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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic  \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month and this month were delighted to welcome Mark and Gill Connors  – Mark and Gill will be reading from their debut joint collection ‘The Where We Were’\, out now through Yaffle Press.  \nMark Connors is a widely published poet from Leeds. His debut\, ‘Life is a Long Song’ was published by OWF Press in 2015. ‘Nothing is Meant to be Broken’ was published by Stairwell Books in 2017. ‘Optics’ was published by Yaffle Press in 2019. ‘After’ was published by Yaffle Press in 2021. His novels\, Stickleback (2016)\, and Tom Tit and the Maniacs (2018)\, were published by Armley Press. He is currently working on his third novel\, and a hybrid book of memoir\, travel writing\, short fiction and poetry. He is a managing editor and co-founder ofYaffle Press and Yaffle’s Nest. \nGill Connors is from North Yorkshire where she lives and works. Her pamphlet ‘Uninvited Guests’ was published by Indigo dreams in 2017\, and her two collections\, ‘Tadaima’ and ‘A\nSmall Goodbye at Dawn’ were published by Yaffle in 2019 and 2022. Gill is working on a\nthird collection which will be the result of her PhD\, on the subject of the links between\nSixteenth Century and Twenty-First Century women. She is a managing editor of Yaffle and\nYaffle’s Nest. \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated)
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-11/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic  \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated)
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-open-mic/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic  \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month. This month we’re delighted to welcome LIZ McPHERSON \nLiz’s poetry has been widely published in both print and online poetry journals and anthologies\, including Prole\, The High Window\, The Lake\, and Black Nore Review\, among others. She was runner-up in the 2021 Poetry Society Stanza Competition and has been shortlisted for the 2024 Leeds Poetry Prize. A familiar face at open mic events across West\nYorkshire\, she recently headlined at Gobby in the Lobby in Wakefield and will be at the Purple Room\, Ilkley\, on 19th October with the Fabulous Mustard Brothers. \nLiz’s work explores the unanticipated aspects of life with her unique combination of humour\nand sensitivity. ‘Unexpected Items’ will be published by Yaffle in October 2024. \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated)
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-10/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic  \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month. This month we’re delighted to welcome KATHLEEN STRAFFORD \nKathleen is a graduate of Leeds Trinity College\, holding an MA in creative writing.\nShe has been widely published in webzines and anthologies. She is the chief editor of\nRuncible Spoon Webzine and publishing press. Her first collection of poetry ‘Her Own\nLanguage’ was published in 2017 by Dempsey and Windle\, followed by ‘Wilderness of Skin’\nin 2019 with Yaffle Press\, and ‘Life Under Glass’\, published by Runcible Spoon in 2023.\nHer latest collection\, ‘Girl in the Woods’ was published by Yaffle Press in 2024. \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated)
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-9/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic  \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month and this month were delighted to welcome ‘on video’ LINDA MARSHALL\, poet and former co-editor of Aireings poetry magazine\, she has four collections of poetry to her name\, including Cloud Cuckoo Café\, published by Yaffle Press\, and contains poems that will make people wake up and smell the coffee! Her latest collection\, Headingley Hullabaloo\, was published just last year. \nShe enjoys taking part in various zoom poetry workshops and is a member of Heartlines writers and Lucht Focail\, the Leeds Irish group of poets. Her style is often surreal with a twist humour. \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated).
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-8/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic Event
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic Event \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month. This month we’re delighted to welcome BILL FITZSIMONS. \nBill is a Dublin born poet and has lived in England for the past 67 years. He began writing poetry in his late 50s and has had poems published in various poetry magazines\, including Dream Catcher\, Algebra of Owls\, Dawn Treader and Electrifying Women. His pamphlet WRITTEN ON THE SKIN was published in 2016 by Otley Word Press. He has also been published by Yaffle Press in their anthology Whirlagust 2. and appeared onlocal radio. \nHis collection ‘PLAYING WITH FIRE’ was published in 2024. \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated).
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-event-14/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic Event
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic Event \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month and this month were delighted to welcome JOHNNY MONROE. \nJohnny is a poet\, novelist\, essayist\, satirist\, polemicist\, international playboy and housewife. \nHe’s published eight volumes of poetry\, none of which have garnered him any awards\, though he did win a Blue Peter badge in 1978. \nHe cites post-war poets like Larkin\, Betjeman\, Hughes and Plath as his biggest influences\, and his work has appeared in publications as varied as the Big Issue and Whizzer and Chips. \nOPEN MIC \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated).
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-event-13/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Open Mic Event
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic Event \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month.  This month we’re delighted to welcome JOHN HARBOUR DEVLIN. \nJohn is a spoken word performer from Leeds. His debut poetry audiobook\, Banging On About Stardust\, is available for free listening at all the usual streaming services.\nJohn also has a musical alter-ego\, Blaze Hamlet\, whose debut mini-album is out now. \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated).
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-open-mic-event/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Open Mic Poetry Event
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic Event \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month. This month we welcome CHRISTOPHER R. MOORE. \nChristopher is a socialist writer based in Leeds. His work has appeared in Cringe\, Litro\, The Independent\, and elsewhere. He has won the Canterbury Christchurch International Poetry Prize and the Leeds Poetry Festival Award. He teaches at Arden University and is bad at chess. \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated).
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-open-mic-poetry-event/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic Event
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic Event \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month and this month we’re delighted to welcome LAURA STRICKLAND. \nLaura Strickland is a poet\, MA student and carer based in North Yorkshire. Her work has appeared in The North\, Northern Gravy\, Dreamcatcher\, Ink\, Sweat and Tears\, The Frogmore Papers and Strix. Laura is working on her first pamphlet. \n  \n  \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated).
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-event-12/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic Event
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic Event \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month. This month we’re delighted to welcome LINDA MARSHALL – Linda’s appearance will be on video. \nLinda Marshall\, poet and former co-editor of Aireings poetry magazine\, has three collections\nof poetry to her name. Her latest\, Cloud Cuckoo Café\, is published by Yaffle Press\, and\ncontains poems that will make people wake up and smell the coffee! \nLinda is currently working on a poetry book focused on Headingley to be launched later this year. She enjoys taking part in various zoom poetry workshops and is a member of Heartlines writers and Lucht Focail\, the Leeds Irish group of poets. \nHer style is often surreal with a twist humour. \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated).
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-event-10/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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SUMMARY:SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic Event
DESCRIPTION:SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic Event \nLive in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! \nReadings by a different local published poet each month and this month we’re delighted to welcome JAMIE H SCRUTTON \nJamie is a Yorkshire based artist\, specialising in performance poetry and animation. He has showcased his work at various events around the UK\, including ‘Exploding Cinema’ and ‘Kino Open Mic Film Night’\, both based in London. \nHe has headlined events such as ‘Stanza Extravaganza’ and ‘Big Poetry’\, both based in Torquay. He won the Audience Choice Award for his animation ‘The Day My Gran Rode a Rollercoaster’ at the Winter Gardens Film Festival in Blackpool\, 2017. He released his debut book titled ‘The devil Makes Work for Creative Hands’\, which touches upon his processes as an artist and his personal debilitating episodes through mental health. The book is available through Waterstones. He will be releasing his forthcoming animation ‘The Mirage’ this summer. \nOpen Mic \nWe supply the mic – you supply the poetry \nPut your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come\, first served) or just come along and listen. \nOpen mic name listing from 6.30pm \nEvent begins with guest poet at 7.00pm \nEveryone welcome. Free (donation appreciated).
URL:https://heartcentre.org.uk/event/soundbites-monthly-poetry-open-mic-event-9/
LOCATION:Assembly Bar + Kitchen\, Bennett Road\, Leeds\, LS6 3HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Open Mic,Poetry
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