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May24Thu
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Poetry reading, Penrith: Mary Robinson and Jeremy Over7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Mary Robinson was born in Warwickshire and grew up on an isolated farm without mains electricity. She now lives near Wigton and teaches English Literature. Her work is widely published in magazines and anthologies, and she recently won the Words by the Water/Notting Hill Editions Essay Competition. Her book The Art of Gardening (Flambard Press) begins with personal memories and goes on to explore the lives of other writers and her experiences of particular places.
“An immensely varied first collection of poems – about childhood and family, people and places, nature and memory.” Sue Allan, Cumbria Life
“Confident and engaging evocations of landscape and situation together with richly imagined historical and biographical poems. A very fine first collection.” Other Poetry
Jeremy Over was born in Leeds in 1961. He studied law at Leeds University and now lives near Cockermouth, where he works as a policy adviser for the Department for Work and Pensions. His poetry was first published in New Poetries II (Carcanet, 1999). His first collection was A Little Bit of Bread and No Cheese (Carcanet, 2001). His second collection, Deceiving Wild Creatures, was published in 2009.“There’s a lot of fun going on in this book – even an element of music hall – and although it takes a while to get into it, the pay-off is there … You need to read quietly without preconception of what you think the poems should be doing. They are deceptive wee creatures and will surprise you.” – Helena Nelson (reviewing Deceiving Wild Creatures), Ambit
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SIXFOLD Poets, Lancaster – Childhood & Families7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
SIXFOLD presents a programme of poems that explore the formative experiences of childhood – light, dark, funny, serious – that make us who we are. They follow this with a set of short individual readings about family.SIXFOLD are Mike Barlow (pictured), Elizabeth Burns, Carole Coates, Sarah Hymas, Jane Routh and Ian Seed, all poets from the Lancaster area, who work together on performances of their poems, playing with connections and contrasts in their work and voices.
“Thoughtful, reflective and … very affecting. Each of the poets read superbly well and the programme’s balance was nigh on perfect.” – John Rice, Sedbergh Write Idea festival
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May26Sat
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Poetry reading, Grasmere – The Poetry Business Book & Pamphlet Competition2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Now in its 26th year, the Poetry Business Competition has discovered some of the most exciting talents in poetry, including Mimi Khalvati, Michael Laskey, Daljit Nagra and Catherine Smith. This year’s competition was judged by Carol Ann Duffy, who chose four pamphlet winners (including Kim Moore, from Barrow, pictured) and commented on each as follows:
That So-Easy Thing, Rosie Shepperd
“These poems have a real originality both in form and content – from sestina to surrealism, villanelle to vignette – and are erudite, well-travelled, witty and sexy.”Confusion, Suzannah Evans
“Tough/tender lyric poems in which the language crackles with life whether addressing the urban or the rural, and possessed of a truly exciting inventiveness.”Breathing Through Our Bones, Julie Mellor
“Poems with a real ability to own their subject – whether spontaneous combustion or the collective thought of geese – and which remain to intrigue long after reading.”
If We Could Speak Like Wolves, Kim Moore
“These are terrifically assured poems – sensual, perceptive, entertaining – which bridge the gap between feeling and utterance with a genuine lyric gift.”Introduced by Poetry Business proprietors Peter and Ann Sansom, each poet will be reading from their their winning collection. There will be a bookstall of other Poetry Business titles (including The North magazine), one of which is free for every member of the audience!
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May29Tue
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Wordsworth Trust Poetry Series, Grasmere – Mimi Khalvati & Mike Barlow6:45 pm – 8:30 pm
The figure of the child stands at the centre of Mimi Khalvati’s work: the poet as a schoolgirl on the Isle of Wight, or in half-remembered later years living with her grandmother in Tehran; her two children, now grown up; children in art; and an enduring sense of oneself as a child that is never left behind. Her poems are nuanced, formally accomplished, Romantic in sensibility, rapturous and tender.
Mike Barlow will read from his new collection Charmed Lives: charmed as in surviving, getting away with it, possessed, fortunate. Whether drawing on direct or imaginary experience, works of art, literature or myth, Mike’s new poems are about being vulnerable, getting by and sometimes finding yourself, surprisingly, at one with the world.
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May31Thu
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Jun5Tue
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South Lakeland Storytelling Club, Ings7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Taffy Thomas and friends have been hosting this session in the lounge bar at the Watermill Inn at Ings (near Windermere) for over 10 years now. Taffy was Britain’s first Storytelling Laureate and his repertoire extends to more than 300 stories, tales and elaborate lies, collected mainly from traditional oral sources, which he is happy to tell in almost any situation.
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Jun9Sat
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Bindman Talk, Grasmere – Fern Fever in the Fells4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Dr Sarah Whittingham, author of a new book, Fern Fever: The Story of Pteridomania, will trace the tale of the Victorian fern craze in the Lake District. Beginning with the Wordsworths’ early appreciation of the plant, it encompasses fern tourists, fern books, fern albums, fern guides, and fern nurseries, culminating in the founding of the British Pteridological Society in Kendal in 1891.
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Jun22Fri
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Creativity and the Spirit: poetry workshop at Brantwood2:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Through a variety of writing exercises, this poetry workshop with Geraldine Green allows time and space for the imagination to explore, invent and roam. As well as producing new work, there will also be time for feedback and editing, and an evening poetry reading for course participants and tutor. Some sessions will take place outdoors. Geraldine Green is a Visiting Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Cumbria and is an experienced freelance tutor and mentor. She has worked collaboratively with musicians, artists and photographers and on a variety of community projects. She is an Associate Editor of online magazine Poetry Bay.
Lunch, evening meal and refreshments provided. Accommodation (not included in the workshop fee) can be booked at The Lodge at Brantwood or nearby in Coniston and the surrounding area. The Lodge enjoys wonderful views across Coniston Water to the fells. A self service breakfast is provided as part of the rate – £50 pp for single occupancy, £35.00 pp for two people sharing a twin or double room.
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Jul3Tue
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South Lakeland Storytelling Club, Ings7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Taffy Thomas and friends have been hosting this session in the lounge bar at the Watermill Inn at Ings (near Windermere) for over 10 years now. Taffy was Britain’s first Storytelling Laureate and his repertoire extends to more than 300 stories, tales and elaborate lies, collected mainly from traditional oral sources, which he is happy to tell in almost any situation.
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Jul7Sat
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Bindman Talk, Grasmere – Radical Footsteps: Walking, Romanticism & the Tradition of Trespassing4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
A talk by Conohar Scott.
Walking in the Lakes today is a recreational experience; however, what visitors often overlook is the radical history of the walk itself. Conohar Scott charts the history of walking as a performative and political act, relating Wordsworth’s intentional trespassing and The Ramblers’ struggle for access to open countryside, to his own photographic practice documenting pollution. Conohar Scott is a photographer, environmental activist and Researcher at Loughborough University.
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Aug7Tue
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South Lakeland Storytelling Club, Ings7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Taffy Thomas and friends have been hosting this session in the lounge bar at the Watermill Inn at Ings (near Windermere) for over 10 years now. Taffy was Britain’s first Storytelling Laureate and his repertoire extends to more than 300 stories, tales and elaborate lies, collected mainly from traditional oral sources, which he is happy to tell in almost any situation.
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Sep4Tue
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South Lakeland Storytelling Club, Ings7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Taffy Thomas and friends have been hosting this session in the lounge bar at the Watermill Inn at Ings (near Windermere) for over 10 years now. Taffy was Britain’s first Storytelling Laureate and his repertoire extends to more than 300 stories, tales and elaborate lies, collected mainly from traditional oral sources, which he is happy to tell in almost any situation.
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Oct2Tue
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South Lakeland Storytelling Club, Ings7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Taffy Thomas and friends have been hosting this session in the lounge bar at the Watermill Inn at Ings (near Windermere) for over 10 years now. Taffy was Britain’s first Storytelling Laureate and his repertoire extends to more than 300 stories, tales and elaborate lies, collected mainly from traditional oral sources, which he is happy to tell in almost any situation.
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Nov6Tue
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South Lakeland Storytelling Club, Ings7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Taffy Thomas and friends have been hosting this session in the lounge bar at the Watermill Inn at Ings (near Windermere) for over 10 years now. Taffy was Britain’s first Storytelling Laureate and his repertoire extends to more than 300 stories, tales and elaborate lies, collected mainly from traditional oral sources, which he is happy to tell in almost any situation.
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Dec4Tue
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South Lakeland Storytelling Club, Ings7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Taffy Thomas and friends have been hosting this session in the lounge bar at the Watermill Inn at Ings (near Windermere) for over 10 years now. Taffy was Britain’s first Storytelling Laureate and his repertoire extends to more than 300 stories, tales and elaborate lies, collected mainly from traditional oral sources, which he is happy to tell in almost any situation.
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Jan1Tue
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South Lakeland Storytelling Club, Ings7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Taffy Thomas and friends have been hosting this session in the lounge bar at the Watermill Inn at Ings (near Windermere) for over 10 years now. Taffy was Britain’s first Storytelling Laureate and his repertoire extends to more than 300 stories, tales and elaborate lies, collected mainly from traditional oral sources, which he is happy to tell in almost any situation.
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Feb5Tue
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South Lakeland Storytelling Club, Ings7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Taffy Thomas and friends have been hosting this session in the lounge bar at the Watermill Inn at Ings (near Windermere) for over 10 years now. Taffy was Britain’s first Storytelling Laureate and his repertoire extends to more than 300 stories, tales and elaborate lies, collected mainly from traditional oral sources, which he is happy to tell in almost any situation.
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Mar5Tue
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South Lakeland Storytelling Club, Ings7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Taffy Thomas and friends have been hosting this session in the lounge bar at the Watermill Inn at Ings (near Windermere) for over 10 years now. Taffy was Britain’s first Storytelling Laureate and his repertoire extends to more than 300 stories, tales and elaborate lies, collected mainly from traditional oral sources, which he is happy to tell in almost any situation.
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Apr2Tue
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South Lakeland Storytelling Club, Ings7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Taffy Thomas and friends have been hosting this session in the lounge bar at the Watermill Inn at Ings (near Windermere) for over 10 years now. Taffy was Britain’s first Storytelling Laureate and his repertoire extends to more than 300 stories, tales and elaborate lies, collected mainly from traditional oral sources, which he is happy to tell in almost any situation.
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May7Tue
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South Lakeland Storytelling Club, Ings7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Taffy Thomas and friends have been hosting this session in the lounge bar at the Watermill Inn at Ings (near Windermere) for over 10 years now. Taffy was Britain’s first Storytelling Laureate and his repertoire extends to more than 300 stories, tales and elaborate lies, collected mainly from traditional oral sources, which he is happy to tell in almost any situation.
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