Featured Writer - Togara Muzanenhamo
Togara Muzanenhamo was born to Zimbabwean parents in Lusaka, Zambia in 1975. He was brought up in Zimbabwe, and then went on to study in The Hague and Paris. He became a journalist in Harare and worked for a film script production company. His work has appeared in magazines in...
News
Poets Wanted - Comedic Poetry Record Attempt for Charity
"How Many Poets Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb?"
Cat Davies and Tony Kinsella of Reverberate seem determined to find out. They want to set a new Guinness record for the most...
10th Manchester Cathedral International Interfaith and Religious Poetry Competition
CLOSING DATE: MONDAY, 30 JUNE 2008
Last year's was a great success with over 300 people sending in over 700 poems, many of which were from abroad. The winner was a Buddhist and other winners...
Moving Manchester Writers Gallery Seeks Writers
'Moving Manchester' is a research project based at Lancaster University, focusing on the writing of migrant communities in Manchester since 1960.
We have now established an online Writers...
Wordsworth Trust Programme announced
Fancy a trip to the Lakes?
These poets will be reading at the Wordsworth Trust this summer:
Patience Agbabi, Moniza Alvi, Simon Armitage, Paul Batchelor, Gladys Mary Coles, Wendy Cope,...
Manchester Metropolitan University Writing School £10,000 poetry prize.
The Manchester Poetry Prize 2008
First prize: £10,000*
Deadline for entries: 1st August 2008
The...
Split The Lark Poetry Competition
SPLIT THE LARK POETRY FESTIVAL The Poetry Party invites you to be one of the first writers to take part in our latest Isle of Arran, Scotland workshop 28th June to 5th July 2008 only, £400 single room or £200 for... Would you like to volunteer to help out during the Writing on the Wall festival? If so, we would love to hear from you. Please email or telephone the WoW office on 0151 703 0020 as soon as... In carriage 22, Obododimma Oha fights footmarks to the next idea; Jill Magi supplies a possible narrative; Are you a new writer* based in the North West of England? If so, would you like a one-to-one writer’s surgery/coaching session to discuss your work and your ambitions? Commonword is launching a...
DEAL AND DOVER POETRY COMPETITION
JUNE 2008Citizen32's Isle of Arran Poetry Adventure 2008 - Book now!
WOW volunteers needed
Shadowtrain Issue 22 out now!
Commonword Writer's Surgery
Events
- Zest! Open Floor Poetry Night
- Alexander's Jazz Theatrebar (Chester,)
- 8:00pm
- Jane Routh & Mike Barlow at Manchester Central Library
- Central Library (Manchester)
- 1:00pm
- Lesbian Pulp Fiction with Kaye Mitchell and Patricia Duncker
- Cup (Mr. Scruff's cafe) (Manchester M4 1NA.)
- 7:30pm
