Live Literature – Sabotage

Poetry as Exploration of the Past – Saboteur Festival Panel 2020

May 7, 2020May 10, 2020 Charley creative writing, historical fiction, historical writing, literature event, Live Literature, live poetry, panel discussion, panel event, poetry

While our commissioned artists are busying themselves to get content ready for the Saboteur Awards Festival 2020 (remember, we’ll be

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LIVEwire at the Verve Poetry Festival (February 22, 2020)

April 29, 2020April 29, 2020 Charley Festival, Live Literature, live poetry, poetry, Spoken Word, Verve Poetry Festival

Late last year, UK spoken word record label Nymphs & Thugs announced their first national tour. Their goal was to bring ‘LIVEwire’ to eight different venues across the country.

Bohdan Piasecki standing in front of a blue and yellow Hit the Ode display

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Hit the Ode x UniSlam Party (The Patrick Studio, Birmingham Hippodrome, 1 Feb 2019)

February 20, 2019February 20, 2019 Charley Birmingham, Hit the Ode, literature event, Live Literature, live poetry, performance poetry, Spoken Word, UniSlam

reviewed by Hannah Ledlie Hit the Ode was launched a decade ago in The Victoria, a popular pub in Birmingham city

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Saboteur Awards 2018: Spotlight on the Best Spoken Word Show Shortlist

April 28, 2018 Editor Jackie Hagan, Jemima Foxtrot, Leyla Josephine, Live Literature, Martin Figura, spoken word show, Vanessa Kisuule

Voting on this year’s shortlist continues apace, smashing last year’s records to bits! If you haven’t voted yet, take a

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

December 23, 2015 Anna Jamieson 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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Launch of Rock Life: 17 Poems from the Welsh Valleys by Gemma June Howell (Nos Da, Cardiff, 20/11/15)

December 13, 2015December 13, 2015 Anna Jamieson Cardiff, celebration, Gemma June Howell, J. Brookes, launch, live, Live Literature, Music, poetry, Renn Hubbuck-Melly, Spoken Word, Wales

-Reviewed by Renn Hubbuck-Melly– As I stepped down into the basement venue of Nos Da, a broken floorboard bounced

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Octopoet (Coffi House, Cardiff, 11/10/15)

November 12, 2015December 1, 2015 Anna Jamieson Bethany W. Pope, Boyd Clack, Cardiff, Carly Homes, David E. Oprava, David Foster-Morgan, J. Brookes, Kirsten Jones, Live Literature, Made In Roath Festival, Mark Blayney, Octopoet, Renn Hubbuck-Melly, Susie Wild

-Reviewed by Renn Hubbuck-Melly- The room was full. People had to drag plastic chairs in from the garden as we

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The Wyrd Wonder Presents… an Evening of Ghastly Delight… (Chapter, Cardiff, 13/03/15)

March 23, 2015March 28, 2015 Anna Jamieson A Flock of Shadows, Fiction, gothic, Live Literature, poetry, prose, stories, The Ghastling

-Reviewed by Jemma Beggs- What better way to spend Friday 13th than attending ‘An Evening of Ghastly Delight’ in Cardiff’s

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Some People Have Too Many Legs by Jackie Hagan (Llanover Hall, Cardiff, 06/03/15)

March 7, 2015March 8, 2015 Anna Jamieson Cardiff, disability, glitter, Jackie Hagan, legs, Live Literature, Mab Jones, Manchester, Performance, poetry, show

-Reviewed by Mab Jones- TimeHop tells Jackie Hagan that it is two years ago today when she was making the

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Welcome to Night Vale Live Show (20/10/14) by Commonplace Books

November 6, 2014November 5, 2014 websterpoet Cecil Baldwin, Commonplace Books, James Webster, Jeffrey Cranor, Joseph Fink, Kate Jones, Live Literature, Night Vale, Review, Welcome to Night Vale

– reviewed by James Webster – So, what’s all this fuss about Night Vale? You’ve probably heard of Welcome to