Storyslingers
and music cafe Beggar's
Banquet teamed up last Thursday to put on a night of stories, poetry and
groovy tunes. The gathering wasn't widely pimped, though we ended up with
around 17 people in attendance, most of whom were writers, artists or musicians
(and those in between who do a bit of everything!).
The
venue was cosy and mellow-lit, creating a warm and friendly atmosphere. It was
gently buzzing as people started turning up—a lot of readers had only met
briefly before, so it was nice to reconnect. We also got to meet a few spouses;
now they finally know what we get up to when we're all together. We hope they
enjoyed themselves, too!
The
universe must have been in balance that night, as we were able to set the
playlist as writer-poet-writer-poet. Nine wonderful writers shared their work
in the end, reading a varied and vibrant selection. As always with these
events, we were excited by and extremely proud of the talent in our local area.
Tish Oakwood reading her superb collection of poems
Sue
Ashby also sharing a selection of beautiful rural-themed poems
Me
reading my short speculative piece "Ring-Ring"
(which I posted to my personal blog the other day).
To
close the event, our generous host Meru performed a nifty acoustic song about
not having anything to sing about. His soft, gravelly tones went down a storm,
and we hope he'll sing for us again at future gatherings.
Our
line-up:
Peter
Jump - who read two short stories.
Tish
Oakwood - who read a collection of poems.
James
Broomfield - who read a short story.
Elaine
Cadogan - who read a collection of poems.
Jennifer
Bell - who read a short story.
Sue
Ashby - who also read a collection of poems.
Jennifer
K. Oliver - who read two short stories.
Juliet
Austen - who read a selection of her poems.
John
Maynard - who read a short story.
Meru
- who sang and played acoustic guitar.
We'd
like to thank everyone for coming, especially those who brought material to
read. We hope you'll join us again next time! :)
Sounds like you all had a great time!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kate! It was a really nice evening. :)
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