Author: jennylewispoetry
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SciPo 2019 Poetry Competition Plants, Brain and Imagination. Judge: Jane Draycott
Prizes: 1st £100, 2nd £50, 3rd £25, plus invitation to read at SciPo2019 on 8th June. The closing date is midnight on 17th April 2019. One poem per person, on the broad subject ‘Plants, Brain and Imagination’ ENTRY FORM AND RULES Please fill in this form and send it with your poem, by email or…
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An Egyptian Adventure: reading my poetry at the 50th Jubilee of the Cairo International Book Fair and Festival, 2019
A welcome invitation from my friend, the Egyptian novelist and academic, Dr. Bahaa Abdelmegid, led to my first visit to Egypt, a new poem, a chance to follow up my father’s story and the opportunity to read my poetry at the 50th Jubilee of the Cairo International Book Fair and Festival which ran from 23rd…
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GILGAMESH COMES TO OXFORDSHIRE!
I’ll be launching Gilgamesh Retold at the WOODSTOCK POETRY FESTIVAL, 7.30pm, Sunday 11 November. Tickets £5 to include a complimentary glass of wine and chance to read in the open mic (please book in advance). Do join me! More details about the fabulous festival and ways to book here – Woodstock Poetry Festival Adnan al-Sayegh snapped…
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BookBlast 10×10 Tour talk at Waterstones, Manchester plus interview
Meet Jenny Lewis in person at the tenth and final BookBlast 10×10 Tour talk at Waterstones, Manchester, Deansgate @waterstonesMCR 6.30 p.m. Thursday 8 November. Theme: Claiming the Great Tradition: Women Recalibrate the Classics. In conversation with Michael Schmidt @Carcanet, chair, and poet & translator, Jane Draycott. Book Tickets Follow this link for the full Bookblast…
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SEMINAR, PRIVATE VIEW & CARCANET BOOK LAUNCH INVITATION-Wednesday 3 October
Wednesday 3 October, 2018; Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross SE14 6NW Free admission – to attend please email Maria MacDonald m.macdonald@gold.ac.uk 5.00pm: RE-CALIBRATING THE CLASSICS I will be taking part in a a reading and discussion with Michael Schmidt, of Carcanet Press, and Philip Terry on translating ancient texts, specifically our new versions of…
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National Poetry Day event at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 4th October
CHANGING MINDS: NEW LIGHT ON OLD TEXTS RETELLING THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, OXFORD NATIONAL POETRY DAY EVENT 4 OCTOBER, 2018 2.00-3.00pm Ancient Near East Gallery. Free event. All welcome. I’m really excited to be talking about my six year doctoral research into the Epic of Gilgamesh for my new book, Gilgamesh Retold…
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THE POWER OF THREE – POETRY READING
BY JAMIE McKENDRICK, JENNIE CARR AND MAYA CATHERINE POPA On FRIDAY 6th JULY, from 6.30-8.30pm At the Quaker Meeting House, St. Giles, Oxford; Tickets at the door – £4 Doors open at 6.15pm. Refreshments available. For details please email jennyklewis@gmail.com Jamie McKendrick has published six books of poetry, including The Marble Fly (O.U.P. 1997) which won the Forward Prize…
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Frances-Anne King wins inaugural SciPo Poetry Competition
SciPo, the annual science poetry event run by The Poet’s House, Oxford with St Hilda’s College, Oxford, has just held its first science poetry competition, judged by Jane Draycott. Many congratulations to the winner, Frances-Anne King, for her poem ‘Home Thoughts from the Red Planet’. Home Thoughts from the Red Planet It was considered weakness…
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SciPo2018 Poetry Competition Results
Judge: Jane Draycott Over-18’s 1st: Home Thoughts from the Red Planet, Frances-Anne King 2nd: Vital Signs, Lesley Saunders joint 3rd: Flash-flood/Quilt, Chris Poole; and Security Alert, Susan Wood Commended (in no particular order): Sea Change, Sasha Rasmussen; Gravity Anomalies, Rowena Warwick; Expect Extreme Weather, Pat Edwards; Deception Island, Catherine Faulds; The Ignorance of Fish, Afric McGlinchey; Unripe, Jemma Borg Under-18s 1st: The Hunted, Imogen Phillips 2nd: Everything’s Fine,…
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