Poetry Day Festival: University of Surrey


















£2.50 (£1 P&P) / $7, Bad Press, April 2011 (28 pp.)
Four poems by four poets:
ISBN 978-0-9567743-0-9
Thursday 19th - Saturday 21st May (12, 3 and 7pm performances)
From platform to platform, café to café and shop to shop, six writers (Jenn Ashworth, Tom Fletcher, David Gaffney, Tom Jenks, Nicholas Royle and Peter Wild) take you on a creative trip of Piccadilly station and read specially commissioned stories inspired by the station and the people who use it and work there.
Audiences are linked to the writers’ microphones by headsets using wireless technology, ensuring they hear every single word, whilst still experiencing the live ambience of the location.
Tickets £11 (Book)
Tuesday 17th May, 7.30pm
The Lamb, 94 Lamb's Conduit Street, WC1
Admission £5 / £3 (conc.)
Monday 16th May, 7.30 - 10.30pm
The Old Red Lion Pub, 42 Kennington Park Rd, London SE11 4RS
Admission is free.
Saturday 14th May, 4 - 6pm (arrive at 3.30pm)
Please note, to avoid confusion, this is Writers Forum - new series, not Writers Forum run by Lawrence Upton.
William IV, 7 Shepherdess Walk, London N1 7QE
Admission is free.
EXP invites specialists and scholars to submit proposals in the form of articles, essays, book reviews or critical reflections dealing with Experimental Poetry and /or Aesthetics for their upcoming second issue.
You must send your manuscript via email in Word. If you include images these must be in .jpg format. Manuscripts can be written in Spanish, Portuguese or English. Articles (max. of 12,000 words) must include an abstract (max. of 200 words). The same word limit applies to authors who wish to submit their own critical reflections, which are intended as a platform for dialogue and constructive debate concerning any aspect of Experimental Poetics and Aesthetics. For further details please see the submission guidelines.
The deadline for manuscript submissions is 30th June 2011.
A funding opportunity is available for the Creative Writing MA at Salford University, UK, run by Dr. Scott Thurston. Check here for more information. Deadline for applications is Friday 20th May.