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 | That's right, I'm starting something. A culmination of the brilliant people and things I've beeen telling you about for months in one night. The essentials:
OnWords & UpWords, FRIDAY 3.July.09, 7pm, cost £7, The Horse Bar, 124 Westminster Bridge Road, London.
(Lambeth North is your nearest tube). Our special guest is HOMECUT, whose debut album, No Freedom Without Sacrifice is chalking up some excellent reviews. This emcee / producer's new debut single features Corinne Bailey Rae + Soweto Kinch and the album also features the likes of J-Live and members of Cinematic Orchestra. So we're honoured to showcase his dynamic soul lyricism in a special O&U acoustic set. |
Find out more Swish
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Angry and frustrated by the ridiculous pressures on us to conform to the narrow and unattainable body images that we see every day in magazines, I launched the Body Gossip National Writing Competition.
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Find out more about it at @bodygossip. For more information, email: ruth@bodygossip.org
Featuring Olive Senior, Courttia Newland, Sophie Woolley, Manzu Islam and Gemma Weekes, these are tales from the Caribbean, the English countryside, and even the future.
Thursday 2 July 2009, 7.45pm, Purcell Room, Southbank, London
More info southbankcentre_globalvillage |  | Global Village-
A perfectly blend of original music and Tell Tale promise. |
SABLE LITMAG brings Olive Senior to the UK for Courses, Workshops, Readings and more 22 JUNE – 10 JULY
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Jamaican born Olive Senior is the prize-winning author of four books of poetry, three books of fiction and four non-fiction books on Caribbean culture including the Encyclopedia of Jamaica Heritage and Working Miracles: Women’s Lives in the English Speaking Caribbean. Her short story collections include Summer Lightning (winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize), Arrival of the Snake-Woman and Discerner of Hearts. Her poetry books include Talking of Trees, Gardening in the Tropics (winner of the F.J. Bressani Literary Prize), Over the Roofs of the World (finalist for Canada’s Governor- General’s Award and Cuba’s Casa de la Americas Prize) and Shell (finalist for the Pat Lowther Award). She is the recipient of many other fellowships and awards including the Gold Medal of the Institute of Jamaica.
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Selected Events:-
WRITING AS CRAFT : MOVING THE STORY FORWARD, 27 June 09
Time: 1pm-6pm, Cost: £10 / price to Inscribe writers - £5
Venue: Peepal Tree Press, 17 Kings Avenue, Leeds, LS6 1QS
http://www.peepaltreepress.com
Tel. +44 0113 245 1703
Looks at building a greater awareness of fiction techniques: plot, importance of conflict, point of view, characterization, scene and settings, etc.
Glasgow University , Graduate Studies Distinguished Writer Series presents (7 July 09)
a lecture by Olive Senior - 'HEARING VOICES: INVITING THE OUTSIDERS INTO THE TEXT'
Introduced by Kei Miller
Time: 5.30-7pm (wine reception follows), Cost: Free
Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Building, room 101, (opp. Glasgow University Union)
Kelvin Way, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ. Tel. +44 (0) 20 7272 488
Kadija George, Find out more kadijageorge@gmail.com or visit
www.sablelitmag.org
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Our next exciting author event will be on the
25th June 2009 at 5.45pm-8pm
with author Anthony Painter talking about his new book, Barack Obama: The Movement for Change.
The venue will be at Walsall Town Hall, Lichfield Street, Walsall.
Book signings from the award-winning author, Question and answer sessions, Readings and more...
As always places are in demand and limited. Book your free
place(s) now by email. All correspondence to:
thebrgreadinggroup@yahoo.co.uk |
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"It's a little late but there's still time (just about)."
Submissions are being accepted until Monday, 1st June 2009.
The deadline is fast approaching for SCBWI British Isles’s second Undiscovered Voices anthology contest. This is a great opportunity for unagented, unpublished writers living in the British Isles to break out of the slush pile.
Please visit www.undiscoveredvoices.com for more details.
Any questions on eligibility or submission guidelines should be directed to scbwianthology@hotmail.co.uk. |
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Reggae lover and a photographer, Roman Vesper was lucky to live in Jamaica
for
many years and began to take photos of vintage recording artists while working
at
Studio One in Jamaica.
"The main aim of this exhibition is to keep those who laid down
the
foundation of reggae music in the public consiousness...many of these icons of
Jamaica's history are being forgotten and many of these singers and musicians
have
passed away since I left Jamaica in June 2004."
For further details contact: Emmanuel Amevor 020 7254 9632
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Exhibition at Centerprise Gallery (Centerprise, 136 Kingsland High Street, London E8 2NS) from 1 May to 20 June 2009
(1 May for private viewing, plus poetry by the I-Storians featuring Ngoma Silver, Dimela and Oma-ra of the
Hackney Writers Group)
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Next week we will be attending Word at the Y in Leicester on Tuesday 5 May 2009, 8pm. Word is an awesome Open Mic (sign up in advance) night with a guest headliner. This time it's Ann Sansom.
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This interdisciplinary conference is
concerned with the ‘hypothetical
premises about human kinds’ which,
once supported by prestigious
knowledge in such fields as
anthropology, sociology, linguistics
and biology, became embedded as
commonsense culture in the latenineteenth
century. Our focus is on the
race discourses, which were, and still
are, fundamental to the ways in which
modern society and culture thinks
itself. | | Nawal el Saadawi in conversation with Kadija (George) Sesay on 3 April from 1pm - 2 pm in the Small Cinema in the Richard Hoggart Building of Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London, SE14 6NW, UK |
Venues: Goldsmiths, University of London and the Stephen Lawrence Trust, London
further info: gold.ac.uk/rmwc2009
Dates: April 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 2009
(Some tickets may still be available) Register interest
in attending by emailing:
rmwc2009@gold.ac.uk.
At Centerprise on Saturday 4th April 2009, 7pm
136 - 138 Kingsland High Street, London, E8 2NS (020 7254 9632), Tickets £3
 | Nubian Spirit is a rare documentary which unravels the legacy of ancient
Sudan
through an exploration of the history and spiritual mythology of the
original
peoples of the Nile Valley. Digging deep into the region's contribution to
modern civilization, it looks at such disciplines as astronomy,
architecture and science. Features interviews with leading
pan-African
scholars, Robin Walker, K.N Chimbiri, Anthony Browder and Dr Kimani Nehusi
plus
Screening followed by a Q&A discussion with the director,
Louis Buckley. |
Courtesy Emmanuel
Centerprise Literature presents
Spring Literary Festival
6 - 18 March 2009
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6th Mar 09 Festival launch by Hackney
Writers Group featuring the
I-storians viz., Oma-Ra, Dimela
& Ngoma Silver. Plus Poets &
Artistes from Black Women in
the Arts
11th Mar 09 Dwain Chambers will reading
and signing copies of his
autobiography: Race Against
Me – My Story.
Venue: Manor
Gardens Welfare Trust, 6-9
Manor Gardens, London N7 6LA.
Time: 4pm - 6pm Adm: Free.
Contact: Tel: 020 7561 5267 |
13th Mar David Simon author of How
to Unlock your Child Genuis.
launches his latest book, ‘How to
Unlock your Family’s Genius’.
15th Mar Michael Anthony, Trinidadian
author of All That Glitters and
other titles reads and discusses
his work. Supported by the
Hackney Calypso Tent featuring
Tobago Crusoe, Deloris Francis
and De Alberto. Admission: £6
conc: £5. Time: 4pm-10pm. |
And more. Events general held at: Centerprise, 136 Kingsland High Street, London E8 2NS, Time: 6.30 pm-10pm, Admission: £3.
unless otherwise stated.
More info:
eamevor@centerprisetrust.org.uk or iterature@centerprisetrust.org.uk,
t: 020 7254 9632
The Consortium are working to deliver a series of three one-day showcase and conference events exploring aspects of live literature. Each day will have a specific focus – creating, producing and marketing live literature – and involve a mix of speakers, seminars, panel discussions and opportunities to see work.
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Dates:
Creating, Thursday 11 June 2009, Brewery Arts, Kendal;
Producing, Thursday 24 September 2009, Albany, Deptford;
Marketing, TBC February 2010, Brewhouse, Taunton;
To find out more:
www.litup.org
If you are interested in showcasing your work at these events, please tell us what you have to offer. Send to Jill Bellamy, Lit Up Producer, at litupproducer@googlemail.com by no later than 5pm on 11 March 2009.
Are you ready for our poetry and fiction Masterclass?
You need to be committed, ready to wake up early, and work all day - then share the cooking with colleagues in the evening at the beautiful John Osborne Centre, The Hurst, in Shropshire.
This partnership with the Arvon Foundation is open to help writers of African / Asian / Middle Eastern descent, bring their work up to publishable standard; to assist writers with a poetry or short story collection or novel. Taking place 22 - 27 June 2009. For further details email: info@sablelitmag.org
Kadija George
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Jacob Ross (reading of his work at Borders, Leeds, 20 February 09) is often described as 'a writer's writer' because of his mastery of narrative and the stunning versatility with which he deploys language. His debut novel, Pynter Bender has received fantastic reviews.
Just to let you know;
former Poet Laureate for Birmingham, Dreadlockalien, will be visiting the black reading group on the 19 February from 4.45pm-6pm at Walsall Central Library. Dreadlockalien is looking for some work to be read and performed live at the event held at the Forest Arts Media Centre in Walsall on the 5 March. Famous poet, Tony Stringfellow, will be paying the group a visit too. It will be an informal chat about the themes for the group's new writing on pride and identity in Walsall. They will be showcasing their poetry writing skills. So if you can, do please come along.
at Walsall Central Library
Lichfield Street,
Walsall, WS1 1TR
On 19.February.2009
- 4.45pm-6.00pm
Contact: Sonia Dixon on 01922653137 or dixons@walsall.gov.uk |
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| Prima is running a regular section in the magazine where we publish short stories by readers. This is a great chance for you to see your name in print. For the winner there will be a £200 prize and a one-year subscription to Prima, while two runners-up will also receive a subscription to Prima. The stories need to be based on a real life experience - written up in a creative way - and should be no more than 500 words. They can be moving and emotional or light-hearted and funny. If you'd like to submit a story, please email it to yourwinningstory@natmags.co.uk - Good luck! |
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Features Writer, Prima
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Ever felt like writing a story about your mother?
"My Mama Monologues" © is a staged reading to be held at multiple locations on
Mother’s Day weekend, May 9-10, 2009. The reading will include a diverse mix of
selected stories, written by members of the public, about their mothers. |
To find out more contact: Pat@MyMamaMonologues.com (Ms Pat Masumoto, Wailuku HI, USA). Submission deadline 1 February 2009.
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Dear Writers, Readers and Contributors,
Just wanted to wish you all an Optimistic, highly Creative and
HAPPY NEW YEAR. To thank you for all you interest, contributions
and the 100 thousand plus unique visits you made to the site in 2008.
With many regards and much respect,
Khome
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Are you interested in joining the 'Some of Us are Brave' Team (Pacifica Radio - KPFK 90.7fm - Los Angeles) as an intern or volunteer? We're looking for dedicated, self-starters to join us in furthering the voices of Black women on the radio airwaves. If you are interested, drop us an email at someofusarebrave@gmail.com
About Some of Us are Brave
The mission of Some of Us are Brave Radio is to provide an empowering space for women of Afrikan descent to speak our truth and present our perspectives to the world. We work to be a resource for the communities from which we come, and to make a contribution to the global movement for racial, economic, political and social justice.
Tune in to Some of Us are Brave Radio every Thursday from 2PM-3PM on 90.7fm Los Angeles, 98.7 fm Santa Barbara, and throughout the planet at KPFK.org. |
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Exhibition of Mondongo's Art Work at
Maddox Arts, 52 Brook's Mews, London W1K 4ED, 21 Nov 08 - 10 Jan 09
Mondongo’s work now has an international impact beyond their Buenos Aires gallery, with works collected by board members of the Tate Gallery and the Museum of Modern Art (New York).
Mondongo’s work is held in public and private collections worldwide and they have exhibited at the Valencia and Sao Paolo biennials, shown in the USA, Spain and Latin America and are scheduled to exhibit in Korea, 2009.
Mondongo's Art is 'multi-media' in every sense of the word and this is their first UK exhibition. |
An original stage play, presented by the church’s Liturgical Fine Arts Department, written by Damita Ford and directed by Alretha Thomas.
Avery, Susan Bacon, is the oldest of four sisters portrayed by Palanda Brownlow (Antoinette), Kelly Robertson (Angela) and Adai Lamar of KJLH Radio (Anita). The sisters middle class, Christian upbringing seems Idyllic. However, beneath the good and moral surface, the keeping of secrets has taken its toll on certain lives.
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Where: First New Christian Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, pastored by Dr. Norman, S. Johnson, Sr. Located at 1555 W. 108th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90047, 323-756-2541.
When: 19, 20 December at 7:00pm and 21 December 2008 at 4:00pm
Two schoolboy friends divided by murder: Any Which Way is a life-changing play about knife crime and its consequences.
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Any Which Way, a timely and powerful new play about knife crime, commissioned by the charity Only Connect, opened
at the Only Connect Theatre on 4 November. The play is written by David Watson, based on the true stories of exoffenders,
and performed by cast of ex-offenders and professional actors. The production will also mark the launch of
Only Connect's new venue - the Only Connect Theatre, WC1. | 
Only Connect is a pioneering new charity, founded by husband-and-wife team Danny and Emma Kruger in 2006. Only
Connect's rehabilitation programme for prisoners, ex-offenders and young people at risk of exclusion is rapidly
putting it at the forefront of fighting crime. |
Cast includes Alicya Eyo (Denny Blood in ITV's Bad Girls), Clare Perkins (Beverley in Bullet Boy) alongside
former Wormwood Scrubs and Pentonville inmates. Directed by Maggie Norris (Bad Girls:
The Musical), and Emma Kruger (Artistic Director, Only Connect) with video design by Mic Pool, lighting design by
Kristina Hjelm, composer and sound design by Kath Gotts, fight direction by Kate Waters.
Venue: Only Connect Theatre, 32 Cubitt Street, London WC1X 0LR
3 - 29 November 2008
Mon-Sat 8pm
Sat matinees 3pm
Tickets £15 (£10 conc.)
Box office 0844 477 1000
onlyconnectuk.org
Simi will be talking about her new controversial book: Not With Silver at the next of our regular meetings which features: question and answer sessions; poetry, music / readings, book signings and more...
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The Times, "Satisfying and traditional family saga -a total-immersion novel that sweeps the reader across centuries and continents... Powerful and gripping"
Come meet Simi Bedford and hear more about her acclaimed book.
at Walsall Central Library
Lichfield Street,
Walsall, WS1 1TR
On 13.November.2008 - 4.45pm-6.00pm
Contact: Sonia Dixon 01922 653137 or dixons@walsall.gov.uk |
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Come to the edge, he said. We are afraid, they said. Come to the edge, he said.
They came. He pushed them, and they flew. Apollinaire.
Ripping Pages. Open mic.
The Edge of Town, Regent Square, Northampton.
Tuesday 4th November 08, 8pm
Come join us. Do.
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The workshop days (based in Birmingham area) are to enable anyone who has an interest in being creative to realise their potential creativity. The workshops are held within my artist studio at weekends. This informal environment enhances creativity, through experimentation and simply having a go. Group and one to one tuition will be given with the aim of developing the creative process." |  |
Contact Penny for further information: Penny Mason, email: artist@pennymason.co.uk
http://www.pennymason.co.uk/
Limited weekend dates available Nov 08, Jan and Feb 09. Fees must be paid in advance.
Egyptologist and renowned Historian, Anthony T.
Browder will give a ground breaking lecture on his latest work, Egypt on the
Thames. He argues that Ancient Nile Valley Culture has had a profound effect on the
development
of ancient civilisations in Greece and Rome and modern culture in France,
Britain, Germany and the USA.
Venue: Centerprise, 136 Kingsland High Street, London E8 2NS
Admission: £10/ 8 conc.
Date: Saturday, 1st Nov. 2008, 7pm - 10pm
Emmanuel Amevor, FCCA, Chief Exec, Centerprise Trust Ltd,
Tel. 020 7254 9632 |
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I'll be EXPERIMENTING..
at Chemistry (groovelabmusic.com), a live music night, run by the producer of my forthcoming album, Gavin Holligan. It boasts some great musical talent. It's one of my last shows for the year, come down and support us:
Thursday 6th November 2008, Doors 7pm
Southside Bar, 144 Brixton Hill, SW2 1SD
Buses: 333, 250, 159, 133, 109, 59, 45
Tube: Brixton
Entry: £7 before 9pm, £10 thereafter
verbswish.com |
We'll be celebrating Black History Month again, the 60th anniversary of Windrush with author Victor Richards performing his poetry and talking about his book, adapted from three one man plays, "Streets Paved with Gold", "Return to the Caribbean" and "Children of the first generation"; at Walsall Central Library on the 16th October 2008. Plus Jazz / funk band and Poetry, music / readings, book signings and more!
at Walsall Central Library
Lichfield Street,
Walsall, WS1 1TR
On 16.October.2008
- 5.45pm-8.00pm
Contact: Sonia Dixon on 01922653137 or dixons@walsall.gov.uk |
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I’ve got a new book of poetry out on October 29th 2008,
it’s called Listener (published by Canongate books £8.99)
You can order it now...Go on you know you want to.
Visit Lemn's site at: www.lemnsissay.com for more info. |
An exhibition of Samantha Hobson's work at the October Gallery,
24 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3AL. From 11 Sept - 11 Oct 2008.
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"At 27, Samantha Hobson is one of a handful of young celebrated Aboriginal artists exhibiting widely both in her native Australia and abroad.
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Samantha Hobson began painting with the Lockhart River Art Gang, a group of young Indigenous painters from the remote Lockhart River community on the east coast of the far northern tip of Queensland."
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 | The leading literary festival for people of African descent.
Dozens of authors, Thousands of books, Talks, Debates, Literary Agents, and more. Come visit
on 10, 11 and 12 October 2008
10am to 8pm
At the Emirates Stadium, London
Arsenal Stadium Conference Halls, Drayton Park, N5 1BU
Admission Free
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For info: centerprisetrust.org.uk, Tel 020 7254 9632
"A number of performance dates and your chance to see / hear the thoughtful, rootsful, expressive poet Marcia Calame..."
Also see: Marcia Calame, Marcia's work at Unheardwords.
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Hosted by Nicole Moore
At The Poetry Café,
22 Betterton Street,
Covent Garden, London WC2H 9BX
Venue Tel: 020 7420 9887/8
Thursday, 25.September.2008
Admission: £5
(7:30pm open mics, event 8.00pm to 10.00pm) |
Presents - Journeys -
with Writers / Performers
Ursula Troche - started writing and performing poetry in 1998
Christine Bell - Christine's childhood ambition was to be a writer and a teacher.
All poets welcome and encouraged to come along.
Tel. for more info 07846 542321
You are invited to meet famous author, Mike Gayle, at
Walsall Central Library, who will be talking about his books:
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Mike Gayle is a British author and freelance journalist contributing to a variety of magazines including FHM and Sunday Times Style. He was agony aunt for Just Seventeen and Bliss before he wrote books.
Book signings/ Question and answer sessions, readings and a jazz/funk band with poetry! |  |  |
at Walsall Central Library
Lichfield Street,
Walsall, WS1 1TR
On 18.September.2008 - 4.45pm-6.00pm
Contact: Sonia Dixon 01922 653137 or dixons@walsall.gov.uk |
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 | The site for arts and culture that tears doors off their hinges, resides on the outskirts of the mainstream, and looks out further still. The home of Smidgen, Slice, and all other nice words naughty geniuses crave.
Make yourself comfortable at our virtual roundtable. After all, there's always room for pie. |
LaMonique Hamilton
http://www.pumpkinpiepublishing.com/
We look forward to seeing you at the next of our regular meetings which feature: question and answer sessions; poetry, music / readings;
book signings and more...
Come meet and hear about Alex Wheatle's latest book.
The Dirty South is the third in a trilogy of books that started with ISLAND SONGS & EAST OF ACRE LANE.
It's a family history that starts in rural Jamaica and ends in modern urban Brixton, spanning three generations.
'Beautifully written, funny and full of insight', The Times
'Alex Wheatle weaves witty patois dialogue and cool, crisp narrative into a tone of playful irony, wholly free of rant or rancour', Daily Telegraph |  |
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at Walsall Central Library
Lichfield Street,
Walsall, WS1 1TR
On 14.August.2008 - 4.45pm-6.00pm
Contact: Sonia Dixon 01922 653137 or dixons@walsall.gov.uk |
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SHANGWE POETRY NIGHT
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Hosted by Nicole Moore
At The Poetry Café,
22 Betterton Street,
Covent Garden, London WC2H 9BX
Venue Tel: 020 7420 9887/8
Thursday, 31.July.2008
Admission: £5 (£3 Concessions)
(7:30pm open mics, event 8.00pm to 10.00pm) |
Presents - Home & Belonging
Confirmed Artists
Akuba - experienced college / university lecturer / social researcher and African performance storyteller
Cezanne - artist and poet, who combines her artwork with her poetry to create a unique performance.
All poets welcome and encouraged to come along.
Tel. for more info 07846 542321
At The Romany, Trinity Avenue, Northampton. 5.August.2008. 8pm.
There will be words, music and food. See you there
Thanks to everybody who supported / performed at our first birthday party. We're received lots of positive feedback. Caple Spence.
Ripping Pages -a kind and loving home for Northampton's literature.
Poetic Intervention
is an upcoming conscious spoken words band from the midlands, they fuse poetry with jazz & funk style music
Poetic Intervention is looking for...
Performance Poets; Folk/spoken words bands;
Roots/World music bands;
Jazz/funk/ fusion bands
From...
Leicester;
Nottingham;
Birmingham;
Derby;
Northamptonshire;
Walsall;
Coventry;
Peterborough
To collaborate and organise events, to showcase and share the stage with.
They are looking for artists who have an interest in the conscious or underground music scene or who like to inspire and enlighten with words or music with meaning.
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With this mutual exchange of respect, they hope to gain support and support other performers from the midlands, to bring more conscious minded acts to the stage.
For more information please get in contact:
poetic_intervention@hotmail.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/poeticintervention
Are celebrating their first anniversary (with a bit of a do)
When: Tuesday 8.July.08
The Edge of Town
Regent Squarev
Northampton
From 7pm
Open Mic.
Food, Music, Possibly dancing!
Whatever with the past has gone, the best is always yet to come.
Ripping Pages -a kind and loving home for Northampton's literature.
We would like to invite you to our next exciting meeting when Thelma Perkins (-pictured) will be talking about her book, Roundabouts (gentle tale of late and unexpected love threatened by racial fears) and author Bolaji Akinwale will be discussing his book. Grandma's Moonlight Tales (a compilation of short traditional stories from south western Nigeria).
at Walsall Central Library
Lichfield Street,
Walsall, WS1 1TR
On 10.July.2008
- 4.45pm-6.00pm
Contact: Sonia Dixon 01922 653137 or dixons@walsall.gov.uk |
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WORDS of Colour - Presents
Getting it done! From Idea to First Draft
A TWO-PART FEATURE WRITING WORKSHOP
For budding Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic writers
When is it taking place and where?
Dates: Saturday 5th July & Saturday 19th July 2008
Time: 10.30pm-4.30pm
Venue: HackneyMuseum, Technology & Learning Centre,
1 Reading Lane
(off
Mare Street
) E8 1GQ
Tel: 020 8356 3500
Who is it for?
Novelists and playwrights who want to write features,
Budding journalists who have great ideas, but don't know how to translate them into workable features.
Relatively new freelancers who need some direction (and more commissions).
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The workshops will be facilitated by Joy Francis, Visiting Lecturer in Journalism at the London College of Communications, former editor of PRIDE and Public Sector who has over 15 years of journalistic experience on trade, BAME, online and national media (from The Guardian to Channel 4 online) and in broadcasting (BBC radio/TV, GMTV and Sky News).
Booking: Email info@wordsofcolour.co.uk by Wednesday 25th June to secure
For more information email info@wordsofcolour.co.uk or call Joy on 0771 382 7372.
SHANGWE POETRY NIGHT
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A monthly event hosted by Achilles
Upstairs in the Studio at The Poetry Café,
22 Betterton Street,
Covent Garden, London WC2H 9BX
Venue Tel: 020 7420 9887/8
Thursday, 26.June.2008
Admission: £5 (£3 Concessions)
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Presents - Freedom for the people
Confirmed Artists
Sheree Mack
G.R.E.E.D.S
All of you poets out there are encouraged to bring your pieces about FREEDOM. This can be freedom from a bad relationship, or what it means to you be free...
All poets welcome and encouraged to come and join the ever growing poetic family that is Shangwe.
Tel. for more info 07957 736 706
Ripping Pages -a kind and loving home for Northampton's literature.
Hello everyone.
This month's competition (closing date 30.June.08) is in conjunction with a local art charity called Different Journeys.
The main aim of this charity is to help nurture positive, informed attitudes towards the very serious problem of drug and alcohol abuse.
Due to a lack of focus on the 'journey' to dependency, it is easy to become judgmental or indifferent towards the subject. This is something that affects people from all walks of life, and the routes to this problem are numerous.
What we are looking for is (up to) 1000 words of prose or a poem expressing your response to one of the following: bereavement or depression;
a need to conform to peer groups;
events that might lead to low self esteem;
problematic use of drugs and alcohol;
the never ending party that became the never ending nightmare;
the legacy of physical, emotional or sexual abuse.
All submissions will be considered for exhibitions across the UK culminating in an auction to raise money for CAN.
Don't worry, we will still be providing a prize for the best stuff that we received. Winner announced next month. Good luck! Caple Spence.
Hello,
| Just a quick word in your ear regarding the brand new issue of zafusy, available to read online now and featuring excellent work from Clare Pollard, AnnMarie Eldon, Brian Gatz, Matthew Kaler, Aaron Koppel and Diana Magallon. We hope you enjoy. |  |
You are invited to
the 2008 documentary fund raiser
and art exhibition
at:
Newark Public Library in Newark, NJ
On Saturday 28.June.08, 9:00am to 1:00pm
For information about the film visit poetstation.8m.com |
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Come and meet our local guest authors, Jennifer Blake,
Evadne Drysdale and Pat Houslin who will be talking about their compelling book:
"Through blood, Sweat and Tears" – a book that captures the lives of West Indians who came to Walsall, and their experiences of living in Walsall.
at Walsall Central Library
Lichfield Street,
Walsall, WS1 1TR
On 12.June.2008
- 4.45pm-6.00pm
Contact: Sonia Dixon 01922 653137 or dixons@walsall.gov.uk |
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At Univibe (based within JJM Studios), wonderfully warm, vintage equipment and hi end modern processing/recording is seamlessly combined to provide recordings of flawless quality, and huge character. Alongside our studio we provide a unique live recording service, allowing artists to professionally record their entire set or repertoire on a tight budget.
Basic studio hourly rate from £30 per hour. More info: myspace.com/jjmstudios |
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SHANGWE POETRY NIGHT
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A monthly event hosted by Achilles
Upstairs in the Studio at The Poetry Café,
22 Betterton Street,
Covent Garden, London WC2H 9BX
Venue Tel: 020 7420 9887/8
Thursday, 29.May.2008
Admission: £5 (£3 Concessions)
8.00pm to 10.00pm |
Presents - Themed 'Self Expression' Night
Confirmed Artists: Saran Green, Comfort, Lyrically Gifted, Alex Quest, Lanre Sulola
"...so come along as yourself and be yourself."
Tel. for more info 07957 736 706
Merseyside Maritime Museum. Albert Dock. 17.May.08 12pm - 4pm
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Singers, Poets, Storytellers and artwork will be on display at Merseyside Maritime Museums Dockside Gallery.
"Everyone is invited and it's FREE. So come along join in the fun, sing along, listen to poets reciting their own poetry, hear the story of Liverpool artists Wiilliam and Henry Carling. Veiw artwork and talk to some of the people who are taking part in the Face of the City arts project." -Paul Miller
Part of Liverpool's 2008 European Capital of Culture programme.
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List of performers: Eileen Kyriacou - Poetry;
Cath Bore - Short Story;
Suzanne Flynn - Poet/Singer/Guitarist;
Linda Walters - Poetry;
Phil Leeson - Short Story;
Pam Philburn - Poetry; Sybil Hannon - Poetry;
Ann Mc Dermott - Poetry;
Tommy McBride - Poetry/Singer.
For more info.
For Liverpool Museums.
This month the Reading Group welcomes author, Stewart Kunaka, talking about his new poetry book called Freedom is only a thought away, "Kunaka’s joy of discovery through thoughtful and expressive writing reveals that freedom really is only a thought away."
We are also privileged to have Angela & Golda from Maat Natural Health Products & Services talking about Complementary Health; could they heal you and improve your health and well-being?
So please come along as we'd also love to welcome you...
at Walsall Central Library
Lichfield Street,
Walsall, WS1 1TR
On 15.May.2008
- 4.45pm-6.00pm
Contact: Sonia Dixon 01922653137 or 01922653121 or dixons@walsall.gov.uk |
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Well I'll be...  bitten
a few more times by the theatre bug this month. I've seen the excellent Random (debbie tucker greeen), As You Like It (Watford Palace), Charlie Dark's Have Box Will Travel, Inua Ellams' 13 Negro Fairy Tales (spellbinding imagery you can float on like "a black eyed pea in a glass of milk") and in the next coupla weeks I'm of to see King Lear, Oxford Street andIn the Hoods (Shout out to Mr Gee).
sitting
in different locations around the capital, writing some new stuff - new ideas from different perspectives, new acoustics.
swishing
through Aesthetic Sounds, verb seemed to fit my rhyme scheme and seemed apt given the title of this gig, which features Lee Henry with support from Taylor Lane, J'nay and Sharlene Hector and me. Should be a great night out, one that has established itself as the best one-stop for Soul, RnB , Jazz and spoken word over recent years. Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Town Hall Approach Road, Tottenham Green, London N15 4RX, 31.May.08, 7:30pm
spinning
more records. Check for the first of the summer sessions
tipping
you off with a recommendation...She plays the Carling Academy (7:00pm) on the 12.May.08, her name is Asa, her new video - Fire on The Mountain - is Fiyah
http://www.verbswish.com
The celebration of African literature and languages, in collaboration with SABLE LitMag returns to the British Museum on Saturday 31 May 2008.
 | Word from Africa is a celebration of African literature, music - and most of all language. Presented by Africa Beyond , in collaboration with SABLE LitMag and with support from the British Museum and Arts Council England , London, the free one-day event will take place at the British Museum in central London on 31 May, from 13.00 till 20.15.
Visit bbc.co.uk/africabeyond for more information. |
The New Metis website has now been launched at metis.uk.com.
Metis came to the attention of unheardwords in 2006, when we featured an early interview and poem.
His various happenings and gigs have appeared in the Community Space ever since. |  |
Hi everyone,
[verb]swish here with a special announcement: the DVD concert of my book launch, Penultimate at the Roundhouse, is NOW AVAILABLE to buy at verbswish.com. |
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 | The DVD is a limted edition pressing, and besides spoken soul and neo-poetry from me, the Penultimate DVD includes some amazing writers of song and poetry. |
SUMMER SCHOOL helps get crime writers clued up
Amateur-Agatha Christies and wannabe-Colin Dexters will have a chance to pick up some tips in this summer's course, Writing Crime Fiction. The week-long course, which is currently accepting applications, will be begin on 11th August 2008, and is being taught by Rosemary Rowe, a pseudonym used by Rosemary Aitken. Rosemary has written many best selling textbooks on English Language and Communication and is the author of over twenty published novels including the ten historical crime novels in the Libertus series.
Further information: falmouth.ac.uk/shortcourses
SHANGWE POETRY NIGHT
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An Evening with Nicole Moore (for info 07846 542321)
Upstairs in the Studio at The Poetry Café,
22 Betterton Street,
Covent Garden, London WC2H 9BX
Venue Tel: 020 7420 9887/8
Thursday, 24.April.2008
Admission: £5 (£3 Concessions)
8.00pm to 10.00pm |
Evening's Contributors:
Grace Quansah (Akuba) lecturer since 1988, Akuba simultaneously began enchanting audiences in 1997, with African-centred performance storytelling.
Patsy Antoine is a writer, creative writing tutor and a graduate of the Middlesex University MA in Writing. She commissioned and edited Afrobeat, an anthology of new black British writing and is currently working on her first novel.
Louise Hercules Black British artist based in London who specializes in both poetry and photography.
Nicola Greenwood Bristol born London dweller who started writing as a child. Her love of language combines the beauty and confusion of words.
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The Writers Bureau, CreativeWritingCorrespondenceCollege,
are sponsoring a 2008 Poetry and Short Story Competition.
Closing date entries is 30.June.2008.
Full details available at writersbureau.com. |
Erudite Scholar and Pan-Afrikanist, Professor Oba T’ Shaka
author of The Art of Leadership and Return to the African
Motherland Principle of Male and Female Equality will be giving
a lecture on the topic: The Choice between two cultures.
When: Wednesday 16.April.2008, 7pm-10pm, Adm £7.50
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Where: At Centerprise,136 Kingsland High Street, London E8 2NS
contact: 020 7254 9632, eamevor@centerprisetrust.org.uk - www.centerprisetrust.org.uk
| FIRST IN THREE offers a chance to see emerging work by local theatre-makers, writers and performers, and to get involved in the creative process, by filling in feedback forms, and by joining the performers to drink, discuss and debate late into the night. |
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When: 4.April.2008, doors open from 7:30pm
Where: Stage Three at the Northern Stage (click image for further info)
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UW reviews new book which shines personal light on the pressures and frustrations that turn ideals of family into the cycles of aggression that constitute domestic violence. |
Ripping Pages -a kind and loving home for Northampton's literature.
Open mic night: Our next night is (this) Tuesday 1.Apr.2008 at The Romany, Trinity Avenue, Northampton from 8pm (map here).
It would be great to see you there.
Also, submit your story on a theme and win £10 to spend at Kingsthorpe Book Shop. The deadline is March 31st 2008. We are looking for up to 1,000 words on the theme of 'Food'. Please e-mail your poetry or prose to us at rippingpages@hotmail.co.uk
Ripping Pages is a Northampton writers' group. We aim to connect writers and poets and widely celebrate the county's writing scene. If you would like more information about Ripping Pages click image above.
Everybody moves on eventually...
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African Writers Abroad are currently accepting memoir submissions from
women of African descent for our forthcoming anthology on the theme of MOVING. |
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Moving is something that most of us have had to do at some time. Whether changing countries, cities or even streets the experience can be an emotional one. Fear, excitement, joy, hope are just some of the
sensations that you may have felt when you had to move.
African Writers
Abroad (Andrea Enisuoh) are looking for poignant memoir pieces about moving.
Why did you move? How far did you go? How did moving make you feel? What did you leave behind? What did you hope to find - and did you find it?
This anthology will reflect a broad range of voices, viewpoints and
experiences. Whether you have moved once, twice or several times we want to read your stories of real life experiences and journal /diary entries (typically pieces of between 2 and 3,000 words).
For further information or submission details please email:
africanwritersabroad@yahoo.com
Deadline for submissions: 31 July 2008
1. INTRODUCTION TO POETRY (Thursdays 7-9pm)
3 April to 8 May (5 sessions at the "Poetry Society Studio", Poetry Cafe,
22 Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BX
Tel: 020 7420 9880 poetrysociety.org.uk
2. LIFE WRITING INTO MEMOIRS, ESSAYS & FICTION (Saturdays 2-4pm)
5 April to 10 May (6 sessions)
at The Hackney Museum, Hackney Technology & Learning Centre
1 Reading Lane, Hackney, London E8 1GQ
Tel: 020 8356 3500 hackneymuseum
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Tutor:
Nicole Moore freelance writer, published poet; founder of Shangwe.com and the co-founder of WordsofColour.co.uk Productions; independent publisher of Brown Eyes (2005) and Sexual Attraction Revealed (2007).
For info call: 07846 542321
Well I'll be...
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Up and down London like clockwork. At Goldsmiths University
18th March 08: hosts a night of music called 'Double Take', (Rm 167, nearest tube New Cross, from 7.30pm). Finally, this month were at a night called Furnace in Balham, a meld of passionate, spontaneous word, music, theatre fusion. (Georges Pub, Balham Hill).
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For this month's competition, there is an album from one of the sessions up for grabs. To enter just email a request: info at http://www.transtatic.co.uk. So far I've been digging in the crates pulling out old Bacharach cuts, Masakela jawns, but also some new Daft Punk stuff, and some of Herbie's Grammy winner.
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'Every Step', Tawiah's etherial new single.
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Eat this book - Eugene Peterson, Tunesmith - Jimmy Webb, The Gospel of St Luke, Selected Poems - Langston Hughes.
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Right, I think that's all the fun. I'm off to the drycleaners, the post office, and the bank (no laughing). theverbswish
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