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Free event at the Whitworth Art Gallery. All welcome. Liz Berry Liz Berry’s first book of poems, Black Country (Chatto 2014), described as a ‘sooty, soaring hymn to her native West Midlands’ (Guardian) was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation, received a Somerset … Continue reading →

This is our annual collaboration with Manchester Literature Festival. Poets Sean O’Brien and Deryn Rees-Jones and RNCM’s The Basilisk Duo, saxophonists Freya Chambers and Simeon Evans will perform at the Whitworth Art Gallery on Saturday 6 October, 2.30-4.00. The event … Continue reading →

Our next event is a workshop with John Glenday on the morning of Saturday 15 September 2018, 10.30-12.30 at the Whitworth Art Gallery. The fee for the workshop is £20. Please email davidborrot@btinternet.com to reserve a place. John Glenday John … Continue reading →

The winners of the 2018 Poets & Players Competition judged by Pascale Petit The Judge’s report on the competition and the winning poems: When Poets & Players asked me to judge their competition I happily agreed. It’s an organisation I … Continue reading →

Our next workshop is with Karen McCarthy Woolf on the 21 April 2018, 10.30-12.30 at the Whitworth Art Gallery. The fee is £20. To reserve a place please email davidborrott@btinternet.com Karen McCarthy Woolf Karen McCarthy Woolf was born in London … Continue reading →

Free reading at the Whitworth Art Gallery 21 April 2018, 2.30-4.00. All welcome. Imtiaz Dharker Imtiaz Dharker is a poet, artist and documentary film-maker. Awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 2014, she has received the Cholmondley Award and … Continue reading →

Free reading at the Whitworth Art Gallery on Saturday 24 March at 2.30-4.00. Anthony Rudolf Anthony Rudolf was born in 1942 in London , where he still lives. He studied modern languages and social anthropology at Cambridge . He has … Continue reading →

The workshop is on Saturday 24 March at 10.30-12.30 at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. The fee is £20. Please email davidborrott@btinternet.com to reserve a place and for details of how to pay. The Workshop: Sound Like Yourself How do … Continue reading →