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Launch of the 2nd special Exeter Poetry Festival edition of The Broadsheet at the City Gate Hotel on 29th September 2014 at 7.30pm
Monday 29th September
Simon Williams and Susan Taylor
Venue: City Gate Hotel, Cellar bar, Exeter
Time: 7.30pm
Tickets: FREE
After great success last year, we again kick-start the Festival with the launch of a collector’s edition of The Broadsheet, featuring poems from Festival guests alongside work from some of the most talented poets resident in the South West, listed below…
Roselle Angwin
Fred Beake
Ruth Butler
Rose Cook
Ian Chamberlain
Gram Joel Davis
Damian Furniss
Robert Garnham
Becky Gethin
Kevin Gray
Susan Jordan
Kenny Knight
Hannah Linden
Elaine Miller
Simon Millward
Katie Moudry
Jenny Osborne
Ian Mortimer
Jan Nicholls
Alasdair Paterson
Don Pearson
Mike Rose-Steel
Julie-Ann Rowell
Phil Smith
Steve Spence
John Stuart
Mark Totterdell
James Turner
Roberta Chloe Verdant
Marc Woodward
Marcus Wylie
William Oxley
Launch of ‘The Broadsheet’ captured by Exeter Poetry Festival photographer Ian Beech
Photograph by Ian Beech
Launch of The Broadsheet with Simon Williams at the cellar bar of the City Gate Hotel, Exeter, on Monday 30th September 2013 at 7.30pm
Monday 30th September 2013
THE BROADSHEET
with the Bard of Exeter Simon Williams
City Gate Hotel, Cellar Bar, 7.30pm – £2, free to readers.
We’re kick-starting Exeter Poetry Festival 2013 with the launch of a special, festival-themed edition of Devon’s newest poetry magazine The Broadsheet. This limited edition will feature poems from festival readers, from Sean O’Brien to Hannah Silva, alongside poems from writers across Devon and Cornwall and from across the poetry spectrum.
Join us for a night of open mic readings from the best and brightest poets in the region, and celebrate the launch of a magazine without borders.
Beyond Borders: Roddy Lumsden, Peter Finch and Hannah Silva at the Exeter Poetry Festival on Friday 4th October 2013
Friday 4th October 2013
BEYOND BORDERS with Roddy Lumsden, Peter Finch and Hannah Silva
Exeter University Queen’s Building – Lecture Theatre
7.30pm – £9 Book at the Exeter Phoenix box office online or phone 01392 667080
preceded by
EXETER UNIVERSITY MA SHOWCASE with Barbara Farley, Isabel Galleymore, Louise Jenkins, and Naomi Williamson
Exeter University Queen’s Building – Senior Common Room
6.30pm – Free Event
As part of this year’s Exeter Poetry Festival, Beyond Borders on 4th October looks at the landscape of modern poetry, the supposed divisions between mainstream, experimental and performance poets and the characteristics and overlaps of their practices. Roddy Lumsden, Peter Finch and Hannah Silva will present samples of their work and then participate in a panel discussion chaired by Andy Brown. Simon Williams will introduce the evening and Waterstones will bring along a pop-up bookshop.
Is the division of contemporary poetic activity into ‘mainstream’, ‘performance’ and ‘experimental’ a useful mapping device? What are the aims and practices of poets in these differing areas, and how accurate or useful do they perceive the terms to be? in Beyond Borders, Roddy Lumsden, Hannah Silva and Peter Finch, all poets with a national reputation, will perform a sample of their work and debate the implications of labels in contemporary poetry. This is an event that promises to be as challenging and thought-provoking as it will be entertaining. Don’t miss out.