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SciPo 2018 – a meeting of science and poetry Saturday 9th June
Saturday 9th June, 2018, 10.30-4.30 St Hilda’s College Oxford OX4 1DY For the third annual Science Poetry event, organized by me for The Poet’s House Oxford and Sarah Watkinson for St Hilda’s College, we are delighted to welcome guest poets Carrie Etter and Philip Gross to read their work and lead a plenary…
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Interviewed for film about Nancy Sandars and Gilgamesh
I was interviewed yesterday for a film about Nancy Sandars who produced the first accessible, poetic-prose version of the Epic of Gilgamesh in English. As she was also a poet herself she was able to connect with the strange lyricism at the core of the epic, rather than producing another scholarly version. It was published…
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Hearth Festival, Gladstone’s Library, 11.45-12.45, Sunday 4th February
I will be talking about my research for Gilgamesh Retold and reading extracts at the lovely, intimate Hearth Festival, Gladstone’s Library, 11.45-12.45, Sunday 4th February – Join Jenny Lewis as she talks about the great Epic of #Gilgamesh and how it inspired her to rewrite her own version of the ancient Akkadian poem, forthcoming from…
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WORLD PREMIERE OF HOW I BECAME AN AMAZON, THE OPERA, IN RUSSIA – 20 NOVEMBER, 2017
A long day’s journey into morning for me and a night to remember for the rest of my life – 20 November 2017, the world premiere of the wonderful opera by composer Gennadyi Shiroglazov – How I Became an Amazon – based on my book When I Became an Amazon (Iron Press, 1996; Bilingua, Russia, 2002)…
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12 November 2017, the 6th Woodstock Poetry Festival, organised by Rachel Phipps of the Woodstock Book Shop
A great turn-out for our pamphlets and open-mic event – with Gina Wilson, Adnan al-Sayegh and Sarah Watkinson. Some excellent readings for the open mic including Scarlett Sabet from London, Romola Parish and Catherine Faulds from Oxford plus a group from Oxford High School and many more.
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11 November 2017 – Seeds of War Requiem and Reading at the Albion Beatnik Bookstore
A wonderful event in the intimate atmosphere of Oxford’s Albion Beatnik Bookstore. We started with Janet Davey’s beautiful setting of Wilfred Owen’s ‘Futility’ and heard readings in several languages including English, Arabic, Hindi, Greek and German. It included the Oxford pre-launch of Seeds of Bullets, a comparison of the poetry of Adnan al-Sayegh and Wilfred…
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TWO SPECIAL EVENTS FOR THE WEEKEND OF 11th – 12th NOVEMBER
11th November, at 7.30, Albion Beatnik Bookstore, Walton Street – AN ARMISTICE DAY REQUIEM AND READING TO COMMEMORATE ALL VICTIMS OF WAR. With a specially composed, multi-lingual setting of Wilfred Owen’s poem ‘Futility’ by Janet Davey followed by readings in many languages by Adnan al-Sayegh, Jenny Lewis, Jenyth Worsley, Ruba Abughaida, Peter J. King, Jude…
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Two ‘Writing Mesopotamia’ events 1st April
‘Who Can Climb the Sky?’ and launch of the ‘Poetry for Peace 2016’ anthology 2.00-3.30pm, 1st APRIL, 2017, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. We’re nearing the end of our major, four-year, Arts Council-funded Writing Mesopotamia project with these two FREE high-profile events at the Ashmolean Museum. It’s been an amazing journey, sometimes stressful but always hugely rewarding…
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Poets on War evening at the Poetry Library on 1st February
A wonderful Poets on War evening at the Poetry Library last night, about 80 people came – they had only put out chairs for 40! I think the mix of poetry, music, translations and humour (especially Hylda’s songs) worked very well. The audience was marvellously kind and responsive, the Poetry Library did well to publicise…
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The Place for Film in Poetry. 18th January 2017
5.00-6.00pm, 18th January 2017 As part of the ‘Place for Poetry’ Conference at Goldsmiths in May 2015, the Film Poem Exhibition that I curated with the Head of Digital Media, Mark Edmondson showed how film can be used with poetry at the interface of many different disciplines, including art, medicine and politics. On 2nd…
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