Long Poem Magazine issue 14 launch

11 November, 8:00–21:00. Barbican Library, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS. Hosted by Linda Black and Lucy Hamilton. Readers: Yang Lian, Salah Niazi, Terence Dooley, Saradha Soobrayen, Mario Petrucci, Dorothy Lehane, Madeleine Wurzburger, Frances Presley, Ingar Palmlund, John Mccullough, Joe Dresner, Simon Jenner, Patricia McCarthy

Linda Black – The Son of a Shoemaker

Wednesday, 20 March, 6.30 PM, Poetry Café, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BX.

Linda Black’s exhibition of drawings and prints draws on her new book, The Son of a Shoemaker’ (Hearing Eye, 2012). The sequence of nineteen prose poems,based on the early life of Hans Christian Andersen, is illustrated by the author. The exhibition includes other illustrations and etchings. There will be a reading and a musical performance.

Preview of February Other Room reader Marcus Slease

Marcus Slease reads with Linda Black and Nikolai Duffy on 6th February for The Other Room at The Castle Hotel in Manchester. Entry is Free. It starts at 7pm. Click on the links.

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Blogging

Recent Work Online:
I LEFT MY HEART IN SF AT THOUGHT CATALOG:
http://thoughtcatalog.com/2012/i-left-my-heart-in-sf/
THE COWS SAID MU AT THOUGHT CATALOG:
http://thoughtcatalog.com/2012/the-cows-said-mu/
MARYNOWANE NIEBO at DOGZPLOT
http://dogzplot.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/marynowane-niebo-marcus-slease.html
FROM THE CIRCLE LINE AT HAVE U SEEN MY WHALE:
http://husmw5.tumblr.com/marcus_slease
 TANGLING LLAMAS ON THE TRESSES OF THE SUN OVER AT POOR CLAUDIA:
http://www.poorclaudia.org/crush_slease.php
A FLASH PLAY OVER AT EVERYDAY GENIUS:

 

Early 2013 programme for The Other Room

After our next event with Nat Raha, Alec Newman and Seekers of Lice on 5th December at The Castle, Manchester, we have the following two dates already organised at The Castle for your diaries:

The Other Room 37: 6th February 2013: Nikolai Duffy, Linda Black & Marcus Slease
The Other Room 38: 3rd April 2013: The Other Room 5th birthday, Readers TBC

Shearsman’s 2011 Reading Series

Tuesday, 4 October at 7:30 pm, featuring Linda Black and Ian Seed. Swedenborg Hall, Swedenborg House, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, London, WC1A 2TH. Admission is free.

For details of the books that will be launched by the authors:

For details of the venue:

http://www.shearsman.com/pages/editorial/readings.html