Home Readings etc in London


Yes, this is geographically limited! I can only personally get a sense of what's taking place in London (which I live just outside of). But here are good contacts for what I believe are the other English poetry scenes at present that may interest Great Works users:

Other good listings of events are on Openned, and also Shearsman. You may find some worthwhile stuff on Poets on Fire, which has a national coverage, but mainly of poetry as commercial entertainment or amateur therapy. Another excellent source of information is the Poetry Library's newsletter.


Email me to give me details of any readings or other events to put on this page.


November 2008

 

Thursday
November 6
7.30 pm

Charles Alexander + Daniel Kane

Crossing the Line: The Leather Exchange, 15 Leathermarket Street, London Bridge, SE1 3HN
£5 or £3

Wednesday
November 12
7.30–9.00 pm

Steve Willey
presented by Professor Robert Hampson

TALKSTALKSTALKS: The Council Room, Birkbeck Main Building, Torrington Square, WC1
free

Sunday
November 16
3.00–5.00 pm

Tom Lowenstein + Roshi Nasehi(music) + Hannah Silva

Sundays at the Oto: Café Oto, 18-22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
£4

Monday
November 19
7.00–9.00 pm

Commemorate Pound's work for emerging poets in London, 100 years after his arrival: hosted by James Byrne, editor of The Wolf poetry magazine, with members of the Ezra Pound Cantos reading group: David Barnes, Emma Curran, Catherine Gander, Robert Herbert, Chris Jones, Richard Parker, Sandeep Parmar, Sophie Reynolds, Tony Tackling, JL Williams

Ezra Pound 100 Years in London at Poetry Library, Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, London SE1 8XX
£2, includes wine
To reserve a seat or for questions, contact: EzraPoundinLondon@gmail.com
Optional dress code: 1910s Pound style

Tuesday
November 18
7.30

Linda Black + Nathan Thompson

Shearsman Reading Series at Swedenborg Hall, Swedenborg House, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH
collection

Wednesday
November 19
7.30 pm

Peter Riley & Peter Philpott

The Blue Bus: The Lamb, 94 Lamb’s Conduit Street, WC1
£5 or £3

Monday
November 24
7.30 pm

Hanna Silva

Littlest Birds: The Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, London, WC2H 9BX
Cost: as much as you can afford

Thursday
November 20
7.30

Michael Heller reading

TALKSTALKSTALKS: The Council Room, Birkbeck Main Building, Torrington Square, WC1
free

December 2008

 

Tuesday
December 2
7.30

Mark Goodwin + Martin Harrison

Shearsman Reading Series at Swedenborg Hall, Swedenborg House, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH
collection

Wednesday
December 10
7.30–9.00 pm

Georgina Colby
presented by Professor Robert Hampson

TALKSTALKSTALKS: The Council Room, Birkbeck Main Building, Torrington Square, WC1
free

Thursday
December 18
7.00 pm

David Miller

Parasol Unit, 14 Wharf Road, London N1 7RW

Sunday
December 21
3.00–5.00 pm

Frances Kruk + Jow Lindsay + Jonathan Styles (music)

Sundays at the Oto: Café Oto, 18-22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
£4

January 2009

 

Sunday
January 18
3.00–5.00 pm

Sue Farrar (music) + Frances Presley + Gavin Selerie

Sundays at the Oto: Café Oto, 18-22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
£4

Tuesday
January 20
7.30 pm

Geraldine Monk and Jeff Hilson

The Blue Bus: The Lamb, 94 Lamb’s Conduit Street, WC1
£5 or £3

February 2009

 

Tuesday
February 3
7.30

Sharon Morris, James Harvey, Ken White/David Miller [music duo] and James Hately

The Blue Bus: The Lamb, 94 Lamb’s Conduit Street, WC1
£5 or £3

Sunday
February 15
3.00–5.00 pm

Sarah Jacobs + Richard Makin + Dawn Scarfe

Sundays at the Oto: Café Oto, 18-22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
£4

Tuesday
February 17
7.30 pm

Allen Fisher and tba

The Blue Bus: The Lamb, 94 Lamb’s Conduit Street, WC1
£5 or £3

March 2009

 

Sunday
March 15
3.00–5.00 pm

James Wilkes, Holly Pester and Abigail Oborne

Sundays at the Oto: Café Oto, 18-22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
£4

Tuesday
March 17
7.30 pm

Will Rowe and Carol Watts

The Blue Bus: The Lamb, 94 Lamb’s Conduit Street, WC1
£5 or £3