Guest Readers and Programme
poetry readings start at 8.00 for 8.30 p.m.
2019 Guest Readers August 12th.
Pamela Scobie
Otley Poet
Pamela Scobie began by writing plays for a theatre-in-education company. She moved on to novels for young people and was drawn to poetry in 2008 when she saw poems pasted up outside a cafe in Bridlington. Since then, she has published two collections with Half Moon Press: “Oh, Darling Doctor Frankenstein” and “The Dark Side of the Bed”. She frequently uses the first person, not just to explore her own emotions, but to create voices for those who have been silenced or ignored: a murdered wife, a child assassin, Judas Iscariot, Frankenstein’s monster, to name a few. She has been celebrated for her “wit and killer rhymes” and awarded first and second prizes in the Ilkley Literature Festival poetry competition.
Sandra Burnett
Sandra Burnett is an Otley Poet and her poems have appeared in magazines including Prole, Frogmore Papers, Strix, Magma, Coast2Coast2Coast and online at Poems Under Water, Algebra of Owls and Ekphrastic Review. She has also had poems in several anthologies including Spokes – poetry on two wheels, and most recently, Frogmore Press anthology Pale Fire – new writings on the moon. Her pamphlet New Lease is published by Half Moon Books and her collection Between Sea and Sky will be launched in August.
Monday 22nd. July
Poetry Workshop.
Bring at least six copies of a poem that you are working on or editing or something that you wish to improve and receive generous and constructive criticism. Followed by a read around.
Monday 29th. July
Read Around
Bring poems to read and share good conversation in a friendly and supportive atmosphere.
Monday 5th. August
Read Around
Bring poems to read and share good conversation in a friendly and supportive atmosphere.
Monday 12th. August
Guest Readers
Monday 19th. August
Read Around
Bring poems to read and share good conversation in a friendly and supportive atmosphere.
Monday 26th. August
Bank Holiday. No meeting but if pyou wish to ‘turn up” please do
There may be others there.
