London Lit Plus

[ July 17, 2008; 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] CELEBRATE the publication of the new issue of Ambit with us at our launch party at The Owl Bookshop on Thursday the 17th of July. Have a glass of wine or two; meet our writers, artists and editors; and listen to poetry from Jehane Markham and Siriol Troup, and fiction from Matthew Licht, introduced by [...]

[ July 18, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] On Friday 18 July, 7-9 pm as the grand finale to a Poetry Marathon, we’re asking poets to come and read some of their favourite poems (preferably their own).

If you’d like to be one of those poets, we’d like to give you a slot. For more details, please contact Caroline Lazar on 07779580448 or caro.lazar@gmail.com

“Set [...]

[ July 3, 2008; 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] Poets read their work at Speaker’s Corner for The London Magazine and Trespass as part of the 02 Wireless Festival.

Speakers include Roddy Lumsden, Paul Lyalls, Todd Swift, Paul Birtill, Yara El-Sherbini, Simon Munnery, Neil Curry, A.F. Harrold, Agnes Meadows, Richard Tyrone Jones, Maurice Riordan, Tim Wells, Agife Mannix, Tom Chivers and Sascha Akhtar.

Bring a poem [...]

[ July 14, 2008; 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] A Spoonful of Poison started in 2005 and has gained an almost legendary reputation as one of the best open-mic nights in the known universe.

Alternative/leftfield/up-beat/odd/funny/ experimental performance, in any form: music, poetry, comedy or any random slapstick behaviour capable of entertaining the troops.

Special guests on July 14: KIT RICHARDSON (singer/songwriter) + SPINMASTER PLANTPOT (poet/ranter/acapella punk [...]