Forthcoming Events
Canterbury Tells 3 - Music, food, love... A Valentine's Night Celebration
The Canterbury Laureate scheme's bi-monthly showcase is hosted this month by common room poets, featuring:
- Readings on the theme of music, food and love from Judith Dimond, Nicky Gould, Anne Kenny, Frnaces Knight, Gillian Moyes and Vicky Wilson.
- Frances Knight on piano and Paul Zec on alto sax take a short musical tour round the L word.
- Write your own love poem - and read it at the open mic*
Sunday 14 February
Coffee and Corks, Palace Street, Canterbury 6pm to 8pm (doors 5.30pm) Admission free.
Unpublished poems read at the open mic are eligible for consideration for the Canterbury Laureate anthology. Email after the event to gary.studley@hotmail.com.
By kind permission of Save As writers group and www.canterburypoets.co.uk.
Canterbury Laureate Patience Agbabi in Performance
Patience Agbabi will be returning to the University of Kent, where she taught Creative Writing between 2004-05, now as Canterbury Laureate 2009-10, as part of the University's Creative Writing Tuesday Readings. A pioneering poet and performer, this is your first chance in 2010 to witness our Laureate's breath-taking, dynamic poetry in performance in Canterbury.
Tuesday 2 March
Aphra Theatre, Grimond Building, University of Kent 6pm (Doors 5.30pm) Admission £2. Wine. Pay in the pink bucket!
If you are running a literature event in the Canterbury area and would like it to be promoted here, please email full details to johnp@canterburyfestival.co.uk.
Previous Events
Canterbury Tells 2: A focus on fiction, featuring Katherine May and a flash fiction open mic (held on Sunday 8 November 2009).
Write On Time this Canterbury Festival! A writing challenge around and about Canterbury - to produce 'My Canterbury Tale' in a single day! (held on Saturday 24 October 2009)
Little Blue Hut Open Day at Whitstable, following a month's residency by the Laureate Squad (held on Saturday 5 October 2009).
Canterbury Tells 1: Featuring the Laureate Squad, Guest Writers and Open Mic (held on Sunday 13 September 2009)
Pavement Poems: workshop with Vicky Wilson and Gary Studley as part of Herne Bay Festival 2009 (held on Monday 24 August 2009)
