Welcome to Out of the Shadows Presents: Queer Verses – A Night of Poetry & Spoken Word! Join them at Lovelocks Coffee Shop for an evening filled with powerful performances by talented Trans, Non Binary and Queer poets and spoken word artists.
Get ready to be moved, inspired, and entertained by the diverse voices and stories shared on stage. Whether you’re a poetry enthusiast or just looking for a unique night out, this event promises to be a memorable experience. Come support their gorgeous LGBTQ+ community and celebrate the art of self-expression through poetry and spoken word. From 6 – 8pm at Lovelocks Coffee Shop, and tickets are FREE!
Please try to arrive 10-15 before start time so you have chance to get yourself refreshments and get seated.
Young governess Jane Eyre arrives at the mysterious Thornfield Hall deep in the Yorkshire moors and meets her dashing new employer Mr Rochester.
Sparks fly between the pair, but not everything is as it seems, and as Jane discovers the secrets of both Thornfield Hall itself and its enigmatic master, she must make a devastating choice. Join Chapterhouse Theatre Company as they bring the windswept moorlands and tumbledown manor houses of Brontë’s gothic masterpiece to life under the open sky.
When two scions of warring families in Verona fall suddenly and desperately in love, their only hope is to marry in secret, but the bad blood between their houses runs deep, and the star-crossed lovers soon find themselves forced to choose between their family names or their love for one-another.
The tragedy that follows is one of the world’s most enduring love stories.
Are you ready to dive deep into your own narrative? Join in for ‘This Kind of…Workshop’, an immersive poetry and storytelling workshop that invites you to explore the richness of your autobiographical experiences. Guided by the powerful themes of identity, resilience, and community, this workshop offers a safe and inspiring space to craft your own stories and poems.
Drawing inspiration from Reece Williams’ acclaimed show, This Kind of Black, which charts the true story of growing up in 1990s Moss Side amidst conflict, humour, and warmth, our workshop will help you uncover the layers of your own journey. Whether you’re reflecting on your childhood, your family dynamics, or the broader social context of your life, you’ll be encouraged to express your unique voice.
Legendary U.S. poet CAConrad performs in Liverpool for the first time. CAConrad is known all over the world for their live performances and poetry that explodes the binary between language and visual art.
Published by Penguin in the UK, they will read a range of work including from their most recent books Advanced Elvis Course (Peninsular Press, 2024) and Listen to the Golden Boomerang Return (Penguin, 2024). With poems described by Ocean Vuong as ‘a tremendous ball of fire hurled into the dark recesses of our world’ this is an unmissable chance to see one of the world’s most celebrated poets read their work live on Merseyside.
About CAConrad:
CAConrad has worked with the ancient technologies of poetry and ritual since 1975. Their latest book is Listen to the Golden Boomerang Return (Wave Books / UK Penguin 2024). They received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, a PEN Josephine Miles Award, a Creative Capital grant, a Pew Fellowship, and a Lambda Award. The Book of Frank is now available in 9 different languages, and they coedited SUPPLICATION: Selected Poems of John Wieners (Wave Books). They exhibit poems as art objects with recent solo shows in Tucson, Arizona, as well as in Spain and Portugal. They teach at the Sandberg Art Institute in Amsterdam. Please visit them at linktr.ee/CAConrad88.
Image: CAConrad by Wolf-Dirk Skiba
The Windows Project WRITING ADVICE DESK
WEDNESDAY 5th MARCH at Liverpool Central Library, William Brown Street L3 8EW
Drop in between 5.30pm and 7.00pm for one-to-one appraisal of scripts, stories, poems and details of publishing opportunities,
performance venues, workshops and courses
with
ALISON DOWN
Screenwriter and poet
BAFTA Rocliffe’s Emerging Children’s Writer.
DAVE WARD
Author and poet
Editor ‘Smoke’ magazine
Nominated for Carnegie Medal
Please book in on arrival.
Each individual session usually lasts 20 minutes.
This reading and discussion group will focus on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, the multi-disciplinary poet, filmmaker, and artist, and her groundbreaking work Dictee (1982).
Wed 2 Apr, 5.30-7.30pm
Led by poet Jennifer Lee Tsai, currently an Artist in Residence at Bluecoat through the Wittenham Bursary, we will read and share our thoughts, ideas, and reflections on this powerful and innovative work in an inclusive, friendly, and encouraging space. All are welcome.
Free, booking required
Completing the Trilogy begun with Genius 2.0 and The Work of the Devil, Have We Met? finds Simon standing, like Ulysses in Tennyson’s famous verse, gazing out over the moaning deep and the twinkling rocks and wondering whether to seek a newer world? To smite the sounding furrows? To strive, to seek, and to find? Or whether in fact, to put the kettle on, crack open the Hobnobs and simply yield?
Drawing on Joyce, Proust and the career of Philip Schofield to make sense of his own tangled past and possible future, Evans skilfully weaves comedy, pathos and narrowly averted cancellation into an unforgettable two hours of unique entertainment.
Launch party for Sean Watkin’s debut novel, Black Water Rising at LEAF on Bold Street.
Copies of the book will be on sale on the night.
The legendary Liverpool Book Market returns to the Garden Room in the Bluecoat.
Browse a fantastic selection of books from a range of local booksellers, including ‘still Out-of-Print’ of Smithdown Road and the Bolshie Bargain Bookstall.
Bargains, rarities and a cornucopia of subjects for the literary mind!
Enquiries: ‘still Out-of-Print’ Antiquarian and Secondhand Bookshop 07440 501099
Look out for future dates:
Fri 25th & Sat 26th April
Fri 16th & Sat 17th May
