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Last Updated 15th July 2010

Cannon Poets  Programme and Poetry Events
in and around Birmingham UK

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July 2010
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Jul 9th - 18thMoseley Festival
www.moseleyfestival.org.uk
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Jul 16th7.30 - 8.00pm The Apple and Mirror Poetry Group 18 Chancellors Close, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3UJ. Telephone: 0121 454 9247. 
Theme: 'Lambs'
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Jul 17thMoseley Festival - Poetry Workshop 10am - 1pm Moseley CDT, 149 -157 Alcester Road, Moseley. Cannon Poets invite you to a workshop for those who write - or would like to. £4 per person including refreshments. Contact Martin on 0121 426 6413 or Doreen on 0121 449 4086.
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Jul 
20th-22nd
Simon Callow inThe Man from Stratford’  at Malvern Festival Theatre 8.00pm ( + Mat. Wed)  Box Office Tel: 01684 892277
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Jul 27thWorcester Cathedral Poetry Workshops(Each session led by member(s) of the group) Saturdays  10.00 – 13.00 (£5 attendance fee) – Newcomers welcome!
For more details ask Martin  or contact Claire Gathercole Tel:01905 620438 claire.gathercole@virgin.net
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August 2010
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September 2010
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Sep 5thCannon Poets Meeting at the Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park 2pm
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Sep 13thWriting Circling Words led by Hazell Hills Stratford Workshop
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Sep 17th7.30 - 8.00pm The Apple and Mirror Poetry Group 18 Chancellors Close, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3UJ. Telephone: 0121 454 9247. 
Simon Baynes will give an illustrated talk on 'Christian Themes in English Poetry'.
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October 2010
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Oct 3rdCannon Poets Meeting at the Moseley Post Office Building 2pm
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Oct 11thNational Poetry Day – Subject: 'Home'
Oct 15th - 17thMytholmroyd celebrating the life and work of Ted Hughes Festival

www.theelmettrust.com
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Oct 23rdWorcester Cathedral Poetry Workshops(Each session led by member(s) of the group) Saturdays  10.00 – 13.00 (£5 attendance fee) – Newcomers welcome!
For more details ask Martin  or contact Claire Gathercole Tel:01905 620438 claire.gathercole@virgin.net
Oct 29th  - 30thRimes in Time at Worcester Cathedral – 24-hour poetryathon - submit a poem of your choice (yours or a.n.other’s) for inclusion £1 per line Inf: Lad1301@btinternet.com  Tel:01905 22522
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November 2010
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Nov 7thCannon Poets Meeting at the Moseley Post Office Building 2pm
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Nov 19th7.30 - 8.00pm The Apple and Mirror Poetry Group 18 Chancellors Close, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3UJ. Telephone: 0121 454 9247. 
Theme 'Donkeys'
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Late NovDerwent Poetry Festival
Masson Mills, Matlock Baths   www.derwent-poetry-festival.html 
  
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December 2010
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Dec 5thCannon Poets Meeting at the Moseley Post Office Building 2pm
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REGULAR EVENTS

Writers Without Borders meets on the first Saturday of the month at the Shakespeare Memorial Room [Birmingham Central Library] Contact 0121 426 6413
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 A new venue! - The Jester on Wednesdays – Holloway Circus, Queensway participate or be part of the audience!. Contact: Tracy Sheldon 0798 943 9875 (or 643 0155)
Shrewsbury Poetry Café     For details: Tel 01743 245004  or  simon@shrews1.fsnet.co.uk
First Tuesday of the Month:  Red Lion Tuesday Club
At the Red Lion, Warstone Lane, Jewellery Quarter (Off Icknield St).
 
Poetry at Starbucks
– first Wednesday of the month, (Feb onwards) includes open mic. This is at the Starbucks opposite the front of Rackhams –in Martineau Square, which is behind the shops opposite, near Sainsbury’s.

The Jester on Wednesdays – Holloway Circus, Queensway – participate or be part of the audience!.    
Contact: Tracy Sheldon 0798 943 9875 (or 643 0155)

St John’s Poetry Group, Worcester  First Saturday of the month patleighton@dsi.pipex.com

Writers Without Borders
meets 1st Sat of the month at the Shakespeare Memorial Room [Birmingham Central Library]
Contact:  Tel: 426 6413

St Martin’s Arts
Poetic Licence – Poetry workshops over four seasons
For full details contact Cheryl Homer 600 6532   cheryl@bullring.org

Shrewsbury Poetry Café     For details: Tel 01743 245004  or  simon@shrews1.fsnet.co.uk


                                                        

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