Summer #poetry events in #Cambridge. It's the 50th anniversary of the first Cambridge Poetry Festival, so we're promoting a whole slew of readings and events.
Submit your flash fiction to our creative writing competition!
No minimum word count. 250 words max. 1st prize £1,000. Winners published in our anthology (opening up more opportunities). 📝
Deadline day 31 May! Enter at https://t.co/whjtTRnJnz
CWC's Alison MacLeod contributes to this BBC Radio programme examining three faces of D. H. Lawrence. Episode 2, 'Class', is up now!
https://t.co/PYcjxywXcs
The Cambridge launch of 'Ten Poets Travel to the Dark Side of the Moon' is tomorrow, 6pm, @WaterstonesCamb. Here's Jon discussing this, other space poetry books (inc. 'Watcher of the Skies' by @TheEmmaPress) and space-themed Transformers:
https://t.co/nyjAFH8iDS
This Sunday: Yang Lian and YoYo, reading with translators at Anglia Ruskin University, from 2-4pm. A rare Cambridge appearance from two great contemporary Chinese poets!
Our bursary scheme offers free entry to one category in this year’s competition. Full eligibility and how to apply at https://t.co/ATIOlfKPKc
#WritingOpportunities#WritingPrize
Future Karaoke: Memories and Dreams is on tonight. https://t.co/AmUTfXwtjy if you haven't booked your free online ticket, or just arrive and claim a glass of free wine if you're about in Cambridge!
@ARU_AHESS@ARU_AHESS
We've got a full programme of public-facing events just around the corner, bringing together students and community, writers and readers! @ARU_AHESS@ARUCreative
We're starting a Transmedia Reading Club on Wednesday 2nd April, kicking it off with retro/future noir, via Blade Runner, China Meiville and Disco Elysium.
Our first event of the new year! Join us in ARU's Recital Hall for Seeds in the Dirt: A Celebration of Eco-Writing, with Sarah Royston, Alice Willitts, Freya Sacksen and Clare Pollard.
Free to attend -- book ahead here: https://t.co/jdAMMnrMLK
This coming Wednesday! Back-to-back book launch and Supernatural Beings night, from 5.30 at ARU. The beginning of a run of great literary get-togethers. You can even join us for Future Karaoke via Zoom:
https://t.co/81jmhhfRVw
"There's something about the pocketability of poetry that's so appealing."
Our latest podcast episode is an interview with poet Penny Boxhall, in which we discuss attention spans, collaborating with visual and music artists, and Patricia Lockwood!
https://t.co/OvDy9ofPtH