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SUNDAY

Every Sunday
Welcome To Wormworld
Open mic, spoken word, performance
MC & DJ:Vis the Spoon
Free entry 8pm (open mic sign-in) at:
The Foundry, 84 Great Eastern Street, Shoreditch.
Tel: 0207 736 6900

First Sunday of each month
Buzzwords.
Writing workshop, open mic, guest poet
7pm for the workshop, 8pm for readings
£3 at The Exmouth Arms, Bath Road, Cheltenham.
Tel 07855 308122 or email [email protected]

Third Sunday of every month.
PUREandGOODandRIGHT
Performance poetry,
The Fox, 32 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa, CV32 4RZ.
7.30pm.Admission £3 (£2 OAPS & NUS)
Open Mic slots available http://www.kellywit.com/web/pureandgoodandright.htm

First & Third Sunday of each month
Aromapoetry
Spoken word. Open mic. Free entry. Start time to be determined.
New Venue: Charterhouse Bar, 38 Charter-house Street, London EC1
Tel: 0207 608 0858 [email protected] & www.x-bout.com

TUESDAY

Last Tuesday of every month
Poetry Open-Mic Night at Borders
Last Tuesday of Every Month Free Entry 6.30 pm at Borders,
120 Charing Cross Rd, London WC2H tel: 020 7379 8877

First Tuesday of each month
Open Mic night
The Tin Angel, Medieval Spon Street, Coventry.
7.30pm start.
[email protected].www.heaventreepress.co.uk.

Third Tuesday of the Month
SHP Poets
workshop from 7pm, performancefrom 9pm, £2 entry.
South Hill Park, Ringmead, Bracknell RG12 7PA

WEDNESDAY

Every Wednesday
Express Excess
mix of comedy, poetry, storytelling at:
The Enterprise, 2 Haverstock Hill (chalk farm tube)
Doors: 8.30, show 9pm £5/£3 Tel: 020 7485 2659 www.expressexcess.co.uk

First Wednesday of Every Month
Big Mouth Cabaret
Marlows, 1 New Market Avenue, Bristol BS1 2EH
Doors 7.30 p.m. Show 8.00pm.
Tickets £6.00/£5.00 with flyer
Information: Rosemary Dun
0117 963 6462, mobile 0777 154 6919

Every second Wednesday
Spoken Word
7.30pm, free.
Drum Arts Centre, 144 Potters Lane,Aston B6 4UUB.
Contact [email protected]

First Wednesday of each month
Dead Good Poets Society
Doors open 8pm, poetry starts at 8.30pm.£1
Everyone welcome - each person has five minutes to perform, and there are a maximum of 24 slots delivered across three sets.
Third Wednesday of each month is Guest Night.
Everyman Bistro,Hope Street,Liverpool 1

Last Wednesday of every month
2 Many Poets
Spoken Word and Stand-up Poetry £3
8pm (doors) 9pm (show)
at the Pleasure Unit Bar, 359 Bethnal Green Road, London E2
For more info contact Luke on 07973 440608
or [email protected] www.2manypoets.com

THURSDAY

Every Thursday
Shortfuse
Spoken word poetry£5/ £3 8.30 pm (doors)
at The Camden Head,Camden Walk, Islington,London, N1
www.20six.co.uk/shortfuse

First Thursday of every month
X-Press Delivery
A fusion of spoken word poetry and live music £4/ £3
at Chez Manny Restaurant,
145-149 Battersea High Street, London SW11
tel: 07939 259 735,
[email protected]

First Thursday
Chapter Arts Centre
in Cardiff, organised by Seren Boooks on the first Thursday of the month starting 8.00pm, entry £2.00/£1.00concessions
Each event features readings by two guest poets, followed by an open-mic spot, where members of the audience will be invited to perform their own work.
Information: [email protected] seren-books.com
Tel: 01656 663018

SecondThursday of each month.
Albert Poets
8pm. Free
The Albert Hotel (next to Huddersfield Library)
Victoria Lane, Huddersfield, HD1 2QF
Contact: [email protected]

Last Thursday in the month 7:30pm at
Libraries Books, Mill Road Cambridge.
Open to published poets and beginners. Contact [email protected]

Second Thursday of the month
Ambit:
Readers to be confirmed£4/£3 6.30pm (doors)/7.30pm (start)
at: The Bath House Pub, 96 Dean Street, Soho W1
tel: 0208 340 3566
or visit www.ambitmagazine.co.uk

Last Thursday of every month
Dylan Thomas Centre: Last Thursday
A night of readings and song with floor spots for local writers.
£4/£2.80/£1,60 (Swansea PTL & floor per-formers) 7.30 pm at:
The Dylan Thomas Centre,
Somerset Place,
Swansea SA1 1RR
Tel: 01792 463980,
www.dylanthomas.org
or e-mail [email protected]

WORKSHOPS & COURSES

La Rivolte
Runs poetry workshops each summer. For more details contact Sarah on 020 7404 0984, e-mail [email protected], visit www.larivolte.com or write to Sarah Johnson, Poetry Workshops, 83 Saffron Hill, London EC1N 8RT

Poetry (and Prose) at the Abbey
is a series of 4 residential weekends run by ‘Writers Inc.’, brought to you by the Blue Nose Poets, at an attractive 13th century Abbey in Sutton Courtenay in Oxfordshire. Variously using guest writers and the Blue Nose poets’ own expertise the weekends involve writing exercises, tutorials and readings as well as some space and peace to write.The weekends start from only £99 residential and £89 non-residential. Contact Blue Nose Poetry, P.O. Box 29695, London E2 0FD Tel: 020 8981 2548 or email [email protected].

Salmon Creative Writing Workshops
Salmon Publishing run regular weekend creative writing workshops at the Salmon premises: Knockeven, Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare.These include all aspects of writing and publishing.The facilitator is Salmon’s director, Jessie Lendennie, who has conducted workshops all over Ireland and the U.S., for many years. Fee for the weekend is £100, including B&B accommodation in the lively village of Doolin. Numbers are limited to 7 per weekend. Sessions will run two weekends per month. For more information, or to book, email [email protected] or telephone 065 81941. Salmon Publishing Website: http://www. salmonpoetry.com/