2025 Programme

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 2025
 

January 12^th Duncan Forbes

February 9^th John Greening

March  9^th Adam Horovitz

April 13^th  Kate Potts

May 11^th Christina Thatcher

June 8^th Carrie Etter

July 13^th Rory Waterman

September 14^th Anna Saunders

October 5^th  Maggie Butt

November 9^th Zoe Brooks

December 14^th  TBC

 

 

 

 

Guest poets for 2023

January 8^th Frank McMahon

February 12^th Stephen Payne

March 12^th Adam Horovitz

April 2nd  Kate Noakes

May 14th  Kelvin Corcoran

June 11^th Janet Sutherland

July 16^th tbc

September 10^th Claire Crowther

October 8^th Rosie Jackson

November 12^th tbc

December 10^th tbc

 

 

 

 

Guest Poets for 2020

January 5^th – Julia Deakin

February 2^nd  – Jonathan Edwards

March 1^st - Michael Bartholomew Biggs and Nancy Mattson

April 5^th – Helen Calcutt

May 3^rd  - Janet Sutherland

June  14^th  – Kate Noakes

July 19th – Sharon Larkin and Belinda Rimmer

September 6^th Charles Bennett

October 4^th - Duncan Forbes

November 1^st – John Greening

December 6^th – 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 7^th - Bob Walton and Elizabeth Parker

May 12^th Kate North

June 2^nd – Pam Zinnerman Hope

July 14^th – Rennie Parker

September 1^st  – Martin Figura and Helen Ivory

October 6^th – Brenda Read Brown and Rachael Clyne

November 3^rd – Alasdair Paterson

December 1^st  – Jean Atkin

 


Guest poets for 2018 

January 7^th - Matthew Caley

February 11^th  – Roy Marshall

March 4^th  - Mario Petrucci

April 8^th - Roy Mcfarlane

May 6^th  – Jane Commane & Tania Hershman

June 3^rd - Susan Richardson

July 15^th -   Jennie Farley and David Clarke

September 2^nd  - Ross Cogan and Alison Brackenbury

October 7^th -  Rebecca Gethin

November 4^th  – Graham Burchell

December 2^nd - Ann Drysdale

 


Guest poets for 2017

January  8^th - June Hall and Rosie Bailey

February 12^th  – Isobel Dixon and Greg Leadbetter

March 5^th  – Maggie Butt

April 2^nd  - Rosie Jackson and Dawn Gorman  

April 30^th  – Jennifer A McGowan 

June  4^th - Deborah Alma and James Sheard

July 16^th  - Anna Saunders and John Row

September 3^rd  - Tania Hershman and Rishi Dastidar

October 1^st - Kim Moore

November 5^th  - Ben Parker

December 3^rd  – Dom Bury

 

 Guest Poets for 2016

January 3^rd  – Josephine Corcoran

February  7^th – Claire Crowther

March 6^th  – Valerie Laws

April  3^rd - Adam Horovitz

May 1^st  - Dan Sluman

June 5^th  – Jo Bell

July 24^th (note not usual time of month)  - Martyn Crucefix and readings from ‘Salt on the Wind’ anthology in tribute to Ruth Stone

September 4^th - Graham Burchell

October 2^nd  - Cliff Yates and David Clarke

November  6^th – Anne-Marie Fyfe

December 4^th - 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