Past Events

Book Week Scotland Workshop Event – Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway

Date: November 25, 2022
Time: 10:30 am - 1:00 pm
Location: 44 High St, Gatehouse of Fleet, Castle Douglas DG7 2HP

Join Steve and Emma for a unique writing workshop

Writing people and place: making the ordinary, extraordinary.

Followed by a light lunch at The Bakehouse.

A unique opportunity to work with two experienced workshop leaders who love what they do.  Both award winning poets from the English Black Country, whose respective work often focuses on the people, place, language and landscape of their post industrial region.  Join them for a morning of fun and friendly creative writing activities designed to get you thinking about your place and your people.  You will be invited to experiment with a couple of poetry forms, find wonder in the world around you, and make new work based upon close observance of everyday lives.

BOOKING:
email: chrys@chryssalt.com
tel or text mob: 07891 803027
£12.00

Book Week Scotland Performance Event at The Gatehouse of Fleet

Date: November 24, 2022
Time: 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: The Bakehouse, 44 High St, Gatehouse of Fleet, Castle Douglas DG7 2HP

Steve Pottinger and Emma Purshouse perform.

Tickets £5

 

Keele Readings

Date: November 21, 2022
Time: 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Location: Senior Common Room, Keele University, ST5 5BG.

Emma will be featuring for Keele Readings.  FREE event.  All welcome.

contact arts@keele.ac.uk

01782 734340

https://www.keele.ac.uk/about/events/2022/november/emmapurshouse-keelereadings/eventtitle,361287,en.php

Country Voices

Date: November 19, 2022
Time: 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: The Water Rat, Buildwas Road, Ironbridge, TF8 7BJ.

Join us at the Water Rat for readings from Parveen Brigue, Colin Wells, and Emma Purshouse.  Tickets are £5 on the door.

Quiet Compere Online

Date: November 12, 2022
Time: 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Online event

Emma Purshouse will be co-hosting a Quiet Compere Online Showcase with Sarah L Dixon.  The event features George Bastow, Gracey-Bee, Penny Blackburn, Mark Connors, Linda Goulden, Helen Ivory, Elizabeth McGeown, Jennifer A.McGowan, Jack McLean and Mark Pajak.

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Launch of Flamingo by Kathryn Bevis

Date: October 29, 2022
Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: The Poetry Pharmacy, 36 High Street, Bishops Castle, Shropshire, SY9 5BQ

The launch of Kathryn Bevis’ debut pamphlet Flamingo at the Poetry Pharmacy, with guest readings by Emma Purshouse and Jeanette Burton

Tickets are £3 available here…
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-flamingo-by-kathryn-bevis-tickets-427062905647?aff=erelexpmlt

Emma Purshouse at Caffe Grande Slam

Date: October 27, 2022
Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: The Albionn, 15 Stone Street, Dudley, DY1 1NS

Emma will be doing a feature set at Caffe Grande Slam.  This is a monthly event in a relaxed and friendly environment.  Open mic spots of 3 minutes available.

Steve Pottinger and Emma Purshouse at The Old Music Hall, Whitchurch

Date: October 17, 2022
Time: 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Location: The Old Music Hall, Dodington SY131 EA

Join Emma Purshouse and Steve Pottinger for an evening of poetry in Whitchurch.

Open mic slots available.

Tickets £3

 

 

 

Ikon Gallery Small Press Fair

Date: October 16, 2022
Time: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Ikon Gallery, Oozells Street, Birmingham. B1 2HS

Emma will be at the Ikon in Birmingham taking part in the a small press fair, showcasing a range of publications, zines and other printed materials.

Featuring artists, poets and writers from across the West Midlands, the fair includes established creators and those new to the scene. Readings and spoken word performances take place throughout the day against the backdrop of Ikon’s exhibitions, including a display of Edward Lear’s sketches and landscape drawings.

Stall holders include: Black Hole Club, Jaskirt Dhaliwal-Boora, Roo Dhissou and Sahjan Kooner, The Emma Press, Fawn Press, Leah Hickey, The Holodeck, Ignite Books, Indestructible Energy, Interim Arts, Mantle Lane Press, Neon Books, The Nobodies, Offa’s Press, Wallinky and Katy Wareham Morris.

Readings and spoken word performances by: Jaskirt Dhaliwal-Boora, Roo Dhissou and Sahjan Kooner, Fawn Press, Heide Goody and Iain Grant, Leah Hickey, Ignite Books, Mantle Lane Press, Neon Books, Offa’s Press, Wallinky and Katy Wareham Morris.

Poets, Prattlers, and Panemonialists prestent ‘Whose Round is it Anyway?’

Date: October 8, 2022
Time: 7:30 am - 10:00 pm
Location: Arena Theatre, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton

Emma, Steve and Dave bring their new fringe show to Arena Theatre in Wolverhampton.  The first outing of the show at the Morecambe Fringe go them ‘Best Spoken Word Show’ and this review…

“This show was a real treat. On the surface, three friends having their first post-pandemic pint down the pub to share their lock-down experiences. In reality it was a sequence of very polished individual performances by three accomplished Spoken Word artists which were artfully blended within a setting of pub chat and banter. This light-hearted format gave the poets opportunity to reflect on both the humour and the sadness apparent in our culture during the covid pandemic whilst cleverly allowing them to expose some of the more poignant experiences of ordinary people. The poetry was exceptional, the whole idea was ingenious and the audience were captivated.” Lancaster Guardian

They’d love to see you if you can make it along.

Tickets are £10.  https://wlv.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873636025/events/129434723/seats?zone=Arena%20Theatre%20Seated

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