Presented by BORDERS (London) & London Slam Central:
featured reader ¦ featured book at borders ¦ featured publication
Start Time: 6.30pm prompt, 26 April 2005
John Stammers, a rising UK poetry star from Islington, will be our feature this month. There will be an open mike for all enthusiasts as always. Anyone who wishes to share their own poetry is welcome, but is advised to come early.
The event will be hosted as usual by Nii Ayikwei Parkes.
Address: 122 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H
John Stammers is a Londoner, born in Islington, where he still lives, and is one of the fastest rising stars in UK poetry. His first collection Panoramic Lounge-bar (Picador 2001) won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Poetry Award and his recent full collection Stolen Love Behaviour (Picador 2005) is Poetry Book Society Choice for Spring 2005 and has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize. In between he managed to find time to put out an eclectic collection of comic elegies for dead people called Buffalo Bills (Donut Press). John graduated in Philosophy from Kings' College London and is an Associate of King's College.
Featured Book:
Our featured book this month is John's Stolen Love Behaviour from Picador. Already listed as a Poetry Book Society recommendation, the book has also been shortlisted for the T.S. Eliott Prize. Make sure you have a good look at Stolen Love Behaviour in store or on amazon.
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x magazine returns with it's usual selection of fine new poetry and prose with a focus on writers who read in public. This issue has an extra serving of short fiction to make up for the lack of an interview, but, as always, it is packed with great poetry from all around the world including contributions from Richard Healy, Thabani Gigaba, Jim Bennett, Keisha Moore, Isabel del Rio, Denise Saul, bohdan yuri and many more.
Grab it in store (Borders) or buy it online. Either way, it's worth an online read, or subscription.
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