National Poetry Day 2006

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NATIONAL POETRY DAY 2006
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NATIONAL POETRY DAY
Theme "IDENTITY"
THURSDAY OCTOBER 5TH 2006

BSL HAIKU EVENT
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL

This was an intimate event from 5pm to 7m
Centre for Deaf Studies

Rachel Sutton-Spence gave a talk:
"Sign Language Poetry and Deaf Identity"
which was interpreted,
followed by an analysis of a poem, and we had an exclusive on Linda Day performing for the first time, and with a haiku.

Please Click here
for more details about National Poetry Day at the Centre for Deaf Studies.


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Stand Up Poetry: The Bath Spa University Reading Series 2006-07
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Here are the readings for the upcoming academic year.
All readings are on Thursday nights beginning at 8 p.m.
and convene at The Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute's Duncan Room, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath. Please e-mail me (carrie dot etter at gmail dot com) if you have any questions.
Entrance fee: £6 (£4 concessions)

30 November: Fiona Sampson and John Burnside
14 December: Greta Stoddart and Penelope Shuttle
11 January 2007: Annie McGann and Philip Gross
8 February: Patrick McGuinness and Peter Porter
(No March reading on account of the Bath Literature Festival)
12 April: Richard Price and Mimi Khalvati
10 May: Lucy English and Rachel Pantechnicon
14 June: Carrie Etter and Moniza Alvi



Poetry School haiku workshop details

Also extremely highly recommended are the following
Poetry School courses in Bath this October:

Carrie Etter's The Opportunities of Form

Tim Liardet's The Poetry Surgery