Creative Midlands Events

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• Write On! Writing Squads – now open for new members!
• Future Poets’ Festival
• Flarestack Poets Launch
• Carina Schneider posted events
• 1804 & Its Afterlives
• Creative Writing Workshop (Annesley Old Church Project)
• Creative Writing Workshop (Annesley Old Church Project)

Write On! Writing Squads – now open for new members! Posted: 31 Jul 2012 05:47 AM PDT The Write On! Writing Squads are creative writing groups for children and young people which run throughout the West Midlands region. Run by professional writers, groups meet monthly and look at all sorts of creative writing from poems, plays, stories and songs to texts and tweets. They also learn things such as how to write narratives, how to construct stories (dialogue and monologue) and how to share their writing amongst the group and to larger audiences through showcases of their writing. We have 14 Writing Squads meeting throughout the West Midlands. For more information about the groups please see the Write On! Writing Squads page. As of August 2012 we have places available in the following groups (other Writing Squads are currently full): Birmingham city centre (8 – 11 years) Hereford (13 – 16+ years) *Kidderminster (11 – 16+ years) Eccleshall (8 – 11 years) Stratford-upon-Avon (11 – 16+ years) Coventry (11 – 16+ years) *Dudley (8 – 11 years) *Stoke-on-Trent (11 – 16+ years) Ludlow (8 – 11 years) *Bartley Green, South Birmingham (8 – 11 years) For more information about when the groups meet and to reserve places, please contact Joanne Penn, Projects Manager on 0121 246 2774 or email her at joanne[at]writingwestmidlands.org. Please note that groups have limited places, if there are no places available you can be added to a waiting list. * Supported by The Grimmitt Trust. Write On! Writing Squads are supported by Arts Council England and the venues that host them.

Future Poets’ Festival Posted: 31 Jul 2012 05:24 AM PDT Curated and designed by a group of 16 – 19 year olds from the West Midlands, the Future Poets' Festival takes place this coming Saturday 4 August 2012 at mac, Birmingham from 12 – 6pm. The general programme for the Festival itself has now been released! All events are completely free, here is what will be happening throughout the afternoon. From 12pm: Videos of poetry performances in the Cinema space, workshops and a Thought Bubble in the Theatre and poetry performances in the Shed (located in the foyer). From 2pm: Open mic performances hosted by Juice Alleem. 4pm – 6pm: The day finishes with performances from some of the UK's best performance poets including Polar Bear, Kim Trusty, Bohdan Piasecki, Jodi Ann Bickley, Al Hutchins, Musa Okwonga and many more! This will be a free event taking place in the Arena. The Future Poets' Festival is curated, produced and designed by a group of 16 – 19 year olds from the West Midlands, they are: Carl, Siham, Sipho, Sarah-Jo, Lexia, Amerah and Arshad. Developed by Writing West Midlands in partnership with mac and Ideas Tap, the Festival is funded by Clore Duffield Foundation and Poetry Awards. To be kept up-to-date, please visit the website www.futurepoetsfestival.com. Facebook: FuturePoetsFestival Twitter: @FuturePoetsFest #futurepoetsfest

Flarestack Poets Launch Posted: 24 May 2012 09:36 AM PDT Tuesday 31 July 6.30pm – 9pm/Free- but please reserve places Ikon Gallery, 1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace, Birmingham, B1 2HS Award-winning Birmingham poetry press Flarestack Poets launches 3 new pamphlets, with readings from the winners of their 2012 Pamphlet Competition, David Clarke and Nichola Deane, as well as from some of the poets represented in the competition anthology, including Oliver Comins, Michael Conley, Claire Dyer, Jacci Garside, Roy Marshall, Janet Smith, Michael W. Thomas, Charles Wilkinson and Madeleine Wurzburger. Of David Clarke's collection Gaud Alison Brackenbury writes 'David Clarke's exact, unsparing poems are executed with an eerie coolness.  His intriguing narratives have their own sensual music, as subtle as his rhymes.'  Nichola Deane's My Moriarty is a series of meditations – at times urgent, at times playful – on memory, relationships, and the mechanics of language. The poet is an elegant sleuth, aware that meaning is an elusive quarry. Sylvia Is Missing offers a selection of the best poems submitted for Flarestack Poets 2012 pamphlet competition.  Flarestack Poets is well known for writing that is both adventurous and accessible, and has produced distinctive collections from established and new voices. For more information, please visit their website www.flarestackpoets.co.uk. How to book: Please call the Ikon Gallery to reserve places on 0121 248 0708. This event is organised in partnership with Ikon, Writing West Midlands and Flarestack Poets.

Carina Schneider posted events Posted: 01 Aug 2012 07:03 AM PDT Carina Schneider posted events RIBA Birmingham CPD Roadshow September 20, 2012 from 9:30am to 4pm Core CPD: Inclusive Design - what the guidebooks don't tell you November 29, 2012 from 1:30pm to 5pm The Setting of Heritage Assets October 25, 2012 from 1:30pm to 5pm 1 more…

1804 & Its Afterlives Posted: 31 Jul 2012 09:18 PM PDT When: Friday, December 7, 2012 at 10:00 AM - Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 5:00 PM (GMT) Where: Nottingham Contemporary Weekday Cross NG1 2GB Nottingham United Kingdom Hosted By: Nottingham Contemporary Register for this event now at : http://1804afterlives-atom.eventbrite.com Event Details: 1804 & Its Afterlives asserts that Haiti presents a distinct challenge to established methods of writing and conceptualising history itself. The conference proposes that the complex 'afterlives' of its Revolution, both within Haiti and the larger Atlantic World, can best be understood through a cross-disciplinary approach that includes, for example, history, political philosophy, postcolonial cultural studies, ethnomusicology, critical anthropology and literary criticism. The conference speakers bring a spectrum of disciplinary resources to bear on heterogeneous, far-reaching histories that have too often been distorted or silenced by forces more powerful than their own. Speakers include: Colin (aka Joan) Dayan (Vanderbilt), Michael Largey (Michigan), Barbara Browning (NYU), Susan Buck-Morss (Cornell) TBC , Ada Ferrer (NYU), David Scott (Columbia), Millery Polyné (NYU), Matthew J. Smith (UWI Mona) Nottingham Contemporary's public programme is jointly funded by Nottingham Trent University and The University of Nottingham. This event is at Nottingham Contemporary Weekday Cross Nottingham NG1 2GB 0115 948 9750 www.nottinghamcontemporary.org

Creative Writing Workshop (Annesley Old Church Project) Posted: 01 Aug 2012 04:22 AM PDT Free Workshop at the Tin Hat Centre in Selston as part of the HLF funded Annesley Old Church Project (2011-2014). Further details on (01623) 457537 or d.amos@ashfield-dc.gov.uk

Creative Writing Workshop (Annesley Old Church Project) Posted: 01 Aug 2012 04:22 AM PDT Free Workshop – At the DH Lawrence Heritage Centre in Eastwood. Part of the 2012 DH Lawrence Festival. Further details on (01623) 457537 or d.amos@ashfield-dc.gov.uk

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