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Guest poet Monday 6th July Alien Architect

Theme: REVOLUTION Alien Architect:  listen here Alien Architect / Cohen Asher (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a multidisciplinary artist, working with music, visual arts, and poetry. He has recorded several records, with a lyrical quality associated with MC or poet. In 2014 The Alien Architect published … Continue reading

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Monday 8th June – On the telephone; guest poet Cecilia Woloch

The theme is on the telephone. And a sguest poet we have Cecilia Woloch – ”In 2014, Scribe-l’Harmattan published the French translation of Tsigan: The Gypsy Poem, as Tzigane, le poème Gitan. The text of Tsigan has been the basis … Continue reading

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Monday 1st June’s guest poet – Duckie L’Orange

Duckie L’Orange is a performance artist who works with puppets, storytelling, burlesque and humour. Based in Sydney Australia, she has performed in the Sydney Opera House, Australian Museum, the Rocks Village Bizarre, Sydney Tower, Bondi Beach Theatre, nightclubs, festivals, forests … Continue reading

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Guest poet 11th May – Fork Burke

Fork Burke is a poet currently living and writing in Switzerland – She received her BA in Creative Writing from The New School, New York, NY. Her poems have appeared in Hoezo Lepels?, PRAXILLA, Lyre Lyre, Unshod Quills, Caucasus ArtMag … Continue reading

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Rethabile Masilo – guest poet 4th May

Rethabile is a Mosotho poet who enjoys reading and writing. He lives in Paris, France, with his wife and two children. Rethabile is self-employed and works in language-teaching. He says he has been writing for a good while, learning through … Continue reading

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Lisa Pasold guest poet 27th April – Lisa’s visit postponed

UPDATE – Lisa has had to postpone  due to family events. Lisa Pasold is originally from Montreal. Her most recent book, Any Bright Horse, was shortlisted for the 2012 Governor General’s Literary Award. Her first book of poetry, Weave (2004) … Continue reading

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Monalisa Maione – guest poet 20th April

“Monalisa Maione was born near Boston and escaped to New York as soon as she was legal. She now shares her time writing between California and Paris where she splits her life between different cultures, and not very gracefully. Her perspective as a … Continue reading

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SpokenWord March 30th – guest poet Bibi Jacob

Having worked as a diamond messenger, busker, storyteller, tutor, theatre performer, Bibi Jacob is now settled in the City of Light as a voice actor. ‘Glittery City’, her collection of poems was published by Corrupt Press. Her writing has also … Continue reading

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Tonight @ Poets Live: Elizabeth Willis, Eugene Ostashevsky, Alberto Rigettini & Dante Alighieri

Elizabeth Willis, Eugene Ostashevsky and “Whadda Hell?!? The Inferno for Dummies.” Alberto Rigettini decanta Dante. Tuesday 7.30 pm at Berkeley books: lasciate ogni speranza voi ch’entrate…  More info here.

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SpokenWord Monday 23rd Feb…

The theme is DANCE and the special guest is Maria D’Arcy, a storyteller of Celtic literature and a dancer of Belly, Bali and Burlesque styles.

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