Buzzwords meets on the second Sunday of each month (except for August) upstairs at the Exmouth Arms in Bath Road, Leckhampton, Cheltenham. Start time 7pm for the workshop or 8pm for the poetry reading. Finish time is 10pm.
Guest poets for 2023
January 8th Frank McMahon
February 12th Stephen Payne
March 12th Adam Horovitz
April 2nd Kate Noakes
May 14th Kelvin Corcoran
June 11th Janet Sutherland
July 16th tbc
September 10th Claire Crowther
October 8th Rosie Jackson
November 12th tbc
December 10th tbc
Guest Poets for 2020
January 5th
– Julia Deakin
February 2nd
– Jonathan Edwards
March 1st
- Michael Bartholomew Biggs and Nancy Mattson
April 5th
– Helen Calcutt
May 3rd
- Janet Sutherland
June 14th – Kate Noakes
July 19th –
Sharon Larkin and Belinda Rimmer
September 6th
Charles Bennett
October 4th
- Duncan Forbes
November 1st
– John Greening
December 6th
– Nellie Cole and David Keyworth
Guest poets for 2019
January 6th – David Calcutt
February 10th - Robin Houghton
March 10th – Nigel Hutchinson and Lucy Anderson
April 7th - Bob Walton and Elizabeth Parker
May 12th Kate North
June 2nd – Pam Zinnerman Hope
July 14th – Rennie Parker
September 1st – Martin Figura and Helen Ivory
October 6th – Brenda Read Brown and Rachael Clyne
November 3rd – Alasdair Paterson
December 1st – Jean Atkin
Guest poets for 2018
January 7th - Matthew Caley
February 11th – Roy Marshall
March 4th -
Mario Petrucci
April 8th - Roy Mcfarlane
May 6th –
Jane Commane & Tania Hershman
June 3rd - Susan Richardson
July 15th -
Jennie Farley and David Clarke
September 2nd - Ross Cogan and Alison Brackenbury
October 7th -
Rebecca Gethin
November 4th – Graham Burchell
December 2nd - Ann Drysdale
Guest poets for 2017
January 8th - June Hall and Rosie Bailey
February 12th
– Isobel Dixon and Greg Leadbetter
March 5th
– Maggie Butt
April 2nd
- Rosie Jackson and Dawn Gorman
April 30th
– Jennifer A McGowan
June 4th - Deborah Alma and James Sheard
July 16th
- Anna Saunders and John Row
September 3rd
- Tania Hershman and Rishi Dastidar
October 1st
- Kim Moore
November 5th - Ben Parker
December 3rd
– Dom Bury
Guest Poets for 2016
January 3rd
– Josephine Corcoran
February 7th – Claire Crowther
March 6th – Valerie Laws
April 3rd - Adam Horovitz
May 1st - Dan Sluman
June 5th – Jo Bell
July 24th (note
not usual time of month) - Martyn
Crucefix and readings from ‘Salt on the Wind’ anthology in tribute to Ruth
Stone
September 4th
- Graham Burchell
October 2nd
- Cliff Yates and David Clarke
November 6th – Anne-Marie Fyfe
December 4th
- Jaqueline Saphra
Guest Poets for 2015
January 4th - Jenny Lewis
February 1st - Bobby Parker
March 1st - John Greening
April 12th - John Gallas
May 3rd - Stephen Boyce
June 7th - Cristina Newton
July 5th - Louise Crossley and Sonia Hendy-Isaac
September 6th - Sue Rose
October 4th - Lesley Ingram
November 1st - Jonathan Edwards and Mike Jenkins
December 6th - Tamar Yoseloff
Guest Poets for 2014
January 5th - Hilda Sheehan
February 2nd - Ros Barber
March 2nd - Peter Daniels
April 6th - Carrie Etter
May 4th - Charles Bennett
June 1st - Kate Fox
July 6th - Anna Saunders and Wendy Klein
September 7th - Peter Wyton
October 5th - Alicia Stubbersfield
November 2nd - Cahal Dallat
December 7th - John Clegg
Guest Poets for 2013
January 6th - Anne-Marie Fyfe
January 27th (instead of February date) - Peter Robinson
March 3rd - Sue Rose
April 7th - Chrissie Gittins
May 5th - Alison Brackenbury
June 2nd - Matthew Stewart
July 7th - David Clarke and Philip Rush
September 1st - Penelope Shuttle
October 6th - Julia Deakin
November 3rd - Bobby Parker
December 1st - David Morley
