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Debut poetry collection

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My debut poetry collection, from Stairwell Books, has come back from the printer.  It is called 'Throwing Mother In The Skip', which is also the title of one of the poems, a piece I wrote for TMA03 of A215 Creative Writing. 

I get 5 author copies. 

I will post details of the launch event as soon as I know them. 

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Next 'Grist' reading: TakeOver Festival Spoken Word Night: 28 May in York

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Monday 28 May 2012, 18:30 - 23:00, York Theatre Royal Upper Foyer.

I will be appearing again with my fellow 'Grist' poets.  This event also features open mic and live music.  It will be hosted by Steve Nash (who is a 'Grist' poet). 

Entrance fee: £2 on the door. 

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'Grist' reading at the Puzzle Hall Inn in Sowerby Bridge

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I got paid for reading: £7.50, which was my quarter-share of the collection taken among the audience.  It was still less than the cost of transport there and back, but it was much better than nothing. 

This was the seventh 'Grist' event.  I have attended all of them so far. 

The next one, still to be confirmed, will be in York later this month.

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'Grist' poets at 7 Arts Centre in Leeds

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I will be appearing with my fellow 'Grist' poets at the 7 Arts Centre in Chapel Allerton at 19:30 on Wednesday 3 May 2012. 

I think there is an entrance fee of £3 to this event, which is being run as part of the regular "Wicked Words". 

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'Grist' poetry events in April and May

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On Tuesday 3 April at 8pm, some of the 'Grist' poets, including me, will be reciting at Kork's wine bar in Otley (LS21 1AD).

On Sunday 15 April, the 'Grist' poets are taking over the 'Themes for Dreamers' programme on Radio Phoenix (www.phoenixfm.co.uk) from 4 to 6 pm.  There are rumours that extracts from this programme will be available on CD afterwards. 

On Saturday 21 April between 1 and 2pm, we will be at Huddersfield Central Library in support of World Book Day.

On the evening of Wednesday 2 May, we will be at an event called Wicked Words in Leeds.  Details to be confirmed.

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'Grist' review by Ian McMillan

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Ian McMillan will be reviewing the 'Grist' poetry anthology in the Yorkshire Post on Friday 16 March 2012.
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'Grist' poets appear in Bradford tonight (12 March 2012)

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Tonight I will be appearing with five other of the contributors to the 'Grist' 2012 poetry anthology (called 'A Complicated Way Of Being Ignored') at The Beehive pub in Bradford (ten minutes from Bradford Forster Square station). 

The performance starts at about 7:30pm and will be followed by open mic contributions from the audience. 

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Launch of 'Grist' poetry anthology

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Edited by William Justin Thirsk-Gaskill, Monday, 27 Feb 2012, 20:51

On Wednesday 7 March 2012, I will be appearing at Bar 1:22 in Huddersfield at the launch of the 2012 'Grist' poetry anthology.  The collection is entitled 'A Complicated Way of Being Ignored'. 

I will be reading three poems.

The event starts at 7pm, and will be hosted by Michael Stewart, the editor of the collection. 

There may be a follow-up event in Bradford on Monday 12 March.  Details follow once this has been confirmed.

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