Sunday 7.30pm. £6/£5 according to pocket
Guest readers Scott Elder, Prue Chamberlayne, Anne Symons. Poets from the floor welcome
Scott Elder lives in Auvergne, France. Since 2014 his work has been published on both sides of the Atlantic, placed or commended in numerous competitions in the UK and Ireland, and shortlisted in the Bridport, Fish, Plough, Aesthetica and Troubadour Prizes. His debut pamphlet, ‘Breaking Away’, was published by Poetry Salzburg in 2015, a first collection, ‘Part of the Dark’,by Dempsey&Windle in 2017 and his second, ‘Maria’ was published by Erbacce Press in 2023. A third is due in 2025 by Salmon Poetry in Ireland.
Prue Chamberlayne, after a rural childhood, teaching English in Zambia and
Hackney, comparative social policy research using biographical interpretive
methods and a development project in Uganda, reached her unlived life in
poetry, much helped by Tamar Yoseloff at the Poetry School, George Szirtes
and Lavinia Greenlaw at UEA, and Gregory Warren Wilson. Her poems have
appeared in Acumen, Envoi, Myslexia, Orbis, Poetry Salzburg Review, Poetry
Wales, Scintilla, and Stand. Her published work includes, among others, ‘Locks Rust’ (Gomer Press 2019) and ‘Beware the Truth that’s Manacled’ (Erbacce Press 2022). A recent review of the latter can be found here: https://londongrip.co.uk/2023/03/london-grip-poetry-review-prue-chamberlayne/.
Anne Symons lives in London but was born and brought up in Cornwall. After a career teaching deaf children and adults Anne began writing poetry in retirement. Her work has appeared in a range of poetry publications, including Agenda, Dreamcatcher, Ekphrastic Review, Ink Sweat & Tears, Orbis, Poetry Salzburg Review, Steel Jackdaw and The Atlanta Review. Anne has completed an MA in Writing Poetry at Newcastle University and the Poetry School in London.
Torriano Poetry in Cyberspace.
Every Sunday at 6.30pm Joan Michelson and Kathryn Southworth host a Zoom gathering. “Doors” open 6.15pm. Free, donations appreciated. All welcome. Bring poems to read or just listen:
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