Reading on 3 November with Pedro Serrano & Jamie McKendrick

A poetry reading of translated poetry featuring
Pedro Serrano &  Jamie McKendrickwith Back Room Poets David Burridge, Louise Larchbourne, Mark Leech, Inge Milfull, Merryn Williams, and Pat Winslow.

Tuesday 3rd November, 2015,
7:30 PM

@ The Albion Beatnik Bookstore
34 Walton Street, Oxford OX2 6AA.

£ 4.00 (BRP Members £ 2.00)
Tickets at the door

Competition Winners and Reading on 26 September

Congratulation to the Winners of the First International Back Room Poets Competition!

Winners:
1.  "Too Late"--Michael Crowley
2.  "The Sunken Lane"--Phoebe Nicholson, Oxford
3.  "Donnington Bridge"--Maeve Henry, Oxford

Commended:
"Sprouts"--Alexandra Davis, Suffolk
"The Great Days of Tumbling"--M.A. Fiddes, London
"Sewing the Light"--Geraldine Clarkson, Leamington Spa
"Laughter"--Josh Ekroy
"Brain Music"--Averil Stedeford, Oxford

For the winning poems and the judge's report see here.

There will be a  concluding poetry reading featuring three winners of the competition reading with the judge Pat Winslow.
Readers: Michael Crowley, Maeve Henry, Alexandra Davis, M. A. Fiddes, Geraldine Clarkson, Josh Ekroy, Averil Stedeford.


Venue: Albion Beatnik Bookstore (34 Walton Street, Oxford OX2 6AA)
Time:  Saturday 26th September 7:30 PM
Entry: £ 4.00 (BRP Members £ 2.00)

Reading and Master Class with George Szirtes

A poetry reading featuring George Szirtes
with Sarah Maitland Parks, Jane Spiro,
Merryn Williams and Pat Winslow

Saturday 15th August, 2015 @ The Albion Beatnik Bookstore
34 Walton Street
Oxford.
OX2 6AA.
7:30pm
£ 4.00 (BRP Members £ 2.00)

Saturday 15th August, 2015
from 2-5pm at the Friends Meeting HouseBack Room Poets present a masterclass with George Szirtes


If you would like him to discuss one of your poems

please send them to Agnes Kocsis at:

aekocsis (at) googlemail.com or ring 07939097525.

Fee for full participants: £20. Onlookers only: £5.

Speaking Poetry workshop (4 July)

Speaking Poetry

Workshop by Jenyth Worsley and Louise Larchbourne

Warm Up - Voice and body!
Bring - One of your poems
and one by someone else that you like
Practise - Using a microphone.
Find - Your 'Centre'.
Enjoy - being with your audience as you do being with a friend.

(Places are limited, sign up in advance by emailing brp.committee@googlemail.com)

Time: Saturday 4th of July, 2015, from 2 to 5PM
Venue: Friends Meeting House, 43 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW (Garden Room)
Workshop fee: £ 10.00 BRP members, £ 15.00 non-members

Reading on 20 June (Book launch for Jennifer A. McGowan)

On Saturday 20th June, 2015, Back Room Poets are hosting a poetry reading to launch Jennifer A. McGowan's new collection The Weight of Coming Home from Indigo Dreams Publishing.

Also featuring Sarianne Durie, Inge Milfull, David Olsen and Kathleen M. Quinlan reading their own work.



Venue: The Albion Beatnik Bookstore, 34 Walton Street, Oxford OX2 6AA.
Start: 7:30 PM
Admission: £ 4.00 (£2.00 BRP Members)

Back Room Poets International Poetry Competition

The competition is now open and closes for submission on 7 June (for postal submissions) or 21 June (online submissions). The judge is Pat Winslow.
For more details see the Competition page on the Back Room Poets website:
http://backroompoets.weebly.com/competition-page.html

Upcoming event: Reading and Workshop with Alan Buckley, 9 May

Saturday, 9 May 2015
 
A poetry reading featuring Alan Buckley
with BRP members  Elizabeth Birchall, Louise Larchbourne, David Olsen, Kathleen M. Quinlan,
Tina Sederholm and Merryn Williams.
Jennifer A. McGowan will be MCing.

 Venue:  Albion Beatnik Bookstore, 
34 Walton Street,
Oxford OX2 6AA.

Time: 7:30 pm
Admission: £ 4.00 (£2 BRP members)

Preceded by a poetry workshop led by Alan Buckley at the Friends' Meeting House (St. Giles)  in the Library at 2-5 pm
The workshop is for experienced writers (not beginners) and is on the subject of re-drafting, discussing the works of other writers as well as generating some new material.
Some spaces still available for sign-up on the door.
(admission £20; £15 for BRP members when booked in advance)

Back Room Poets at the 13th Annual Oxford Human Rights Festival

Louise Larchbourne, Inge Milfull and Merryn Williams will be reading at the Festival on Saturday, 21 February at 6pm:
http://www.oxfordhumanrightsfestival.org/programme.html
We will be including poems by David Olsen and will be supported by Hannah Caroe.
 
 Kathleen Quinlan will also be reading at the Festival on Friday, 20 February:
http://www.kathleenmquinlan.net/events.html

Reading with Jean Sprackland, 7 March

Back Room Poets will be hosting a poetry reading with Jean Sprackland on Saturday 7th of March at the Albion Beatnik Bookstore.

Back Room Poets members reading will be Caroline Ashley, Michael Binnie, David Burridge and Mark Leech.

Time: 7:30 pm
Admission £4 (£2 BRP members)