Local Poetry, Britain & Europe
Online poetry calendars, local poetry centers & organizations, reading & slam venues in Britain & Europe.
Apples & Snakes
Promising “poetry with bite,” Apples & Snakes are England’s most active promoters of performance poetry events. Their roster of artists includes such new luminaries as Patience Agbabi, Dana Bryant, Billy Childish, Selena “Saliva” Godden & Linton Kwesi Johnson.
Promising “poetry with bite,” Apples & Snakes are England’s most active promoters of performance poetry events. Their roster of artists includes such new luminaries as Patience Agbabi, Dana Bryant, Billy Childish, Selena “Saliva” Godden & Linton Kwesi Johnson.
Dublin Writers’ Workshop
The Dublin Writers’ Workshop is Ireland’s oldest community of writers & its first online, with an events calendar, a Net version of its Acorn 5 print anthology (take a look at “Callan” by Eabhan Ní Shuileabháin), a new online literary quarterly, Electric Acorn, & Haiku Spirit, an online incarnation of its haiku journal.
The Dublin Writers’ Workshop is Ireland’s oldest community of writers & its first online, with an events calendar, a Net version of its Acorn 5 print anthology (take a look at “Callan” by Eabhan Ní Shuileabháin), a new online literary quarterly, Electric Acorn, & Haiku Spirit, an online incarnation of its haiku journal.
The Poetry Can
The Poetry Can contains a bunch of poetry projects in & around Bristol, Bath & the southwest of England, including the annual Bristol Poetry Festival.
The Poetry Can contains a bunch of poetry projects in & around Bristol, Bath & the southwest of England, including the annual Bristol Poetry Festival.
The Poetry House
Based in a seafront mansion in the ancient university town of St. Andrews, The Poetry House is “believed to be the largest building in Britain devoted to the reading and writing of poetry” -- but it’s also a virtual reference room, offering introductions & links to worldwide poetry from the University of St. Andrews English Department faculty.
Based in a seafront mansion in the ancient university town of St. Andrews, The Poetry House is “believed to be the largest building in Britain devoted to the reading and writing of poetry” -- but it’s also a virtual reference room, offering introductions & links to worldwide poetry from the University of St. Andrews English Department faculty.
Poetry Ireland
Poetry Ireland is the national organization fostering poetry & poets across the island. They sponsor a full program of readings, provide calendar listings of other Irish readings, & offer a great range of resources for poets.
Poetry Ireland is the national organization fostering poetry & poets across the island. They sponsor a full program of readings, provide calendar listings of other Irish readings, & offer a great range of resources for poets.
The Poetry Kit events listings
Carried on by Jim Bennett after founder Ted Slade’s death in 2004, Poetry Kit (Surrey, UK) is packed full of information about readings, workshops & other literary events in London, other UK cities, Ireland, various American states -- even on radio, tv & the Net. A wide-ranging resource, but especially good if you’re on your way to Britain.
Carried on by Jim Bennett after founder Ted Slade’s death in 2004, Poetry Kit (Surrey, UK) is packed full of information about readings, workshops & other literary events in London, other UK cities, Ireland, various American states -- even on radio, tv & the Net. A wide-ranging resource, but especially good if you’re on your way to Britain.
The Scottish Poetry Library
The Scottish Poetry library is both a real bricks & mortar & books library and an online poetry playground, including an interactive poetry map of Scotland plus events listings for the Library itself & across Scotland.
The Scottish Poetry library is both a real bricks & mortar & books library and an online poetry playground, including an interactive poetry map of Scotland plus events listings for the Library itself & across Scotland.