Live Literature – Page 6 – Sabotage

Festival Live Literature

Ocean Going Idiot (Story City Festival, St Martin’s Tea & Coffee, 6 Jul 2015)

July 10, 2015 Sally Jack Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival, Leicester, Ocean Going Idiot, Rob Coleman, St Martins Tea & Coffee, Story City

reviewed by Sally Jack Pork pies notwithstanding, Leicester has a bit of a reputation for festivals and between 6 and

Collaboration Festival Live Literature Spoken Word

Home – curated by Deanna Rodger (The Roundhouse Last Word Festival, 28/05/15)

June 11, 2015 websterpoet Cardboard Citizens, Deanna Rodger, Last Word Festival, Lettie McKie, Pete the Temp, Populace Theatre, Roundhouse

– reviewed by Lettie McKie – The Hub As part of the Last Word Festival of spoken word, the Roundhouse

Festival Live Literature Spoken Word

Bloodlines by Talia Randall (The Roundhouse Last Word Festival, 26/05/15)

June 5, 2015June 5, 2015 websterpoet Bloodlines, Last Word Festival, Lettie McKie, Roundhouse, Talia Randall

– reviewed by Lettie McKie – (Director: Rachel Blackman) “Welcome to my mind…” The floor of the studio theatre at

Announcement Anthology Literary Criticism Live Literature Pamphlets Poetry Saboteur Awards Spoken Word

Saboteur Awards 2015: Best Anthologies, Pamphlets, Publishers and Reviewers

June 1, 2015June 1, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Afric McGlinchey, Andy Jackson, Ashley Stokes, Becky Varley-Winter, Bloodaxe, Brett Evans, Bridgedoor Press, Burning Eye Books, Charles Whalley, Dave Coates, Dead Ink Books, Double Bill, Eniko Jahab, Eve Lacey, For Books' Sake, Furies: A Poetry Anthology of Women Warriors, Holly Corfield Carr, Indigo Dreams, Influx Press, Joey Connolly, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Kissing Angles, Mark Fiddes, MINE, Penned in the Margins, Red Squirrel Press, Robin Jones, Sarah Fletcher, Templar Poetry, Ten: The New Wave, Test Centre, The Charnel House, The Chelsea Flower Show Massacre, The Devil’s Tattoo, The Emma Press, Tom Chivers, Tom de Freston, Unthank Books, Unthology 6, Victoria Kennefick, White Whale

– In which Becky Varley–Winter sums up Best Anthologies, Poetry Pamphlets, Reviewers, and Publishers – Best Anthology Best Anthology was a dynamic,

Collection Festival Live Literature Poetry Translation

Peter Hughes, Cultural eXchanges (De Montfort University, 25 Feb 2015)

March 1, 2015March 1, 2015 Sally Jack Avignon, Canzoniere, Cultural eXchanges, De Montfort University, Francesco Petrarca, Hunstanton, Leicester, Peter Hughes, Petrachian sonnet, Petrarch

-Reviewed by Sally Jack– Beloved of brides, the rhyme ‘something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue’ came to mind

Live Literature Spoken Word

Book Slam – 29/01/15 at The Grand

February 17, 2015February 17, 2015 websterpoet Eliza Robertson, Felicity Ward, Games, Lettie McKie, Longfella, performance poetry, Review, Samantha Shannon, Sofia Mattioli, Spoken Word, The Grand, Tony Walsh

– reviewed by Lettie McKie – The Grand in Clapham Junction is not a typical venue for literary entertainment. An

Festival Live Literature

Dave’s UK Pun Championships (Just the Tonic at Hansom Hall, Leicester, 12 Feb 2015)

February 15, 2015February 16, 2015 Sally Jack Darren Walsh, Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival, Hansom Hall, Lee Nelson, Leicester, Leo Kearse, Martin Croser, Richard Pulsford, Richard Woolford, Rob Coleman, Rob Thomas, Tony Cowards, UK Pun Championships

Reviewed by Sally Jack Warning – this review contains (p)unadulterated and gratuitous punning. A bloomin’ great queue, fish and chips

Live Literature Spoken Word

Writing Climate Change (at the Free Word Centre)

February 9, 2015February 15, 2015 websterpoet Catherine Heath, Climate Change, Dan Simpson, Free Word Centre, Nick Hunt, Oisin McGann, Sai Murray, Sarah Butler, Selina Nwulu, Stevie Ronnie, Zena Edwards

– reviewed by Catherine Heath – The Venue – a welcomingly hipster-ish charity Writing Climate Change was hosted at the

Live Literature Poetry Spoken Word

WORD! feat. Kathleen Bell and Penelope Shuttle (The Y Theatre, Leicester, 3 Feb 2015)

February 8, 2015February 9, 2015 Sally Jack Kathleen Bell, Leicester, Lydia Towsey, Penelope Shuttle, WORD!, Y Theatre

-Reviewed by Sally Jack- It seems fitting somehow that WORD!, the Midlands’ longest running spoken word night – now in

Live Literature Poetry Spoken Word

Bethany W Pope appearing at The Cellar Bards (31/10/14)

November 15, 2014November 15, 2014 Anna Jamieson Bethany W. Pope, Cardigan, Carly Holmes, Cellar Bards, Wales

-Reviewed by Carly Holmes– For our Halloween gathering, The Cellar Bards thought that Bethany W Pope would make a perfect