Thurs 4th Sept     12.00pm

Bristol Central Library Cafe
Festival Can Openers hosted by Claire Williamson


6.30pm
Arnolfini Light Room     
Poetry Exhibition launch: The Altogether
words and art by Peter Hunter
            

7.30pm         
Starbooks, St Phillips
Easton Can Openers hosted by Baljinder Bhopal

8.00pm      
Arnolfini Auditorium
Why I'm Here poetry and photography show
Lucy English and Sally Mundy
                          

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Fri 5th Sept

8.00pm     
Arnolfini Auditorium
Maura Dooley, Jane Griffiths, Jacob Polley and David Briggs
                                

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Sat 6th Sept

4.00pm     
Arnolfini Auditoium
Tim Liardet and Annie McGann
             

8.00pm     
Arnolfini Auditorium
Bristol Poetry Festival Poetry Slam
Bristol vs Liverpool

hosted by Glenn Carmichael and Claire Williamson
   

special guest Rosy Carrick
      

Teams:
Liverpool: David Bateman, Clare Kirwan, Nat Clare, Pete Crompton
                                 
           
Bristol: Byron Vincent, Shagufta Iqbal, Peter Hunter, Leiza McLeod 
                                   

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Sun 7th Sept

3.00pm      
Arnolfini Auditorium
Poetry in Translation
Sarah Maguire and W N Herbert
                                            
Sarah Maguire talks to W N Herbert about his translations of Somali poet Gaarriye's work.
Also reading will be Filipa Leal and Lawrence Pettener
                     
Bristol is twinned with Oporto, Portugal and this event is supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and  Bristol Oporto Association

 

8.00pm       
Arnolfini Auditorium
Claire Williamson and Rose Flint
                   
Launch of Claire Williamson's The Soul Water Pool and Rose Flint's latest collection.

8.00pm   
Tobacco Factory, Southville
Gimme the Beat Girls
Iain Morrison & Leiza McLeod

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Mon 8th Sept

8.00pm    
Halo Cafe/Bar, 141 Gloucester Rd
Acoustic Night Instant Anthology Open Mic

                             

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Tues 9th Sept

8.00pm     
The Lansdown, 8 Clifton Rd, Clifton 
Lansdown Poetry Night Special
featuring Aeronwy Thomas    
plus the launch of The Lansdown Poets Anthology
     

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Weds 10th Sept

8.00pm     
Arnolfini Auditorium
Rhyme Against Reason
David Johnson, Kate Fox, John Christopher Wood and Mike Scott
                         
  
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Thurs 11th Sept

8.00pm       
Arnolfini Auditorium
Lavinia Greenlaw, David Morley and Alyson Hallet
                              

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Fri 12th Sept

8.00pm       
Arnolfini Auditorium
Anne Stevenson, Mimi Kalvhati and Denise McSheehy
                                 

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Sat 13th Sept

3.30pm       
Arnolfini Auditorium
The Point of Poetry
Gabeba Baderoon and Rustum Kozain
                       
Discussion on the state of South African poetry

8.00pm        
Arnolfini Auditorium
South African Poetry
Gabeba Baderoon, Rustum Kozain and Isobel Dixon
                                  

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Sun 14th Sept

2.00pm   
Arnolfini Auditorium
Poetry in Motion
poetry on film presented by Bethan Riach
       

4.00pm       
Arnolfini Auditorium
Poems with Attitude
Poetry for teenagers
Andrew Fusek Peters and Polly Peters
             


8.00pm      
Arnolfini Auditorium
Simon Armitage and Zoe Brigley
                   
                    
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