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This year’s National Poetry Day theme is ‘Heroes & Heroines’ and I will be reading my poem ‘Return of the Hero’ at the Wirral event at Williamson Art Gallery 7.30pm - 9pm Thursday 8th October along with fourteen other poets.
The event takes place in Gallery 2, where there is a collection of fifteen Victorian paintings. Each poet has chosen a painting and written a poem inspired by it. Everyone welcome. Refreshments available. Event organised by John Gorman.
I’ll be running another poem-card workshop at this year’s Chester Oyez (part of Chester Literature Festival. Here’s the link:
http://www.chesterfestivals.co.uk/site/festivals/chester-oyez-janine-pinion-creative-poet-10-oct-p107441
(Please note: the illustration on the webpage isn’t mine, but very nice all the same. You can link to the rest of Chester Oyez and the festival details from there).
Come along and pick a poem, then make a card using the materials provided. Open to all, the workshop is free of charge and starts at 3.30pm on Saturday 10th October in The St Mary’s Centre CH1 2DW.
Click on the link to see what I’ve been up to in Bold St! :)
Next Saturday (6th June) is The Lord Mayor’s Pageant….a spectacular day of celebrations in Liverpool City Centre http://www.visitliverpool.com/site/whats-on/lord-mayors-pageant-p174651
Urban Canvas have teamed up with Liverpool City Council’s BID partnership and The Met Quarter to present ART ACTION STATIONS for a day jam packed with art activities for the whole family and delivered by some of Liverpool’s leading environmental artists. The fun kicks off after the pageant at 1.30pm in Williamson Square and outside the Met Quarter. Free street art with an environmental message….try your hand at making a dress from newspapers, what about hats from Hoover bags! Enter the young person’s street art competition or try your hand at a game of ‘street poetry’ organised by the Windows Project….
….and I’ll be there too - join me at ThoughtBox: moods, memories & motifs using art materials and recycled treasures in take-away boxes for you to make and take away!
CD cover design for Reckless Elbow’s second album. This old image doesn’t do justice to the colours - there was a little more gold and coral underlying the blues.
Wirral-based poetry reading group. Click on the link to get information on meetings or join the discussion online by posting comments.
I feel very honoured to be the first guest speaker at a series of Community Masterclasses hosted by North End Writers, Liverpool, on Friday 24th April at Newsham Park Lodge, Gardners Drive, Liverpool L6 7UR (just off Sheil Road).
The event is in the conference room – 6.30pm for tea & coffee, talk is 7pm - 8.30pm with time for Q & A and discussion.
I’ll be talking about my life in poetry, art and personal development - from early beginnings to how I made a living, and how I changed my approach so that it all became easier and inspiring after a tough start following old myths. I’ll tell you about my 15-min rule and why Ted has travelled with me for nearly 50 years. Hope you can make it.
Many thanks to Pauline Rowe for organising this event. For further details on North End Writers and their future programme of Community Masterclasses, visit the website at http://www.northendwriters.co.uk
