Next Buzzwords Sunday January 14th

 

Next Buzzwords Sunday January 14th

Upstairs at the Exmouth Arms, Bath Road, Cheltenham

Workshop lead by David Clarke 7pm

Open mic and readings 8pm

Guest poet David Clarke

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

 

David Clarke's first pamphlet, Gaud, won the Michael Marks award in 2013. His first collection, Arc, was published by Nine Arches Press in 2015 and was longlisted for the Polari Prize. Another pamphlet, Scare Stories, was published by V Press in 2017 and was named a Poetry School ‘Book the Year.’ His second collection, The Europeans, was published by Nine Arches in 2019, and was followed in 2023 by his third, The Field in Winter. His poems have appeared in publications including Magma, Poetry Wales and The Guardian.

Next Buzzwords Sunday December 10th

 

Next Buzzwords Sunday December 10th

Upstairs at the Exmouth Arms, Bath Road, Cheltenham

Workshop lead by Kate Noakes 7pm

Open mic and readings 8pm

Guest poet Kate Noakes

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

 

As usual for our last one of the year, you may choose to read a favourite poem by someone else on the open mic.

 

Kate Noakes will be reading from her eighth collection, Goldhawk Road, which was published by Two Rivers Press in February 2023. She is presently researching a PhD on contemporary British American poetry and the poetics of the breath at the University of Reading. Kate has degrees in Geography, and English Literature and an MPhil in Creative Writing. She reviews poetry collections for Poetry Wales, Poetry London, The North and London Grip. She lives in West London and when not writing is a printmaker. More information can be found at www.boomslangpoetry.blogspot.com