University of Greenwich: Women's Innovative Poetry & Cross-Genre Work Festival

Wednesday 14th - Friday 16th July

image by Emily Critchley

Emily Critchley:

There will be a celebration of women's innovative poetry & cross-genre work, organised by Carol Watts (Birkbeck University) & myself, taking place this summer at the University of Greenwich (London). The dates are July 14th-16th.

Confirmed writers and speakers so far:

• Alev Adil
• Caroline Bergvall
• Rachel Blau DuPlessis
• Andrea Brady
• Lee Ann Brown
• David Buuck
• Elizabeth-Jane Burnett
• Mairead Byrne
• Jennifer Cooke
• Corina Copp
• Emily Critchley
• Jean Day
• Jacob Edmund
• Carrie Etter
• Robert Hampson
• Edmund Hardy
• Susana Gardner
• Lisa Jarnot
• Daniel Kane
• Christine Kennedy
• Frances Kruk
• Francesca Lisette
• Marianne Morris
• Redell Olsen
• Holly Pester
• Vanessa Place
• Frances Presley
• Luke Roberts
• Lisa Robertson
• Sophie Robinson
• Rebecca Rosier
• Lisa Samuels
• Eleni Sikelianos
• Juliana Spahr
• Zoë Skoulding
• Cathy Wagner
• Samantha Walton
• Carol Watts
• Sara Wintz

Room 315, King William Building, University of Greenwich, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London SE10 9LS

Admission is free (donations requested).

For anyone unable to make the festival in person, Steve Willey and Alex Davies will be filming proceedings. These will be made available online.

Update on Thursday 11 March, 2010 by Openned

Updated list of readers.

Update on Saturday 22 May, 2010 by Openned

Further updates to list of readers and location of readings.

Update on Monday 5 July, 2010 by Openned

Updates to reader list and room location.

Marianne Morris in Cambridge

Tuesday 26th January, 6.30pm

Launch of the second issue of Cambridge Literary Review

Heffer's Bookshop, 20 Trinity Street, Cambridge CB2 1TY

Wednesday 27th January, 8pm

with Luke Roberts and Leo Mellor

Dirac Room, Fisher Building, St. John's College, Cambridge CB2 1TP

Marianne is also appearing at the Dial Society reading.

Luke Roberts Reading At Openned, 25th March 2009

[wpvideo RzyQdRht] Luke Roberts was the third poet to read at the Openned night. Luke's poem 'The Pretty Red Head' is published in Klatch magazine. Both Luke Roberts and Steve Willey read instead of an ill Keston Sutherland. Thanks Luke!

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Steve Willey/Luke Roberts Collaborative Reading at Openned, 25th March 2009

[wpvideo 1kAqYAZF] This collaborative reading by the poets Luke Roberts and Steve Willey was provisionally entitled: 'Mangle Something <" It's what flarf wishes it was">'   The collaborative element of this reading was completely improvised.

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