2 Sep 2010 at 6.30pm 


Philippa Gregory returns to the Wars of the Roses with The Red Queen
Tickets: free but email events@foyles.co.uk
The Gallery at Foyles
Thursday 2 September - EXCLUSIVE LONDON EVENT
Philippa Gregory - The Red Queen – Reading/ Q&A
Philippa Gregory returns to the Wars of the Roses with The Red Queen, as the young Margaret Beaufort stops at nothing to ensure her son Henry Tudor

3 Sep

4 Sep

5 Sep

6 Sep 2010 at Arrival 4pm, leave Saturday 11 Sept at 10am 


'Outside Ivory Towers' - Poetry Writing Course
Tickets: £595 single room/£545 shared. Bursaries are available for low incomes.
The Ted Hughes Arvon Centre at Lumb Bank, Heptonstall
5 day residential poetry course with Ian Duhig and Amanda Dalton, suitable for all levels.

http://arvonfoundation.org/pc569.html

7 Sep 2010 at 630pm 


DBC Pierre - Lights Out in Wonderland – Talk/ Reading/ Q&A
Tickets: free but email events@foyles.co.uk
The Gallery @ Foyles
Tuesday 7 September 6.30pm - EXCLUSIVE LONDON EVENT

Man Booker winning enfant terrible DBC Pierre reads from and talks about his new novel Lights Out in Wonderland - dark, surreal, & twisted but very, very funny.
Tickets: Free, email ev

8 Sep

9 Sep

10 Sep

11 Sep 2010  


INDIE WEEKEND with PD James, Geoff Dyer, Emily Woof, Philip Kerr & many more
Tickets: www.foyles.co.uk
The Gallery at Foyles
Saturday 11 September - Sunday 12 September
INDIE WEEKEND with PD James, Geoff Dyer, Emily Woof, Philip Kerr & many more – Talks/ Discussions/ Readings/ Q&A
The Independent Alliance is a network of independent publishers who have joined toget

11 Sep 2010 at 5 p.m. 11th Sept. - 10 a.m. 18th Sept. 


Top Left Corner Glencanisp Week Sept. 2010
Tickets: Contact www.topleftcorner.org
Glencanisp Lodge
Lochinver
Sutherland
Scotland
Top Left Corner brings people together in Assynt, in the north-west Highlands of Scotland, to create written and other artworks. Our Glencanisp weeks provide writers and artists with opportunities to develop their creative work in a peaceful and stun

12 Sep 2010 at 6pm. 


ACE STORIES with novelist SCOTT BRADFIELD
Tickets: £3 entry
jayclifton330@gmail.com
HOTEL PELIROCCO, 10 Regency Sq, Brighton
ACE STORIES is a season of live literature events in Brighton, supported by Arts Council England, running from June to November 2010.

Our headlining guest writer in September is SCOTT BRADFIELD, American novelist and short story writer. Scot

13 Sep

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17 Sep 2010 at Friday evening to Monday afternoon 


Alpine Writers' Retreat with Bidisha
Tickets: 350 GBP all inclusive
Structured and tailor-made retreats in The Alps.

Chalet La Giettaz is a secluded alpine escape, nestled at the foot of the Col des Aravis and overlooking a spectacular valley.

The Chalet consists of extremely spacious and comfortable apartments, fully-equipped with kingsize beds, TVs, DVD, wifi, and bathrobes and slippers for use in our spa facilities.

All guests on writing retreats will have - at the very least - a private, kingsize bedroom to themselves and will share a spacious apartment with no more than one other writer.

Transfers to and from Geneva airport, catering, accommodation and use of spa facilities are all included in the price.

www.chalet-la-giettaz.com


Arriving on the Friday, you will be given time to settle in before enjoying a gourmet welcome meal and the chance to share what has brought you to La Giettaz with other guests.

The following morning, after the boulanger has delivered fresh

18 Sep

19 Sep 2010 at 12 noon - 4:00pm 


Unpublished Fiction Writers Open Reading
Tickets: £5.00
Hornsey Library
Come and join us in the Gallery - Hornsey Library for an afternoon of fiction. Relax and listen or take part as a reader.

Are you an avid lover of fiction, then this event is sure to delight you. Come and listen to 12 unpublished writers as

19 Sep 2010 at 7.00pm 


Poetic Frenzy
Tickets: £3
BAC Café, Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, SW11 5TN

Booking: www.bac.org.uk / 020 7223 2223
In association with BAC and Apples & Snakes

SW11 poet-in-residence Paul Lyalls fronts an extravaganza of live
verse in the laid-back environment of the BAC bar. Guests Jahnell,
Indigo Williams and Alex Gwyther ensure that, in the rig

20 Sep

21 Sep

22 Sep 2010 at 8.00pm 


Apples & Snakes in Soho: Kate Fox News and Matt Harvey
Tickets: £8 / £6
Soho Theatre, 21 Dean St, London W1D 3NE

Booking: 020 7478 0100 / www.sohotheatre.com
Apples & Snakes in association with ARC presents

An Apples & Snakes in Soho double bill with Kate Fox and Matt Harvey, two favourite poets from BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live. Kate launches her new show Kate Fox News, and Matt spills the beans

23 Sep

24 Sep

25 Sep 2010 at 7.30pm 


WHISTLE
Tickets: £6 / £3 concessions
Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA

Booking: info@freewordonline.com / 0207 3242 570 / www.freewordonline.com
Profound and uplifting, Martin Figura’s Whistle is the deeply personal story of his mother’s death at the hands of his father when he was nine years old, preseted with a mixture of poetry, imagery and story-telling.

26 Sep

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29 Sep 2010 at 7.30pm 


JAWDANCE
Tickets: FREE
Rich Mix, 35 – 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA

Info: www.richmix.org.uk / 020 7613 7498 / www.applesandsnakes.org
It’s that time again: time to sashay into Rich Mix, toss your chapeau to the hatcheck girl, and spend the evening swinging your swizzle-stick to the sound of our fab poets. Not only poets in the flesh, but also our increasingly popular poetic film-sh