The next Zest! Open Floor Poetry Night is on Monday 1 October starting at 8:00 pm, at Alexanders,
Rufus Court, Off Northgate, Chester CH1 2JG (Entry £2/3)
Guest poet: Tom George
Compère: Angela Topping
Liverpool-based performer, Tom George “has been delighting audiences for over 10 years”. Tom has been featured on Channel 4 TV and staged several one-man shows at Liverpool’s Unity theatre.
Compère: Angela Topping
Liverpool-based performer, Tom George “has been delighting audiences for over 10 years”. Tom has been featured on Channel 4 TV and staged several one-man shows at Liverpool’s Unity theatre.
STOP PRESS! Zest! mini-poetry competition
to celebrate National Poetry Day 2012
To celebrate the forthcoming National Poetry Day, we are inviting all “Zesters” to submit a 4-line poem on the theme of STARS at Zest! On 1st October (we’ll have slips of paper and pens available in case you want to create on the night). Remember to write your name and email address on your submission. All 4-line poems will be judged and the results announced at our Christmas Zest! Open Floor Poetry Night on Monday 3rd December 2012. There will be prizes for the best 3 submissions!!
To celebrate the forthcoming National Poetry Day, we are inviting all “Zesters” to submit a 4-line poem on the theme of STARS at Zest! On 1st October (we’ll have slips of paper and pens available in case you want to create on the night). Remember to write your name and email address on your submission. All 4-line poems will be judged and the results announced at our Christmas Zest! Open Floor Poetry Night on Monday 3rd December 2012. There will be prizes for the best 3 submissions!!
At every Zest! we invite you to bring your
own or a favourite poem to read, or just come to listen!
SLOTS FOR EARLY BIRDS: There are five 3-poem reading slots for
those who register to read early.
POETRY BOOK TABLE: We also have have quality new and used
poetry books available to buy on our poetry book table. Please feel free to
bring any poetry books you would like to pass on /sell.
Other dates to put on your calendar
1. SPECIAL FESTIVAL ZEST! Monday 22 October 2012. This Special Zest! Is to be held in collaboration with the Essar Oil Literature Festival, Chester 15-28 October, 2012 (£1.50 /£2 / £3)
We look forward to welcoming poets from all over the world at this special Zest! night.
1. SPECIAL FESTIVAL ZEST! Monday 22 October 2012. This Special Zest! Is to be held in collaboration with the Essar Oil Literature Festival, Chester 15-28 October, 2012 (£1.50 /£2 / £3)
We look forward to welcoming poets from all over the world at this special Zest! night.
2. CHESTER POETS AT THE FESTIVAL! Chester Poets will launch their new
anthology along with readings and a little light music as well as another open
mic session at The Cross Keys, Lower Bridge Street on Thursday 25th
October at 7:30 pm (Free)
3. REBECCA GOSS: a special opportunity to celebrate
National Poetry Day with Poet Rebecca Goss at Bebington Central
Library (Civic Centre Way, Bebington, CH63 7PN) at 2.30 pm on 4th
October 2012.
Admission: Free (For other details: T: 01516437219 and E: Bebington@wirral-libraries.net).
Admission: Free (For other details: T: 01516437219 and E: Bebington@wirral-libraries.net).
4. REBECCA GOSS AND MARY ROBISNON AT THE
FESTIVAL! Rebecca reads again with Mary Robinson during the
Essar Oil Literarture Festival, at Chester Town Hall, Northgate, Chester CH1
2HJ, on Thursday 25th October at 1pm (£3). You may already know
that Rebecca lives in Liverpool and that her first full-length
collection, The Anatomy of Structures came out in June 2010. Mary
Robinson lives in Cumbria where she works in adult and continuing education and
her collection The Art of Gardening was published in 2011.
Zest! Open Floor Poetry
