The Professor Vyle Show
Poetry with Punch
A one hour
one woman show
written and performed by
Emma Purshouse


Wednesday 24th October 2007

Upstairs at The City Bar
King Street
Wolverhampton

starts 7.30 pm


FREE Admission - but in true Punch and Judy style
a bottler will be collecting after the performance!

Bluebeard's Wives: Poetry Book Launch
Bilston Craft Gallery
Mount Pleasant
Bilston

Thursday 18th October 2007
7.00pm - 9.00pm
Free Event - all welcome

The poems in the 'Bluebeard's Wives' collection emerged after Julie Boden, poet in residence at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, invited women writers for a tour of the building followed by a performance of Bartok's Duke Bluebeard's Castle. Drawing on theatre and music, these poems offer another look at the familiar myth. They have been edited by Julie Boden and Zoe Brigley. The book is published by Heaventree Press.

Tonight's event will feature readings by Julie Boden and Zoe Brigley. Jane Seabourne and Emma Purshouse, who are both members of Wolverhampton's Women Who Write group, have work in the collection and will also be reading.

Voices Off @ Cheltenham Festival

Death and Taxes
The Beehive 8-9pm/£5
Marcus Moore unveils loop-holes in the rules governing death and suggests ways of ignoring the problem of money.

Warning this event contains choice language and some cigarettes, no risk assessment or feedback forms, a few poems, one mild reference to the pudenda...oh and a straightforward rhyme for banker. Faint hearted members of the audinece are entitled to faint, as long as they don't expect any sympathy.

UK All Stars Poetry Slam!
6th October 2007 @ Cheltenham Town Hall

Glam-slam poetry rocks the Cheltenham Festival tonight as fifteen plucky bards aim to revolutionise the spoken word world in Europe's premier performance poetry competition. Whose nerve, verve and verse will change your tune to become the ultimate Poet Idol?

Hosts with the most, Sara-Jane Arbury and Marcus Moore, keep it all tickety-boo as random judges rate the writing, measure the performance and assess your applause to find the wordster with the winning formula.

Bookings 01242 227979 www.cheltenhamfestivals.com

Warwick Words – Festival of Literature and Spoken Word
4 – 7 October 2007

Poetry Tea Rooms: Rhymes & Verse On the Menu
If you like your tea and cake served up with a dollop of fabulous poetry, then look no further than the Thomas Oken Tea Rooms in Warwick on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th October (11am – 4pm).

As a finishing touch to her year as Warwick Poet Laureate, Helen Yendall has invited local poets to showcase their talents in the 500-year old tea shop for the Warwick Words Festival and over 30 of them have risen to the challenge.

“I was delighted with the response,” Helen says. “There’s a wealth of talent in our region and many of the performing poets are published writers or Poet Laureates themselves. I like the idea of taking poetry out into unusual places and I’m sure it’s going to be great fun - for the poets and customers alike! This event is open to all and if any of the Tea Room visitors would like to read out one of their own poems, they’ll be more than welcome.”

Poets who will be performing upstairs in the Thomas Oken Tea Rooms include members of The Leam Writers, Warwick Words Writers’ Group and Inktank, plus Giovanni ‘Spoz’ Esposito (Birmingham Poet Laureate 2006 -7), Sean Kelly and BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire’s own Poet Laureate, Jo Roberts.

For more information on the poets or to request a timeslot to read your own poem, please contact: Helen Yendall – Warwick Poet Laureate helenyendall@yahoo.co.uk

Emma Purshouse will be reading at 2pm on Friday 5th October 2007 in the tea rooms!