BACK ROOM POETS at the FARINGDON POETRY COMPETITION 2008
David Burridge won Best Poem by a Local Author:
http://www.faringdon.org/poetry2008/poem08winningpoems.htmSierra
He also had two poems in the Local Highly Commended category (Alhambra and Tripping up Montsegur) and two in the Local Commended category).
David Burns was Runner-Up in the Open Category with Barn Owl.
K.V. Skene's The Cruellest Month was among the Commended poems in the Open Category.
Link to shortlisted poems:
http://www.faringdon.org/poetry2008/poem08winningpoems.htm
Monday 10 November 2008
Tuesday 14 October 2008
Our next public event:
Back Room Poets presents:
INTERFACES
a programme of poetry and music for the season of All Hallows
featuring:
Matt Bright, David Burridge, Peter Challis, Christine Koutelieri, Mark Leech, David Olsen, Tina Sederholm, Averil Stedeford, Paul Surman, Merryn Williams, Pat Winslow, Jenyth Worsley
Guest artist: Matt Sage, songwriter
Venue: Vaults and Garden Cafe, Radcliffe Square, Oxford
Date: 31 October 2008
Programme begins 7:30 p.m. Refreshments from 7 p.m.
Entrance by programme: £ 2.-
Donations requested for:
Oxford Restore, promoting mental health,
Hope for the Living, for HIV/AIDs orphans in South Africa.
Oxford Restore, promoting mental health,
Hope for the Living, for HIV/AIDs orphans in South Africa.
Introducing this BRP blog
This blog is planned as a mirror site to the Back Room Poets blog on MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/backroompoets
Back Room Poets are an Oxford-based poetry group.
Back Room Poets members benefit from: twice-monthly workshops in the City Centre, and once-monthly ones in North and South Oxford, occasional open mic evenings and other opportunities to read and to take part in local and regional literary festivals, also occasional guest readings from acclaimed poets.
Warning(1): It has not been possible to update our website http://brpoets.net/ lately. The information there is now badly out of date. For updates please consult our blogz and get yourself put on our mailing list.
Warning(2): Unfortunately the email given on this site until recently is no longer valid. Please mail brp.committee now at googlemail.com. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
http://www.myspace.com/backroompoets
Back Room Poets are an Oxford-based poetry group.
Back Room Poets members benefit from: twice-monthly workshops in the City Centre, and once-monthly ones in North and South Oxford, occasional open mic evenings and other opportunities to read and to take part in local and regional literary festivals, also occasional guest readings from acclaimed poets.
Warning(1): It has not been possible to update our website http://brpoets.net/ lately. The information there is now badly out of date. For updates please consult our blogz and get yourself put on our mailing list.
Warning(2): Unfortunately the email given on this site until recently is no longer valid. Please mail brp.committee now at googlemail.com. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
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