Poets Cameron, Clarke, Larkin, Rush, Saunders and Staple will perform their work in Interactive Mode at Bristol Poetry Review, hosted by Charles Thompson, 8.30 - 10.00 pm on 3 July, at The Square Club, 15 Berkeley Square, Clifton, BRISTOL BS8 1HB
Monday 3 June 2013
Poetry Factory Interactive - At Bristol Poetry Review, 3 July
Poets Cameron, Clarke, Larkin, Rush, Saunders and Staple will perform their work in Interactive Mode at Bristol Poetry Review, hosted by Charles Thompson, 8.30 - 10.00 pm on 3 July, at The Square Club, 15 Berkeley Square, Clifton, BRISTOL BS8 1HB
Friday 31 May 2013
Thursday 30 May 2013
Poetry events ... of an unpredictable and interactive kind
Over the coming months, Poetry Factory will be presenting a programme of unpredictable poetry featuring audience participation. Keep tuned to hear more including venues, dates and times!
Planning our next gig - for 3 July, Bristol
We're excited to have been asked to perform in Bristol on 3 July. Details of time and venue to follow shortly. Meanwhile, we can confirm that we are planning something "a little different" ... not just poetry readings, but something a little more participatory! Oh, and there will be music!
Tuesday 7 May 2013
Collaborate!
Poetry Factory poets will meet this week to workshop poems and compare notes on our recently launched collaboration with Creative Photographers in Cheltenham (CPIC). This promises to be an exciting creative partnership. More news soon!
Tuesday 23 April 2013
Write Out Loud review of Poetry Factory gig
Review by Greg Freeman ("Write Out Loud") of Poetry Factory's performance in the Poetry Festival on 22 April.
Earlier in the evening Poetry Factory, a Cheltenham-based poetry collective of six published and prize-winning poets, showcased their wealth of talent at Oxfam Bookshop. First up was Chaucer Cameron, whose poems included one about an anti-burglar device at Freud’s Vienna office. David Clarke, another Flarestack pamphlet competition winner last year, read a poem about Lenin’s enjoyment of the English music hall, and one called See England By Train, including its “lines of ragged knickers”. A poem by Anna Saunders about ghosts spoke of “a bruise on the air / a thickening of the atmosphere”, while examples of Philip Rush’s urbane oeuvre included references to Bowie, Jagger, Marvin Gaye, St Augustine, Dylan and Spider-Man. Sharon Larkin, who has a poem in the recent Heart Shoots anthology, was fascinated by science, particularly chemistry and physics, as well as the “shamans and charlatans” who whip up apocalyptic fear. Avril Staple delighted in showing us a collection of travelling show exhibits – the bearded lady who shaved, her husband with three breasts – and concluded with a poem titled The Show Must Go On. Maybe a reference to Cheltenham poetry festival itself? I can only agree.
Earlier in the evening Poetry Factory, a Cheltenham-based poetry collective of six published and prize-winning poets, showcased their wealth of talent at Oxfam Bookshop. First up was Chaucer Cameron, whose poems included one about an anti-burglar device at Freud’s Vienna office. David Clarke, another Flarestack pamphlet competition winner last year, read a poem about Lenin’s enjoyment of the English music hall, and one called See England By Train, including its “lines of ragged knickers”. A poem by Anna Saunders about ghosts spoke of “a bruise on the air / a thickening of the atmosphere”, while examples of Philip Rush’s urbane oeuvre included references to Bowie, Jagger, Marvin Gaye, St Augustine, Dylan and Spider-Man. Sharon Larkin, who has a poem in the recent Heart Shoots anthology, was fascinated by science, particularly chemistry and physics, as well as the “shamans and charlatans” who whip up apocalyptic fear. Avril Staple delighted in showing us a collection of travelling show exhibits – the bearded lady who shaved, her husband with three breasts – and concluded with a poem titled The Show Must Go On. Maybe a reference to Cheltenham poetry festival itself? I can only agree.
Monday 22 April 2013
Poetry Factory interviewed by Radio Winchcombe
At our reading during Cheltenham Poetry Festival today, Guy from Radio Winchcombe interviewed Poetry Factory's Sharon Larkin. He asked how Poetry Factory came into being and how we acquired our name. He also recorded poems from Avril Staple and Sharon. We'll post links to the interview and readings when they become available. Meanwhile, here's a photo or two:
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