Niamh O’Connell reading her poems.
- Another week of exciting events organised by the Newcastle Centre for Literary Arts: this time Newcastle hosts Crime in the North East Festival. It opens on Friday evening with the true royalty of crime writing, Val McDermid. Do not miss this unique opportunity!
- Mary Mulholland‘s poem Bluebeard’s Cousin was published in the latest Ink, Sweat and Tears.
- Niamh O’Connell read her poetry at New Art Social in Ernest bar, Ouseburn Valley.
- Vanessa Lampert, MA Writing Poetry (London) has been commended for her poem ‘What The Horses Told Us‘ in the Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Prize 2019
- Open Mic Evening of Poetry, hosted by Pantisocracy Poetry, is going to take place on Wednesday, 20 February, from 20:00 at Drink Art Bar, 17 Windsor Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne.
- Aldgedeslegh, a poetry book by Roger Bloor, is out now. It is published by a small, independent press Audley and District Family History Society. It can be purchased from the publisher or Amazon but Roger is offering a special discount price for his colleagues at mere £4.00 plus p&p if you order from him directly. The book is described as “four stories within this poem shift through time, carrying with them the underlying link of untimely and violent death.”
Roger’s book