What's happening in October?

Emma will be performing at quite a few events in October...
                         

Poetry Alight at the Spark Cafe Bar, 19 Tamworth St, Lichfield WA13 6JP Tuesday 2nd October 2012, Arrive early , 7.30pm prompt start -10pm Free Entry A Lichfield Literary Festival Event   CITY VOICES WOLVERHAMPTON OCTOBER 9th 2012 CITY BAR, KING STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON 7.30 pm FREE admission   FUNNY WOMEN Emma Purshouse and Win Saha at Streetly Library, Blackwood Road, Streetly Wednesday 10th October 2012 10.30 am - 11.30 am FREE admission     Funny Women We welcome 'Funny Women', for another fun filled evening of poetry, laughter, and much more! The 'Funny Women' are, Emma Purshouse, Jane Seabourne and Win Saha. Thursday 18th October, 7pm Long Lane Library Tickets are £3 (£1.50 concessions) can be booked on 01384 812880 Long Lane Library Long Lane Halesowen B62  9JY   OFFA'S PRESS 'We're all in this together' anthology launch. Friday 19th October 2012 Wolverhampton Art Gallery 7pm “A terrific evening of poetry” – Mal Dewhirst Lichfield Poets proudly present the fourth in this quarterly series of poetry evenings, hosted by Gary Longden . It comprises visiting guest poets and an open mic section. Great pride is taken in introducing new poets to the audience, and new audiences to poets. Open mic spots, at 3mins each, may be booked in advance, a very few may be made available on the night, e-mail: Lichfield.Poets@hotmail.co.uk Please note that our advance slots are always oversubscribed, all requests may not be successful. The Cafe, as well as offering coffee, teas and light refreshments is also licensed to sell alcohol and offers a range of hot food, I can personally vouch for their Cumberland sausage sandwich! The audience is encouraged to arrive early, and the Spark is ideal to enjoy a supper with friends before proceedings. The Cafe is open all day. This month’s distinguished published guest poets include: Emma Purshouse: Emma is an immensely popular local poet based in Wolverhampton. She is published by Offa’s Press, runs her own monthly event Bilston Voices, and organises Slams , Festivals and workshops around the country. A terrific performance poet, her humour and pathos are always a delight. Deborah Tyler- Bennett: Deborah is a Leicestershire based poet whose current collection is Revudeville (King’s England, 2011) containing three sequences united by images from visual art. In 2010 her collection Pavilion appeared (Smokestack) set in Brighton and inspired by dandies. Her first collection was Clark Gable in Mansfield (King’s England, 2003). Her chapbook collection of three portraits in poems, Mytton… Dyer… Sweet Billy Gibson… is out from Nine Arches Press, (2011). Regularly performing her work, recent readings have included Castor and Pollux Modern Artwork (Brighton), Beeston International Poetry Festival (Notts), Keats Festival 2010/ 2011 (London), Poetry in the Crypt (London), Lowdham Book Festival, Ledbury Poetry Festival, Callander Poetry Weekend (Scotland), and A and T Artist’s Open House Performance Sunday (Brighton Festival Fringe).She co-edits Coffee House magazine and is big in Romania. Roy Marshall: Roy is a Leicestershire based poet whose current collection is Gopagilla and is published by Crystal Clear pamphlets.His work has appeared in magazines including The Rialto, Staple, The Shop, Smiths Knoll, Under the Radar, Hearing Voices, New Walk, Obsessed with pipework, Iota , Envoi, The Interpreters House, Frogmore Papers, Magma, Ink Sweat and Tears, Prole, London Grip, The Bow Wow Shop, Agenda , Epicenter, Antiphon, Cake and The North. “…. Marshall’s minimalism and his pitch perfect cadences are reminiscent of and on a par with the work of Ian Hamilton and the early work of Hugo Williams”. David Cooke Reviews of past Poetry Alights are available here: http://pollysworda.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/the-spark-that-becomes-a-flame/ http://pollysworda.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/it-takes-just-a-spark-to-set-poetry-alight/