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Poetry courses and events from Piccolina during May and June 2012
PICCOLINA May/June 2012
Charles Causley Festival of Literature & the Arts
16 May – 5 June, venues in and around Launceston
Visit http://www.charlescausleyfestival.co.uk/ for details
DROLLO POETRY PROM
Friday 25th May, ‘The Centre’ Chywoone Hill , Newlyn TR18 5AD, 745pm
Read your own poem or one by another poet or, if you prefer, just listen and enjoy.
Contact Les Gillard on 01736 363842 or les.gillard@gmx.com
BODMIN MOOR POETRY FESTIVAL
Friday 1 – Sunday 3 June, Sterts Arts Centre, Upton Cross, near Liskeard.
Readings, talks, workshop, drama, film, music & open mic. Featuring Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, Jackie Kay, Ann Gray, Phil Bowen, Fiona Benson, poetic dramas from Peter Oswald & Short Shrifts Theatre Company, Jane Darke introduces her film of her late husband Nick, and Ron Tamplin on Charles Causley.
Tickets various prices – including Festival ticket for all events £30
For full information see www.bodminpoetryfestival.co.uk
For tickets www.sterts.co.uk 01579 362382
FAL RIVER FESTIVAL: BRING A POEM AND A BOTTLE
Tuesday 5 June on board the good ship Enterprise II, 6pm – c.8pm
Budding and established poets wanted to share their or other people’s work and join the voyage of discovery. The evening’s theme is High Tide and life on the River and the cruise will use the very high tide to visit some of the hidden parts of the River ending up at Smugglers Cottage for a drink and returning to Truro for about 8pm. Kind offers to take part already received from Cornwall’s own Pol Hodge and Bert Biscoe (also known as Dew Vardh (which means Two Bards). The night promises a very high tide so we will get to parts of the River Fal seldom accessible by ferry.
£10.00 (£2 of that donated to the Invictus Trust, a Festival Charity)
Contact Tim Light on 01872 861911, 07968 698062 or tim@falriver.co.uk www.falriver.co.uk
JOIN THE FAL RIVER POETS
Friday 8 June Truro Library, 10 am – 4 pm
Join Patricia Finney and friends for a fun-filled day of poetry and storytelling with children’s poetry workshop, children’s and grown-ups’ story telling workshop, poetry slam for grown-ups (and children) and finally a big, fantastic poetry performance workshop. The best poetry written on the day will be published by the event’s sponsor, Thingley Press.
Free – just turn up!
Contact william.essex@thingleypress.com www.thingleypress.com
POETRY WRITING WORKSHOP
Sunday 24 June Pencarrow House, Nr Bodmin, 10 am – 12 pm
Join Helen Jagger, Pencarrow’s Poet in Residence, in the beautiful gardens of Pencarrow House for the second of three workshops (the last one is on 23 September), each stand-alone, to raise funds for the house. Bring clothing suited to the weather!
Meet up with friends afterwards; perhaps have lunch in the cafe.
Full price £10/concessionary £5/Friends of Pencarrow £5
Contact Helen Jagger on indianking@btconnect.com
LOOKING AHEAD:
POETRY WORKSHOP WITH ALYSON HALLETT
Saturday 30 June, The Library, Garmoe Cottage, Trefrew Road, Camelford, 10.00 – 4.00
Followed by a reading given by Alyson Hallett
£30 full/£25 concession/£15 Indian King member
Contact Helen Jagger on indianking@btconnect.com
INTRODUCTION TO THERAPEUTIC WRITING SUMMER SCHOOL
23-27 July 2012, Seminar Room A, University College Falmouth, Woodlane Campus, 9.30 am – 4.00 pm
Cost: £400
Contact: Christina Bunce on christina.bunce@falmouth.ac.uk or visit: http://www.falmouth.ac.uk/201/courses-7/professional-development-short-courses-454/introduction-to-therapeutic-writing-summer-school-2327-july-2012-4418.html
PENZANCE LITERARY FESTIVAL
Wednesday 25 July – Sunday 29 July, various venues around Penzance
Readings, talks and workshops featuring Niall McDevitt and a host of local poets including Moira Andrew, Katie Bainbridge, Patricia Finney, Alison Lock, Richard Thomas, Lorna Thorpe, Emily Wills, Angela Stoner, Diana Dixon, David Scott and Craig Taylor-Broad, among others. Also fiction, non-fiction, drama and music
Standard ticket price £2 full/£1 concession
For full details of the festival go to http://penzance-literary-festival.org.uk/
Tickets available from Epics Entertainment, 15 Causewayhead or, shortly, from Cornish Riviera Box Office, online at www.crbo.co.uk or by phone: 01726 879 500 (or at local rate on 0845 094 0428)
POETRY HAPPENING
Saturday 8 September, Peterloo’s Old Chapel in Calstock
12.30 for lunch at the Tamar Inn
2.00-4.00 workshops in the Chapel
4.00-5.00 tea break and walkabout
5.00-6.45 readings and generous time for open mic
7.15 informal gathering for poets’ supper at Tamar Inn
Readings and Carousel Workshops with four Peterloo poets: Chris Considine, Elisabeth Rowe, Alyson Hallett, Caroline Carver.
£10 for full session; £6 for reading and open mike only
Contact Caroline Carver on carvers@macace.net
LITERARY TEXT AS SCORE
Saturday 22 September, The Library, Garmoe Cottage, Trefrew Road, Camelford, 10 am – 4 pm
Reading aloud: interpretative act and writing tool: preparing a literary text for oral rendition with Irit Sela. Let the text itself reveal how it works, how it can come to life.
£30 full, £25 concession, £15 Indian King members.
Contact Helen Jagger Wood on indianking@btconnect.com who can send details of the tutor and an outline of this workshop and which is being given at the Poetry Library, Southbank Centre on 12 Sept.
REGULARS
Cafe Frug
An evening of poetry and music hosted by Bob Devereux. Musicians and poets welcome to perform. Takes place on alternate Thursdays (last date received 10 May) at the St Ives Arts Club, from 8 pm. Contact Bob on 01736 753899
www.cypruswell.com for details of literary events etc in the South West.
The Falmouth Poetry Group
meets every second Monday of the month at 7.00 pm in the library of the Cornwall Polytechnic, Church Street, Falmouth (the Poly). FPG members £2, non-members £3 per session. Poems are read aloud by the poet, then discussed and work-shopped before the poet comes back in. Criticism is acute and professional (always friendly) but can be very helpful. FPG annual subscription is £10). For more information contact: moira.andrew@uwclub.net.
Indian King Poets (and Camelford Poetry Society Stanza)
Indian King Poets meet most Mondays at Garmoe Cottage, Camelford, from 10 am-12.30 pm. We write together and bring poems for peer criticism. £6 per session. Become a member for £12 p.a. and then pay just £15 for occasional day long workshops with visiting poets. indianking@btconnect.com
Liskeard Poetry Group
meets second Monday of the month at Stuart House, Barras Street, Liskeard from 4.30 to approximately 6.30 pm. Contact Secretary for more details: annfoweraker@yahoo.co.uk
Penzance Poetry Society Stanza
meets the first Monday in the month (second Monday when there is a Bank Holiday) at the Orchard Room, The Centre, Chywoone Hill, Newlyn TR18 5AR. 01736 365890. The cost will be £2.00 per session to be paid on the day and will include tea and coffee. Contact Jenny Hamlett if you need directions: 01736 363146 or jenny.kanow@hotmail.co.uk
Please send any information for inclusion in July’s newsletter before 7th June, marked PICCOLINA in the subject line, to both Helen Wood at: indianking@btconnect.com and Lorna Thorpe at: lornathorpe@btinternet.com
Remember to include event, date, time, venue, price and contact details, as below. We will not send attachments, nor trawl websites to select news for you. We aim to send out the newsletter on the 14th of the month.
May 2012 and future poetry events, courses and workshops from Piccolina
Saturday April 28th
Alice Oswald and Attention Seekers
We can now confirm that this Saturday’s performance of Short Shrifts by the world-class theatre group Attention Seekers at the Performance Centre will include readings/performances of her poetry by prize-winning and highly acclaimed poet Alice Oswald.
Show starts at 7.30, and students can get concessionary tickets. Go to:https://sp.falmouth.ac.uk/Lists/Events/DispForm.aspx?ID=483 for more information. Contact : boxoffice@falmouth.ac.uk 01326 255885 or http://www.theperformancecentre.org/events/attention-seekers-presents-short-shrifts for more information.
Friday 4 May
Readings by Caroline Carver and Alyson Hallett from their new collections. Tremough Campus UCF Details: Readings alongside a couple of others, followed by reception The new date will be Friday 4 May. In the early evening. Check time with Caroline. Hope we’ll see some of you there then. Alyson’s book is about Iceland and she has marvellous slides to go with it. Caroline e-mail: carvers@macace.net
Saturday 12th May
IN YOUR OWN WORDS – A ONE-DAY WRITING WORKSHOP at the Poly, Falmouth with NICK JARVIS & MAC DUNLOP Saturday May 12th, 10am to 4pm, in the Daniel Rooms at the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic in Falmouth In this practical one day workshop, the Falmouth poet Nick Jarvis – whose work has been showcased at Port Eliot, Telltales and The Night is Red here at the Poly – will lead this workshop alongside Mac Dunlop – the Caravanserai Project Writer and performer. Together they will guide participants through some innovative approaches to inspiration and narrative. Expect fun, with thought provoking writing warm ups, followed by a seminar session focusing on teasing stories from the everyday. We will take a look at how rules, structure and form can literally become sources of inspiration – not to mention how they can help to beat that infamous ‘writer’s block’. The day will conclude with an optional ‘Recording Your Own Words’session – an introduction to spoken word reading, performing and listening skills that can add to developing your written work. (and don’t worry, if you don’t want to read out your own work, that’s absolutely fine) fee: £30. to find out more or to book a place, you can: 1) call in to the Polytechnic Building between 10.00am and 4.00pm, Monday to Saturday at: 24 Church Street, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 3EG 2) send an email: hello@thepoly.org 3) call: 01326 319461
Saturday 12th May:
A Poetry Writing Day with Moira Andrew Memory’s Eye: Writing and Remembering Reading, listening and writing – poems based on childhood memories Organised by Poetry Space: Fee £25 Please contact Moira Andrew moira.andrew@uwclub.net
Sunday 13th May:
Lorna Thorpe will be reading at LOSTFEST in Lostwithiel, the town’s annual arts, crafts and music festival. The festival itself takes place between 10am and 7.30pm. From 12 noon onwards, St Bartholomew’s churchyard will be home to a mini literary festival – Lost for Words. At various points throughout the afternoon there will be readings by Lorna and members of Lostwithiel’s Writers’ Group. A free event, all money raised will go to FLEET charity. It’s eclectic and fun – if you’re a published writer and would like to take part please contact Lorna at lornathorpe@btinternet.com
Sundays 13 May, 24 June, 23 September
Helen Jagger is Poet in Residence at Pencarrow House near Bodmin again this year, and is holding Sunday morning poetry writing workshops from 10 am – 12 pm on Sundays 13 May, 24 June, 23 September. In each of these workshops, suitable for poets and people interested in trying their hand at poetry, you will be encouraged to paint in words the wonderful gardens of Pencarrow House and your responses to them, using concrete images and drawing on the senses. Various traditional forms will be introduced, but it will be up to you whether you attempt them or write freely. Come and have a go with others who would like to extend their verbal dexterity! Do sign up for one or more of these two hour workshops. Each session is complete in itself, but if you book more than one workshop, you will find that the work started in one workshop may be developed or added to in the next. Price includes 2 hour workshop, refreshments and garden entrance. Full price: £10. Concessionary price: £5. Friends: £5. You may like to meet up with friends or family after the workshop to enjoy lunch in the Cafe and/or walk in the gardens.
Looking Ahead: Saturday 8 September 2012
POETRY HAPPENING AT PETERLOO’S OLD CHAPEL in CALSTOCK Readings and Carousel Workshops with four Peterloo poets: Chris Considine, Elisabeth Rowe, Alyson Hallett, Caroline Carver Place: Old Chapel, Calstock (an ancient Saxon town on the banks of the Tamar) Date: Saturday 8 September 2012 Times: 12:30 gathering for Lunch at the Tamar Inn (17th century) 2:00 – 400 workshops in the Chapel 4:00 – 5:00 tea break and walkabout in a very beautiful place 5:00 – 6:45 readings and generous time for open mikers 7:15 informal gathering for poets’ supper at the Tamar Inn Travel: by car or train (Calstock still has its own ‘station stop’) Cost: £10 for full session £6 for reading and open mike only The Tamar Inn will lay on sandwiches for us, and has food available all day, but this is not included in the admission price. And a plug, the Chapel is one of the most beautiful and inspiring places to read. ANYWHERE … This Celebration Event is a tribute to Harry Chambers, who ran Peterloo Poets for so many years Contact: Caroline e-mail: carvers@macace.net
Ongoing:
INDIAN KING POETS, CAMELFORD Indian King Poets meet most Monday mornings at Garmoe Cottage, Camelford, from 10 am – 12/12.30 pm for writing together and to bring poems for peer criticism. Become a member for £12 p.a. and then £6 per session (and occasional day long workshops for £15 instead of £30 or £25).
Penzance Poetry Society Stanza meets the first Monday in the month (second Monday when there is a Bank Holiday) at The Orchard Room The Centre – Newlyn Chywoone Hill Newlyn TR18 5AR 01736 365890 The cost will be £2.00 per session to be paid on the day and will include tea and coffee. Please get in touch with Jenny Hamlett if you need directions. 01736 363146 jenny.kanow@hotmail.co.uk
Liskeard Poetry group meets second Monday of month at Stuart House. Barras St. Liskeard 4.30pm to approx 6.30 More details contact sec: annfoweraker@yahoo.co.uk
The Falmouth Poetry Group meets every second Monday of the month at 7.00pm in the library of Cornwall Polytechnic, Church Street, Falmouth, (the Poly), FPG members £2, non-members £3 per session. Poems are read aloud by the poet, then discussed and work-shopped before the poet comes back in. Criticism is acute and professional, (always friendly), but can be very helpful. (FPG annual subscription is £10.) For more information go to: moira.andrew@uwclub.net.
the next Telltales at the Rum bar, on May 29th
the next Telltales at the Rum bar, on May 29th
The next Telltales will take place on Tuesday 29th May at The Rum Bar, Falmouth (TR11 3PN) but this time they’re trying something a little different.
Every Telltales is themed to pull the programme together, while also acting as an inspiration point for writers, and usually TT picks the theme ourselves.
However, for May they’d like to open the floor and find out what you think the theme should be?
Email them with your suggestions and they’ll make a decision then let you know straight after Easter.
From there, the process will be the same as always. Write something (or find something you’ve already written) loosely based on the winning theme, and submit it through their website - www.wordslikepictures.com/telltales.
Short story, novel extract, poetry, prose, travel journal, script – anything goes. The only rules are that it must be an original piece of work written by the reader. Other than that it’s up to you. Submit by Friday 18th May, then we”ll have a read and let you know if you’ve been successfully programmed.
Good luck!
Postponed: In Your Own Words – a one day creative writing workshop on May 12th at the RCPS aka The Falmouth Poly
Unfortunately this workshop has had to be postponed due to structural changes at the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic. We will set a future date and will keep you posted,
in the meantime, apologies for the inconvenience
thanks
mac dunlop
the poetry point
Events from the March Edition of Piccolina
Saturday 31st March
The Indian King Poets/Camelford Poetry Stanza hold their first 2012 quarterly reading at the Camelford Gallery, Market Place, Camelford at 2.30 pm. It follows the private view of the Cornwall Watercolour Society there, so the surroundings will be attractive for the audience visually as well as aurally! Entrance by donation (£2 suggested minimum) and you are welcome to bring a couple of poems of your own to join in the Open Mic.
Contact Helen Wood on indianking@btconnect.com or 01840 212161 if you need further details.
Telltales at the Rum Bar, Tues March 27th, 7:00pm
Things are taking shape with the upcoming Telltales: Another Life this Tuesday, there’s poetry, prose and short stories to share with eager ears.
The programme includes the ever-entertaining Rob Barratt, Telltales regular and featured Parabola writer Fi Read and the welcome return of Tim Warren.
There’ll be delicious cocktails thanks to the clever team at The Rum Bar and a chance to buy a copy of the latest creative writing anthology The Parabola Project.
James Goodman ‘Claytown’, Wednesday 4th April
Wheal Martyn China Clay Museum, Carthew, St Austell Wednesday 4th April James Goodman, originally from St Austell, will be reading from his first poetry collection, ‘Claytown’ (7.30-9pm, free event).
Claytown features many poems about the clay country, and is published by Salt Publishing.
Penelope Shuttle says: “These are poems crafted to match the physical nature and power of Cornwall’s post-industrial landscape, rich with awareness of the fractured histories that define this region far off the tourist trail. Cornwall’s mineral, maritime and moorland realities are present here in a vital and present-day idiom, shot through with tough and compelling lyricism. An exciting and thoughtful debut.”
In Your Own Words – a one day writing course at Falmouth’s Royal Polytechnic, Sat. May 12th
IN YOUR OWN WORDS – A ONE-DAY WRITING WORKSHOP
with
NICK JARVIS & MAC DUNLOP
On Saturday May 12th from 10am to 4pm, in the Daniel Rooms at the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic in Falmouth
In this practical one day workshop, the Falmouth poet Nick Jarvis – whose work has been showcased at Port Eliot, Telltales and The Night is Red here at the Poly – will lead this workshop alongside Mac Dunlop – the Caravanserai Project Writer and performer. Together they will guide participants through some innovative approaches to inspiration and narrative.
Expect fun, with thought provoking writing warm ups, followed by a seminar session focusing on teasing stories from the everyday.
We will take a look at how rules, structure and form can literally become sources of inspiration – not to mention how they can help to beat that infamous ‘writer’s block’.
The day will conclude with an optional ‘Recording Your Own Words’ session – an introduction to spoken word reading, performing and listening skills that can add to developing your written work. (and don’t worry, if you don’t want to read out your own work, that’s absolutely fine)
to find out more or to book a place, you can:
1) call in to the Polytechnic Building between 10.00am and 4.00pm, Monday to Saturday at:
24 Church Street,
Falmouth,
Cornwall,
TR11 3EG
2) send an email:
hello@thepoly.org
3) call:
01326 319461
or
4) leave a comment here and we’ll get back to you
That Poetic Valentines night at the Courtyard Deli
The romance of the Caravanserai journey continued as we stocked up on aphrodisiac charms – from the mouths of poets into the hearts of diners. With Rob Barratt, the cuddly Bard of Bodmin, Nick Jarvis, the lascivious Voice of Falmouth, along with hear the sonorous temptations of Seamas Carey’s music, and the Sirens calling you from Danielle Allen’s poetic shores. Meanwhile, Mac Dunlop attempted to hold back all temptations with his own commingling musings on the meaning of love.
The show was recorded and will go out on the Source Fm, in the near future – don’t worry we’ll keep you posted!
(BTW-poster design by annie lovejoy at caravanserai)
