Programme of Events Winter 2010

Our default venue is the Friends Meeting House, 16 Queens Road,  with readings beginning at 7.30pm. Annual (26 pounds/20 pounds  concessions) or temporary LPS membership ( 4 pounds /3 pounds concessions) is requested.

September 10th     Annual General Meeting

October 8th    John Lucas

unrecanting poet of the left, unashamed thinking critic, jazzman and publisher

November 12th  Four Poets Night:

Karin Koller, Eddie Lunt, Maimie Henderson and Jill Cunningham. Free admission

November 26th  Choices
Read a poem, compare a poem, illustrate a poem, talk about its friends, sing a song about it or hand round its holiday snaps. Poetry: approach sideways.

December 10th DESERT ISLAND POETRY presented by Gordon Campbell

                                           2011

14th January   New Year Social and Read Round

a bring your own night with edibles and potables (poems too)

 11th February Jeremy Duffield and Alan Baker

                

11th March Members Reading
                 Kath Chalk, Joe Goddard, Jean Harbour

8th April Forward Prize discussion

13th May G.S.Fraser lecture delivered by Lyndall Gordon on Emily Dickinson

            

10th June John Gallas

            

8th July Members Reading:
               Jenny Walklate, Shaun Johnson and Stuart Snowden