Hello Everyone!
Well it's finally up. The new look Wirral Alliance of Poets website is up and running.
We now have a page for each of the regular poetry events/groups on the Wirral. We also have a bit more information on each group and have some short videos and photos for you to enjoy.
I hope to be able to expand the site to include a few other bits and bobs and help to showcase the wealth of talent that exists on Wirral.
We will also soon be editing the look of this blog to bring it more in line with the new look website.
So stay tuned for more information about WAPs, the local groups, events and even more really cool stuff.
Until then, why not check out some of the events.
TTFN,
Martin
Saturday 10 October 2009
Thursday 8 October 2009
Live poetry now EVERY WEEK on Wirral - the ‘Poetry Peninsula’
It’s THE BARDS quick-fire, open mic poetry in New Brighton on Monday evening, 12 October.
The Bards is one of FIVE regular poetry and spoken word groups now operating at the urban northern tip of the Wirral peninsula.
It means that EVERY WEEK within the Birkenhead / Wallasey area there is a live open mic session – more than is currently available across the water in Liverpool.
Poets from all five groups in north Wirral now support each other’s nights and co-operate formally as the Wirral Alliance of Poets (WAPs).
Co-ordinating the development of Wirral as ‘The Poetry Peninsula’ is John Gorman – writer, humorist and ex-member of the hit 1960s group The Scaffold.
Fifteen poets, drawn from all the Wirral poetry groups, performed new pieces (each inspired by various Victorian paintings) live at the Williamson Museum and Art Gallery, Birkenhead, on Thursday 8 October – as their contribution to National Poetry Day.
Open mic events coming up …
- THE BARDS takes place this coming Monday (12 October), starting at 8pm, at the historic Magazine pub, Magazine Brow, New Brighton CH45 1HP. If you’ve not been before, this is a very lively and well-supported group, founded and MC’d by Steve Regan. Every poet who attends is guaranteed at least TWO performance slots on the night. No-one goes away disappointed.
- MORETONARMS LIVEPOETRY is a new group that will hold its first session on Monday 26 October at the Morton Arms, Pasture Road, Moreton (opp Moreton rail station, 8pm, and thereafter on the fourth Monday each month.
- THE WIRRAL ODE SHOW open mic usually takes place on the third Thursday of each month at the Stork pub in Birkenhead CH41 6JN. But this month instead there will be the Ode Show Competition, which will take place on Thursday 29 October, from 8pm. Entrance fee for the competition is £2, and there will be cash prizes.
- TALES AROUND THE FIRE takes place on the last Friday (except for December) of each month in the old officers’ mess at Fort Perch Rock on New Brighton sands. This event offers poetry and story-telling, and starts at 8pm. Next session is on October 30.
- RIVER VIEW open mic is at the River View pub on the waterfront in central Birkenhead. Meetings are held on the first Monday of each month, starting 8pm. Next meeting is on November 2. This club got off to a great start last month, with musicians mixing it in a bohemian atmosphere with the poets.
Those who haven’t been before … come to Wirral – the Poetry Peninsula!
The Bards is one of FIVE regular poetry and spoken word groups now operating at the urban northern tip of the Wirral peninsula.
It means that EVERY WEEK within the Birkenhead / Wallasey area there is a live open mic session – more than is currently available across the water in Liverpool.
Poets from all five groups in north Wirral now support each other’s nights and co-operate formally as the Wirral Alliance of Poets (WAPs).
Co-ordinating the development of Wirral as ‘The Poetry Peninsula’ is John Gorman – writer, humorist and ex-member of the hit 1960s group The Scaffold.
Fifteen poets, drawn from all the Wirral poetry groups, performed new pieces (each inspired by various Victorian paintings) live at the Williamson Museum and Art Gallery, Birkenhead, on Thursday 8 October – as their contribution to National Poetry Day.
Open mic events coming up …
- THE BARDS takes place this coming Monday (12 October), starting at 8pm, at the historic Magazine pub, Magazine Brow, New Brighton CH45 1HP. If you’ve not been before, this is a very lively and well-supported group, founded and MC’d by Steve Regan. Every poet who attends is guaranteed at least TWO performance slots on the night. No-one goes away disappointed.
- MORETONARMS LIVEPOETRY is a new group that will hold its first session on Monday 26 October at the Morton Arms, Pasture Road, Moreton (opp Moreton rail station, 8pm, and thereafter on the fourth Monday each month.
- THE WIRRAL ODE SHOW open mic usually takes place on the third Thursday of each month at the Stork pub in Birkenhead CH41 6JN. But this month instead there will be the Ode Show Competition, which will take place on Thursday 29 October, from 8pm. Entrance fee for the competition is £2, and there will be cash prizes.
- TALES AROUND THE FIRE takes place on the last Friday (except for December) of each month in the old officers’ mess at Fort Perch Rock on New Brighton sands. This event offers poetry and story-telling, and starts at 8pm. Next session is on October 30.
- RIVER VIEW open mic is at the River View pub on the waterfront in central Birkenhead. Meetings are held on the first Monday of each month, starting 8pm. Next meeting is on November 2. This club got off to a great start last month, with musicians mixing it in a bohemian atmosphere with the poets.
Those who haven’t been before … come to Wirral – the Poetry Peninsula!
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