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New from The Knives, Forks and Spoons Press

Midnight's Marsupium, by Michael Leong

Dawn's Resolve and Dusk Falls, by Gareth Farmer.

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Writers Forum workshop (New Series)

Saturday 9th October, 3.30pm

Focusing on experimental writing, these workshops offer a supportive, non-judgemental atmosphere for poets to share new work that pushes the boundaries of their art. These meetings aim to engage and encourage the broadest possible range of innovative practices and authors.

William IV, 7 Shepherdess Walk, London N1 7QE

Attendance is free and open to anyone with an interest in writing or hearing experimental poetry.

Allen Fisher Talks

Talk 1

Wednesday 6th October, 8pm

The Complexity Manifold: assemblage and empathy: paying attention to poetic composition with regard to aspects of spacetime, catastrophe theory, decoherence and proprioception.

Poetry Library, Southbank Centre, London SE1

Talk 2

Wednesday 13th October, 7.30pm

The Complexity Manifold: reiterates the process of the first talk and develops those proposals through ideas of situation and dislocation.

Contemporary Poetics Research Centre, Birkbeck College, University of London, Room 541, Malet Street Main Building, Torrington Square, London WC1E 7HX

Talk 3

Thursday 21st October, 7pm

The Complexity Manifold: talk three of three.

Poetics Research Group at Royal Holloway University of London, Room G3, 2 Gower Street, Bedford Square, London WC1

Admission to all the events is free.

Counting Backwards #3

CRITICAL DOCUMENTS - Back in Stock

For those who missed out, Sara Crangle's wild ascending lisp, Keith Tuma's The Paris Hilton and Tom Raworth's Let Baby Fall are now back in stock over at CRITICAL DOCUMENTS.

via Justin Katko

Chance would be a fine thing: John Cage's poetics

Thursday 30th September, 1.10pm

Drew Milne on John Cage. Part of a larger John Cage exhibition.

Kettle's Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ

Admission is free

S J Fowler Launch Reading

Wednesday 6th October, 7pm

A launch of five SJ Fowler publications by four presses:

• Saint Augustine of Hippo, and Antonio Margarito, by Arthur Shilling Press
• Animal Husbandry, by Kitt Press
• Arthur Abraham, by Knives Forks & Spoons Press
• Klitschko, by zimZalla

The event will feature a 40 minute reading from S J Fowler and a sales table with work from the list of each of the presses.

Soho Curzon cinema, Mezzanine bar, 99 Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 5DY

Admission is free.

Update on Wednesday 29 September, 2010 by Openned

Saint Augustine of Hippo is being published by Kitt Press, not Arthur Shilling Press. Thanks to Harry Godwin for the heads-up.

Piccadilly Self Publishing Fair and Exhibition

Sunday 3rd - Saturday 9th October

Piccadilly Self Publishing Fair and Exhibition is a new self-publishing event.

Piccadilly Place, Manchester M1 3BN

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James Davies & Adrian Slatcher Reading

Thursday 30th September, 7.30 - 9pm

• James Davies
• Adrian Slatcher

Pizza Express (upstairs), Lapwing Lane, Manchester

Admission is free