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Our Gala Evening

2009-06-01T00:15:00.001Z

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It's a few weeks late, but it must be said. What an amazing evening. A full blog will come soon - as will more videos and photos...

March 18-20, 2009: Inua Ellams drama debut @ Arcola Theatre

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ON STAGE

The 14th Tale

Fuel presents Inua Ellams' THE 14th TALE "I'm from a long line of trouble makers, of ash skinned Africans, born with clenched fists and a natural thirst for battle, only quenched by breast milk." The 14th Tale is a free flowing mellifluous narrative that tells the hilarious exploits of a natural born mischief growing from the clay streets of Nigeria to the roof tops in Dublin, and finally to London. Inua Ellams is, of course, a flipped eye publishing author. His poetry debut 13 Fairy Negro Tales has sold over 2000 copies. This is his first full length piece for the stage. A BAC Scratch Commission.

When:Wednesday 18 - Friday 20 March @ 8:15
Where: The Arcola Theatre, 27 Arcola Street, London E8 2DJ
Tickets:£9/£7
Booking:020 7503 1646
Info:www.arcolatheatre.com /www.fueltheatre.com

March 25, 2009: Two flipped eye writers @ Apples and Snakes in Soho

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Apples & Snakes In Soho
featuring Bernardine Evaristo with Denise Saul & Nick Makoha

Critically-lauded writer Bernardine Evaristo specialises in blurring the line between prose and poetry. Her 2008 novel-in-prose, Blonde Roots, has been turning critics' heads with its all-too-real visualisation of a reversed slave-trade, all steeped in the author's trademark wit. Tonight she presents a genre-defying selection of her work.

And speaking of roots, we've also got drumtastic spoken-wordster HKB FiNN on the bill. Well-known for the 'alternative hip-hop' he cooks up from elements of jazzy Afro-reggae, he won almost universally rave reviews for his recent album Light in the Shade of Darkness. Come and see the man behind the music.

Denise Saul is no stranger to popular acclaim either: her White Narcissi collection was the Poetry Book Society's featured pamphlet in the winter of 2007. A virtuoso of subtle, well-crafted imagery, she's sure to go from strength to strength.

Bohdan Piasecki, meanwhile, is not yet a household name, though he should be soon. The man who introduced poetry slams to Poland, he's now gobsmacking audiences around the rest of Europe with his incisive, economical material and his personable onstage style.

In short, it's a night of poetic surprises - all of them pleasant, of course. Your host: Nick Makoha.

Produced by Apples & Snakes - 26 years of producing poetry you can't ignore.

When:Wednesday 25 March @ 8pm
Where:Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, London W1D 3NE
Tickets: £8/£6
Booking:0207 478 0100/ www.sohotheatre.com
Info: www.applesandsnakes.org

October 20, 2008: Malika Booker at Southbank Centre

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Giving Breadfruit

An evening with poets Malika Booker and Karen McCarthy

Monday 20 October 2008, 7.30pm

An evening with poets Malika Booker and Karen McCarthy.

Please note: this free event requires a ticket, please phone 0871 663 2500 to reserve. There is a £2 transaction fee for booking by phone (per transaction, not per ticket). You can also reserve your seat without a transaction fee by visiting one of our Southbank Centre Ticket Offices in person.

FREE Monday 20 October 2008 , 7.30pm

To book: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/all-events/productions/giving-breadfruit-43083

Inua Ellams - the 14th Tale [July 31 - Aug 2 2008]

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THE 14TH TALE by Inua Ellams (author of 13 Fairy Negro Tales)
@ Battersea Arts Centre, Lavendar Hill, London SW11 5TN

31 July - 2 August
8pm
£5 / £3 concs

Book online now or call the Box Office on 020 7223 2223.

How did this fresh water pipe come to be in a small, dusty village in the heart of Nigeria? A baffled and imaginative boy explains a fantastical theory to his father. A journey of self discovery littered with instances, epiphanies, truths and lies.

'London's hottest new spoken word talent' The Times.

Limited Edition Release:

ISBN: 978-0954224783]

£6.13

13 Fairy Negro Tales by Inua Ellams

The second in the ground-breaking mouthmark series, 13 Fairy Negro Tales is written in language that has roots in Keats, hip hop rhymes and Shakespearean narrative, and has become a runaway bestseller - with over 1500 copies sold since its release. To mark the third anniversary of its release and the début of a stage show, The 14th Tale, based on the book, this special edition run of only 313 copies is lovingly produced with individual illustrations by the author to accompany each poem.

Each of the books is numbered by hand and you can buy numbers 1-20 exclusively on our new shop site.

7FEST - The Foundation

2008-05-21T11:20:00.001Z

To mark our 7th anniversary, we are putting on an event called The Foundation (the first in a series under the banner 7Fest) - a marathon 11 hours of FREE readings, discussions and book signings at the Poetry Cafe. For 7 hours from 12 noon to 7pm.

We will have sofa sessions - small intimate readings in the basement of the Poetry Cafe, where the authors will sit in sofas reading to a small circle of listeners --
Then from 7pm there will be a series of "full-fledged traditional, energetic flipped eye style readings with loud whoops and a full house".

The event details are as below:

12.00-12.40: NEW FICTION
Aoife Mannix reads from her forthcoming novel, Heritage of Secrets, and fiction editor, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, reads from Ainsley Burrows' forthcoming novel, Land of our Birth.

13.00-13.40: REDIRECTION
Roger Robinson, Nick Makoha and Inua Ellams read from their forthcoming work and talk about the differences in the processes of drafting, compiling, editing as compared to their phenomenally successful first collections.

14.00-14.40: WRITING OBSESSIONS

Roger Robinson, Inua Ellams, Aoife Mannix and Malika Booker talk about what their current writing obsessions are embracing a gamut of objects, other books, poetic forms, prose arcs, new approaches to metaphor, and weird sleeping habits - all sorts of things that somehow relate to their writing.

15.00-15.40: QUESTION THE EDITORS
Niall O'Sullivan and Nii Ayikwei Parkes will talk about the experience of editing and in-house editing experiences, mainly by taking questions from the audience.

16.00 - BOOK SIGNING: Authors in attendance will include Roger Robinson, Inua Ellams, Malika Booker and Niall O'Sullivan

17.30-18.25: FORTHCOMING POETRY
Jacob Sam-La Rose, Charlotte Ansell and Nick Makoha read exclusively from their forthcoming poetry books

19.00-19.50: NEW POETRY
Niall O'Sullivan, Malika Booker and Denise Saul read from their recently released collections - Ventriloquism for Monkeys, Breadfruit and White Narcissi respectively

20.00 - BOOK SIGNING: Authors in attendance will include Jacob Sam-La Rose, Charlotte Ansell, Nick Makoha, Denise Saul and Niki Aguirre

20.30-21.10: GENERATIONS
Our writers include characters with millions of airmiles and freedom passes in their pockets as well as fledglings with pocket change and airy dreams of flying: This session puts Agnes Meadows side-by-side with Inua Ellams to showcase the poetry of generations that span post-WW2 to post-II2 (Iraq Invasion 2) .

21.20-22.50: FICTION UNLEASHED
Aoife Mannix, Niki Aguirre, Roger Robinson and W. E. Essilfie - two published and two with forthcoming publications - read from their work. Roger's Adventures in 3D is widely hailed as a classic, Niki's 29 Ways to Drown has just been longlisted for the Frank O'Connor Short Story Prize - come and hear the classics and see what's new and upcoming...

Wed, May 14, 2008: Get London Reading: Niki Aguirre

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Sutton Central Library

St Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey
London, England SM1 1EA

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Recently long-listed for the Frank O'Connor Short Story Prize, Niki Aguirre visits the Sutton Central Library as part of the Get London Reading campaign to read from her collection of short stories '29 Ways to Drown'. There will be books for sale, a short Q&A and a book signing.

Venue: Sutton Central Library
Time: Wednesday, 14 May at 7:00pm
Admission: Free

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Monday, May 12, 2008: Niki Aguirre @ writLOUD

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RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art)

Malet St
London, England WC1E

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Frank O'Connor Prize nominee and recent feature of the PEN International Festival FREE THE WORD, Niki Aguirre returns to Birkbeck for a series of readings and Q&A to celebrate the publication of books by three Birkbeck Creative Writing MA alumni: 29 Ways to Drown by Niki Aguirre, Out of a Clear Sky by Sally Hinchcliffe, and Estrella Damn by Matthew Loukes. Q&A facilitated by Julia Bell.

Monday 12 May, 6.30-8.15 pm,
RADA Foyer Bar, Malet Street,
London WC1E 7JN

Admission is free of charge, but with a suggested donation to Oxfam of £3.50. To reserve places in advance, email writloud@aol.co.uk.

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Nick Makoha at AWE: 20 March 2008

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Nick Makoha, author of The Lost Collection of an Invisible Man, will appear at the African Writers' Evening this Thursday 20 March 2008. Details below:

For the month of March, the month of Ghana's independence and the most recent national assembly elections in Uganda, we are proud to present the two AWE hosts from last year - Nick Makoha of Uganda and Nii Ayikwei Parkes from Ghana. Under the banner of Old Faces, New Work, Nick will be reading exclusive new material from his forthcoming debut poetry book, which builds on the success of his acclaimed chapbook The Lost Collection of an Invisible Man, while Nii will be reading from his debut novel, Tail of the Blue Bird, which will be released in April 2009 by Jonathan Cape. Nii will introduce Nick Makoha and host the first half and Nick will introduce Nii and host the second half. We hope you'll join us for what promises to be a brilliant evening of poetry and prose.

LISTING DETAILS:

OLD FACES - NEW WORK

Date – Thursday 20 March 2008
Venue – The Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, London (Covent Garden tube)
Doors – 7.30 pm
Entry – 4 GBP / 3 (conc.)

Author Biographies:

Nick Makoha: Nick Makoha is a hugely gifted poet of Ugandan origin, with an uncommon talent for loaded one-liners. Original poet-in-residence with London's revered performance showcase, Kindred Spirit, Nick (perfoming under the moniker urbanspirit) catapulted himself to legendary status by disappearing off the poetry scene for two years. He re-emerged in early 2005 with The Lost Collection of an Invisible Man and is now working on a new collection to be released in 2008 by flipped eye publishing.

Nii Ayikwei Parkes: Nii Ayikwei Parkes is a Ghanaian writer of poetry, prose and articles who has published three poetry chapbooks:eyes of a boy, lips of a man (1999); M is for Madrigal (2004), a selection of seven jazz poems; and shorter (2005). His is also a contributing editor to The Liberal, and runs the African Writers' Evening series at the Poetry Cafe, in Covent Garden, London. Nii's poem, Tin Roof, was selected for the 'Poems on the Underground' initiative in 2007 and his debut novel, Tail of the Blue Bird, will be released in April 2009 by Jonathan Cape.

Event website: www.x-bout.com/awe // Venue Website: www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/cafe/

February 27, 2008 - Ainsley Burrows at Brooklyn Public Library

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Brooklyn, New York, February 21^st 2007…

The Caribbean Cultural Theatre celebrates Black History Month with another episode of Evening Time: Poets and Passion featuring internationally acclaimed poet, record producer and Boys and Girls High School alumni Ainsley Burrows on Wednesday, February 27^th at 7pm at the Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza branch. Burrows, known for his wit, charm and compelling themes is set to host the after-work session which seeks to entertain and enlighten while exploring Caribbean realities and the Caribbean American experience. Ainsley Burrows is recognized for his thought provoking, politically intense themes which spare no group his appraisal while raising the bar. He stands head and shoulder above the mundane.

Ainsley Burrows has performed at festivals, cafés and institutions across Europe, America, Canada and the Caribbean and has received several international awards. These include Best International Performer of 2001 and 2002 from the Farrago Poetry Café in London, Munich's International Poetry Slam Championship award in 2001 and two awards from the Nuyorican Poet's Café; one in 2001 for participating in the National team and the other in 2004 for being the Coach of the National team. In addition, Ainsley has conducted many workshops from London's Hackney Community College to New York's Julliard School of Music.

With something for every member of the family, and the most discerning palates, Evening Time: Poets and Passion pays homage to ancestral voices, pioneering sprites and youthful energies in literature and music, on stage and on screen. Evening Time is everything Caribbean and anything cultural!

For additional program information call 718-783-8345 / 718-287-8597 / 718-421-6927, or online at caribbeantheatre.org. Evening Time: Poets and Passion is presented on the last Wednesday of each month in association with the Caribbean Literary & Cultural Center (CL&CC) – Brooklyn Public Library.

21.11.07 - Niall O'Sullivan [Ventriloquism for Monkeys Book Launch]

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Niall O'Sullivan
Ventriloquism for Monkeys book launch
21st November 7pm
Upstairs at The Yorkshire Grey
29-33 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8PN (map)
Nearest Tube- Chancery Lane (0.3 miles), Farringdon (0.4 miles), Holborn (0.4 miles)
Entry: FREE

Niall O'Sullivan's second collection, Ventriloquism for Monkeys, is launched at the Yorkshire Grey, Gray's Inn Road on 21st November. Location will be the upstairs bar from 7pm, and he'll be reading for about ten minutes and then mingling and signing books...

"Niall O'Sullivan is known as a host and champion of live poetry in London. It's tempting to call his second collection a crossover - yet these don't read like performance pieces tamed for the page, for Niall is no genre hybrid, he is simply a good writer - warm, smart, thoughtful. His poetry inhabits a place where pertinence and impertinence meet".

- Roddy Lumsden

Ventriloquism for Monkeys book launch
21st November 7pm
Upstairs at The Yorkshire Grey
29-33 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8PN (map)
Nearest Tube- Chancery Lane (0.3 miles), Farringdon (0.4 miles), Holborn (0.4 miles)

29 Ways to Drown [Launch Reading] - 26.11.2007

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Influenced by a Latin American literary tradition steeped in magic realism, but rooted in the challenges and harsh environments of the West, Niki Aguirre's debut collection of short stories, 29 Ways to Drown (October 25, lubin & kleyner) reveals a writer with an incredible range, humour and balance. Being the first female writer from Birkbeck's highly regarded MA Creative Writing programme to have a book of fiction published, after Shaun Levin's A Year of Two Summers, her first reading is hosted by the faculty at Room 538, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1 7HX.

Reading Details:
Date – Monday, November 26, 2007
Venue – Room 538, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1 7HX.
Time – 6pm
Entry – Free

"Niki Aguirre is that rarest of writers, one who possesses an exuberant imagination, but who also casts a devastatingly sharp eye on human reality." - Laila Lalami

Signed copies of the book will be available for sale. Also available on INPRESS and Amazon.co.uk

Launch reading date set for '29 Ways to Drown'

2007-10-23T23:03:00.001Z

A launch reading date has been set for Niki Aguirre's 29 Ways to Drown. The event will be at Birkbeck College on Monday November 26, 2007 and final details will be confirmed later in the week. So far Niki's book is doing really well in advance sales and some fantastic endorsements are coming in.

Readings at Brooklyn Book Festival

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We will be at the Brooklyn Book Festival with poets Ainsley Burrows and Truth Thomas as well as contributors to or recent anthology x-24: unclassified, t. tara turk, Niki Aguirre, Mohammed Naseehu Ali. Niki's story will also serve as a preview for her forthcoming solo collection of short stories 29 Ways to Drown, which is released on October 25, 2007.

Our readings will be at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm

Venue Information:

Brooklyn Book Festival 2007, Sunday, September 16, 2007, 10:00 a.m. – 6 p.m., will be held at Brooklyn Borough Hall (Court and Joralemon Streets), the adjacent Borough Hall Plaza and Columbus Park, the Brooklyn Historical Society, and St. Francis College.

http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/

See you there!

WEDNESDAY JULY 25: x-24: unclassified at the Barbican

2007-07-23T00:20:00.001Z

To celebrate the release of our new, international short story anthology, x -24: unclassified, a selection of writers from the book will read at an exclusive event supported by the Barbican Library this Wednesday. In attendance will be the editors Tash Aw and Nii Ayikwei Parkes, who will speak briefly about the joys and challenges of putting together an anthology that includes work by writers from Ecuador, Nigeria, Peru, and the United States (to name but a few).

Considering that the editors themselves grew up in Malaysia and Ghana respectively, this promises to be a truly international experience. Add free drinks to the mix and you're in for a great time... The details are:

WEDNESDAY JULY 25: Launch Reading - x-24: unclassified
TIME: 6.30pm / ENTRY: FREE (drinks provided)
VENUE: Barbican Library, Barbican Centre, London, EC2Y 8DS

Reading on the night will be: Gaylene Gould, Clare Wigfall, Niki Aguirre and Claire Sharland

Join us for a fantastic evening.

"This is a rare anthology that is as much a celebration of new literary talent as it is of the range and internationalism of contemporary English literature." - Hisham Matar

TITLE: X-24: Unclassified // ISBN: 095415701X
AVAILABLE: In stores at Borders (under Aw), online at Amazon, Foyles, WHSmith, and Waterstones

There will be signed copies of the anthology available at the reading at the discounted price of £5 only!

Launch Readings for 'A Storm Between Fingers': from June 14, 2007

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We have a series of FREE launch events for our new anthology of poetry from the acclaimed international writing collective Malika's Kitchen as follows:

Thursday, June 14, 2007
Venue: Foyles Books, Charing Cross Road, London
Time: 6.30pm

Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Venue: Stratford Circus, Gerry Raffles Square, London, E15 1BN
Time: 8.00pm

Thursday, July 5, 2007
Venue: Lewisham Library, 199-201 Lewisham High St, London, SE13 6LG
Time: 8.00pm

Monday, July 9, 2007
Venue: Barbican Library, Barbican Centre, London, EC2Y 8DS
Time: 6.30pm

Kudos:
"Malika's Kitchen is a literary movement whose impact on British poetry will be felt for a long time to come. These are writers committed to their craft, committed to expanding notions of Britishness through an engagement with the realities of British society and with the many strands that have come to shape it."

– Kwame Dawes, Professor of English, University of South Carolina

Inua Ellams is part of the Generation Txt tour

2007-05-29T17:42:00.001Z

One of our young poets, Inua Ellams, of the mouthmark imprint is part of the Generation Txt tour put together by Tom Chivers and penned in the margins. If you can, catch him in action alongside an array of talented young writers. Details below:

GENERATION TXT IS ON THE ROAD

Get ready to experience literature from the frontline in a whirlwind journey
from scars to scrap-bins; from tea smuggling to suicide.

Following the success of acclaimed new poetry anthology Generation Txt,
penned in the margins is taking the six gifted young poets featured in the
book on a national tour to fourteen venues.

Hand-picked from a nationwide search for writing talent, the poets include
former Northern Young Writer of the Year Emma McGordon and celebrated
performance poet Inua Ellams, as well as Joe Dunthorne, whose debut novel
Submarine has just been snapped up by Hamish Hamilton. Natural Sciences
graduate Laura Forman, creative writing student Abigail Oborne and
experimental poet and text artist James Wilkes complete the bill.

Hailed by distinguished poet and critic Roddy Lumsden as 'a vital
cross-section of the poetry that will progress and flourish' and by the TES
as 'a creative ideas manual', the Generation Txt tour will be a must-see
event for anyone interested in the future of literature.

www.myspace.com/generationtxt

www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk

May 17 - Great Torrington Plough Arts Centre

May 18 - Swindon Festival of Literature

May 19 - Stroud ArtSpace

May 22 - London Bloomsbury Theatre

May 24 - Maidenhead Norden Farm Centre for the Arts

May 25 - Oxford Oxford Playhouse

May 26 - Manchester Contact Theatre

May 28 - Liverpool The Pilgrim

May 29 - Durham Gala Theatre

May 30 - Newcastle The Lit & Phil

June 1 - Birmingham MAC

June 2 - Norwich Norwich Arts Centre

June 3 - Cambridge JE Wilson Drama Studio

June 5 - Brighton Earth & Stars

Thursday, 10 May: Niall O'Sullivan and Inua Ellams

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Niall O'Sullivan and Inua Ellams: one-man shows

Inua Ellams and Niall O'Sullivan are part of a four-poet showcase, with each presenting a 20 min excerpt from their BAC-commissioned one-man shows, with a Q&A session afterwards.

Details:

Four-Pack (New Work From Four Fine Poets) at The Battersea Arts Centre

Time: 9PM
Where: BAC, Lavender Hill, London, SW11 5TN
Date: Thursday, 10 May
Tickets: £4.75/ £3.50
Book: 020 7223 2223/ www.bac.org.uk
Info: www.applesandsnakes.org

Agnes Meadows - April

2007-04-03T18:00:00.001Z

I’m off to the Austin International Poetry Festival in Texas as a Guest Poet (they pay me to be there, so how can I resist) on April 12th and will be away until 24th.

April’s LOOSE MUSE promises to be one of the best yet, lined up on WEDNESDAY 11th APRIL at the Poetry Café, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2 (closest tube = Covent Garden). This is a monthly event for women writers of all genres, with two featured women writers and open mike readings from the floor to share and explore work. Featured in April we have VICTORIA BENNET and GILL HANDS, poets and writers who also run the uncontrollably successful Wild Women Press in Cumbria, who will be reading from their fabulous high quality work, and also revealing some of the pro’s and con’s of running a thriving small press. Also we have MARLENE SIDEAWAY – actress, playwright and poet, here Marlene shares excerpts from her successful one-woman show “Cloak and Dagger”, and talks about how to take such a show on the road. The night starts at 8.00 p.m - £5.00/£3.00 concs.
Loose Muse is an event that’s growing in popularity, so come along and share the passion and the joy.

POETRY STUFF FROM AGNES

2006-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Hi there,

Just a last minute reminder regarding poetry competition that I’m helping to organize, the deadline for which has been extended to the 23^rd OCTOBER. The ‘ROAD to FREEDOM’ poetry competition is open to all poets. Burma is now one of the poorest countries in the world, its people one of the most oppressed. This year alone, 4 Burmese writers were sentenced to 7-19 years in prison for publishing a book of poetry, and their democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi (The Lady) has been under house arrest for 11 of the past 17 years. This poetry competition is dedicated to her and to all writers silenced by brutal regimes. All proceeds go to Prospect Burma www.prospectburma.org Registered Charity No: 802615

1^st prize - £200, 2^nd prize - £50, 3^rd prize - £25 + 6 ‘Highly Recommended’ get a selection of books. The ‘Road to Freedom’ Poetry Competition is open to anyone, anywhere. All poems should be written on the central theme of Freedom, either in Burma, or elsewhere where liberty is no longer part of the human equation. Rules as follows:

-Each poem should be no longer than 40 lines, and typed on one side of A4.

-There is no limit on the number of poems submitted by each entrant. Each poem must be typed on a separate A4 sheet, and will be judged separately.

-All entries must be written in English and be the original, work of the entrant.

-Entry fee £5 (US$9.50) for first poem and £3 (US$5.50) for each additional poem. Payment for overseas entries must be made by credit card. Please give name of credit card, account no., expiry date, + signature.

-Cheques/money orders should be payable to Prospect Burma, and sent with your poem(s). Entries received without accompanying payment will not be deemed eligible.

-Closing date is now MONDAY 23^RD OCTOBER, 2006.

-Winners will be notified in early November, receive a copy of the ‘Road to Freedom’ anthology, & can read their poem at the anthology book launch at a venue to be announced later in the year.

Judges: i) Agnes Meadows – International Poet, Host various poetry events in London.

ii) James Byrne – Poet, and editor of The Wolf Poetry magazine iii) Nii Parkes – Poet, editor of X-bout International Poetry Magazine, & Director of Waterways Publishing, and iv) Niall O’Sullivan – International Poet, Host of two leading poetry events in central London

All entries must be marked ‘Road to Freedom’ Poetry Competition to: Agnes Meadows - Prospect Burma, c/o Porter’s Lodge, Rivermead Court, Ranelagh Gardens, London SW6 3SE. I know the deadline is very close, but that shouldn’t prevent you from entering. It’s a fantastic opportunity to support the people of Burma, so please, please, please enter the competition, and pass on the information to any poet you know who might be interested. For more information contact me agnesmorgn@aol.com or leave a message on 020-7833-5828 (my mobile’s still dead).

Also: for all you feminists out there Marilyn Hacker is performing at the Poetry Café this Friday, 20^th October, 7.30 – 22 Betterton Street, Covent Garden. I understand she is an exceptional poet, so you might like to check it out.

And finally, just alerting you to the fact that on Wednesday 8^th November, I have LOOSE MUSE, a monthly event for women writers on Wednesday, 8.00-10.00 p.m @ The Poetry Café, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2 (Covent Garden tube) £5.00/£3.00 concs. Featuring the wonderful Lucy English, international poet, novelist and academic. Plus open mike readings from the floor to share and explore work - sign up for open mike 7.30-8.00 p.m.

And on Thursday 9^th November there is ANGEL POETRY, a free event @ Borders Bookstore, N1 Centre, 26 Parkfield Street, London N1 (opposite Angel tube),at 6.45-8.15 p.m. As well as the open mike floor spots (sign up 6.30-6.45 p.m.) I’ll be featuring the surreal and extraordinary Jason King, and the ebullient and talent Joshua Idehen.

As always, do come along and share the passion and the joy.

ANGEL POETRY

2006-10-07T15:27:00.000Z

On Thursday 12^th October there is ANGEL POETRY, a free event @ Borders Bookstore, N1 Centre, 26 Parkfield Street, London N1 (the shopping mall opposite Angel tube),at 6.45-8.15 p.m. As well as the open mike floor spots (sign up 6.30-6.45 p.m.) this month I have a real feast of featured poets – Nii Ayikwei Parkes, international poet, writer and publisher bringing his own brand of passion, Jacob Sam-La Rose, promoter, writer and brilliant Caribbean spoken word performer, and Jessica York, dazzling Ugandan poet with a raft of words to challenge the mundane PLUS Special Guest Poet – Oystein Wingaard Wolf flying in from Norway to join us at Angel Poetry.

As always, do come along and share the passion and the joy.

Jessica Horn at ID: Indigenous Diaspora 16 October 06

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Jessica Horn meditating on self, community and nomadology at:

ID:INDEGINOUS DIASPORA

16 October 2006 , 7-12pm (show starts at 9pm)

Bullet Bar,147 Kentish Town Rd, NW1 8PB

www.myspace.com/rougenoir

Jessica Horn at Angel Poetry: 12 Oct 06, London

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Jessica Horn

Reading from her debut collection "Speaking in Tongues"

Venue: Borders bookshop at Angel

Time: 6.45-81.5pm

FREE

show

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Inua Ellams:

date: 05/10/2007.

*ME WITH A FULL LIVE BAND*

Live music night featuring a range of styles including Soul, Hip Hop,
Funk, R&B and much more. Djs and the Remedy houseband will be filling
the Oh Bar with smooth feel good grooves and vibes till the early
hours of the morning.

With Lenea 'Ma'at' Heru, Del, Astrid, Corrine,
Kanna Elie & The Remedies, Beat Boffin.

Time: 8:30 pm

Purse/wallet Damage: £5:00
*Student discount at £3 -before 10pm

Venue:OH! BAR
111-113 Camden High St,
London, NW1 7JN

--
my pen -
is the minute hand
on the clock face
of ever.

phaze05.com

The BLACK Launch: Sat, September 2, 2006 NYC

2006-08-28T13:56:00.000Z

The BLACK launch:

Join flipped eye for the launch of Party of Black - the debut mouthmark series chapbook by Truth Thomas - and a celebration of the 7th annniversary of the release of Ainsley Burrows' Black Angels with Sky Blue Feathers.

Venue:

Bowery Poetry Club,

308 Bowery @ Bleecker

Date:

Saturday September 2, 2006 at 8pm.

FREE and is open to the public.