IMMAGINE&POESIA presents A STARRY NIGHT poetical reading as a homage to AERONWY THOMAS The evening also includes “STELLE INTERIORI” a performance with “the sounds of the Universe” created by Claudio Canal. Paintings by Gianpiero Actis, Massimo Alfano, Davide Binello Executive producers: LIDIA CHIARELLI, ROSALBA VACIS

Venue: Circolo dei Lettori via Bogino 9 Torino, Italy

Tickets: free

Contact: lidia
Email: immagine.poesia@gmail.com
Website: http://imagespoetry.wordpress.com/

This year Carol Ann Duffy became the first female Poet Laureate and dedicated her appointment to women poets everywhere. To celebrate this and National Poetry Day come and hear Elizabeth Barret, Liz Cashdan, Debjani Chatterjee, Nell Farrell, Sally Goldsmith, Geraldine Monk, Ann Sansom and River Wolton read from their work.

Venue: St George's Church, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1, South Yorkshire

Tickets: £4.00/£3.00

Contact: Signposts
Telephone: 0114 2536722
Email: info@signpostssouthyorkshire.org.uk

It’s National Poetry day on Thursday 8th October, so why not take the plunge and try your hand at writing a poem? Wakefield poet Michael Yates will be at Horbury Library from 2pm until 4pm to help you chime with the rhymes, roll out the rhythms and work on the words. It’s fun! It’s free! Michael Yates, who lives in Sandal, has been Poet in Residence at Wakefield Hospitals, Wakefield Cathedral and in Whitby and has published three volumes of verse. His play “Til my eyes bleed” has just completed runs in Wakefield and Leeds and is being performed at Ilkley Festival later this year. Another play “Life sentence” won an award at the annual Sheffield One-Act Play Festival in June.

Venue: Horbury Library, Westfield Road, Horbury, West Yorkshire WF4 6HP

Tickets: Free

Contact: Horbury Library
Telephone: 01924 303060
Email: wjewitt@wakefield.gov.uk

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Venue: Valence (Ernest Renan school)

Tickets: free.......! poems f

Contact: Claudine Peysson (a teacher in France)
Telephone: +33675032985
Email: claudine.peysson@ac-grenoble.fr

Got a way with words? Write & perform poetry? Rap? Spoken word? BBC Blast has teamed up with the Poetry Society to challenge all budding performers to write and perform an original 60 second slam poem on the theme of identity: who you are, where you come from, cultural, national, human identity... The prize? A 2 day masterclass with Poetry Society professionals plus the chance to perform at our London showcase alongside renowned performance poet Benjamin Zephaniah! To upload your entry to the competition or to learn more about how to slam, visit the Blast website.

Venue: UK-Wide

Email: blast@bbc.co.uk
Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/slambassadors