Saturday, 5 November 2022

Poetry in Hay

 Griots Arts is putting on an event!

On Sunday, 13th November, at 7pm, Clifton Joseph will be performing at the Globe, with a Q + A session afterwards.  The cost is £10.  Clifton Joseph is an Antiguan Canadian dub poet, and he's been doing readings in London and Southampton.  He's also doing a poetry workshop at 3pm, cost also £10.

There's a possibility of the evening performance starting with an open mic session - anyone interested should contact Griots Arts for more information.

Meanwhile, the Poetry Bookshop is also putting on an event, on Friday 18th November at 7.30pm.  This is called Pebbles on a Child's Palm.  This is a tribute to Czech poet Jan Skacel in his centenary year.*  The poems, in translation, will be performed by local poet Simon Pettifar, with music from cellist Sonia Hammond and pianist Rod Paton, who was a neighbour of Jan Skacel in Brno for a time.

This is a free event, but donations to the Prison Phoenix Trust are encouraged.

*there should be an accent over the 'a' of Skacel.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Did you go? I was there and read out one of my poems before Clifton came on. He was fantastic!

Eigon said...

Sadly I couldn't get there, but I did see him walking round town!