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A great big thanks to everyone who helped organise and celebrate the Morden Tower's 45 Birthday. On June the 16 some of the northeast's finest came together to celebrate nearly half a century of poetry and music in the medieval walls of the city. With special thanks to Lee Etherington, Stevie Ronnie, Paul Summers, Nev Clay, Rosie, Christina La Provost, Chris Phillips and everyone who joined us.

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The second BHS North East Haiku Workshop to be held at Newcastle's Morden Tower on 24 May 2009 proved popular, with many new faces turning up. Peter Mortimer, founder and editor of Iron Press, led the afternoon, not an easy task given our varied levels of experience. What was lovely was how quickly our reserve faded and trust developed, so that we felt able to express our opinions without fear of

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A Strong Song Tows Us Award-winning writer Lee Hall (Billy Elliot and The Pitman Painters) goes on a personal journey through a history of English poetry. In “A Strong Song Tows Us,” Lee examines an alternative tradition where poetry is the preserve of ordinary working people - and not just the formally educated. Exploring the themes of class, art, politics and culture, he uncovers the surprising

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Tall Tales & Short Stories will be at Morden Tower 20 March 09 on World Story Telling Daymore about Tall Tales & Short Stories here here

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Thursday 3 MarchFoyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2009.Poetry Competition for 16 - 17 year olds with the Poetry SocietyInviting teachers, youth leaders and education practitioners to attend the launch to find out more about the Foyle Young Poets Award, as well as the Poetry Society’s extensive programme ofwork in schools and with budding young poets.The Sage GatesheadHall two - 4.30-5.30pm for

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Pictures from the Tall Tales 'Winter Tales' event at the tower

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The 2009 Northern Writers’ Awards are open to submissions from writers of prose or poetry until January 20th, 2009, at midday. Writers are invited to submit up to 5,000 words or up to 20 poems of a work in development, for a chance to share an award pot of £25,000.The Awards are open to any resident of the North-East (Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and the Tees Valley) writing

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Introduced by Bill Lancater with readings by; Maggie O' Sullivan, John Seed, Alan Halsey, Clive Fencott, Trevor Joyce, Collin Simms, Peter Manson, Tom Pickard and Lee Hall. - All event photos here http://flickr.com/photos/mordentower/sets/

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Join us on Saturday when we celebrate the life and work of Bill Griffiths. Friends and admirers come together in the Morden Tower to share their memories, read from his and their work in tribute to a much loved friend, poet and promoter of the Geordie vernacular.Introduced by Bill Lancaster who will talk about the 'Wor Language Project' and Bill Griffith's extraordinary contribution to the

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To Jim Bennett, Poetry Kit and everyone that sent emails to Connie.One of the loveliest things that has happened to me was receiving your letter informing me that I had been awarded the Ted Slade Award, and that my name would be put on a Crystal Goblet next to that of my old friend Michael Horovitz. Not just because it is given by people like myself and to many friends like Sally Evans who

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THE TED SLADE AWARD This award which is named after the founder of THE POETRY KIT (www.poetrykit.org) is given each year to a person who has dedicated themselves over a long period to the promotion of poetry. The award is made to an outstanding individual who has selflessly worked for the good of all poets. A person who has given their time and energies to ensuring the continuance of

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John Hegley reading Zebra August 07

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Bill Griffiths 1948-2007 A Commemoration Readings, recordings, music and appreciations by poets, friends and family will be held on Saturday, 17th November.2-5 pm.Council Room, Birkbeck College,Malet Street, London WC1 (Nearest Tube: Russell Sq. or Goodge St.)Refreshments, Battenberg cakes and other favourite cakes of Bills

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'tara, marra'It is with great sadness that the first Tower post is to mourn the sad loss of our good friend Bill Griffiths.9.45-am Saturday 15 September This time Last Saturday was Dialect Day : the Morden Tower’s annual contribution to Heritage Weekend. I was in the Tower waiting for Bill Griffiths to lead the event, usually he would have been here long before this time. In fact when I would

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