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London New Poetry Award 2010 goes to Carrie Etter [link] West-country-based poet, Carrie Etter, originally from Normal, Illinois, and now teaching at Bath Spa University, became the first recipient of the £2,500 London New Poetry Award for her poetry collection, The TethersCome along and vote tonight for the winning band in the London New Music Award 2010 Nina Caplan, former Arts Editor of Time Out joins the panel for the London Theatre Talks 2010. Click for topics to be discussed [link] Alistair Smith, Deputy Editor of The Stage, to join panel discussion on 'Upstaged' in the London Theatre Talks [link] Aleks Sierz, who regularly chairs Platform talks at the National Theatre, will chair both of The London Theatre Talks on August 24, 25. More on the Talks page .. [link] The London Debates: Theatre is where our thoughts and feelings are expressed in the most creative and direct way to an audience.Click for more [link] 15 shortlisted poets (out of 77 nominations) for the London New Poetry Award now on the Fringe site. All are published poets [link] 77 Nominations for Best New Poet 2010. Organiser Cahal Dallat, " .. its good to have a prize that promotes newcomers and embraces more diverse poetries and the small and medium-sized presses who keep poetry going at grass-roots, on-the-streets, at reality level .. " [link] 51 poets nominated so far in the £2,500 London New Poetry Award 2010. Click for list of poets, titles, publishers [link] The London Fringe has something for everyone. Here are The London Debates to be held at the New Players Theatre [link] The London Debates: Theatre is where our thoughts and feelings are expressed in the most creative and direct way to an audience. This is a series of three discussions on issues that are relevant and contemporary in our lives, inspired by plays performed in London [link] Poets Daljit Nagra, Tamar Yoseloff and Adam O'Riordan to judge the £2500 London New Poetry Award 2010 [link] Anyone can nominate a collection for inclusion in the £2,500 London New Poetry Award. Please e-mail by July, 18, to nominate@coffeehousepoetry.org stating nominated poet, title, publisher, publication date and publisher's e-mail if known, and we'll chase up submissions [link] The London New Poetry Award has a prize of £2,500 for the Best New Poet of 2010 [link] The Rrrants Bardaid 2010 Ranting Festival - music, poetry, storytelling, comedy and listening, August 6 - 9 at the Camden Eye [link] London Poetry Award is on, as we have a sponsor, and help with the judging and nominations from those fine poets at the Troubadour Cafe in Earls Court [no link] A few details here. Tony Parkin's Fringe Event: Shakespeare pieces, Matthew Arnold Poems, Rudyard Kipling IF, Jekyll & Hyde (RL Stevenson) plus Weir at Hermiston; Poe on (Mesmerism) Poe (Morella) Tam o' Shanter and others (Robert Burns) and Sonnet (Shakespeare) [no link] Event on Tues Feb. 23rd 7pm Gallery at Wimbledon Library, Wimbledon Hill Road SW19 (Right out of Station). Walk up the Hill towards Village Library is opposite NATIONWIDE.The Island of Poe will be on sale afterwards. The Rrranters - independent poets & performers of all genres - are in the Festival [no link] "Rhythmical Raving & Rants is an open forum for independent poets & performers of all genres. A place to publish their work and share information and contact details about themselves." link"These performances were ear marked for Edinburgh again this year, but on hearing about The London Fringe, we decided we would rather be part of this instead!" [no link] Above just in from a 'performance poetry/comedy/music promotions company, currently based out of The Camden Eye in Camden.'John Constable does 'Crow's Nest' At the Golden Hinde ship [no link]  Saturday 11th July: 7pm THE CROW'S NESTA Pirate Poetry Grog Fest aboard The Golden Hinde, working replica o' Drake's galleon, moored in Mary Overie dock next to Southwark Cathedral ... Cap'n John Crow, aka John Constable, performs poems and songs from The Southwark Mysteries - inspired by the history o' Bankside and the Liberty o' the Clink... wi' Bosun Niall McDevitt and other bucaneer poets o' the London performance scene. Tom Baker (The Bohemianauts) will squeeze 'is box and spit 'is own dark ballads. There be 'Spit Yer Piece' floor spots to speak yer own favourite nautical verses. There be sea-shanties, street-songs and 'The Ballad of Mary Overie' for scurvy sea-dogs to sing along to... And a barrr servin' up tots o' grog and wine! Optional fancy dress-code: pirates or tarts (Winchester Geese). £8 / £5 concs. No advance booking. RSVP mysteries@boltblue.com then turn up before 7pm to get yer place: The Golden Hinde, Mary Overie dock, London SE1 (London Bridge for tube, rail and bus) .. for more on John Crow |
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