Hegley at the Betsy Trotswood on the last Monday of the month continue, hosted by the wonderful John Hegley! It’s going to be a cracker of a night in February with Tony Green (aka Sir Gideon Vein), Diego Brown and the Good Fairy, Simon Munnery, John Hegley and me with some poems that will fly… and oh yeah some funky discs from Gary… you go gotta come…

27^th February from 8:45pm, £8/£5

http://www.thebetsey.com/   56 Farringdon Road, London

I’ll be scooting from the 24hr novel writing to read some poems at the Loose Muse anthology launch (I’ll be right near the end bit). I’ve a couple of pieces in the anthology which includes the best of women’s poetry and prose. It’s linked to the well known women writers night hosted by Agnes Meadows. It’ll be a fabo mix of writers so worth popping into the the Whitechapel Art Gallery (upstairs – with a view!), 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX on 29^thFebruary, 7-9pm, £1 donation (literally two minutes walk from Aldgate East tube station). I’ll post more info about the where to get the book if you don’t make it to the launch soon.  http://loose-muse.com/home-2/

 A 24hr novel that spans the globe

On Wednesday 29 February 2012 – a date steeped in superstition, that only comes around every four years – four teams of writers and editors in London, Delhi, Kuala Lumpur and Vancouver, will create a unique novel, written by multiple authors, operating in different time zones and countries, to be launched on World Book Day, 1st March 2012. The London writers : Cath Drake, Aoife Mannix, Romesh Gunesekera, Saradha Soobaroyen, Shamim Azad, Sarah Butler, Yemisi Blake, Robert Collins, Shaun Levin.

We need your ideas….What would you do with an extra day?

We are inviting people to tweet their answer to the following question: What would you do with an extra day? Don’t forget to include the hashtag #24hourbook (and give us a heads up @STWevents). All ideas will be read by our writing teams and may inform the direction of the book.

Next we’ll be issuing a call for images to inspire the writers. Please join us on @STWevents, or ‘like’ our facebook page for more details about this, and how to get involved on the day….look out for info on where to get the book after the launch!

This regular event hosts a featured writer and poets from the floor each monthy. I’m featuring next Monday and if you want to read arrive early and let Zosia know.

Tufnell Park Tavern, Tufnell Park Road, London N7 0EE (near Tufnell Park Tube)

Tuesday, January 10th, 7:30pm -10pm

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Wowee I’m contributing to the fab Fun Fed Winter Party: wordplay, games, dance moves, crafty fun, live music… http://www.thefunfed.com/?q=node%2F2001

Also …come and share what you have learned in any of this season’s sessions with your friends and family, and celebrate the upcoming holiday season with a fun-filled fiesta. Lots of singing, music, dancing, stories, games and laughter for all, plus free festive food and drink from the wonderful Happy Kitchen. All welcome!

Fun Fed, Cloudesley House, 16b Cloudesley Street, N1 0HU

Thursday, 1 December 2011 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm, Only £8.

What better combination – food and writing!

Write your Lunch – Saturday, 26th November, 11-4, creative writing, poetry and food with Cath Drake. This workshop will use food to trigger your senses, memory and imagination. Lunch provided! Held at Orfold House Social Club E17.

Mendham writers, 07743898043, rochellescholar@yahoo.co.uk, http://mendham-writers.com

… with a line-up of some of the finest poets in town who are past or current members of the collective.

Headlined by Malika Booker (Royal Shakespeare Company poet-in-residence), who founded the collective in her kitchen, the show also features Inua Ellams (The 14th Tale, National Theatre) and Aoife Mannix(Saturday Live, BBC Radio 4). Stirring the poetry pot will be your host, the witty and entertaining Jill Abram with additional seasoning fromJanett Plummer, Heather Taylor, Cath Drake, Naomi Woddis, Jocelyn Page, Melanie Mauthner, Mary Renouf, John Sutton and Patricia Foster.
Malika’s Poetry Kitchen is supported by Spread the Word, and this special celebration is presented in association with Apples and Snakes.
Tuesday 8 November, 7.30pm….All for only a fiver!
Lost Theatre, 208 Wandsworth Road
, London SW8 2JU, www.losttheatre.co.uk

Slam Poetry is back for our last show of the year and the Xmas party slam – and this time its Love vs Lust. It’s Christmas party time again, and we’re celebrating a year of brilliant acts with a night of incredible performance poetry (as well as hats and crackers of course!). Thanks to the support of Apples and Snakes we are thrilled to add to the line up of the Slam a guest appearance of the fabulous CATH DRAKE.

If you are in Newcastle Upon Tyne on 14^th November I’m performing for Apples and Snakes and regular Radikal Words, Tyneside Cinema Cafe Bar, 9pm – end of year Slam party.

Poetry Slams are a high-energy, fast and furious competition between performance poets. Each slammer will have three minutes to wow the audience with their words and performance and then the judges vote, scoring on content and style. Over the night we whittle down the poets until only one is left standing. It’s poetry, but not as you know it. To enter or to find out more email Jeff Price at jeffprice@radiaklwords.com.

https://www.tynesidecinema.co.uk/whats-on/slam-poetry

The FunFed have bundles of fun on offer, messing about with words is just one workshop you can do, check out the programme and prioritise fun in your life!

 

Wordplay with Cath Drake: Mess about with your imagination, spark quick wit, and find those leftfield ideas you didn’t know you had. Playing with words can be loads of fun. This workshop is a mix of storytelling, wordy games, and writing individually and with the group. Too often when we write we worry if it’s any good or if it’s right or correct, but when the focus is on fun you’ll be surprised where it can take you. Of course, you don’t have to have any writing experience at all, but you never know, you might write some amazing creations! Bring pen and paper.

Thursday, 13 October, 7-9:00pm,

£8 The Fun Fed, Cloudesley House, 16b Cloudesley Street N1 0HU

http://thefunfed.com/

To kick off a new season of poetry Tuf Poets have collected together a dashing bunch of poets for a September celebration featuring Agnes Meadows, Cath Drake, The Bloomsbury Bards, Miriam Nash, Jack Black and Zosia Dowmunt

Tufnell Park Tavern, Tufnell Park Road, London N7 0EE (near Tufnell Park Tube)

Tuesday, September 20th, 7:30pm-10:00pm

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