed with gourmet food. They then appear on [...]
September 30, 2010
WHAT? Ordsprak Festival 2010 WHEN? Friday, October 1st, 2010 (the festival itself starts on Thursday September 30th, and continues until Saturday – scroll down for a full list of acts) Event starts at 19:00 WHERE? Reginateatern Trädgårdsgatan 6, Uppsala, Sweden (map) MORE INFO Ordsprak is Sweden’s main spoken word festival, and coincides with the Swedish [...]
September 8, 2010
WHAT? Chill Pill WHEN? Tuesday, September 21st Event starts at 20:00 WHERE? Scream Bar 141 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, London E2 7DG (map) MORE INFO I’m really excited about this one: it’s a weekly spoken word night recently started by several talented young poets; I mentioned it here a couple of months ago, when I attended what [...]
September 3, 2010
WHAT? City Voices WHEN? Tuesday, September 14th Event starts at 19:45 WHERE? The City Bar 2/3 King Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1ST (map) MORE INFO I will be one of the features at “City Voices”, Simon Fletcher’s monthly poetry night showcasing both spoken word and page poetry. The other guest poets will be Heather Wastie, Brendan Hawthorne, Michael [...]
January 17, 2011
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