Next Buzzwords Sunday April 10th

 

Next Buzzwords Sunday April 10th

Upstairs at the Exmouth Arms, Bath Road, Cheltenham

Workshop lead by Sue Leigh 7pm

Open mic and readings 8pm

Guest poet Sue Leigh

 pay on the door, £5 waged, £3 unwaged.

Regardless of what the government is saying, we are still in a pandemic - please continue to take precautions 

Sue Leigh’s second collection of poems, Her Orchards, has recently been published by Two Rivers Press. Her first book, Chosen Hill, was described by the TLS as ‘an intelligent and considered collection that pays homage to the act of paying attention’.  She has a pamphlet Chalk published by letterpress due out this spring.  Her work has been published in magazines and journals including the Oxford Magazine, The Spectator and the TLS. 

She teaches at Rewley House, Oxford University’s Department for Continuing Education and runs her own poetry courses. She lives in the Windrush valley and spends much time walking.

Next Buzzwords Sunday 13th March

 

Next Buzzwords Sunday March 13th

Upstairs at the Exmouth Arms, Bath Road, Cheltenham

Workshop lead by Alasdair Paterson 7pm

Open mic and readings 8pm

Guest poet Alasdair Paterson

 pay on the door, £5 waged, £3 unwaged.

Regardless of what the government is saying, we are still in a pandemic - please continue to take precautions 

 

Alasdair Paterson’s most recent collections are Elsewhere Or Thereabouts(Shearsman Books 2014), Silent Years(Flarestack Poets 2017) and My My My Life(Shearsman Books 2021). Born in Edinburgh, a graduate of Edinburgh and Sheffield universities, he began writing in Liverpool in the 1970s and was given an Eric Gregory Award by the Society of Authors in 1975. Later he took a 20 year sabbatical from poetry before starting to write again after a career in academic libraries. He has travelled extensively, from San Francisco to Siberia, from Samarkand to Swaziland - and to many places in between not starting with an S. He lives in Exeter, where he organizes and presents the monthly Uncut Poets reading series.