Our guest reader on 5th February will be Gram Joel Davies, whose second full length collection Not Enough Rage was published last autumn by V. Press.
“Like a series of controlled explosions” – Bobby Parker
“… leaps and flies through the world with dark exuberance” – Peter Oswald
We’ll be meeting upstairs at the King’s Head in Wells High Street, starting promptly at 7pm. Come early if you’d like to have a meal. I have booked the upstairs room for the first Monday of every month. Put them in your diary now! We may or may not meet at the beginning of November, depending on the dates of Wells Litfest. I’ll keep you posted.
In other news …
Alex Corrin-Tachibana writes:
In case you fancy booking in something creative for those yawny days towards the end of January, The Writing School have invited me back to rerun my Japan-inspired ‘Writing the Gaijin: outside person looking in’ workshop. I had a blast last time connecting with writers of all different stages and aspirations, and it is booking up fast. Thursday 18 January, 10am-2.30pm https://www.eventbrite.com/…/writing-the-gaijin-poetry
Fountain Poet Mo Kiziewicz will be the guest poet at Silver Street Poets in central Bristol on Friday 26 Jan, 12.30-2pm. They are a friendly crowd. Do come if you’re free.
Teignmouth Poetry Festival Competitions, judged by Malika Booker and Graeme Ryan, now open for entries until midnight on 31st January. Full details here: https://www.poetryteignmouth.com/competition-2024.html
Bath Writers and Artists‘ next event is on the theme of Time, at the Widcombe Social Club on Saturday March 16th. For full details contact me, amabolton(at)hotmail(dot)com. There are a few places left for the morning feedback workshop, and all are welcome to attend the afternoon concert, which will include readings and songs. Full day £20, afternoon only £5, buffet lunch (optional) £8.
There is no way to succeed in poetry. There is no way to fail. There is only poetry. Everything else is noise off-stage. – Joelle Taylor
ways with words in the city of Wells 