Totally Wired Poetry is this Wednesday at 6:30pm and will feature poetry readings by Maria Taylor.
Maria’s first collection of poems, Melanchrini, was shortlisted for the Michael Murphy Memorial Prize, and is available from Nine Arches Press.
Restless Minds contributors, including Lauren C. Terry and Peter Newman, will be making an appearance to read some poems from the anthology and some of their own poems.
Don’t forget to sign-up for the open-mic!
Last Monday night’s Shindig! played host to poet and Litmus magazine founder Dorothy Lehane, and poet, critic and editor Andrew Duncan. Restless Minds contributors: Mark Done, Clare Stevens and Lauren C. Terry headlined the Shindig! reading various poems and short stories from the anthology.
Here are some photos from the night courtesy of Adam Wallis, Lauren C. Terry and Clare Stevens:
Mark Done introducing Restless Minds
Mark reading his poem ‘Canal’
Mark also read his poem ‘Manor Street’
Clare Stevens read an extract from her short story, ‘The Last Taboo’
Clare Stevens
Lauren C. Terry reading her poem ‘Priority’
Lauren also read during the open mic slot
Lauren C. Terry
The entire Restless Minds team would like to thank Nine Arches Press, the Centre for New Writing, Crystal Clear Creators and especially Jonathan Taylor, for giving us a platform to promote Restless Minds.
There are still copies of Restless Minds available for purchase, you can contact us via email or on our social media if you’re interested in buying any copies. Five Leaves still have some in stock! Stay tuned for future events *subtle wink*
Copies of Restless Minds will be on sale for £5!
Don’t forget we’ll be in Leicester on the 19th for Nine Arches Press, Crystal Clear Creators and the Centre for New Writing’s Leicester Shindig!
Clare, Lauren and Mark will be reading a selection of writing from the anthology, and you don’t want to miss out on readings by Dorothy Lehane and Andrew Duncan.
Copies of Restless Minds will be available for £5.
Here is our first event of 2015!
Nine Arches Press, Crystal Clear Creators and the Centre for New Writing have invited us to read at their January 19th Leicester Shindig! We can confirm that Mark Done, Clare Stevens and Lauren C. Terry will be reading. Copies of Restless Minds will be on sale for £5.
It’s free entry for all, so if you’re coming along why not sign up for the Open Mic on the door?
The other Special Guest Writers reading on the night are Dorothy Lehane and Andrew Duncan. You can read their bios below:
Jonathan Taylor’s books include the novel Entertaining Strangers (Salt, 2012), the memoir Take Me Home: Parkinson’s, My Father, Myself (Granta, 2007), and the short story collection, Kontakte and Other Stories (Roman Books, 2013). He lectures in Creative Writing at the University of Leicester.
You can keep up-to-date with Jonathan on his website.
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