May 2012
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Events for London Writers - June 2012
June 1st to June 3rd
Stoke Newington Literary Festival
“Year three of this eclectic, amusing, inspiring, sometimes audacious and always brilliant festival, set up to celebrate the area’s radical thinking and literary heritage.”
Location, tickets and times: Various - see programme
June 2nd
Literary Death Match
“4 Writers, 3 Judges, 2 Rounds, 1 Epic Finale (and a bunch...
I have to admit that I’m not generally a fan of poetry. There are exceptions, many actually, and here’s one - If I Should Have A Daughter by poet Sarah Kay. It should be a bit too Hallmark for my liking but, maybe it’s because I have a young daughter, it really moved me. Also worth listening to for her talk after the poem about her life as a poet.