Counting Backwards #8

Thursday 2nd June, 8 - 11pm

• Matt Dalby
• Gary Fisher
• Noise Research

FUEL, 448 Wilmslow Road, Manchester M20 3BW

via The Other Room

Writers Forum Workshop (North)

Saturday 4th June, 2 - 5pm

WF(N) is an opportunity for innovative/experimental poets to present their work for feedback in a mutually supportive atmosphere. Ideally, please bring along copies of the work you intend to read for the other group members. Anyone who wants to come along but doesn’t want to read is also very welcome.

Madlab, 36 - 40 Edge St, Manchester M4 1

Admission is free, all welcome.

FRESH 2011

The Other Room

The Other Room

Poetry Day Festival: University of Surrey

Station Stories

Thursday 19th - Saturday 21st May (12, 3 and 7pm performances)

From platform to platform, café to café and shop to shop, six writers (Jenn Ashworth, Tom Fletcher, David Gaffney, Tom Jenks, Nicholas Royle and Peter Wild) take you on a creative trip of Piccadilly station and read specially commissioned stories inspired by the station and the people who use it and work there.

Audiences are linked to the writers’ microphones by headsets using wireless technology, ensuring they hear every single word, whilst still experiencing the live ambience of the location.

Tickets £11 (Book)

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David Gaffney / James Davies Book Launches

Admission is free.

via Tony Trehy

Fuck the Festival

Writers Forum Workshop (North)

Saturday 7th May, 2 - 5pm

WF(N) is an opportunity for innovative/experimental poets to present their work for feedback in a mutually supportive atmosphere. Ideally, please bring along copies of the work you intend to read for the other group members. Anyone who wants to come along but doesn’t want to read is also very welcome.

Victoria Family & Commercial Hotel, 28 Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3DL

Admission is free, all welcome.

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