Readings in Sheffield and Huddersfield
Just a couple of reminders:
THIS FRIDAY (11th) in SHEFFIELD
Simon Currie, Sally Goldsmith
and the Sheffield Poetry Prize winners
Friday 11th March, 7:30pm — Tickets £4 (£3 concs)
Bank Street Arts, Sheffield S1 2DS
Bar, raffle and bookstall. All welcome!
The winners of the 2010 Sheffield Poetry Prize — James Caruth (1st), Anthony Adler (2nd) and Fay Musselwhite (3rd) — will be reading alongside Smith/Doorstop poets Simon Currie (launching Imagine a Forest) and Sally Goldsmith (from her pamphlet, Singer).
Simon Currie was born in Leeds in 1938. He became a consultant neurologist there. A member of the Beehive Poets, Bradford, and of the Pennine Poets, he lives in Lower Wharfedale. Of his outstanding pamphlet, Imagine A Forest, Anna Crowe remarks: ‘Exposing human folly and celebrating human kindness, Simon Currie's poetry never fails to delight in the odd and unexpected, from outrageous uncles and pompous surgeons, to the ghosts of Romans and Icelandic trysts … formally adroit and movingly lyrical’.
Sally Goldsmith is a songwriter as well as a poet, and will be bringing her accordian along to her reading tonight. She is jointwinner, with playwright Rony Robinson, of several radio awards including two Bronze Sonys. Her brilliant pamphlet Singer was a winner in the 2008/9 Poetry Business Competition chosen by Michael Longley. 'This is the world as we almost know it: risky and seductive.' (David Harsent)
Turn up on the night, though great if you can let us know you're planning to attend.
The Sheffield Poetry Prize is sponsored by the University of Sheffield.
NEXT FRIDAY (18th) in HUDDERSFIELD
Sally Baker, Gerard Benson and Sally Goldsmith
Friday 18th March, 6pm — £5 (£3 concs)
The Media Centre, Huddersfield
Sally Baker was born in Suffolk and lives in West Yorkshire. She has won an Arts Council award, and her outstanding collecton The Sea and the Forest has been acclaimed as ‘an enticing mix of documentary and fairytale, understated yet rich, and resonating with the details that make up ordinary lives…’ (Polly Clark).
Gerard Benson was born in 1930, and has published ten collections of poems as well as the legendary Poems on the Underground anthologies. His most recent collection for grown-ups is also his best: the wonderful A Good Time. Gerard is currently Poet Laureate of Bradford.
Sally Goldsmith is a songwriter as well as a poet, and will be bringing her accordian along tonight. She is joint-winner with playwright Rony Robinson of several radio awards, including two Bronze Sonys. Her brilliant pamphlet Singer was a winner in the 2008/9 Poetry Business Competition chosen by Michael Longley.
And finally: a reminder about the BUXTON OPEN POETRY COMPETITION, judged by Ann and Peter Sansom. The deadline is the 1st of April and you can download full details and an entry form from our website here.
The Poetry Business receives financial assistance from Arts Council England.
