BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Words Out Loud - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Words Out Loud X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Words Out Loud REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230315T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230315T200000 DTSTAMP:20260516T112903 CREATED:20230227T110948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230315T171739Z UID:2343-1678903200-1678910400@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Featured Reader Mandy Pannett Followed by Open-Mic DESCRIPTION:Featured reader Mandy Pannett\, reads from her work followed by an Open-mic.\n\n\nJoin us In-Person and Online with Featured Reader Mandy Pannett with Open-Mic to follow. \nTo Join us Online\, via Zoom\, visit our website and click the ‘Join the Zoom Event’ button. \nTickets are free\, but a £2.00 donation made at our website or on the door would be very much appreciated. \nwww.wordsoutloud.org.uk/open-mic \nMandy Pannett lives in West Sussex. She taught children with special needs for many years but now works freelance as a creative writing tutor for adults. \nHer poetry pamphlet ‘The Daedalus Files’ was published by SPM Publications in 2021. Five poetry collections have been previously published: ‘Bee Purple’ and ‘Frost Hollow’ (Oversteps Books)\, ‘Allotments in the Orbital’ (Searle Publishing)\, ‘All the Invisibles’ (SPM Publications)\, ‘Jongleur in the Courtyard’ (Indigo Dreams Publishing). A selection of her poems\, ‘Ladders of Glass’\, was issued by Integral Contemporary Literature Press with English and Romanian parallel texts. \nShe enjoys writing short fiction as well and two years ago won a national competition for Vignette writing. She has also judged competitions for Flash Fiction. Two novellas have been published by Independent Presses: ‘The Onion Stone’ (Pewter Rose Press) and ‘The Wulf Enigma’ (Circaidy Gregory Press). \nMandy was also poetry editor for five years for Sentinel Literary Quarterly and has edited anthologies and poetry collections for them and for Earlyworks Press. She has acted as an adjudicator for national competitions and won prizes and been placed herself in several others. \nShe is currently working on a music/poetry/ art/ film collaboration inspired by the South Downs. \n \n\n\n \n JOIN THE ZOOM EVENT URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/featured-reader-mandy-pannett-followed-by-open-mic/ LOCATION:Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Church Square\, Chichester\, PO19 7BD\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/0cd2bc86191d87c39b43813e6e9cb78a-siyeJS.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230311T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230311T130000 DTSTAMP:20260516T112903 CREATED:20230309T124002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230309T124002Z UID:2362-1678532400-1678539600@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Saturday Writers Club at Graylingwell Chapel DESCRIPTION:Saturday Writers Club\, Join with others in a friendly\, sociable environment to work on your writing projects. URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/saturday-writers-club-at-graylingwell-chapel/ LOCATION:The Chapel Café\, Graylingwell Drive\, Chichester\, England\, PO19 6BZ\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/61dcb203e3183bfb5248ac264181b152-JTHRFD.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230301T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230301T194500 DTSTAMP:20260516T112903 CREATED:20220112T012527Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220902T092051Z UID:1422-1677695400-1677699900@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Poetry & Spoken Word Open-Mic at Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Chichester DESCRIPTION: URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/poetry-spoken-word-open-mic-at-wagtail-coffee-yoga-chichester-14/ LOCATION:Franco Manca\, 1-3 South Street\, Chichester\, England\, PO19 1EH\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5df5539f7da353567bf30efce60c0eec.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230223T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230223T210000 DTSTAMP:20260516T112903 CREATED:20230210T124548Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230210T124548Z UID:2337-1677177000-1677186000@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:The Write of Spring\, Readings on the theme of Spring\, at the Anchor Bleu. DESCRIPTION:Open-mic readings on the theme of Spring in the beautiful setting of The Anchor Bleu at Bosham.\n\n\nEveryone is welcome to come to our event\, The Write of Spring\, at The Anchor Bleu in Bosham on Feb 23rd. The Anchor will serve a light supper for £8 at 6:30 (you will need to call to reserve) and there will be an Open Mic reading\, on the theme of Spring\, upstairs at 7:00pm. \nTickets are free\, but a £5.00 donation made at our website or on the door would be very much appreciated. \nwww.wordsoutloud.org.uk/open-mic URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/the-write-of-spring-readings-on-the-theme-of-spring-at-the-anchor-bleu/ LOCATION:The Anchor Bleu\, High St\, Bosham\, Chichester\, PO18 8LS\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/a5f0acc94d319bb5973638d9e3414724-FIwzam.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230215T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230215T200000 DTSTAMP:20260516T112903 CREATED:20230206T201607Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230206T201607Z UID:2334-1676484000-1676491200@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Featured Reader Crystal AC Salas Followed by Open-Mic DESCRIPTION:Featured readers Crystal AC Salas and Nicholas Reiner read from their work followed by an Open-mic.\n\n\nJoin us In-Person and Online with Featured Readers Crystal Salas & Nicholas Reiner with Open-Mic to follow. \nTo Join us Online\, via Zoom\, visit our website and click the ‘Join the Zoom Event’ button. \nwww.wordsoutloud.org.uk/open-mic \nCrystal Salas’ collection Of Grief Logic drew these comments from Poetry Judge Emma Trelles: \nThese poems read and sometimes physically appear like a sprawling Latinx pillowbook\, filled with the intimate and honest particulars of family and what it means to navigate language\, landscape\, and girl/woman/hood. This chapbook is all heart\, image\, and sound — and then some.” \n\n\n\nOf Nicholas Reiner’s Levitations\, judge Emma Trelles said: “Equal parts lament\, memoir\, and lyric\, this chapbook is written in a wholly original voice that is as accomplished as it is precise. Each poem reveals another sharply crafted layer of memory and observation — whether about family\, chess\, death\, or how remembering is a way of keeping love intact.” URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/featured-reader-crystal-ac-salas-followed-by-open-mic/ LOCATION:Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Church Square\, Chichester\, PO19 7BD\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/fc2bda8d5c3a1f41a96b5f877247018b-sec94i.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230201T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230201T194500 DTSTAMP:20260516T112903 CREATED:20220112T012527Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220902T092051Z UID:1421-1675276200-1675280700@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Poetry & Spoken Word Open-Mic at Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Chichester DESCRIPTION: URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/poetry-spoken-word-open-mic-at-wagtail-coffee-yoga-chichester-13/ LOCATION:Franco Manca\, 1-3 South Street\, Chichester\, England\, PO19 1EH\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5df5539f7da353567bf30efce60c0eec.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230118T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230118T180000 DTSTAMP:20260516T112903 CREATED:20230117T230006Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230117T232204Z UID:2322-1674064800-1674064800@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Featured Reader Britta Benson\, followed by Open-Mic DESCRIPTION:Join us In-Person and Online with Featured Reader Peg Quinn & Open-Mic to follow. \nTo Join us Online\, via Zoom\, visit our website and click the ‘Join the Zoom Event’ button. \nBritta is based in Cumbernauld near Glasgow and is gathering a collection\, In Life\, for publication soon. She is a circus skills instructing German\, a writer\, performer and linguist thriving in Scotland\, her chosen habitat since the year 2000. She publishes a daily blog\, ‘Britta’s Blog – Letters from Scotland’. She also teaches Gaelic and runs an online creative writing group\, The Procrastinators. \nBritta’s Scotland for beginners may be found here: https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/your-stories/scotlands-stories-2022/scotland-for-beginners \nAnd find “Mum’s Shoes” here: https://soundcloud.com/scottishbooktrust/mums-shoes-a-celebration-by \n \n JOIN THE ZOOM EVENT URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/featured-reader-britta-benson-followed-by-open-mic/ LOCATION:Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Church Square\, Chichester\, England\, PO19 7BD\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Featured Reader ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Featured-Reader-Britta-Benson-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230104T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230104T194500 DTSTAMP:20260516T112903 CREATED:20220112T012527Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220902T092050Z UID:1420-1672857000-1672861500@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Poetry & Spoken Word Open-Mic at Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Chichester DESCRIPTION: URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/poetry-spoken-word-open-mic-at-wagtail-coffee-yoga-chichester-12/ LOCATION:Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Church Square\, Chichester\, England\, PO19 7BD\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5df5539f7da353567bf30efce60c0eec.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221221T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221221T200000 DTSTAMP:20260516T112903 CREATED:20221111T110545Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221111T110549Z UID:2269-1671645600-1671652800@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Featured Reader Peg Quinn + Open-Mic on Zoom DESCRIPTION:Join us In-Person and Online with Featured Reader Peg Quinn & Open-Mic to follow. \nTo Join us Online\, via Zoom\, visit our website and click the ‘Join the Zoom Event’ button. \nPeg Quinn grew up in rural Nebraska. She has a B.F.A. in Education from the University of Nebraska\, Lincoln. Her poetry and non-fiction have been published in numerous journals and anthologies and been nominated four times for the Pushcart Prize. Her debut book of poetry\, Mother Lode\, was published by Gunpowder Press in 2021.Having lived forty-four years in Santa Barbara\, California\, she recently returned to Nebraska where she is an education professional\, visual artist and award-winning quilter. \nMother Lode: Poems by Peg Quinn \n \n \n JOIN THE ZOOM EVENT URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/featured-reader-peg-quinn-open-mic-on-zoom/ LOCATION:Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Church Square\, Chichester\, England\, PO19 7BD\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Featured Reader ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Featured-Reader-Peg-Quinn-Dec-22-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221217T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221217T130000 DTSTAMP:20260516T112903 CREATED:20221119T120826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221119T120826Z UID:2287-1671274800-1671282000@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Sat Writers Club DESCRIPTION: URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/sat-writers-club/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Saturday-Writers-Club-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221207T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221207T194500 DTSTAMP:20260516T112903 CREATED:20220112T012527Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220902T092049Z UID:1419-1670437800-1670442300@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Poetry & Spoken Word Open-Mic at Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Chichester DESCRIPTION: URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/poetry-spoken-word-open-mic-at-wagtail-coffee-yoga-chichester-11/ LOCATION:Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Church Square\, Chichester\, England\, PO19 7BD\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5df5539f7da353567bf30efce60c0eec.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221203T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221203T130000 DTSTAMP:20260516T112903 CREATED:20221119T120534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221119T120534Z UID:2285-1670065200-1670072400@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Saturday Writers Club DESCRIPTION: URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/saturday-writers-club-2/ LOCATION:Graylingwell Chapel\, Graylingwell Drive\, Park\, England\, PO19 6BZ\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Saturday-Writers-Club-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221119T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221119T130000 DTSTAMP:20260516T112903 CREATED:20221119T101105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221119T120120Z UID:2243-1668855600-1668862800@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Saturday Writers Club DESCRIPTION: URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/saturday-writers-club/ LOCATION:Graylingwell Chapel\, Graylingwell Drive\, Park\, England\, PO19 6BZ\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Saturday-Writers-Club-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221116T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221116T200000 DTSTAMP:20260516T112903 CREATED:20220902T162834Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220902T163139Z UID:2101-1668621600-1668628800@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Featured Reader CW Blackburn + Open-Mic on Zoom DESCRIPTION:Join us In-Person and Online with Featured Reader CW Blackburn & Open-Mic to follow. \nTo Join us Online\, via Zoom\, visit our website and click the ‘Join the Zoom Event’ button. \nC.W. Blackburn is a mystic poet who released his first collection\, ‘Where Words Are Yet To Be Spoken: Poems for Presence’\, at the beginning of 2022. Steeped in spirituality and the poetic tradition\, his work navigates the space between darkness and light – vulnerability and power – with a unique and diverse voice and flow\, and an authentic sensitivity. He followed up his first collection with ‘Disorder: 23 Poems About Mental Health’ in March – a volume evoking his experiences with OCD and anxiety – and ‘One Hundred Colours of Being: Poems in the Spirit of Zen’ in September – a collection of short poems based on the form of Japanese tanka. He’s concluding his first year of self-publishing in November with ‘The Gospel of Silence: Poems for the Living One’\, a collection based around the concept of spiritual rebirth and the Second Coming. He self-publishes under his printing label\, Sundara Poetry Press\, and his books are available to buy in paperback through all Amazon sites worldwide. \nhttps://sundarapoetry.wixsite.com/home \n \n JOIN THE ZOOM EVENT URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/featured-reader-cw-blackburn-open-mic-on-zoom/ LOCATION:Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Church Square\, Chichester\, England\, PO19 7BD\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/9fb1086d4b19388a80b527855ade334a-apdrtu.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221112T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221112T140000 DTSTAMP:20260516T112904 CREATED:20221024T141721Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221024T142141Z UID:2256-1668250800-1668261600@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Write Here\, Right Now DESCRIPTION:WRITE HERE\, RIGHT NOW \nA workshop to kickstart your writing practice. \nWorkshop leaders\, Deni Jones and Mike Jenkins \nIn this workshop we will lead you through exercises and techniques that will help you generate ideas and hone your writing skills as we encourage you to start your first or next project. \nYou will leave having made a start on your literary work and with an invite to submit a piece for inclusion in the launch of our new Periodical on the Words Out Loud Website. \nGraylingwell Chapel\, Graylingwell Dr\, Chichester\, PO19 6BZ \nParking vouchers can be purchased at the Chapel Cafe or Pavilion cafe . \nPlenty of parking if you approach Chapel from the East via Aldi. \nDeni Jones: is an Actor and Director\, a teacher of English and Performance Arts in Further and Higher Education. \nMike Jenkins: is an Actor\, Playwright\, writer of Poetry and a qualified Performing Arts lecturer. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Tickets URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/write-here-right-now/ LOCATION:Graylingwell Chapel\, Graylingwell Drive\, Park\, England\, PO19 6BZ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Write-Here-Right-Now-1-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221102T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221102T194500 DTSTAMP:20260516T112904 CREATED:20220112T012527Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220902T092048Z UID:1418-1667413800-1667418300@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Poetry & Spoken Word Open-Mic at Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Chichester DESCRIPTION: URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/poetry-spoken-word-open-mic-at-wagtail-coffee-yoga-chichester-10/ LOCATION:Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Church Square\, Chichester\, England\, PO19 7BD\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5df5539f7da353567bf30efce60c0eec.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221019T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221019T200000 DTSTAMP:20260516T112904 CREATED:20220825T072821Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221019T085444Z UID:2148-1666204200-1666209600@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Featured Readers: The Polish Poets + Open-Mic on Zoom and in Chichester DESCRIPTION:Join us in person and online for our feature on 19th October with Special Guest Poets from Poland. \nTo Join us Online\, via Zoom\, copy and paste this link into your browser and click the Join the Zoom Event button at our website: \nTo Join us in person\, head to Wagtail Coffee & Yoga: 1C – 1D Gordon House\, Church Square\, Eastgate\, Chichester\, PO19 7BD \nWe are delighted to present poems by a number of well-known and respected poets of Polish origin\, writing in or translated into English\, some of whom are based in Poland and some in England and the United States. \nThis continues the somewhat cosmopolitan nature of our Zoom events and allows us once again to share our creative work with writers from across the world! \nPolish/English translator Anna Widlarz has collaborated with Words Out Loud to organise and host this special event and will be introducing the Polish Poets and translating some of the poems on the evening.  \n \nAnna Widlarz \nEnglish to Polish and Polish to English translator\, holding an MA Diploma in English Studies (Jagiellonian University\, Kraków) and specialising in poetry translation. A poet herself. She has co-authored and co-hosted a radio programme on the latest Polish poetry and co-hosted two other bilingual (Polish-English) radio programmes about music and poetry. She also worked as an interpreter and journalist writing a column about poetry translation. https://www.facebook.com/Przekladpoezji \nFeaturing in October: \nJan Strządała \nMaria Jastrzębska \nJolanta Trela-Ptaszyńska \nBożena Boba-Dyga \nOlga Szwajgier \nMarcin Czerwiński \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jan Strządała\nSunny night (Warsaw1983)\, A though galaxy (Warsaw 1988)\, A needle whisper in an open vein (Katowice 1993)\, A leaned sky (Warsaw 1994)\, Absent Night (Krakow 1997)\, Naked Dress (Krakow 2001)\, A secret (Krakow 2003)\, Light and Body (Krakow 2004)\, Night Every Night (Krakow 2005)\, Young Words (Krakow2007)\, Delicate Place (e-book\, Gliwice 2009)\, Poems I (Katowice 2012); Poems II (Katowice2012)\, Memory of the body plays with my heart (Gliwice 2014)\, Beads (Gliwice 2015)\, I will rise you from the cry (Gliwice 2016)\, Memory of the body plays with my heart / La memoria del corpo giocca con il cuore mio (Katowice 2018\, Polish-Italian edition\, translated by D. Tomczyk and V. Montuschi)\,I will rise you from the cry/ Ti sollevero dal pianto (Gliwice 2019\, Polish-Italian edition\, translated by D. Tomczyk and V. Montuschi)\, The fraction (Gliwice 2019). \nAuthor of the novel A dark-eyed (published under the pseudonym Dawid Glen\, Gliwice 2010\, publication e-bookowo.pl 2010). A dark-eyed (2nd edition of Gliwice 2012). \nPoems have been translated into Russian\, German\, Czech\, Serbian\, English\, Italian\, Spanish\, Hebrew and Esperanto. \nhttps://janstrzadala.wixsite.com/light-and-body \nJan Strządała – Wikipedia\, wolna encyklopedia \nhttps://pl.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jan_Strządała \nhttps://janstrzadala.wordpress.com \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Maria Jastrzębska\nPoet\, editor and translator Maria Jastrzębska’s fifth collection Small Odysseys is out in October from Waterloo Press. The Cedars of Walpole Park\, her selected poems\, were translated into Polish (Stowarzyszenie Żywych Poetów 2015) and she translated The Great Plan B by Justyna Bargielska (Smokestack 2017) – so there is a lot of movement between her languages. She was the co-editor of Queer in Brighton (New Writing South\, 2015). \nwww.mariajastrzebska.wordpress.com \nwww.snowqproject.com \nMaria’s Forthcoming Collection Small Odysseys\, published by Waterloo Press \nhttps://waterloopress.co.uk/books/small-odysseys-2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jolanta Trela-Ptaszyńska \nPoet\, essayist\, script writer\, TV and film director. Graduate of Philological Department of Uniwersytet Śląski in Katowice. In 1985 she received a master’s degree in film studies and in 2014 a doctorate degree in film arts. University lecturer at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School of Uniwersytet Śląski. \nAt the age of 22 she made her debut as a poet publishing her poems in Twórczość magazine. She publishes poems and essays in various literary magazines. She published two collections of poetry: Brulo (MAW\, Warszawa\, 1988) and 21 (TZK\, Katowice\, 1992). Since 1992 a member of Stowarzyszenie Polskich Twórców Telewizyjnych (Polish TV Artists Association). In 1990-1999 worked full-time as a director for Katowice branch of Polish TV. She directed several artistic TV programs for Channel 2 of Polish Televion based on the world classic of poetry and prose. \nFor her television debut cycle Poezja Nowej Fali (New Wave Poetry) she was honoured with the Award of the Polish TV Chairman for Television Creative Achievements. In 1996 she was awarded with so called Paszport Polityki (Polityka’s Passport) for her artistic production De Aegypto based on the Egyptian Book of the Dead. This production received many prestigious awards at various film festivals. In 2005 she organized three-day international conference: Dispute over Kant. Kant – Philosopher- Citizen – Human. \nHer TV theatre debut production Umarli ze Spoon River (The Dead of Spoon River) based on the Spoon River Anthology of Edgar Lee Masters\, was one of the eight productions nominated for BANFF World Television Festival 2007. Trela-Ptaszyńska is a vice-chairman of the Katowice Section of Polish Writers’ Association. She created so called Akcja Literacka (Literary Action) promoting literature. She is the chairman of the Program Board of Teatr Rozrywki in Chorzów. In 2011 she was awarded with the Silver Honorary Badge for Merits for Śląskie Voivodeship. \n \n More Info about Jolanta\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bożena Boba-Dyga \nPolish writer and artist\, art conservator\, and cultural network facilitator. Author of ten volumes of poetry. Published in anthologies and periodicals in Poland\, the USA\, Israel\, Germany\, Slovakia\, and Ukraine. Translated into Bengali\, English\, French\, Hebrew\, Spanish\, Lithuanian\, German\, Slovak and Ukrainian. Recording artist featuring songs and contemporary music. Founder and president of the Art Forum Foundation and Director of the Krakow Accordion Festival. Awarded the Golden Cross of Merit by the President of the Republic of Poland\, and the Honorary Badge of Merit for Polish Culture by the Minister of Culture and Art. Memberships include The Polish Writers’ Association\, The Association of Polish Artists and Designers\, and the Music Center. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. Scholarships include the European Tempus Program and German DAAD. \nhttp://www.sppkrakow.pl/czlonkowie/bozena-boba-dyga \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Olga Szwajgier\nOlga Szwajgier teaches at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Kraków (PWST). She is the only person in the world who has extended her voice range from four to six octaves and can sing near the limits of human hearing. In 1970\, she graduated from the State Higher School of Music in Kraków. In addition to composing her own music she writes lyrics and directs her concerts (in 2002\, she first performed her piece Julius at Carnegie Hall). Since 1976 Olga Szwajgier has performed at all the major festivals of contemporary music in Poland\, Italy\, France\, Greece\, Germany\, Mexico\, Austria\, Sweden\, South Korea\, China and Israel. She sings classical\, popular and experimental music. In 1981\, she became a member of Muzyka Centrum Art Society. In 1989\, she was awarded a Cultural Doctorate in Philosophy by the World University Roundtable (Benson\, Arizona). In 1991\, she was the only artist from the Central and Eastern Europe to perform at the special gala to commemorate the Century of Carnegie Hall in New York. In the same year\, the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge named her Woman of the Year 1991/92\, and in 1992 the American Biographical Institute declared her Woman of the Year 1992 and Most Admired Woman of the Decade. In 1993\, the London Institute for Applied Research awarded her a Doctor of Music\, and the Australian Institute for Co-ordinated Research conferred on her the Honorary Doctor of Musicology degree. In 2000\, the International Music Congress in Stuttgart hosted her as Voice Phenomenon. In 2005\, in Berlin\, as part of the celebrations of the Year of Albert Einstein\, she performed in The Speed of Light\, an opera composed by Christian Steinhäuser and Mathias Baumhof\, inspired by Einstein’s theory of relativity and her extreme vocal range. \nMore information: http://www.olgaszwajgier.com \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Marcin Czerwiński\nLiterary scholar\, author of books on literature “Sorrow of the maze” and “Machine negative”\, as well as a book of poetry entitled “Esperanto Miniaturists”\, for which he received the Polish poetry award (nagroda im. Iłłakowiczówny\, 2021). He lives in Wrocław. \nMore information: www.plazaciemnia.pl \n \n JOIN THE ZOOM EVENT URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/featured-readers-the-polish-poets-open-mic-on-zoom-and-in-chichester/ LOCATION:Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Church Square\, Chichester\, England\, PO19 7BD\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Featured-Readers-Polish-Poets-Oct-22-Headshots-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221005T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221005T194500 DTSTAMP:20260516T112904 CREATED:20220112T012514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220902T092046Z UID:1417-1664994600-1664999100@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Poetry & Spoken Word Open-Mic at Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Chichester DESCRIPTION: URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/poetry-spoken-word-open-mic-at-wagtail-coffee-yoga-chichester-9/ LOCATION:Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Church Square\, Chichester\, England\, PO19 7BD\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5df5539f7da353567bf30efce60c0eec.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220921T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220921T200000 DTSTAMP:20260516T112904 CREATED:20220729T113610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220902T152554Z UID:2068-1663783200-1663790400@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Featured Reader Fiona Robertson + Open-Mic on Zoom DESCRIPTION:Featured Reader Fiona Robertson reads a selection of her work\, followed by an Open-Mic on Zoom/ in-person event in Chichester. \n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\nFiona Robertson is a facilitator of embodied inquiry who has been exploring inner and outer realms for many years. She journeys with people – many of whom are going through a dark night of the soul – into their interior landscape\, accompanying them as they discover aspects of themselves and life that have previously been hidden. She is the author of The Dark Night of the Soul: A Journey from Absence to Presence. She lives in Nottingham but loves the Hebrides\, and is an occasional poet. \nLearn more about Fiona’s Work \n \nThe Dark Night of the Soul: A Journey from Absence to Presence \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n JOIN THE ZOOM EVENT URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/featured-reader-fiona-robertson-open-mic-on-zoom/ LOCATION:Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Church Square\, Chichester\, England\, PO19 7BD\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/4772ffde4db96fb57b92dd8868d38148-qCLFVm.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220907T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220907T194500 DTSTAMP:20260516T112904 CREATED:20220112T012514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220902T092044Z UID:1416-1662575400-1662579900@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Poetry & Spoken Word Open-Mic at Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Chichester DESCRIPTION: URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/poetry-spoken-word-open-mic-at-wagtail-coffee-yoga-chichester-8/ LOCATION:Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Church Square\, Chichester\, England\, PO19 7BD\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5df5539f7da353567bf30efce60c0eec.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220803T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220803T194500 DTSTAMP:20260516T112904 CREATED:20220112T012514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220729T113928Z UID:1415-1659551400-1659555900@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Poetry & Spoken Word Open-Mic at Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Chichester DESCRIPTION:Come along and read some of your own poetry or prose\, listen to others and share in the joys of the spoken word. URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/poetry-spoken-word-open-mic-at-wagtail-coffee-yoga-chichester-7/ LOCATION:Franco Manca\, 1-3 South Street\, Chichester\, England\, PO19 1EH\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5df5539f7da353567bf30efce60c0eec.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220720T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220720T210000 DTSTAMP:20260516T112904 CREATED:20220527T133905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220716T230508Z UID:2019-1658341800-1658350800@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Featured Reader Marsha De La O + Open-Mic on Zoom DESCRIPTION:Featured Reader Marsha De La O + Open-Mic on Zoom\n\n\nWords Out Loud present Featured Reader Marsha De La O and Open-Mic to follow. Join us to hear original writing\, out loud. \nOUR MONTHLY ONLINE OPEN-MIC IS NOW BROADCAST OVER ZOOM FROM WAGTAIL COFFEE & YOGA IN CHICHESTER. \nMarsha de la O is the author of three books. Her most recent book\, Every Ravening Thing\, came out from Pitt Poetry Series in 2019\, published through the University of Pittsburgh Press. Her previous book\, Antidote for Night\, won the 2015 Isabella Gardner Award and was published by BOA Editions. Her first book\, Black Hope\, was awarded the New Issues Press Poetry Prize and was published by New Issues Press\, Western Michigan University. Black Hope won an Editors’ Choice\, Small Press Book Award. \nDe La O worked as a bilingual teacher in Los Angeles and the rural community of Santa Paula for more than twenty-five years. She studied Spanish in Morelia\, Mexico\, Costa Rica\, and lived for two years in Spain where she worked in a dual-immersion school. She now lives in Ventura\, California\, with her husband\, poetry host and Ventura County Poet Laureate Emeritus\, Phil Taggart. Together\, they produce poetry readings and events in Ventura County and edit the literary journal Spillway. URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/featured-reader-marsha-de-la-o-open-mic-on-zoom/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/171375b068682b0c5e2f561d4eea5c86-210R9q.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220710T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220710T143000 DTSTAMP:20260516T112904 CREATED:20220615T142520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220615T142523Z UID:2024-1657454400-1657463400@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:WORDS OUT LOUD – FROM THE SQUARE: POETRY & SPOKEN WORD PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION:Words Out Loud present a selection of original creative writing from the past year of their Open-Mic Events in Chichester. Come along to hear a wide variety of poetry\, monologue\, spoken word\, dramatic dialogue and fiction. \nAnd if you’d like to try your hand at reading some words out loud\, please do! We invite you to write something yourself and bring it to read or choose something from the selection we’ll have available. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n FESTIVAL OF CHICHESTER URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/words-out-loud-from-the-square-poetry-spoken-word-performance/ LOCATION:Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Church Square\, Chichester\, England\, PO19 7BD\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220706T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220706T194500 DTSTAMP:20260516T112904 CREATED:20220112T012514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220616T225256Z UID:1414-1657132200-1657136700@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Poetry & Spoken Word Open-Mic at Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Chichester DESCRIPTION:Come along and read some of your own poetry or prose\, listen to others and share in the joys of the spoken word. URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/poetry-spoken-word-open-mic-at-wagtail-coffee-yoga-chichester-6/ LOCATION:Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Church Square\, Chichester\, England\, PO19 7BD\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5df5539f7da353567bf30efce60c0eec.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220615T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220615T200000 DTSTAMP:20260516T112904 CREATED:20220113T095014Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220517T224410Z UID:1552-1655317800-1655323200@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Featured Reader Hugh Dunkerley + Open-Mic on Zoom DESCRIPTION:Words Out Loud present Featured Reader Hugh Dunkerly and Open-Mic to follow. Join us to hear original writing\, out loud.\n\n\nI have published two collections\, Hare and Kin\, both with Cinnamon Press. I often write about our relationship with what the philosopher David Abram calls ‘the more-than-human world’\, with which we are inextricably bound. I teach at the University of Chichester\, where I run the MA in Creative Writing. URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/featured-reader-hugh-dunkerley-open-mic-on-zoom/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4537af348925eb22079379e7db6d4e2c.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220607T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220607T230000 DTSTAMP:20260516T112904 CREATED:20220420T163014Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220517T224410Z UID:1963-1654624800-1654642800@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Words Out Loud to Nourish the Soul at The Crate\, Bosham DESCRIPTION:We invite you to write something on the theme of “Nourishing the Soul” to read on the night or simply come along\, listen and enjoy.\n\n\nWe invite you to write something on the theme of “Nourishing the Soul” to read on the night or simply come along\, listen and enjoy the relaxed atmosphere of this vibrant\, refreshing new venue. \nThis is a Words Out Loud fundraiser and there is a suggested £5 donation on entry. \n*Food will be available to order. Arrive from 6pm so that food can be served before the event begins. URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/words-out-loud-to-nourish-the-soul-at-the-crate-bosham/ LOCATION:The Crate Cafe\, Delling Lane\, Bosham\, England\, PO18 8NF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/578c1dd006c1a666d749f9081b6d1124-wPGJOi.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220601T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220601T194500 DTSTAMP:20260516T112904 CREATED:20220112T012514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220517T224317Z UID:1413-1654108200-1654112700@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Poetry & Spoken Word Open-Mic at Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Chichester DESCRIPTION:Come along and read some of your own poetry or prose\, listen to others and share in the joys of the spoken word. URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/poetry-spoken-word-open-mic-at-wagtail-coffee-yoga-chichester-5/ LOCATION:Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Church Square\, Chichester\, England\, PO19 7BD\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5df5539f7da353567bf30efce60c0eec.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220528T174500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220528T203000 DTSTAMP:20260516T112904 CREATED:20220420T163012Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220527T120132Z UID:1961-1653759900-1653769800@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Words Out Loud... Afloat! DESCRIPTION:SALES FOR THIS EVENT HAVE NOW CLOSED. \n\nWords Out Loud are delighted to announce an event which will take the spoken word afloat a Chichester canal boat!\n\n\nBe inspired to write something on the theme of being afloat\, canals\, boats and boating (or floating\, drifting) to read whilst on board\, or simply join us to listen to others as you enjoy gliding gently down the beautiful Chichester canal. \nSaturday 28th May – 5.45pm for a prompt 6.00pm departure (duration: approximately 2 hours) \nVenue: Chichester Canal\, Canal Wharf\, Basin Road\, Chichester PO19 8DT \nTickets include return boat trip\, a generous portion of fish & chips from award-winning LA Fish and either a bottle of beer\, or small bottle of wine\, or fruit juice. \nTickets cost £20 per person. Limited spaces – book now – don’t miss the boat! URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/words-out-loud-afloat/ LOCATION:Chichester Canal\, Basin Road\, Chichester\, England\, PO19 8DT\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/9bd5eda883f6fcde2f06d4b205615d35-O0bjts.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220518T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220518T200000 DTSTAMP:20260516T112904 CREATED:20220112T012628Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220517T224410Z UID:1463-1652898600-1652904000@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Featured Reader Christopher Buckley + Open-Mic on Zoom DESCRIPTION:Words Out Loud present Featured Reader Christopher Buckley and Open-Mic to follow. Join us to hear original writing\, out loud.\n\n\nPoet and editor Christopher Buckley earned his BA from St. Mary’s College\, MA from San Diego State University\, and MFA from the University of California-Irvine. He is the author of over twenty collections of poetry\, including most recently Modern History (2008)\, Rolling the Bones (2010)\, White Shirt (2011)\, Back Room as the Philosopher’s Club (2014)\, and Star Journal: Selected Poems (2016). With Gary Young he has edited the anthologies The Geography of Home: California’s Poetry of Place (1999)\, Bear Flag Republic: Prose Poetry and Poetics from California (2008)\, and One for the Money: The Sentence as a Poetic Form (2013). With Christopher Howell\, Buckley edited the volume Aspects of Robinson: Homage to Weldon Kees (2011). \nBuckley has won numerous honors and awards for his work\, including fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, and Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. He is the recipient of a Fulbright Award to Yugoslavia\, four Pushcart Prizes\, the Gertrude B. Claytor Memorial Award\, and the James Dickey Prize. He is professor emeritus at the University of California-Riverside. URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/featured-reader-christopher-buckley-open-mic-on-zoom/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/9565a81e7ab4f1c89bf7eefc715868b7.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220504T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220504T194500 DTSTAMP:20260516T112904 CREATED:20220112T012514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220421T035218Z UID:1412-1651689000-1651693500@wordsoutloud.org.uk SUMMARY:Poetry & Spoken Word Open-Mic at Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Chichester DESCRIPTION:Come along and read some of your own poetry or prose\, listen to others and share in the joys of the spoken word.\n\n\nJoin us for our regular in-person Open-Mic event at Wagtail Coffee and Yoga in Chichester\, West Sussex. We meet on the 1st Wednesday of every month. The event is free to attend and open to anyone. Come along and read some of your own poetry\, a published poem or even read some prose. Wagtail serve excellent coffee and there is also organic and vegan beer and wine available. \nIt doesn’t matter if this is the first piece you have written or whether you are a seasoned pro\, you will find a warm and supportive welcome as you share your work with us out loud. \nAnd if reading out loud is not for you\, please do come along and enjoy the atmosphere and listen to the readings. URL:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/event/poetry-spoken-word-open-mic-at-wagtail-coffee-yoga-chichester-4/ LOCATION:Wagtail Coffee & Yoga\, Church Square\, Chichester\, England\, PO19 7BD\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wordsoutloud.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5df5539f7da353567bf30efce60c0eec.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR