Word Life are running two events as part of The Off The Shelf Literature Festival in Sheffield in October. Full program can be found here;
www.offtheshelf.orgOpus and WordLife present the ‘Best of Shef’
Sat 17 October 2009 @ 8pm
Cafe Euro
Showcasing the best poets writing in Sheffield today; River Wolton (Derbyshire Poet Laureate), Helen Mort (Eric Gregory Award, Manchester Young Writer Award) Matt Clegg (Eric Gregory Award) Matt Black (Arts Council Writers Award) Ben Wilkinson (Tall-Lighthouse) and James Lock (Now Then Magazine) with a live performance from blues guitarist Andrew Duxfield
Tickets £5 on the door
Opus and WordLife presents ‘Featured Poets’
Sat 24 October 2009 @ 8pm
With Byron Vincent, A F Harrold, Mark Gwynne Jones
Cafe Euro
A night of celebrated performance poets from across the country; featuring Byron Vincent (Regular at Latitude and Glastonbury festival) A F Harold ('This yak-poet is Spike Milligan and Peter Cook rolled into one.' -Daljit Nagra) Mark Gwynne Jones (‘inspired…one of the most accomplished performance poets in the land’ – The Guardian) and a live acoustic performance from one of Sheffield’s finest singer/song writers; Louis Romegoux.
Tickets £5 on the door.
