Beyond Words – four incredible South African poets tour the UK together for the first time
October 24th, 2009 • Events • No comments
Apples & Snakes presents
BEYOND WORDS
Four incredible South African poets tour the UK together for the first time. Brought together by South African Poet Laureate and renowned exile campaigner Keorapetse Kgositsile, the show premieres specially commissioned new work. This is a blistering introduction to the new South Africa and to the power of live poetry in performance.
Featuring some of the most exciting voices of South Africa in the twenty
first century – Keorapetse Kgositsile, Lebo Mashile, Don Mattera and Phillippa Yaa de Villiers.
Keorapetse Kgositsile: “I think an exchange of literature among peoples has better chances of building understanding and friendship than any diplomatic missions could ever achieve.”
Linton Kwesi Johnson: “It is a very impressive line up of some of South Africa’s finest and most powerful poets.”
When: Wednesday 4 November, 8.00pm
Where: Southbank Centre, Purcell Room, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XX
Tickets: £10
Box office: 0871 663 2500 / http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk
Charlie Dark and the Albany present Word Sound Power
October 5th, 2009 • Events • No comments
A mini-festival of boundary pushing, experimentation and collaboration between some of the UK’s most exciting emerging artists. Hosted by associate artist Charlie Dark alongside dubtronic poet Spaceape, wordsmiths Jasmin Ann Cooray and John Berkavitch, super MC Rinse! and dancer / aerialist Annette Walker.
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Tongue Fu
September 30th, 2009 • Events, News • No comments
Thurs 8 October and Thurs 10 December / 8pm / Bar / £5
At Tongue Fu, the finest spoken word artists from the UK and beyond are invited to flex their most potent lyrical moves to an improvised soundtrack of broken jazz from the Tongue Fu Band.
@ Rich Mix
35 – 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA
020 7613 7498
info@richmix.org.uk
www.richmix.org.uk
An update from Jacob on FYI / Metaroar.com
August 28th, 2009 • News • No comments
Thank you to anyone that sent in a speculative email enquiring about my well-being recently, based on the fact that listings haven’t run since mid-July. To be frank, I’ve had a pretty tough past few months (bereavements, injuries and other challenging things), and had to pare down my workload for a while to get through and back into a healthy schedule. I’m just about cranking my machinery up again!
This has been the longest period of time I’ve gone without running listings (for people on the FYI mailing list) in the past 10 years . But it’s been necessary, and it’s given me the opportunity to step back and consider what I’m actually doing with the mailing list and Metaroar – how to make sure it continues to be a valuable source of information, to make sure it’s doing what it should be doing in the best way possible, and to ensure that it’s sustainable. I’m putting some work in on things – in the meantime, please forgive the downtime.
The Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry
July 15th, 2009 • News, Submissions • No comments
Below is some information about the prestigious Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry…..
THE TED HUGHES AWARD FOR NEW WORK IN POETRY
http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/tedhughes/
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On Thursday 9 July 2009, Carol Ann Duffy had her first Audience with Her Majesty The Queen to mark her appointment as Poet Laureate. Duffy chose the occasion to announce a new award for poetry. The annual honorarium the Poet Laureate traditionally receives from HM The Queen will instead be donated to the Poetry Society, and used to fund The Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry.
The Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry will be awarded annually throughout the ten years of Carol Ann Duffy’s term as Poet Laureate. The £5000 prize will be awarded to a UK poet, working in any form, who has made the most exciting contribution to poetry in that year. Read more »
Save Salt Publishing…
June 1st, 2009 • News • No comments
If you follow any poetry related news (beyond Ruth Padel and Derek Walcott) Chris and Jen (Salt Directors) have been struggling to keep Salt moving since June last year when the economic downturn began to affect their press. Their three year funding ends this year, and they cannot apply through Grants for the Arts for further funding for Salt’s operations. Spring sales were down nearly 80% on the previous year, and despite April’s much improved trading, the past twelve months has left them with a budget deficit of over £55,000. It’s proving to be a very big hole and they’re having to take some drastic measures to save their business.
They’re asking you to buy just one book, right now. They don’t mind from where, you can buy it from them or from Amazon, your local shop or megastore, online or offline. If you buy just one book now, you’ll help to save Salt. Timing is absolutely everything here. They need cash now to stay afloat. If you love literature, help keep it alive. All it takes is just one book sale. Go to their online store and help keep them going.
It’s often said that there are many more writers of poetry than there are readers of poetry. Salt is responsible for publishing a few Metaroar/FYI favourites, including Anthony Joseph, whose new collection (http://bit.ly/X1JOE) launches officially on the 3rd of June (http://bit.ly/JbNKo). Support your independent presses!
Exhibiting You – The International Museum of Women seeks submissions
May 29th, 2009 • Submissions • No comments
From January to September 2009, I.M.O.W. is Exhibiting You! As the museum prepares to debut a new online exhibition in October 2009, the I.M.O.W. Web site is showcasing the talents of our global online community. They are looking for submissions that relate to I.M.O.W.’s mission to value the lives of women around the world.
Submit your work for consideration and share your art, creative writing, journalism, music, audio, photography, video and animation with a global audience.
They’ll post new stories on a regular basis. Twice a month, they will announce Museum Picks in their email newsletter. Submissions that receive the highest star ratings and the most views will also be listed as the most popular stories.
From time to time, they’ll also invite submissions on a specific theme.
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London Word Festival team honoured with award
May 29th, 2009 • News • No comments
The team behind the London Word Festival team has been honoured with an award for ‘exceptional cultural entrepreneurs’.
Sam Hawkins, Marie McPartlin and Tom Chivers, founders and co-directors of the London Word Festival, are one of the five recipients of the 2009 Paul Hamlyn Foundation Breakthrough Fund, as announced on the 26th of May.
The three producers will receive a grant of £141,000 over the next three years to develop the festival’s vision and their careers.
Founded in 2007 and inspired by the popularity of their early experiments in mixed-bill live-literature, Sam, Tom and Marie came up with the idea of an annual multi-arts, multi-venue festival with a focus on literature, poetry, comedy, music and audience interactivity. Now in only its second year, it aims to push the boundaries of words in performance across art-forms and in predominantly non-traditional venues throughout East London.
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Chapter One Promotions – Poetry Competition
May 20th, 2009 • Competitions • No comments
CHAPTER ONE PROMOTIONS – POETRY COMPETITION
Deadline: 1 Jun, 12am
Reply to: info@chapteronepromotions.com
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Chapter One Promotions are looking for original and unpublished poems that vividly create a moment in time, evoke an emotion or just entertain. The form and content of the poem is open allowing you to tap into your creative resourcefulness and not be hindered. The only stipulation is that the poem be no more than 30 lines long.
The judge is the renowned poet and artist Linda Lee Welch. Linda is the winner of the Bridport Poetry Competition and will have the exciting task of selecting the top twenty poems which will be displayed on the Chapter One website. The public will then vote for their favourite poem thus determining the top three winners.
The entry fee is £5 per poem and the prize money is £1000 for the first placed winner, £500 for the second postition and £250 for the third most popular poem. Online voting takes place from 1 – 15 July and one lucky voter, selected at random, will win £100 just for voting!
Chapter One Promotions, 19 – 35 Sylvan Grove, SE15 1PD.
For more info: 0845 456 5364 / info@chapteronepromotions.com
www.chapteronepromotions.com
BBC Poetry Season
May 19th, 2009 • News • No comments
Let poetry into your life, says the BBC.
If you didn’t already know, the BBC plans to dedicate a large amount of programming to poetry over the coming months. Head to their supporting website to get a sense of the range of poetry they’re planning to showcase. Congratulations to Patrick Neate, who’s been drafted in as a monthly columnist to write about all things spoken word…