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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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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…
