Contact Theatre
Oxford Road, M15 6JA Manchester

6pm-8pm

I love visiting Creative Writing groups, and this is no different! Looking forward to meeting the University of Manchester Creative Writing Students.
"Enjoy writing? Or simply want to give it a try? Maybe even you enjoy being around writers?
Then join us!
As a society we bring together writers to share their work, learn from others and simply have fun.
We run fun workshops at least once a month, such as feedback sessions, writing together and experimenting with different styles. We also try to vary our socials between a relaxed night a the pub and alcohol friendly and daytime socials too. This year we hope to extend our society and hold spoken word events, run a member-led blog and some inter-society projects, such as with the History society and the Drama society. Please contact us with ideas too as we're always open to trying new things out.
Our facebook group is https://www.facebook.com/groups/454110951444006/
See you soon!
https://uomwriters.wordpress.com/

Monday 31st October 2016
Venue:
Chetham's Library,
Long Millgate,
Manchester M3 1SB

7.30pm
Free – no booking required

When the darkness knocks...
First Draft's Halloween event at Chetham's Library

It's Halloween, and there is a darkness calling from a building that has witnessed the shadows of history flood the city. Chetham's Library has soaked itself in secrets and stories and now First Draft coming to let the building speak. Our incredible line-up of performers will be sharing new music, stories, poetry and drama to tell the tales that the building cannot speak itself.
Our performers will explore the creepy, strange and dark in this thick-walled, medieval building. Can a place ever shake it's past? And if that past is as a priests residence, a prison, a gunpowder factory, a stately home and a school — what happens when all those histories wake up at once?
#darknessknocks

First Draft is a bi-monthly Manchester-based cabaret night, showcasing brand new work: drama, fiction, poetry, music, comedy, storytelling, spoken word, and more. We aim to provide a space for writers and performers of all kinds to test out new ideas in front of a supportive audience.

https://firstdraftmcr.wordpress.com/next-events/when-the-darkness-knocks/

For Books' Sake presents That's What She Said

26th October
7pm-10pm
Tickets £4

Venue: Polari at Via,
28 Canal Street,
M1 3EZ
Manchester

It's here! We've been running That's What She Said in London for over a year and now it's finally coming North for a very special Halloween launch event.

That's What She Said is a night of storytelling, spoken word and performance written and performed by women. We welcome a wide range of speakers, showcasing everything from slam poetry, true tales and fiction to contemporary political thought and comedy. Our mission is to champion and celebrate writing by women, and to provide a platform to the writers and performers we love.

Who can you expect to see at our Halloween spoken word spooktacular? We're still finalising the line-up, but featured speakers include...

WORKER BEES, JASMINE CHATFIELD, AMY WHITELL, HANNAH KATE
&
ROSIE GARLAND

http://www.rosiegarland.com/ / @rosieauthor

We're coordinating this event in partnership with our pals at Aspidistra Books, who'll be bringing along a selection of brilliant books by the best women and LGBT writers around for you to browse and buy. All genders are welcome to attend, and we'd love to see you in your Halloween costumes, though you're of course welcome to come as you are too.

Thursday 13th October
7.30pm

The Red Shed
18 Vicarage St South,
Wakefield WF1 1QX

Red Shed Readings now approach their 25th event.
Since their inception the Readings have featured over thirty guest readers and as many support readers in addition to musical contributions of a fine and varied nature. Equally important is the open mic slot (often praised for its quality) and the half time competition which has never received praise of any description.

Click to go to Currock Press site

Verbose – bringing words to the 'burbs

Monday 26 September 2016
7.30-10pm
Free entry

Fallow cafe,
2a Landcross Road,
Fallowfield,
Manchester, M14 6NA.

Featuring Bare Fiction contributors Rosie Garland, Michael Conley and Rachel Mann.

"Fallowfield's number one live literature night"
– Manchester Evening News
"One of the best nights going"
– Manchester Wire

Verbose is a monthly spoken word night, showcasing the best poetry and prose the Rainy City (and beyond) has to offer. Each month sees special performances by featured guests from various writing collectives and independent publishers, along with an open mic, when anyone can get up and read their work – see the Open Mic tab. The event takes place on the fourth Monday of the month, at Fallow cafe in Fallowfield, Manchester. It's free entry and doors are at 7.30pm, with things kicking off at around 8pm and finishing around 10pm. Fallow is a fully licensed bar and sells some scrummy scran until 9pm.

Click to visit Verbose website

"The Careless Embrace of the Boneshaker"

"These writers are the boneshakers. Let their impact rattle, rise, and wrap itself around you."

Three Minute Theatre
Afflecks Arcade,
35-39 Oldham Street,
M1 1JG Manchester

2 September 19:00–21:00
£5 in advance or on door

great weather for MEDIA is thrilled to return to Manchester and 3MT

With great weather contributors and special guests ROSIE GARLAND, HARRY JELLEY, AMY MCCAULEY, REBECCA AUDRA SMITH, CHRIS STEWART, NADINE WEST, EMMA WOOTTON, and great weather editor JANE ORMEROD

Celebrate the publication of great weather for MEDIA's latest anthology, "The Careless Embrace of the Boneshaker" – a fearless and dynamic collection of poetry and short fiction. Based in New York City, great weather for MEDIA showcases both American and international writers. The anthology also contains an interview with musician THURSTON MOORE.

Submissions open for the 2017 anthology in October. This is the perfect opportunity to learn more about an international indie press looking for new voices.

Click to visit GWFM site

http://greatweatherformedia.com/

http://www.threeminutetheatre.co.uk/

Scary Lady Sarah and William Faith - wedding

Metro Chicago
3730 N Clark St, Chicago, Illinois 60613
28th August, 18.00 CDT

We can finally say with 100% certainty that the wedding ceremony/dinner/dancing/reception will all take place at Metro, which has been a big part of both of our musical lives for many years.

We'll be having a two-part wedding; this invitation and event page is just for our closer circle whom are invited to both. The first part will include our ceremony (6:45 sharp!), dinner, drinks & cake and then the second part (to which we will be extending our invitations separately) will be dancing & reception. If you can't make it in time for dinner but want to come to the dance party after, just let us know.

Please RSVP here so we can get an idea of how many out of town people will actually be able to attend. We hope to see you all but understand if it's not feasible. We love you either way! :)

If you are coming from out of town and would like advice or information on where to stay, please let us know. Our wedding venue, Metro, is in the area of Chicago known as Wrigleyville or Lakeview. If you're in town for a few days & want to be near our home, we're in the West Town / Ukrainian Village area.

Oh, and if your significant other wasn't invited, it's only because we probably don't have them on Facebook or they don't have an account, but do know they are also invited! Just let us know they're coming, as well!

So excited!!!

Hebden Bridge Steampunk Weekend presents:
In association with Cabaret Heaven
A Fantastical Steampunk Cabaret

The Trades Club
Holme Street
Town Centre, Hebden Bridge HX7 8EE

£12/£10 [+10% Booking fee]
Doors open 8pm

Compered by the incomparable Mysti Valentine with Mike Hancock, this night will feature the strange and wonderful, including Rosie Lugosi (Lesbian Vampire Queen), Dr Pandemonius Fish, Maynard Flip Flap, the unhinged music of Biscuithead and the Biscuit Badgers, and the The Sette of Odde Volumes. Hilarious mayhem is likely to ensue.

http://hebdensteampunk.co.uk/whats_on/whats_on.html

Saucy Shindig

Malones (venue 280)
14 Forrest Rd.
Edinburgh
EH1 2QN

Time: 9pm – 10.30pm

Join GlasVegas showgirl Roxy Stardust as she presents an hour (and a bit!) of burlesque and cabaret!
Friday 12th - Rosie Lugosi, Maisie Martini, Luna TikTok & Shir Madness – hosted by Jacques Bruxelles

http://freefringe.org.uk/edinburgh-fringe-festival/the-saucy-shindig-2/

Saucy Shindig

Malones (venue 280)
14 Forrest Rd.
Edinburgh
EH1 2QN

Time: 9pm – 10.30pm

Join GlasVegas showgirl Roxy Stardust as she presents an hour (and a bit!) of burlesque and cabaret!
Thursday 11th - Rosie Lugosi, Maisie Martini, Rebecca Rose & Shir Madness – hosted by Jacques Bruxelles

http://freefringe.org.uk/edinburgh-fringe-festival/the-saucy-shindig-2/

FREAK Circus Poetry Bordello

Venue: Woodland Creatures
260-262 Leith Walk,
Edinburgh EH6 5EL

Fringe Venue number 282

Time & date - Wednesday 10th August
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Get ready for a night of poetic passion and pulsating word-power as FREAK Circus, the resident poetry promoters at Woodland Creatures, present a programme of Britain's finest spoken word artists performing their most personal and revealing work. Funny, sexy, emotional and always mind-blowingly entertaining, the FREAK Circus Poetry Bordello is an evening that you'll remember for a long time to come.

Special Free Fringe guest – Rosie Garland on Weds 10th August!

https://tickets.edfringe.com/venues/woodland-creatures

Bare Fiction‎
Launch of The Knowledge Weapon by Annette C. Boehm.
with special guests Rosie Garland & Emma McGordon

Blackwell's Bookshop Manchester
Bridgeford Street,
nr Arthur Lewis Building,
M13 9PL Manchester
This is a free event.
Entry from 6pm ready for 6:30pm start.

Annette's book launch tour continues in Manchester with this event at Blackwell's University Bookshop with special guests Rosie Garland & Emma McGordon. (Check out our other events on this book tour in Cardiff, London & Birmingham. https://www.facebook.com/BareFiction/events )

We're a tiny press, so do feel free to bring your own booze/drinks etc and make it your own type of poetry party.

Annette C. Boehm won the Bare Fiction Debut Poetry Collection Competition 2015, as judged by award winning poet Andrew McMillan who has this to say about The Knowledge Weapon: "Open the book on any page and try not to be impressed by the command of language, the dynamism of image, the thrill of subjects which are on offer."

You can purchase a copy of the collection on the night or from our website: http://www.barefictionmagazine.co.uk/buy/books/knowledge-weapon-annette-c-boehm/

Annette C. Boehm

Annette C. Boehm is a graduate of the Center for Writers at The University of Southern Mississippi. Her chapbook The Five Parts of Love - Confabulating Sappho was published by Dancing Girl Press in 2012, and her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in UK and US journals such as New Welsh Review, Under the Radar, elimae, Chariton Review, Hawaii Pacific Review, Journal of Compressed Creative Arts and others. Her manuscript The Knowledge Weapon was also finalist for the 2015 New Issues Poetry Prize, FIELD Poetry Prize, and the Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize. She serves as a poetry reader for the online journal Memorious.

Rosie Garland

Recently named 'literary hero' by The Skinny, Rosie Garland is a novelist, poet and singer with post-punk band The March Violets. She also performs twisted cabaret as Rosie Lugosi the Vampire Queen. With a passion for language nurtured by libraries, she started out in spoken word, garnering praise from Apples and Snakes as 'one of the country's finest performance poets'.

Emma McGordon

Emma McGordon was born and raised in West Cumbria. Told from a young age she would never be much of a reader or writer, Emma developed to become a critically acclaimed spoken word artist and performer. First published at 17 by Blacksuede Boot press founded by cult poet Barry MacSweeney, Emma now features in multiple magazines and anthologies as well as being published by Tall Light House, London and Penned in the Margins.

Bridgeman Studio Award 2016: And the winner is....

http://www.bridgemanimages.com/en-GB/blog/bridgeman/post/9211/preview

Standing in The News Building at London Bridge last Thursday the view of London was extraordinary, but for once it paled in comparison to the wealth of talent on display inside the room. The judging for the Bridgeman Studio Award 2016 was an incredible mix of styles, media and the highest levels of creativity.

From almost 1,000 entries from every corner of the globe our Bridgeman Studio team of Lucy Innes Williams and Charlotte Proctor Smith had their work cut out to create a shortlist. The eventual shortlist ended up at 80 entries from over 20 different countries... and the standard was exceptional.

Judging this was not a quick process....
Rosie Garland (Author), Claire Ward (Creative Director Fiction and Non Fiction - HarperCollins), Susie Doore (Publishing Director – The Borough Press), Patrick Burgoyne (Editor – Creative Review), Victoria Bridgeman (CEO Bridgeman images) and Lucy Baxter (Commercial Director – CultureLabel.com) spent nearly three hours selecting and discussing the different entries trying to find a winner.

At stake was an incredible prize of a £1,000 commission for best-selling author Rosie Garland's next title. Rosie was an absolute joy to be around and was so honoured by all the incredible entries. Every single artist who entered this year's competition should be very proud as they made the decision very challenging.

But there has to be a winner.
And what a winner she is! Aitch, An illustrator from Bucharest, Romania is the winner for the Bridgeman Studio Award 2016. Her style of work was captivating and jumped off the wall during judging with its playful, colourful illustrations which were full of depth and charm. Congratulations Aitch!

They came so close!
Three runners up that really came close to winning the BSA2016 this year were Robert Hunter, Isabel Grosse Holtworth and Mary Kuper who each will receive a £50 gift voucher from CultureLabel.com and a selection of books from HarperCollins.
Due to the overwhelming response to the 2016 Bridgeman Studio Award we will be making further announcements for some of the artists who were chosen by each of the sponsor brands and judges. Which brand would you have liked to been chosen by?

Author: Alan Firmin
Website: http://bridgemanimages.com

Digital Marketing Director for Bridgeman Images. Strategic, Creative and Digital professional with 30 international awards, over 20 years of experience with Grey, DraftFCB, Young and Rubicam, Landor and VML. Responsibilities included managing the worlds leading companies Brand, Advertising, Marketing and Digital ecosystems.

Mugen Tea House
Scotland Street,
Sheffield
S3 7AA

Entry is £5/3

 7pm

A night of poetry and entertainment provided by neuroatypical performers - plus the Yorkshire launch of a new book, 'Autism Equality in the Workplace'.

We have two guest performers Janine Booth and Rosie Garland.
Plus local performers Sez Thomasin, Kate Garrett, Rob de Born, Carol Eades and Fran Crichlow.

The Mugen Tea room has an excellent range of teas, but no booze, so bring your own bottle and donate an opening fee. :)

FLIM NITE - The Silence of the Lambs

 What would 'Silence of the Lambs' look like distorted by poets, comedians, and musicians?

FLIM NITE is a monthly performance event based at Three Minute Theatre in Manchester's Northern Quarter. At no point do we show the film in question!

Each of our performers has been given a chunk of 'Silence of the Lambs' to turn into something new. Come and watch as our acts transform a creepy-murdery psychological horror into something unrecognisable for your viewing pleasure.

We will not be showing a movie. We will be making a flim.

ROSIE GARLAND
ALAN
HARRY JELLEY
IDIOTBOX

plus our delicious OPEN MIC

There are a limited number of open mic slots available! Email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for a slot. Remember it's flim as in FLIM and nite as in NITE. Got it? Slots are three minutes long and material must be 'Silence of the Lambs'-related.

The Three Minute Theatre, Afflecks Palace, Northern Quarter
Doors @ 7.30pm
Acts @ 8.00pm
£2 suggested donation

Word Jam Open Mic poetry and music
A special event in association with Chorlton Arts Festival
Tues 24 May
Tea Hive,
53 Manchester Rd,
Chorlton, Manchester M21 9PW.

7.30pm (doors 7pm), £5/£3.

A semaphore exploding mind flow, hosted by Tony Curry with special guests Captain of the Lost Waves and Rosie Garland.

Captain of the Lost Waves is a singer-songwriter whose effervescent tales of mirth, myth and wonder have received 5-star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Rosie Garland is a writer and performer, also well known as her alter-ego Rosie Lugosi the Vampire Queen. She is the author of five poetry collections, two novels, and is a winner of the DaDa Award for Performance Artist of the Year.

Please contact host This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to reserve your open mic spot.

http://www.chorltonartsfestival.com/

Welcome to the Surrey New Writers Festival 14th May 2016

Venue: Glive,
London Road,
Guildford, GU1 2AA

Tickets: Full Price £6 per session (Students: £4 per session) Festival Pass: £25 (Students: £20)

12.45-13.45
Panel 2, A Portfolio Career: When One Genre Isn't Enough
(Panelists: Rosie Garland, Michael Roke, Michael Bedo, Gill Hoffs)
These panelists write, publish, and perform in more than one genre; the artists on this panel work in two or more of fiction, non-fiction, journalism, poetry, and performance. How does their work in more than one genre set them apart as writers, and what are the challenges in creating and maintaining a portfolio writing career?

The Surrey New Writers Festival is an annual public festival affiliated with the Creative Writing programme at the University of Surrey. We aim to create a festival that will engage with writing and creativity in dynamic ways. Our programming is of interest not only to current and potential Surrey students, but also to the wider community of Guildford and surrounding areas.

Our 2016 Festival will take place on Saturday May 14th. Events are for the public and will be held at GLive in Guildford. Tickets can be purchased through GLive's' box-office (GLive.co.uk)
Public events include interactive discussion panels featuring novelists, scriptwriters, literary agents, publishers, and others who work in the creative industries. After the panels, we'll have a wine and nibbles reception, followed by a Saturday Night Soiree.
Join us for an exciting day of creative exchanges at the Surrey New Writers Festival!

http://www.surrey.ac.uk/englishandlanguages/literature_events/surrey_new_writers_festival/

Thursday 12th May
Time: 7-10pm
Venue: The Baronial Hall,
Chetham's Library
Long Millgate,
Manchester, M3 1SB

Free entry

A group of us are organising a poetry event called Poet's Corner which is going to be held at Chetham's Library on May 12th as part of Manchester After Hours.

We are inviting a diverse mix of local poets to perform on stage within the beautiful surroundings of one of the oldest libraries in the UK and intend to inject a sense of energy and excitement in to a typically serene and quiet environment. Our event is aimed at new and existing audiences of poetry / spoken word and encourages people to appreciate the work of contemporary poets whilst making connections to and celebrating Manchester's literary past.

http://museumsatnight.org.uk/news/manchester-after-hours/
Get the full listings at: www.creativetourist.com/manchester-after-hours
Stay tuned at #mcrafterhours

'More Raw Material'

Friday 6th May, from 6.30pm.

Sillitoe Room
Waterstones,
1-5 Bridlesmith Gate,
Nottingham NG1 2GR

An incredible evening of literature featuring the writers of UNESCO's newest city of literature & paying tribute to Nottingham's legendary author, Alan Sillitoe.

Join us for wine, nibbles, and, of course, books in the Sillitoe Room at Waterstones Nottingham with readings from More Raw Material, an incredible new anthology showcasing the best of Nottinghamshire Lit from Independent publisher, Lucifer Press.

Starring special guests, Henry Normal, Rosie Garland, Harry Paterson, Bethany W. Pope, Harry Gallagher, Robert Kenchington, Ruth Fanlight, Neil Fullwood and David Sillitoe.
Entry is free but please register in advance by calling the shop or dropping by to speak to one of our lovely booksellers!
Further details: 0115 947 0069
https://www.waterstones.com/events/more-raw-material/nottingham

Stockport Writers' Group

The group is free and open to anyone with a desire to write.
Meet at the Hatworks on second Sunday of each month, 11-1.

The Hatworks
Wellington Mill,
Wellington Road South,
Stockport SK3 0EU

Guest speaker for 10th April – Rosie Garland