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A FIRST FOR THE POET’S HOUSE OXFORD!
Announcing the launch of three new pamphlets from my new imprint, Poet’s House Pamphlets, 7.00pm, 23 October, 2020 I set up Poet’s House Pamphlets in 2019, as an imprint of Mulfran Press, in order to publish the work of a small selection of my long-term students whose work I felt reached a standard which equalled,…
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Coming soon from Poet’s House Pamphlets…
Check out our Twitter feed https://twitter.com/OxfordPoets for some exciting news – three brand new pamphlets from the Poet’s House, Oxford, coming soon, follow us for updates @OxfordPoets
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London Grip poetry review
David Cooke considers Jenny Lewis’s important new version of the Gilgamesh epic Gilgamesh Retold Jenny Lewis. Carcanet ISBN: 9781784106140 £12.99. Paperback. . (Available also as an audiobook (Audible). ISBN 9781784108779 £14.99). It would hard to underestimate the importance of The Epic of Gilgameshand not to be in awe of the scholarship that has established something approaching a standard text…
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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…
