Thursday 15 March
Poetic lingo from Headingley

Poets with a local connection get together for an extraordinary evening. Guests include Paul Adrian (pictured, winner of the Poetry Society‟s National Competition in 2010), Lucy Newlyn (Professor of English Language and Literature at Oxford University), Lis Bertolla, James Nash and David Tait (founder of the LIPPfest). Young stars Fatima El-Jack and Jasmine Joseph from last year‟s Poetry Slam at Lawnswood School will also perform.
7.30pm HEART Café, Bennett Road £4

http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/npc/adrian10/
http://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?owner_id=524
http://headingleylitfest.blogspot.com/2011/03/close-up-at-cafe-lento.html
http://www.jamesnash.co.uk/
http://www.poetrybusiness.co.uk/index.php/loves-loose-ends-david-tait
http://www.heartcentre.org.uk/

Saturday 17 March
Scriptophilia

Written and performed by Headingley-based Peter Spafford (in the picture) with multi-instrumentalist Richard Ormrod.
Peter's work has been performed on radio, television, and on the streets; in theatres, art centres, hospitals, prisons, and in the bath. Why do we write: to pass the time, leave a mark, woo a lover, get rich quick? With poems and songs about graffiti, shopping lists, Mad Men, notebooks, and death,Scriptophilia celebrates the sources, compulsions, and consolations of writing. York poet Helen Burke will be amongst the guests.

7.30pm Shire Oak Room, HEART Centre, Bennett Road
£6
http://www.peterspafford.co.uk/
http://www.stantonmgt.com/Artists/ormrod.htm

Friday 23 March
Poetry under Occupation

A focus is put on three countries in this event – Poland, Ireland and Palestine. The first part will be devoted mainly to Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, a young poet who died fighting the Nazis in Warsaw in 1944, and to Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, who writes exclusively in Irish, and who draws upon themes of ancient Irish folklore and mythology. English translations are provided by Síle Moriarty, Richard Wilcocks and Anna Żukowska. In the second part, the internationally acclaimed Palestinian singer Reem Kelani (in the picture) is our guest artist in a presentation of poetry and song about Palestine.

7.30pm Shire Oak Room, HEART Centre, Bennett Road
£5

http://www.warsawuprising.com/paper/baczynski.htm
http://www.parametermagazine.org/nuala.htm
http://www.reemkelani.com/
http://www.heartcentre.org.uk/

Wednesday 21 March
Come Gather Round! Partnership Event

Leeds Combined Arts presents this evening of poetry, song, mirth and merriment hosted by performance poet Richard Raftery (the Viscount of Verse) with music by Leeds folk group Powder Keg (music from British Isles and America) and many special guests. Be ready to join in on some songs, or just sit back and be entertained.
7.30 p.m. Shire Oak Room, HEART, Bennett Road
£5/£3.50 – pay on door Enquiries: 0113 269 0356
http://www.heartcentre.org.uk/

Saturday 24 March
Endymion : Partnership Event

Launch of Endymion the new arts and poetry magazine (cover pictured) from the Flux Gallery Press, which features contributions from Cathy Galvin, Douglas Houston, Gaia Holmes, Pamela Scobie, T. F. Griffin, Ian Parks and Linda Marshall.
7.30pm Flux Gallery, Midland Road, LS6 1BQ
Free

http://fluxgallerypress.org/wp/