October poetry events
Dear Friends
A reminder of a couple of events this week. Also, a final call for poems for our Masterclass on 24 October with John McAuliffe. John is one of the most perceptive and generous readers, whose outstanding collections are published by the Gallery Press. He is director of the Centre for New Writing at Manchester University. Please see our website to apply for places, www.poetrybusiness.co.uk.
Tomorrow Tuesday 12th at 7:30pm at Caffetteria at the Sticky Bun Writers, three rather brilliant poets. Ann Atkinson, who is Derbyshire’s Poet Laureate, reads from Drawing Water; with two Poetry Business Competition winners, Sally Goldsmith reading from Singer; and Alan Payne from Exploring the Orinoco. Please do come along if you can, it will be fab.
Tickets £3 on the door
Caffetteria is on corner of Leopold Street and West Street, S1 2GY
In association with Off the Shelf.
And Wednesday 13th at 7pm at the Showroom. Simon Armitage, Ann Sansom and Peter Sansom. Simon is ‘the most imaginative and prolific poet now writing’ - Poetry Review. Simon will read from his acclaimed new collection Shooting Stars. Ann’s poems ‘speak with eloquence and power’ - Helen Dunmore, and her six collections include In Praise of Men & Other People (Bloodaxe). Peter’s poems are brought together in his fifth Carcanet book, Selected Poems, launched tonight.
This event marks the start of Simon's year-long community project in collaboration with the University of Sheffield and The Poetry Business. The evening will be introduced by Professor Adam Piette of the University of Sheffield.
Tickets £7 available on the door or at offtheshelf.org.uk
Showroom Cinema, Paternoster Row, S1 2BX
This is an Off the Shelf event.
Hope you can get along.
Also, see offtheshelf.org.uk for other poetry events, including:
the legendary Circus of Poets (19 Oct),
Jackie Kay & Seni Seneviratne (also 19 Oct),
Signposts Tour of UK & South African Poets (20 Oct),
Pascale Petit (21 Oct),
Linda Lee Welch (22 Oct),
Yvonne Green, John McAuliffe & Allison McVety (24 Oct),
Owen Sheers (25 Oct),
Paul Muldoon (on Bishop & Lowell 26 Oct, and reading on 27 Oct)
and Ann Atkinson, Paul Mills and Jane Routh (29 Oct)
All good wishes,
Peter
The Poetry Business receives financial assistance from Arts Council England.
