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The Venus Papers Stage Show (Attenborough Arts, Leicester, 4 February 2017)

February 8, 2017February 12, 2017 Sally Jack Attenborough Arts, Botticelli, Burning Eye Books, Dave Dhonau, Leicester, Lydia Towsey, Ola Szmidt, Renaissance One, Scott Bridgwood, The Venus Papers

  – Reviewed by Sally Jack– Writer and performer Lydia Towsey Paintings and artwork Scott Bridgwood Co-directors Rachel Mars and

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Announcement Anthology Spoken Word 

Call for Submissions! ‘Verbs that Move Mountains’: Essays on Spoken Word Cultures Across the World

November 20, 2016March 18, 2017 Editor

Submission re-opened to cover specific geographical areas We have already accepted some wonderful essays and are now looking for a

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Festival Live Literature Spoken Word 

McGregor Poetry (Festival): Voices on Fire 26-28th August 2016

August 28, 2016January 17, 2017 Editor Cape Town, Ethne Mudge, Harry Owen, James Matthews, Jolyn Phillips, Kobus Moolman, McGregor Poetry Festival, Nick Mulgrew, Poetry in McGregor, South Africa, Temenos, UWC

-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– This isn’t going to be much of a review. I don’t think someone running three events

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Poetry Spoken Word 

What I Learned from Johnny Bevan by Luke Wright

July 31, 2016July 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter John Davies, Luke Wright, Oof, Penned in the Margins, What I Learned from Johnny Bevan

– Reviewed by John Davies – I’m not a lover of Pope or Clive James’ rhyming couplets, however clever they

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Saboteur Awards Spoken Word 

Spotlight on the Best Regular Spoken Word Night Shortlist

May 6, 2016May 25, 2016 Editor Bad Language, best regular spoken word night, Evidently, Liars' League, Loud Poets, saboteur 2016, Saboteur Awards, spotlight, Stanzas

It’s hard to resist taking on a sports’ commentator’s persona when putting the spotlight on these nights: What a list!

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Spoken Word 

Spoken Word London – 27/01/16

March 26, 2016May 1, 2017 websterpoet Abe Gibson, Betsy Porritt, JP O'Malley, Rebecca Cooney, Spoken Word London, Thomas Owoo, Tyrone Lewis

– reviewed by Betsy Porritt – Spoken Word London – a truly diverse evening… There’s something exciting about the nights

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Spoken Word 

The Poetry Archivist – 26/01/16

February 3, 2016February 2, 2016 websterpoet Ben Norris, Daniel Bull, James Bunting, Kit Finny, Lettie McKie, Math Jones, Monty Tom, Poetry Archivist, Rick Dove, Sally Jenkinson, The Proud Archivist, Vanessa Kisuule

– reviewed by Lettie McKie – at The Proud Archivist, Haggerston. Brand Spanking Newbie In my last review for Sabotage I

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Poetry Spoken Word 

Off the Wall @ A Touch of Madness, Cape Town 12/01/2016

January 12, 2016January 12, 2016 Editor Cape Town, Graham Dukas, Jane MacArthur, Nick Mulgrew, Off the Wall, Patricia Schonstein, South Africa, Wendy Woodward

-Reviewed by Claire Trévien- Date: Monday 11th January 2016 At A Touch of Madness (Observatory, Cape Town) The set up….

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Spoken Word 

Chicks with Books – 13-03-15

January 6, 2016January 6, 2016 websterpoet Alternative Beach Stories, Amy Acre, Amy McAllister, Are You As Single As That Cream, Chicks With Books, Fran Lock, Lettie McKie, Michelle Madsen, Outside the Tour Bus, Sophia Walker, The Big Green Bookshop, The Mystic and the Pig Thief, Where we’re Going we Don’t need Roads

– reviewed by Lettie McKie – At The Big Green Bookshop (Wood Green) (Your editor – James Webster – would like

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Live Literature Poetry Spoken Word 

Jon Compliant at Voicebox (UnDegUn, Wrexham,14/12/15)

December 23, 2015 Mab Jones Jon Compliant, Live Literature, north Wales, Sophie McKeand, Spoken Word, Tim HUmphreys, Voicebox, Wales

-Reviewed by Sophie McKeand– It’s Monday evening and, to quote an old Welsh language idiom, it’s raining old wives and

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