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Verve Poetry Festival, 16-19th February 2017

March 25, 2017 Editor Amerah Saleh, Anna Freeman, Anthony Anaxagorou, Bernhard Christianssen, Bethany Slinn, Bohdan Piasecki, Charley Genever, Clive Birnie, Cynthia Miller, Daljit Nagra, Dean Atta, Deanna Rodger, Emma Wright, Fran Lock, Hannah Silva, Helen Mort, Hibaq Osman, Isobel Dixon, Jane Commane, Jess Green, Jonathan Davidson, Kareem Parkins-Brown, Katrina Naomi, Kim Moore, Luke Kennard, Mona Arshi, Nina Lewis, Raymond Antrobus, Richard O'Brien, Roz Goddard, Sabrina Mahfouz, Sarah Howe, Skye Hawkins, Spoken Word, Stuart Bartholomew, Susannah Dickie, Toby Campion, Vanessa Kisuule, Verve Poetry Festival, Waterstones

-Reviewed by Nina Lewis– I love poetry festivals, this new one promised a marked difference. One of the leading principles of

Interactive Literature Live Literature Spoken Word

Disappear Here Project Launch (The Box, Fargo, Coventry, 16 March 2017)

March 24, 2017March 25, 2017 Sally Jack Ben Cook, Brian Harley, Cormac Faulkner, Coventry, Dara Mortimer, Disappear Here, Emilia Moniszko, Emily Wright, James Grady, John McCaughley, Mab Jones, Martin Green, Philip Larkin, Richard Hourguez, Sangham Sharma, Sarah James, Stella Backhouse, The Box, Zoe Palmer

reviewed by Stella Backhouse Known for his ambivalence towards the city of his birth, Philip Larkin’s best known work about

Live Literature Spoken Word

Matt Watts: Playlist (Attenborough Arts, Leicester, 26 February 2017)

February 28, 2017May 1, 2017 Sally Jack Attenborough Arts, Leicester, Leicester Comedy Festival, Matt Watts, Playlist, Rock Band, Sally Jack

reviewed by Sally Jack Matt Watts’s Playlist considers the role music plays in our lives, particularly now we are set

Live Literature Spoken Word

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

February 8, 2017August 25, 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

Announcement Anthology Spoken Word

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

November 20, 2016July 1, 2017 Editor

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

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

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

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!

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

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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