October and November Events in Trowbridge, Bristol, and Bath
Deborah Harvey, Saili Katebe, Words for Gaza, Carrie Etter, Claire Crowther, Spoken Word in the UK
Hello everyone
Tickets are going fast for Deborah Harvey and Saili Katebe
who will be reading in Trowbridge at Drawing Projects UK on Saturday 5 October 2-4pm. Here’s the link if you still need to book. (Tickets are £5). Nina Parmenter will be hosting this event. Hope you can make it!
Here are some further events that you might like:
Words for Gaza to Host Evening of Palestinian Literature and Theatre in Bristol
On October 13th, the Malcolm X Community Centre in Bristol will host a captivating evening of readings, theatre, and solidarity.
The event features a stellar line-up of renowned poets, authors, and speakers, including Nikesh Shukla, Salena Godden, Noreen Masud, Vanessa Kisuule, Sukina Noor, and more. Each participant will share their work or that of a Palestinian author, offering diverse voices and perspectives.
A highlight of the evening will be a play written by Palestinian children in collaboration with Bristol Palestine Alliance. This unique performance will offer a poignant glimpse into the lives and experiences of young Palestinians.
Event Details
Date: October 13th, 2024
Time: 5 pm to 8 pm
Location: Malcolm X Community Centre, Bristol
Tickets: https://hdfst.uk/e114195
Join us for Poetry with Claire Crowther and Carrie Etter on Saturday 2 November 2-4pm at Drawing Projects UK. Tickets £5 available here.
Please join us for a wonderful afternoon of all things poetry as we welcome two outstanding writers to read from their work and talk about their creative lives, including recent collaborations. Everyone (16+) welcome. This event will be hosted by Sarah Hemings.
Claire Crowther has published five pamphlets and six collections. Stretch of Closures was shortlisted for the Aldeburgh Best First Collection and Solar Cruise was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. Her poems and reviews have appeared in London Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, Poetry Review, PN Review, London Magazine, Poetry London and others. She has read at numerous festivals and reading series including Stanza, Lancaster and Aldeburgh. She has an MPhil and PhD in Creative Writing and teaches poetry at Oxford University Department of Continuing Education. She is Deputy /Reviews Editor of Long Poem Magazine. Real Lear: New and Selected Poems and Sense and Nonsense: Essays and Interviews, were launched this October 2024. Her work is included in the Poetry Archive.
Carrie Etter has published five collections of poetry, most recently Grief's Alphabet (Seren, April 2024), and edited three works, most recently Claire Crowther: Sense and Nonsense: Essays and Interviews (Shearsman, October 2024). Her poetry, essays, and criticism are widely published in the UK and US and her poetry has been shortlisted for major awards, including the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry. After 18 years teaching at Bath Spa University, in 2022 she joined the creative writing faculty at the University of Bristol.
Spoken Word in the UK - November 11
All are very welcome at the first professorial lecture of the new academic year at The Egg, Theatre Royal Bath. Join Professor Lucy English for 'Spoken Word in the UK' on Monday 11 November at 6pm. This event is free and booking is essential via Ticketsource here.
Many people tend to think that poetry exists only in a printed form. But is our experience of poetry ever just textual? How does our understanding of poetry expand when we consider sound, voice and performance? This talk explores the background to the UK spoken word scene and its current lively presence in Bristol and Bath.
Lucy English is a Professor of Creative Enterprise at Bath Spa University and co-director of the Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival. She is co-editor of 'Spoken Word in the UK' published by Routledge in 2021.
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Josephine