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Tuesday September 29 : Nailmakers’ Daughters at Poetry Wednesbury

Nailmakers’ Daughters at Poetry Wednesbury, MC Brendan Hawthorne.

Wednesbury Library, Walsall St, Wednesbury, WS10 9EH.

Tuesday September 29th, 7pm. Free event.

Offa’s Press Poetry Day

Pant near Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 9QG

Saturday 10 October, 2015

A wonderful day of poetry writing on ‘family’, performance and conviviality with Jeff Phelps & Simon Fletcher. Guest poet Emma Purshouse.

Outline

  • 11am-1pm Poetry workshop (theme – ‘family’) – Memorial Hall, Pant
  • 1pm-3pm Walk and picnic & writing activities – Pant / Llanymynech area
  • 3pm-5pm Workshop, sharing written work, rehearsal – Memorial Hall, Pant

  • 6.30pm-8pm Meal at Lime Kiln bistro, Porth-y-Waen, Oswestry, SY10 8LX
  • 8pm-9pm Workshop poets readings (5 minutes each)
  • 9pm-10pm Offas’ Poets: Jeff Phelps, Simon Fletcher & Emma Purshouse

Fees for whole day: £30/ £22.50.  Fees for workshops only: £20/£15.

Contact Simon for booking/ further information on 01691 831463.

Tuesday August 11 : ‘City Voices’ with Offa’s mentee Romalyn Ante, David Bingham and storyteller John Edgar

‘City Voices’ with Offa’s mentee Romalyn Ante, David Bingham and storyteller John Edgar.

Lych Gate tavern, Queen Square, Wolverhampton, WV1 1TX.

Tuesday August 11th 8pm. Please note slightly later start!

Tickets £3/ £1 (under 16s).

Tuesday August 25 : ‘Country Voices’ with Paul Francis, Win Saha and Dave Reeves

‘Country Voices’ with Paul Francis, Win Saha and Dave Reeves at the Green Wood Centre, Coalbrookdale, TF8 7DR.

Tuesday August 25th, 7.30-9pm.

Tickets £4/ £2 (under 16s) on the door.

Pre-launch information

In September Offa’s Press will be publishing The Nailmakers’ Daughters, a wonderful new collection of Black Country-inspired poetry from Emma Purshouse, Iris Rhodes and Marion Cockin.

They will be sharing their work at ‘City Voices’, Poetry Wednesbury and other venues this autumn and further details will follow.

July 4 & 5 Bert Flitfcroft will be ‘poet in residence’ at the Southwell Poetry Festival

Bert Flitfcroft will be ‘poet in residence’ at the Southwell Poetry Festival, Southwell library, the Bramley Centre, King Street, Southwell, Notts, NG25 0EH.

Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th July.

Free events. For further info contact Michelle Dunstan on 01636 812148 or email: michelle.dunstan@nottscc.gov.uk.

Supported by Nottingham County Council.

July 13 & 14 : Emma Purshouse taking part in ‘Ten Letters’ at the MAC

Emma Purshouse will be taking part in ‘Ten Letters’ at the MAC, Helix Theatre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH.

Monday 13th & Tuesday 14th July, 7pm. Tickets £5.

For further info go to www.tenletters.net.