Friday, November 23, 2012

Zest! Dates in 2013

Monday 25th February 2013 at 8:00 pm
Guest Poets - Jan Dean and Phil Williams Compère - Gill McEvoy
Jan Dean hardly needs any introduction to Zest! followers. Jan has published two collections of poetry (Macmillan and & Blackie) and had poems published in over 100 anthologies. Jan is well-known for her work with schools and has undertaken a whole lot of innovative and interesting writing projects. http://www.jandean.co.uk/ 
Phil Williams hosts poetry open-mic events in South Cheshire and has had poems published in Agenda, Iota, Poetry News and Planet. He grew up in South Wales, spent two years in Australia as a '£10 Pom' and studied and worked in Yorkshire. He now lives in Alsager, works freelance in marketing and edits the Leopard Poetry blog www.leopardpoetry.wordpress.com.

 Monday 3rd June 2013 at 8:00 pm
Guest Poet - Katrina Naomi Compère: Leih Steggall
Katrina Naomi is a South-London based poet. Her first full collection The Girl with the Cactus Handshake (Templar Poetry, 2009)was described as “arresting and vivid” by the judges of the London New Poetry Award. http://katrinanaomi.co.uk/ 

 Monday 7th October 2013 at 8:00 pm
Guest poets to be confirmed soon. Compère - Angela Topping
We will be taking entries for our special mini poetry competition to mark National Poetry Day 2013 - this will be the usual four-liner on the theme announced as the National Poetry Day Theme for 2013.

 Monday 2nd December at 8:00 pm
Our usual end of year Open Floor Joint compères - Gill McEvoy and Leih Steggall
Results of our special mini poetry competition to mark National Poetry Day will be announced and prizes awarded as usual

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