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Forthcoming readings by Shearsman authors (names in bold):
See the Readings page
for details of readings sponsored by Shearsman Books in London. The listings
below are for other events featuring Shearsman authors.
On Monday 15 March, 8 pm, Ellen Wehle reads with Meg Kearney at The Blacksmith House, 56 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Admission $3.
On Saturday 20 March, 2:00pm, John Hall reads with Caroline Bergvall at the 5th Runnymede International Literature Festival, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham campus. Venue: Room IN243, International Building. Egham can be reached by train from London Waterloo. Campus map available here.
On Saturday 20 March, 3:15pm, Frances Presley reads with Emily Critchley at the 5th Runnymede International Literature Festival, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham campus. Venue: Room IN243, International Building. Egham can be reached by train from London Waterloo. Campus map available here.
On Saturday 20 March, Christian Peet reads with Elena Georgiou and TBA in the Yes! Reading Series in Albany, NY. Location etc to be advised.
On Tuesday 23 March 2010, 7 pm, Elisabeth Bletsoe, Claire Crowther and Carrie Etter read and speak about the Infinite Difference anthology at Bath Spa University in an event for faculty and students.
On Thursday 25 March, 6 pm, Alice Kavounas reads at the University of Exeter. Exact venue details to be confirmed. Admission free.
On Thursday 25 March, 7 pm, Peter Riley reads with Alistair Noon, at the Dialogue Berlin bookshop, T Room & Gallery, Christinenstrasse 27, 10119 Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, Germany.
On Thursday 25 March, 8 pm, Carrie Etter reads in a North American poetry night with Daniel Kane and Todd Swift at E.g. poetry, The Red Roaster Café, Brighton. Also open-mic. Admission £5 /£4 concs.
On Thursday 25 March, 8 pm, Anamaría Crowe Serrano reads with Ronan Murphy in the Wurm im Apfel series at the little room, 26 Benburb St, Dublin 7. Non-alcoholic refreshments for sale; BYOB (token corkage charge). Admission free.
On Saturday 3 April, 2–3:30 pm Carrie Etter reads with Molly Peacock at The Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City. Admission $8.
On Wednesday 7 April, 7 pm, Ian Davidson reads with Zoë Skoulding and Matthew Welton in The Other Room series at The Old Abbey Inn, 61 Pencroft Way, Manchester, M15 6AY. Admission is free.
On Thursday 8 April, 7 pm Susanne Dyckman and Jaime Robles read with seven other poets in Samples: A Reading from 9 Poets, at PLUS Gallery, 2501 Larimer Street, Denver, CO 80205. Admission free.
On Tuesday 13 April, Alice Kavounas reads at the launch of the Acumen anthology In London. Venue details and times to be confirmed.
On Tuesday 13 April, 7:30pm, Martin Anderson and Tom Lowenstein read with Anthony Rudolf in the Blue Bus series at The Lamb, 94 Lamb's Conduit Street, London WC1, in the upstairs room. Admissions: £5 / £3 (concessions).
On Thursday 15 April, 7pm, Catherine Hales launches her new Shearsman collection hazard or fall anthology at the Dialogue Berlin bookshop at the T Room & Gallery, Christinenstrasse 27, 10119 Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, Germany.
On Tuesday 20 April, 6pm–8pm, Carrie Etter reads and discusses her own work plus her new Shearsman anthology Infinite Difference at an Open Poetry and Poetics meeting, Edge Hill University, Education Block, Ormskirk Campus, St Helens Road, Ormskirk, Lancashire L39 4QP. Admission free.
On Thursday 22 April, 12:30pm– Sunday 25 April, 3:30pm Post-Moot Convocation: a convocation of unorthodox poetic and cultural practices takes place at Miami University, Oxord, Ohio. Shearsman authors involved are: Ian Davidson, Jaime Robles and Lisa Samuels.
On Monday 26 April, a gala reading in support of the new Shearsman Books anthology Infinite Difference will be held in Cambridge. The following poets will read on the evening: Isobel Armstrong, Carrie Etter, Rachel Lehrman, Wendy Mulford, Redell Olsen, Frances Presley, Anna Reckin, Lucy Sheerman, Zoë Skoulding and others tba. Venue: Queen's College, Cambridge; time and room details also tba.
On Thursday 6 May, Camille Martin reads at the University of Bangor, Bangor, Wales. Details tbc.
On Saturday 8 May, Camille Martin reads in the PoAttic Reading Series, The Attic, Jersey Opera House, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. Further details tbc.
On Monday 10 May, Camille
Martin runs a workshop (7:00-8:30pm) and reads (9:00pm) in the
Ó Bhéal Reading Series, The Long Valley,
Cork, Republic of Ireland.
On Tuesday 11 May, Camille Martin holds a workshop with students in the MA in Creative Writing programme at the University of Salford.
On Tuesday 18 May, Camille Martin reads in the Ivy Writers Reading Series, Le Next, 17 rue Tiqutonne, Paris. Further details tbc.
On Thursday 3 June, 7:30pm, Christopher Gutkind, John Welch, David Miller and others will read at the Alfred Celestine Memorial Reading at The Camden Eye, 2 Kentish Town Road, London NW1. Admission free.
On Friday 4 June, 2–4pm, Keri Finlayson, Scott Thurston & John Goodby read with Anthony Mellors, Claudia Azzola and Samantha Rhydderch at the 2nd Hay Poetry Jamboree. Venue: Oriel Gallery, Salem Chapel, Bell Bank, Hay-on-Wye. Admission: £2 suggested donation.
On Saturday 5 June, 11am–12 noon, Phil Maillard reads with Ric Hool, Richard Gwyn at the 2nd Hay Poetry Jamboree. Venue: Oriel Gallery, Salem Chapel, Bell Bank, Hay-on-Wye. Admission: £2 suggested donation.
On Saturday 5 June, 2–6pm, Ian Davidson reads with Zoë Skoulding and other poets (names tbc) from the Shearsman anthology Infinite Difference, at the 2nd Hay Poetry Jamboree. Venue: Oriel Gallery, Salem Chapel, Bell Bank, Hay-on-Wye. Admission: £2 suggested donation.
On Saturday 5 June, 7:30–9:15pm, Elisabeth Bletsoe reads with Caroline Bergvall in the closing event of the 2nd Hay Poetry Jamboree. Venue: Oriel Gallery, Salem Chapel, Bell Bank, Hay-on-Wye. Admission £5 (£3 concs).
On Saturday 5 June, 7:30pm, Scott Thurston reads at The Language Club, Plymouth Arts Centre, 38 Looe Street, Plymouth PL4 0EB. Admission £5 (£3 concs).
On Thursday 24 June, 7:30pm, Steve Spence reads with James Bell at Uncut Poets, Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, Exeter EX4 3LS. Admission £5 / £3 (concs).
Wednesday 14–Friday 16 July: a celebration of women's innovative poetry & cross-genre work, organised by Carol Watts (Birkbeck, University of London) & Emily Critchley (University of Greenwich). Venue: University of Greenwich (London). Poets and speakers so far confirmed include: Caroline Bergvall*, Andrea Brady*, Elizabeth Jane Burnett, Mairéad Byrne, Jennifer Cooke, Corina Copp, Emily Critchley*, Carrie Etter*, Robert Hampson, Edmund Hardy, Susana Gardner, Lisa Jarnot, Daniel Kane, Frances Kruk*, Francesca Lisette, Marianne Morris*, Jennifer Moxley, Redell Olsen*, Holly Pester, Frances Presley*, Luke Roberts, Lisa Robertson, Sophie Robinson*, Rebecca Rosier, Lisa Samuels, Eleni Sikelianos, Juliana Spahr, Zoe Skoulding*, Harriet Tarlo*, Catherine Wagner, Carol Watts* & Sara Wintz. Further details will be provided here as and when they become available. An asterisk denotes those poets featured in Shearsman's Infinite Difference anthology (published in March 2010).
Thursday 14–Sunday 18 July are the dates for the 2010 SoundEye Festival in Cork, Republic of Ireland. Readers to be announced here when confirmed, but the line-up will feature several Shearsman authors.
On Tuesday 20 July, 7:30pm, Michael Zand reads with Carol Watts in the Blue Bus series at The Lamb, 94 Lamb's Conduit Street, London WC1, in the upstairs room. Admissions: £5 / £3 (concs).