H.E. Protests

We have set up a posting page for information and thoughts on the current student protests in the UK.

Nat Raha - Octet

Now available from Veer Books.

The Papers of Bob Cobbing at the British Library

The article introduces the paper archive of Bob Cobbing (1920-2002) at the British Library, and contextualizes his influential contribution to British poetry – as an avant-garde performance poet, printer and publisher – over the course of more than fifty years.

Read the article by Chris Beckett

via Richard Price

The Situation Room

Saturday 27th November, 7.30pm

• Jennifer Cooke
• Chris Goode
• Jeremy Hardingham
• Jonny Liron
• Andrew Oliveira
• Nat Raha

Plus collaborative performance from Chris Goode, Jeremy Hardingham, Jonny Liron and Andrew Oliveira.

7 Fountayne Rd, Tottenham, Greater London N15 4

Admission is free

Update on Wednesday 24 November, 2010 by Openned

Addition to the line-up:

• Steve Willey

CRS: Tom Leonard & Keston Sutherland

Friday 26th November, 7.30pm

• Tom Leonard
• Keston Sutherland

Judith E. Wilson Drama Studio, Faculty of English, Cambridge University, Cambridge

Admission is free, all welcome, wine served

The Other Room December

Update on Wednesday 1 December, 2010 by Openned

Ken Edwards is unable to read due to the bad weather conditions. Richard Barrett has taken his place.

Two Icelandic & British Poetry Events

Maintenant presents Icelandic poetry at the Icelandic embassy

Friday 26th November, 7.30pm

• Bryndís Björgvinsdóttir
• Patrick Coyle
• Ragnhildur Jóhanns
• Jonny Liron
• Jón Örn Loðmfjörð
• Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl
• Christopher Page
• Holly Pester
• Sam Riviere

Icelandic Embassy, 2A Hans Street London SW1X 0JE

Admission is free

3am magazine's Maintenant interview series presents Icelandic & British Poetry

Saturday 27th November, 7pm

• Iain Sinclair & Ragnhildur Jóhanns
• Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl & Stewart Home
• Scott Thurston & Bryndís Björgvinsdóttir
• Jón Örn Loðmfjörð & Tom Jenks

Rich Mix arts centre, 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd London E1 6LA

Admission is free

via Steven Fowler

Update on Saturday 20 November, 2010 by Openned

Additional readers added to the line-up for the 26th November:

• Tim Atkins
• Tamarin Norwood
• Jack Underwood

The Free University of Cambridge: a Teach-In to Defend Education

DEPT #1

A new poetry journal edited by Richard Barrett. Work from:

• Lucy Harvest Clarke
• Becky Cremin
• Alex Davies
• James Davies
• Bill Drennan
• Stephen Emmerson
• Gary Fisher
• Simon Howard
• Nat Raha
• Karen Sandhu
• Timothy Thornton

£3 (exchanges welcome). Contact Richard Barrett if you want one. Please send submissions of poetry/essays/reviews/photographs for DEPT #2 to the same address.

visit Richard Barrett's blog

The Foundry's Anti-Government Mural

A new, anti-government graffito has been added to the front of the old Foundry building in Shoreditch.

More here.