Leeds Stanza

Leeds Stanza - a @PoetrySociety poetry book group. No longer using X. Email [email protected] for info on the group.

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Update. This has been the case for well
over a year but I haven’t posted about it. Leeds Stanza no longer uses Twitter / X. Please email [email protected] for info on the group. All are welcome! #PoetryBookGroup #PoetryForAll

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One of our reads for #LeedsStanza this year and it’s fantastic!

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It’s that time of year! I am prepping for the Leeds Stanza Poetry Christmas Party. An afternoon of poetry based fun and games. Do send us any ideas!

[University of Leeds Poetry Centre @UniLeedsPoetry]

Summit: @poetryschool Festival

Join us for a landmark ecopoetry festival, with two days centred around writing, community, and action, featuring some of the UK’s most celebrated poets. 

19 Oct: @YSPsculpture
20 Oct: @UniLeedsPoetry

Programme & booking: https://t.co/W7m8pQAoYl

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Our wonderful Leeds-based reading group has its next meeting online on 29 October and October’s book is Adam by Gboyega Odubanjo @FaberBooks

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📣 All are welcome at the #LeedsStanza October meet up. Join us to discuss ‘Adam’ by Gboyega Odubanjo. ⭐️ DATE Tuesday 29 October ⭐️ TIME 7pm ⭐️ WHERE? On Zoom. Email [email protected] for all the details. #PoetryBookGroup

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Happy #SealeyChallenge!

The challenge to read a book every day of August has begun and to help you with your reading the Poetry Society has curated a series of book recommendations from poets.

Today Becky from the Leeds Stanza recommends Stephen Lightbown's The Last Custodian.

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@spokeandpencil Hi. Have sent you a message on Instagram about hopefully recommending The Last Custodian as part of the Poetry Society’s Sealey challenge posts. Thanks! Becky from Leeds Stanza

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@PoetrySociety Thank you!

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The July meeting of The Poetry Society’s Leeds stanza - book of the month is Eavan Boland’s The Historians. New people welcome to join in!

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📚📚 All are welcome at our July meet up. We will be discussing ‘The Historians’ by Eavan Boland. All welcome on Tues 30 July at 7pm. This will be an in-person meeting at the Pack Horse off Briggate. Email [email protected] for all the details. #LeedsStanza #PoetryBookGroup

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Join us at Leeds Lit Fest Midsummer Muse Thurs 20th June at 7 pm with the University of Leeds Poetry Centre. Readings by Zaffar Kunial, Helen Mort, John Whale, Rachel Bower, Jess Richards and Matt Howard. Venue School of English Univ https://t.co/nnsKPj38MW admission

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We're at @HPBCLeeds for the final time this side of summer, as Salena headlines @LeedsLit! Support comes from @simoneyasminnn, @lightandwhistle, and @spenceriwood, with the awesome @kerdonk on hosting duties.

Tickets are £6 (£4) and are on sale here:
https://t.co/OWeSkaPdOR

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All our welcome to our June 2024 #LeedsStanza We will be discussing ‘Mural’ by Mahmoud Darwish translated by Rema Hammami and John Berger. Join us on Zoom at 7pm on Tuesday 25 June. Email [email protected] for all the details. #Leeds #LeedsPoetry #PoetryBookGroup

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24/04 We're hosting the northern launch of Magma magazine's latest issue 'Underworld'. Editors @leoboix, Ella Duffy, and @Kate_Elspeth will introduce some of the poets featured in this 88th issue of the magazine. Details and tickets here https://t.co/eKXP3nCE05

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Hi. What has happened to alt text on Twitter/X? I can’t see them now and just wrote one and it’s not showing. Thanks!

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📣📚 Announcing the April 2024 book for #LeedsStanza All welcome to join us on Tuesday 30 April at 7pm. We will be discussing ‘Greekling’ by Kostya Tsolakis. 📧 Email [email protected] for all the details. #PoetryBookGroup

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For our March 2024 meet up we will be discussing ‘Oak’ by Katharine Towers. All welcome on Tuesday 26 March at 7pm. Email [email protected] for all the details. #LeedsStanza #PoetryBookGroup

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@PoetrySociety @ValzhynaMort Thank you! We’re excited to get started with another year of poetry 🥳

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Cracking choice! Our Poetry Society Leeds Stanza are reading @ValzhynaMort for their online book club in February.