Manchester Cathedral Poetry Competition

Tuesday 15th October

2.30 pm

Free, booking advised

Book on: 0843 208 0500

The winner of this year's international interfaith poetry competition will be announced at this celebratory event, featuring readings from the shortlisted poets and competition judge, Nicola Slee.

http://www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/events/manchester-cathedral-poetry-competition-297

London's Première Women's Writers Night

When? 9th October 2013

Where? The Poetry Cafe,

22 Betterton Street,

London WC2H 9BX (closest tube = Covent Garden)

Time? 8.00 p.m.

Door tax – £5.00 – £3.00 concessions

With two brilliant features every month, and a warm atmosphere, why not come and sign up for the open mic session?

ROSIE GARLAND feature for October!

Loose Muse is a monthly event set up and run by Agnes Meadows since 2005. It is London's only regular event for women writers of all genres. It takes place on the second Wednesday of each month (except August when there is no event), at the Poetry Café, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2 (nearest tube is Covent Garden). Each event starts at 8.00 p.m. and finishes around 10.00 p.m. Entry is £5.00 or £3.00 concessions.

Men are always very welcome to attend Loose Muse events – in act around 20% of our regular audience is made up of men who find the evenings interesting and informative, which is very good news.

Amuse- Bouche

An evening of poetic comedy.

Steph Pike presents a spoken word night with a twist – featuring Rosie Garland as guest

Time: 8pm (show lasts approx. 2hrs)

Price: £3

The first ever UK Women in Comedy Festival will be held across Greater Manchester from October 1st until 27th 2013.

The festival is a cross-collaboration between the growing number of women's comedy producers, performers and supporters, spearheaded by Hazel O'Keefe founder of Laughing Cows Comedy. Celebrating all things funny and female across a variety of platforms including live performances, comedy theatre, spoken word, book readings, sketch, improvisation, photography, workshops and debates.

To go to Women in Comedy Festival main website - click this link

Just returned from a week on the Isle of Arran, Scotland...

A week spent in the company of wonderful writers such as Gerry Potter, Mel Rees, Stevie Turner, John G Hall, Sarah Miller, Chanje Kunda, Steve Waling, Steph Pike, Anna Percy, Leanne Bridgewater, Charlotte Henson - and so many more I can't list them here!

Peaceful mornings spent sitting at my window in Lamlash, overlooking Holy Isle. I did my morning pages with a pot of coffee, watching the seals swim in to take up position on the rocks.

Poetry and stories to lift your spirits and take away the blues

"A gothic twist"

6pm- 8pm poetry/ creative writing workshop

The workshop will be run by our special guest writer Rosie Garland. The workshop theme is 'writing from a different angle'. Suitable for new writers as well as those who have been writing for ages. The sessions are a relaxed way to share poetry, ideas and creativity. No writing or poetry experience necessary.

8pm -10pm poetry performance/reading with open mic

Guest writer

Rosie Garland is an eclectic writer and performer, ranging from singing in cult gothic band The March Violets, to twisted alter-ego Rosie Lugosi the Vampire Queen. She has five solo collections of poetry and is winner of the DaDa Award for Performance Artist of the Year and a Poetry Award from the People's Café, New York.

Rosie won the Mslexia Novel competition in 2012 and her debut novel 'The Palace of Curiosities' was published in March 2013 by HarperCollins. http://www.rosiegarland.com/

"I've always found myself writing about outsiders; whoever they might be. I'm interested in characters who won't (or can't) squeeze into the one-size-fits-all templates they have been provided, and the friction that occurs when they try. I love exploring what happens on the outside, on the edge, on the fringes.'

Open mic: This is an opportunity to share- bring your own poems or poems that have a twist or show things from an unusual angle. Musicians also very welcome to perform.

Everyone welcome, no writing experience necessary

A FREE event

Hard Rain Poetry is a voluntary community project

which encourages local creative expression.

Supported by Isis cafe

Sessions run on the last Monday of every month

Loose Muse Women's Poetry Anthology Launch

Doors open 7.30pm

Performances start 8pm

Featuring 5 Manchester poets (including Rosie Garland, Steph Pike, Rebecca Audra Smith and others)

and 2 London Poets.

Plus Open Mic

(The open mic is women only but men are very welcome to attend and listen to some amazing women's poetry)

http://loose-muse.com/

Stirred @Queer Alt.Manchester

Date: Friday 23rd August

Time: 6pm

Venue: The PentHouse NQ,

http://thepenthousenq.com/

'Resistance may only be a paper's width

but use it all'

- Anna Percy

Stirred will be performing feminist, queer poetry at The PentHouse as part of Queer Alt.Manchester.

Featuring Rosie Garland, Sarah Logan, Rebecca Audra Smith, Anna Percy, Steph Pike and others tbc.

Come give your support to this free alternative festival.

http://stirredpoetry.wordpress.com/2013/07/21/mass-writing-is-action/

https://www.facebook.com/Q.Alt.Manchester

'Because we feel-we can act.

Inaction is a weapon of mass destruction.'

https://www.facebook.com/events/570566976336265/

The Isle of Arran Poetry Adventure 2013

A week of writing workshops on the beautiful isle of Arran, facilitated by

Gerry Potter-Poet, Rosie Garland, Steph Pike, Anna Percy, John G.Hall, Steve Waling, Leanne Bridgewater, Chanje Kunda and more.

neo:studios

is an artist led, not-for-profit organisation, founded to aid the development of creative practitioners.

http://www.neoartists.co.uk/

Each month for the duration of 2013 neo:writers will be publishing and promoting the work of a different poet.

My new poem 'Eclipse' is featured for June 2013. Plus Scott Devon interviews me...

Read my new poem and the interview here

A Summer Soirée

Fundraising dinner event for the new teenage cancer unit at The Christie in Robert Broude's name.

Guests and speakers include Val McDermid – crime writer, author of ITV's 'Wire in the Blood', Susan Calman - stand-up comedian, writer & actress and Rosie Garland – author, poet and performance artist.

Yet again, this promises to be a popular event, numbers are limited, so please contact us ASAP if you would like tickets.

Bev Shupac 0161-766-2132 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Madeleine Morrison 07764 679 065 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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