Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Inua Ellams is part of the Generation Txt tour

One of our young poets, Inua Ellams, of the mouthmark imprint is part of the Generation Txt tour put together by Tom Chivers and penned in the margins. If you can, catch him in action alongside an array of talented young writers. Details below:

GENERATION TXT IS ON THE ROAD

Get ready to experience literature from the frontline in a whirlwind journey
from scars to scrap-bins; from tea smuggling to suicide.

Following the success of acclaimed new poetry anthology Generation Txt,
penned in the margins is taking the six gifted young poets featured in the
book on a national tour to fourteen venues.

Hand-picked from a nationwide search for writing talent, the poets include
former Northern Young Writer of the Year Emma McGordon and celebrated
performance poet Inua Ellams, as well as Joe Dunthorne, whose debut novel
Submarine has just been snapped up by Hamish Hamilton. Natural Sciences
graduate Laura Forman, creative writing student Abigail Oborne and
experimental poet and text artist James Wilkes complete the bill.

Hailed by distinguished poet and critic Roddy Lumsden as 'a vital
cross-section of the poetry that will progress and flourish' and by the TES
as 'a creative ideas manual', the Generation Txt tour will be a must-see
event for anyone interested in the future of literature.

www.myspace.com/generationtxt

www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk


May 17 - Great Torrington Plough Arts Centre

May 18 - Swindon Festival of Literature

May 19 - Stroud ArtSpace

May 22 - London Bloomsbury Theatre

May 24 - Maidenhead Norden Farm Centre for the Arts

May 25 - Oxford Oxford Playhouse

May 26 - Manchester Contact Theatre

May 28 - Liverpool The Pilgrim

May 29 - Durham Gala Theatre

May 30 - Newcastle The Lit & Phil

June 1 -  Birmingham MAC

June 2 -  Norwich Norwich Arts Centre

June 3 -  Cambridge JE Wilson Drama Studio

June 5 -  Brighton Earth & Stars

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Thursday, 10 May: Niall O'Sullivan and Inua Ellams

Niall O'Sullivan and Inua Ellams: one-man shows

Inua Ellams and Niall O'Sullivan are part of a four-poet showcase, with each presenting a 20 min excerpt from their BAC-commissioned one-man shows, with a Q&A session afterwards.

Details:

Four-Pack (New Work From Four Fine Poets) at The Battersea Arts Centre

Time: 9PM
Where: BAC, Lavender Hill, London, SW11 5TN
Date: Thursday, 10 May
Tickets: £4.75/ £3.50
Book: 020 7223 2223/ www.bac.org.uk
Info: www.applesandsnakes.org