loose muse

LOOSE MUSE AND ANGEL POETRY

2008-07-03T18:07:00.000+01:00

Hi gang,

If I sound a little manic this month it’s because I’ve been suffering from the Toothache from Hell, and haven’t yet found a kind and dentist who won’t cost me an arm and a leg to treat me. Have been shoveling handfuls of painkillers down my gullet and fortunately things have eased up a little so I’m not as ready to commit murder as I was last week. So if any of you have dentist poems, please keep them to yourself… I get nervous even thinking about it!

Happily, however, there is a lot of very good stuff to be thinking about for July, and hopefully we’ll see some of you there. To start with on Wednesday, 9^th July there’s LOOSE MUSE at the Poetry Café, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2 (closest tube = Covent Garden). This is London’s only regular event for women writers of all genres, with a warm and wonderful open mike sharing session, plus at least two featured writers each month. First up we have the indomitable Bernadette Cremins, a writer whose quick wit and astute use of words combine to bring us razor sharp poetry that takes no prisoners. And then we have Susan Richardson, a writer of tremendous sensitivity who is coming all the way from Wales to Loose Muse for the first time, to share some her ethereal work with us and take us to another place, another time. Finally, as a special Guest Poet all the way from Atlanta, the queen of Georgian eloquence, the wonderful Karen Head. Truly a night not to be missed. The night starts at 8.00 p.m - £5.00/£3.00 concs. And there are plenty of chances for you to come read your own work in the open mike readings from the floor.

Next we have ANGEL POETRY on Thursday 10^th July kicking off as usual at 7.00 p.m. This monthly poetry reading is at Borders Bookshop at the Angel in the N1 Centre Parkfield Street, London N1 – the shopping mall opposite Angel tube station. We continue with our triple bill of feature poets in July, each with their unique own way of seeing the world and sharing their work.

First we have Anjan Saha, the popular London poet who mixes his profound love of words with Asian rhythms for his first appearance at Angel Poetry. Then we have Susan Grindley, whose broad sweep of life, love and every-day emotions form the bedrock of her perceptive poetry. And finally, in case you missed her, coming all the way from Brighton, Bernadette Cremins is making a second appearance at Angel Poetry. There are also floor spots available on the night, so just turn up and let me know you want to read. Please note there’ll be no Angel Poetry in August but the this popular event will be back in September with some truly sensational features.

And as well as hosting these events, I’m also featuring in the following two so get your diaries out.

This Sunday 6^th July I’m performing as part of the London Magazine 4-day Poetry Tent as part of the O2 Wireless Fest at Speakers Corner. Along with a some of London’s finest spoken word artists, I’ll be there on Sunday some time between 4.00 – 6.00 p.m. Apparently we’re right next to the beer tent, so it should be fairly easy to find us.

Friday 18^th July I’m featuring alongside my partners in poetic crime Ruth O’Callaghan and Rosemary Norman, at the Literature Lounge, a monthly event at the Poetry Café. Get there any time after about 7.30 p.m. for a rare evening of words and wonder.

Hope to see you at one of these events or all of them – come share the passion, share the joy.

Love, always

Agnes Meadows

Host and fellow poet

PS : For a little while longer, if you want to please do contact me at my work e, agnes.meadows@discover.org.uk

Agnes Meadows

Development Manager

T: 020 8536 5549

DISCOVER's STORY TRAIL, STORY GARDEN and STORY DEN is open everyday 10am - 5pm (except for Mondays during Newham term time)

Get ready for the summer holidays. Perform It, Tell It and Make It in our fabulous season of workshops.

Recommended by The Guardian and Critics Choice Time Out:

CITY OF STORIES until 31 AUGUST

How do you make nail soup? Why did George kill the dragon? What makes the mango wondrous?

Find out by visiting City of Stories, a new exhibition featuring fantastic legends, folk stories and traditional tales.

For more information about us and the facilities we provide please go to www.discover.org.uk or call us on: 020 8536 5555.

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the great british story debate

2008-06-20T18:27:00.000+01:00

Hi there,

I thought I should send you a quick reminder that next week I’m hosting an event at the Discover Centre in Stratford E15 – The Great British Story Debate – on Wednesday 25^th June, starting at 7.00 p.m.

The idea of the debate came out of discussions with members of the white British community in and around Canning Town and Silvertown as part of Discover’s ‘Connecting Stories’ project and ‘City of Stories’ exhibition. When asked for their traditional stories, those we spoke to said ‘But there are no British stories’, which resulted in some fairly heated discussions internally at Discover, and the theme of our first debate was born.

The night promises to be an excellent one, with a panel of experts here to debate the topic with wit and enthusiasm so do come along and join us. Discover is straight through on the Central and Jubilee Lines, the DLR or overhead, and is about a 5 minute walk from Stratford Station with an entrance on the High Street.

And if you can, please do pass on the information to anyone else you feel might be interested.

Love always,

Agnes

Agnes Meadows

Development Manager

T: 020 8536 5549

DISCOVER's STORY TRAIL, STORY GARDEN and STORY DEN is open everyday 10am - 5pm (except for Mondays during Newham term time)

Get ready for the summer holidays. Perform It, Tell It and Make It in our fabulous season of workshops.

Recommended by The Guardian and Critics Choice Time Out:

CITY OF STORIES until 31 AUGUST

How do you make nail soup? Why did George kill the dragon? What makes the mango wondrous?

Find out by visiting City of Stories, a new exhibition featuring fantastic legends, folk stories and traditional tales.

For more information about us and the facilities we provide please go to www.discover.org.uk or call us on: 020 8536 5555.

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LOOSE MUSE, ANGEL POETRY, AND LOTS OF OTHER STUFF

2008-05-27T19:51:00.000+01:00

Hi gang,

My God, there’s so much going on this month, you’re going to find it hard to fit it all in…must be something to do with the day’s getting longer, and the night’s becoming more inspirational! As well as Loose Muse and Angel Poetry, there are three other events (count them…3) I’m featuring in + a few other things I’ve added in the ‘ads’ section. So please read right through to the end – you’ll be really sorry if you don’t.

To start with on Wednesday, 11^th June there’s LOOSE MUSE at the Poetry Café, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2 (closest tube = Covent Garden). This is London’s only regular event for women writers of all genres, with a warm and wonderful open mike sharing session, plus two featured writers each month. Featured in June will be the ultra insightful poet and artist, the ever popular Valeria Melchioretto, coming to share some of the heart-warming work from her new book. Also featuring will be the fabulous Niki Aguirre, with readings from her gripping series of short stories, and hot-off-the-press advice on how to make headway in this genre. Special Guest for June, joining us all the way from Brisbane, Australia, will be Punk Poetess extraordinaire, Stefanie Petrik, to razor everything you thought you knew about poetry and the spoken word. Not to be missed. The night starts at 8.00 p.m - £5.00/£3.00 concs. And there are plenty of chances for you to come read your own work in the open mike readings from the floor.

Next we have ANGEL POETRY on Thursday 12^th June kicking off as usual at 7.00 p.m. This monthly poetry reading is at Borders Bookshop at the Angel in the N1 Centre Parkfield Street, London N1 – the shopping mall opposite Angel tube station. We continue with our triple bill of feature poets in May, each with their unique own way of seeing the world and sharing their work. First up is the award winning poet Rosemary Norman, who recently won a leading daily newspaper’s national poetry competition, with her own brand of perceptive work. This is followed by an Aussie double –bill. Cath Drake gives us her highly evocative & sharp poetry to take you far beyond Middle England into a different Antipodean world. Cath shares the bill with Stefanie Petrik, another chance to see Brisbane’s Queen of Punk Poetry in action. There are also floor spots available on the night, so just turn up and let me know you want to read.

And as well as hosting the above two events, I’m also featuring in the following three, so get your diaries out.

1. Wednesday 4^th July, a free event celebrating 7 Years of Flipped Eye Publishing (my publisher), at the Poetry Café in Covent Garden. To mark Flipped Eye’s 7^th anniversary, Nii Parkes is putting on a marathon 11 hours of free readings, discussions and book signings in the basement of the Poetry Café. Alongside a whole host of the capital’s best loved and most popular poets and writers – Niall O’Sullivan, Aoife Mannix, Jacon Sam-La Rose, and Malika Booker to name only a few – I will be sharing the stage with Inua Ellams, at 8.30 that night, in a session called ‘Generations’. Inua and I will be reading together from a selection of new works as well as a few old favourites. For a full programme contact Nii @ Flipped Eye.

2. Thursday 19^th June, I’ll be a feature at “Voices of Experience”, reading alongside Dan Maitland and Aoife Mannix. Hosted by the inimitable Heartsong, the gig will be upstairs at the Railway Tavern, next to Tulse Hill Rail Station, SE27 9BW – kick off at 8.00 - £3.00 entry.

3. Wednesday 25^th June, I’m chairing a fantastic event at the Discover centre, in Stratford, E15. This is The Great British Story Debate, featuring a panel of four eminent writers, story tellers and performers to discuss whether there really are any British stories, or have they all been borrowed from other cultures, other places. If you’re interested in stories this is an absolute must. See the flyer below for full details.

And now for a couple of ads:

i) Graham Buchan has a fabulous photo Exhibition called “Simple Gifts” throughout June, at The Hub restaurant/bar attached to The Space, 269 Westferry Road, Isle of Dogs E14 3RS. Definitely worth a look as Graham is both a fantastic poet and an exceptional photographer.

ii) Tresspass magazine is about to apply for an Arts Council grant, and desperately nee more subscriptions to make their application more viable. A fabulous new magazine always on the lookout for new cutting edge stories, poems, art work, reviews, and excerpts of plays, so well worth investing in. Download a subscription form from www.trespassmagazine.co.uk or talk to Sara-Mae Tuson on 0308-400-5882.

iii) Poetry competition by Chapter One Promotions – top prizes £1,000, £500, £250 – max length 30 lines, must be unpublished, with a deadline of midnight Sunday 1^st June 2008. £5 per poem. Address – www.chapteronepromotions.com

Hope to see you at one of these events or all of them – come share the passion, share the joy.

Love, always

Agnes Meadows

Host and fellow poet

PS : For a little while longer, if you want to please do contact me at my work e, agnes.meadows@discover.org.uk

Agnes Meadows

Development Manager

T: 020 8536 5549

DISCOVER's STORY TRAIL, STORY GARDEN and STORY DEN is open everyday 10am - 5pm (except for Mondays during Newham term time)

SPRING BREAK EVENTS Monday 7 - 18 April

11.30 & 2.30pm

Make wings, bugs, bees and butterfiles. Learn carnival grooves and rhythms. Build a rocket and imagine your flying to the moon this spring break.

Recommended by The Guardian and Time Out:

CITY OF STORIES 29 MARCH - 31 AUGUST

How do you make nail soup? Why did George kill the dragon? What makes the mango wondrous?

Find out by visiting City of Stories, a new exhibition featuring fantastic legends, folk stories and traditional tales.

For more information about us and the facilities we provide please go to www.discover.org.uk or call us on: 020 8536 5555.

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Survivors' Poetry Event 22nd May 08

2008-05-19T11:24:00.000+01:00

Dear All,

Thursday, 22nd of May
SURVIVORS' POETRY
OPEN MIC
Maggie's Bar
98-100 Church St. Stoke Newington , N16 (73 bus route, Rectory Road BR)
8pm to midnight

SPECIAL GUESTS Sibyl Madrigal & Alex Ward
FLOORSPOTS - Music Poetry Rhetoric , Stand Up, etc. FOR TWO SOLID HOURS

LOOSE MUSE & ANGEL POETRY

2008-05-08T19:49:00.000+01:00

Hi gang,

I think there’s definitely something happening out in the ether that is making everyone have to work a hundred times harder than normal, and causing horrible delays in every aspect of life, broken relationships, disturbance and mayhem. Or is that just a side-effect of getting older!!? All of this is a convoluted way of getting to the point, which is that when I arrived back in the country from my recent US tour, I hit the ground running, and have been trying to send this mail-out for the past 3 nights without absolutely no success. So here it is at last, late, but perfectly formed and a glorious banner of poetry and poets to come.

Atlanta, Austin and San Antonio were fab, and I would urge you all if you can to register for next year’s Austin International Poetry Festival, as it’s a brilliant event with hundreds of poets from all over the US, leavened by a good sprinkling of internationals to liven things up.

But before that, we have the usual bevy of poetic beauties to add May-time shine to our calendar, so why not check out the following gigs if you want to be inspired, stimulated and stirred. First, on Wednesday, May 14^th there’s LOOSE MUSE at the Poetry Café, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2 (closest tube = Covent Garden). This is London’s only regular event for women writers of all genres, with a warm and wonderful open mike sharing session, plus two featured writers each month. Featured in May will be Adrienne Dines, international novelist coming all the way from Walton to share the pros and cons of actually getting that novel onto the page and published. Also featuring on that night will be the multi-talented Sara-Mae Tuson, who as well as being a very gifted poet is also Acting Editor of The London Magazine and Trespass, so will have a wealth of information on getting published to share. Special Guest Poet joining us all the way from Spain is Ellen Zaks, with her own brand of poetic verve and passion. The night starts at 8.00 p.m - £5.00/£3.00 concs. And there are plenty of chances for you to come read your own work in the open mike readings from the floor.

Next we have ANGEL POETRY on Thursday 15^th May kicking off as usual at 7.00 p.m. This monthly poetry reading is at Borders Bookshop at the Angel in the N1 Centre Parkfield Street, London N1 – the shopping mall opposite Angel tube station. We continue with our triple bill of feature poets in May, each with their unique own way of seeing the world and sharing their work. First up is young Persian actress, performer, and now poet Maryem Hashemi, reading her own work for the first time at Angel Poetry, followed by fabulous West Country mistress of the spoken word in both English and Cornish Sue Johns, and last but not least another chance to see Ellen Zaks bring her poetry all the way from Andalucia to the Angel. There are also floor spots available on the night, so just turn up and let me know you want to read.

And both Loose Muse and Angel Poetry are growing in popularity, so come along and share the passion and the joy.

And now for some adverts:

1. Inspiring Wells - 5 day poetry workshop by renowned poet Mimi Khalvati,

September 15 - 20, 2008, In the spectacular location of Nafplion, Greece.

Contact Margaret Eddershaw, sturgess@naf.forthnet.gr

2. THE LONDON MAGAZINE and TRESPASS MAGAZINE – two excellent opportunities to get your work published. First, one of the capital’s oldest poetry/literature and arts magazines, submit articles, fiction, poetry or reviews to The London Magazine for the next edition coming out later this summer with a definite Arabic flavour – deadline 1^st June Also submit to London’s newest and most colourful poetry magazine, TRESPASS – a journal with real bite and sex appeal. Contact Sara-Mae Tuson on 020-8400-5882 or e her tresspassmagazine@yahoo.co.uk for more information about both magazines.

Love, always

Agnes Meadows

Host and fellow poet

PS : For a little while longer, if you want to please do contact me at my work e, agnes.meadows@discover.org.uk

Agnes Meadows

Development Manager

T: 020 8536 5549

DISCOVER's STORY TRAIL, STORY GARDEN and STORY DEN is open everyday 10am - 5pm (except for Mondays during Newham term time)

SPRING BREAK EVENTS Monday 7 - 18 April

11.30 & 2.30pm

Make wings, bugs, bees and butterfiles. Learn carnival grooves and rhythms. Build a rocket and imagine your flying to the moon this spring break.

Recommended by The Guardian and Time Out:

CITY OF STORIES 29 MARCH - 31 AUGUST

How do you make nail soup? Why did George kill the dragon? What makes the mango wondrous?

Find out by visiting City of Stories, a new exhibition featuring fantastic legends, folk stories and traditional tales.

For more information about us and the facilities we provide please go to www.discover.org.uk or call us on: 020 8536 5555.

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LOOSE MUSE & ANGEL POETRY

2008-03-28T22:24:00.000Z

Hi gang,

You’re getting this mailout a little earlier than usual, because I’m going to the US at the crack of dawn tomorrow morning to be a poet for the next couple of weeks, and so I wanted to get information out before I go. This also means, of course, that I won’t be around for either April’s Loose Muse, or Angel Poetry. But both gigs are definitely happening, and will be guest hosted by two of my favourite poets. And of course, if you happen to be in either Texas or Georgia, you might like to rock up and catch me in Austin, San Antonio or Atlanta.

With spring just a hairs-breadth away (honest…despite the snow, the air smells different), why not check out the following gigs to put some warmth back in your veins. First, on Wednesday, April 9^th there’s LOOSE MUSE at the Poetry Café, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2 (closest tube = Covent Garden). This is London’s only regular event for women writers of all genres, with a warm and wonderful open mike sharing session, plus two featured writers each month. Featured in April will be the multi-talented poet, actress and performer Aliese Kellner-Joyce bringing us a segment of her kaleidoscopic work – high octane energy and forceful words to mesmerize. Also featuring on that night the award-winning Annie Brechin who will be reading from some of her high quality poetry and sharing her views on how to get published in poetry magazines. The night starts at 8.00 p.m - £5.00/£3.00 concs. And there’s also chances for you to come and share and explore work in the open mike readings from the floor. Guest Host for April will be the warm and wonderful Naomi Woddis, to keep you happy on the night.

Next we have ANGEL POETRY on Thursday 10^th April kicking off as usual at 7.00 p.m. This monthly poetry reading is at Borders Bookshop at the Angel in the N1 Centre Parkfield Street, London N1 – the shopping mall opposite Angel tube station. March continues with the poetic treat, as we again feature three poets each having a very different style and approach to their work. Guest Host for the night is poet, entrepreneur and founder of Tall Lighthouse publishing, the inimitable Les Robinson, who will be introducing a bevy of three poets as features for the night – first up Janice Fixter followed by Drea King, and last but not least the wonder Tom Chivers,- truly a trio of multi-varied talent that has had poetry lovers awestruck all over the capital and beyond. There are also floor spots available on the night, so just turn up and let Les know you want to read.

And both Loose Muse and Angel Poetry are growing in popularity, so come along and share the passion and the joy.

Love, always

Agnes Meadows

Host and fellow poet

PS : For a little while longer, if you want to please do contact me at my work e, agnes.meadows@discover.org.uk

Agnes Meadows

Development Manager

T: 020 8536 5549

DISCOVER's STORY TRAIL, STORY GARDEN and STORY DEN is open everyday 10am - 5pm (except for Mondays during Newham term time)

SPRING BREAK EVENTS Monday 7 - 18 April

11.30 & 2.30pm

Make wings, bugs, bees and butterfiles. Learn carnival grooves and rhythms. Build a rocket and imagine your flying to the moon this spring break.

Recommended by The Guardian and Time Out:

CITY OF STORIES 29 MARCH - 31 AUGUST

How do you make nail soup? Why did George kill the dragon? What makes the mango wondrous?

Find out by visiting City of Stories, a new exhibition featuring fantastic legends, folk stories and traditional tales.

For more information about us and the facilities we provide please go to www.discover.org.uk or call us on: 020 8536 5555.

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