Jane Draycott, 9 November, Albion Beatnik

Back Room Poets present a reading with Jane Draycott and Back Room Poets Members as part of The Sounds of Surprise season at the Albion Beatnik Bookshop (Walton Street, Jericho) on Friday, 9 November, 7:30 pm.

JANE DRAYCOTT's latest collection Over was shortlisted for the 2009 T S Eliot Prize. Nominated three times for the Forward Prize for Poetry, her first two full collections, Prince Rupert's Drop and The Night Tree, were both Poetry Society Recommendations.


Names of members reading: Matt Bright, Gina Wilson, Jenyth Worsley.

For the full list of events of The Sounds of Surprise see: www.albionbeatnikpoetry.co.uk

Reading at Blackwell's, 30th October

Back Room Poets will present a reading at Blackwell's on Tuesday, 30 October, at 7 pm (doors open 6:45 pm).

The Back Room Poets members reading will be: Rip Bulkeley, Sarianne Durie, Tina Sederholm, Paul Surman, Judi Sutherland, and Deborah Mason, who will also be the MC.

Entry is free.

Venue: Blackwell's Bookshop, 48 – 51 Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BQ (http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/jsp/editorial/shops/SHOP52.jsp)

Book launch by BRP member

Poetry book launch: AYALA KINGSLEY, THE STARS INSIDE
with ‘Back Room Poets’ Rip Bulkeley,
David Burns, Paulette Mae, and Averil Stedeford,
plus guest reader Graham Topping,
and music from Bruno Guastalla

Venue: Pegasus Theatre Café, Magdalen Road, Oxford, OX4 1RE
Time: 24 October, 7.30 pm
Entry: £4 on the door

www.ayalakingsley.com
www.waterloopresshove.co.uk
www.pegasustheatre.org.uk