flipped eye authors'

October 29, 2011: Leila Segal at Stories by Candlelight

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Leila Segal with Courttia Newland and Denrele

Stories by Candlelight - Halloween Special (Free)

29 October at 7pm

Brixi, Unit 7, 1st Avenue, Brixton Village, SW9 8PR

Come and enjoy a beer and short stories - three local writers treat you to a live reading of their work, by candlelight, at Brixi, the little curiosity shop in Brixton Market.

Leila Segal reads her strange, deathly story, Like the Dust

Courttia Newland treats you to an Inner City Halloween Tale

Denrele in the World Premiere of her specially crafted spooky spiel

Tube: Brixton, Victoria Line

Map: http://maps.google.com/?q=sw9+8pr

Call Emy on 07919 162428 for more details

Thursday 10th NOVEMBER, 2011 - FE FICTIONS @ Ritzy (Brixton)

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FE FICTIONS: Thursday 10th NOVEMBER, 2011
Time: 8pm //

Entry: £5.00 //

BxOffc: 0871 902 5739
Address: Ritzy, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, London SW2 1JG

FE FICTIONS is the third and final date in a series of events celebrating 10 years of flipped eye publishing, delivering a range of new and classic work in themed line-ups. FE FICTIONS will showcase flipped eye's work with prose and narrative writing and features Aoife Mannix, Leila Segal, Agnes Meadows & Warsan Shire.
Hosted by Inua Ellams & Jacob Sam-La Rose, there will be live music from Heidi Vogel AND * Freebies on the night.

Thursday October 6, 2011: FE CLASSICS w/ Roger Robinson, Janett Plummer, Niall O’Sullivan & Malika Booker

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FE CLASSICS (hosted by Inua Ellams & Nick Makoha)
Date: Thursday, October 6 2011

Time: 7:30pm

Venue: Upstairs at the Ritzy, Brixton Oval Coldharbour Lane, SW2 1JG

Famous for bringing performance poetry into print without compromising its energy and for making the humble poetry pamphlet cool again with publication of titles such as Jacob Sam-La Rose's Communion and Inua Ellams' 13 Fairy Negro Tales, the iconic street-led publishing house, flipped eye publishing, has been delivering a range of new and classic work in themed line-ups at Brixton's Ritzy Cinema Bar. October's selection FE CLASSICS will feature some of the early writers published by flipped eye: Roger Robinson, Janett Plummer, Niall O'Sullivan & Malika Booker.

Music on the night will come from the quietly powerful 'English Rose With The 8-String Guitar', the astonishing Lisbee Stainton. Freebies on the night. Hosted by Inua Ellams & Nick Makoha.

June 11th 2011: Leila Segal at Stories By Candlelight

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Leila Segal with Courttia Newland and Denrele
Stories by Candlelight
11 June at 7pm
Brixi, Unit 7, 1st Avenue, Brixton Village, SW9 8PR

Come and enjoy a beer and short stories - three local writers treat you to a live reading of their work, by candlelight, at Brixi, the little curiosity shop in Brixton Market.

Leila Segal reads from 'Leaving Cuba', her forthcoming short story collection, to be published by Flipped Eye.

Courttia Newland reads from 'A book of Blues', his latest collection, just out:

Denrele, Brixton-based poet and prose writer, will read one of her new stories.

Tube: Brixton, Victoria Line
Map: http://maps.google.com/?q=sw9+8pr

Call Emy on 07919 162428 for more details

June 21st: Jacqueline Saphra at launch of The Kitchen of Lovely Contraptions

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Jacqueline Saphra
Launch of The Kitchen of Lovely Contraptions
June 21st at 7pm
Woolfson and Tay Bookshop, Bermondsey Square, London SE1

www.woolfsonandtay.com

Lovely bookshop. Join us for wine and snacks and celebrate the birth of another poetry collection from flipped eye.

Book by Jacqueline Saphra:

The Kitchen of Lovely Contraptions

January 12th, 2012: Jacqueline Saphra at Tongues and Grooves

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Jacqueline Saphra
Tongues and Grooves, Portsmouth
January 12th 2012 at 7pm

The Florence Arms, Florence Road, Southsea, Hants PO5 2NE

Lovely pub - great atmosphere. Open mic, so bring a poem!

Book by Jacqueline Saphra:

The Kitchen of Lovely Contraptions

September 14th: Jacqueline Saphra at Loose Muse

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Jacqueline Saphra
Loose Muse
September 14th at 8pm

The Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9BX

http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/cafe/

Agnes Meadows' long-running event for women writers in a warm and supportive atmosphere. Reading with Q&A Bring a poem! Men absolutely welcomed as audience.

Book by Jacqueline Saphra:

The Kitchen of Lovely Contraptions

July 8th: Jacqueline Saphra at Ledbury Poetry Festival

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Jacqueline Saphra with Simon Barraclough and Tim Turnbull
Magma Poetry Event at Ledbury Poetry Festival
July 8th at 2pm
Ledbury, Heredfordshire

http://www.poetry-festival.com/

Ledbury is a lovely festival, so why not make a weekend of it? Look out for the programme soon!

Book by Jacqueline Saphra:

The Kitchen of Lovely Contraptions

June 26th: Jacqueline Saphra at Reading with Open Mic

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Jacqueline Saphra with Joan Michelson
Reading with Open Mic
June 26th at 7:30pm
99 Torriano Avenue London NW5 2RX

http://www.torriano.org/hearing_eye/readings.html

First half is always an open mic. Friendly and receptive audience. Bring a poem!

Book by Jacqueline Saphra:

The Kitchen of Lovely Contraptions

May 15th: Jacqueline Saphra at Showcase Event

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Jacqueline Saphra & Seven other writers (TBD)

Showcase Event

May 15th at 8pm

The Troubadour, 263-267 Old Brompton Road, London SW5 9JA

A pre-launch reading alongside excellent poets in a venue steeped in atmosphere. Try the sweet potato fries! http://www.troubadour.co.uk

Books by Jacqueline Saphra:

The Kitchen of Lovely Contraptions

April 16, 2011: Truth Thomas at CityLit Festival

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Truth Thomas
CityLit Festival
April 16, 2011 at 1:30-3:00
Enoch Pratt Free Library, Poe Room, 400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

CityLit Project partners with Enoch Pratt Free Library for the eighth time to present the annual CityLit Festival, Baltimore's day-long celebration of literature. Don't miss what Baltimore magazine has called "a can't miss event on the city's cultural scene."

Books by Truth Thomas:
Party of Black, A Day of Presence, Bottle of Life

March 9th, 2011: Leila Segal with Nandita Ghose at Loose Muse

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Leila Segal with Nandita Ghose
Loose Muse
9th March at 8pm
Poetry Cafe, Betterton St, London WC2 (Covent Garden Tube)

LOOSE MUSE takes place every second Wednesday of the month, at the Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2 (closest tube Covent Garden), this month on Wednesday 9th March. This is London's only regular event for women writers of all genres, with a generous open mike sharing session plus two featured writers each month.

Kicking off the February event we have gentle poet and wordsmith Leila Segal, reading from her soon to be published first short story collection Leaving Cuba, which draws upon her years spent there, and explores the clashes that occur when cultures meet and expect to be understood.

Sharing the platform is poet, playwright and artist Nandita Ghose, taking a closer look at some of her radio plays and the processes involved in writing for television and film.

December 1: flipped eye publishing at L'Osteria 57

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As part of the run up of funding blues-busting fundraising events leading up to our 10th anniversary, the fabulous Agnes Meadows (author of the cult classic 'Woman') hosts flipped eye writers, Camilla Reeve, Niall O'Sullivan, Jacob Sam-La Rose, Janett Plummer and Adrienne J. Odasso on an evening that promises to go from sublime to party-sublime. It's FREE to get in, but we will have a cap in the house for donations.
(Note: the venue serve very good and affordable Italian food)

Date & Time:
Weds 1st December 2010
From 8.00pm

Venue Details:
L'Osteria 57 Italian Restaurant
57 Grays Inn Road
Bloomsbury
London
WC1X 8PP

Admission: FREE (suggested donation £3 upwards)

November 17: flipped eye publishing at Express Excess

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In advance of our 10th anniversary and to combat the funding blues, Express Excess has invited the flipped eye collective for a fund-raising special event with: Malika Booker - she of the dazzling story-telling style; Nick Makoha - spiky dude with a sense of mischief, recently shortlisted for the Arvon International Poetry Prize; Jacqueline Saphra who embodies a dry wit & Agnes Meadows with globe-trotting tales. Hosted by Paul Lyalls, author of the now-acclaimed 'Catching the Cascade'

Date & Time:
Weds 17th November 2010
Doors open at 8.30pm

Venue Details:
express excess at The Enterprise
2 Haverstock Hill, Camden, LONDON
(opposite Chalk Farm Tube Station)

Admission: £5/3 | info/ticket reservations - 020 7 485 2659

Launch of Charlotte Ansell's AFTER RAIN [Tuesday, Dec 8 2009]

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Launch of Charlotte Ansell's AFTER RAIN
DATE: Tuesday, December 8 2009
TIME: from 7.30pm
VENUE: L'Osteria 57 Wine Bar,57 Gray's Inn Rd, London WC1X 8PP

(about 5 mins walk from Chancery Lane and on many major bus routes)

About Charlotte Ansell:

Charlotte lives in Rotherham and has been a performance poet for many years performing across London as well as nationwide in the UK, with the odd performance further afield (in Chicago and Auckland for example!).

She is a founder member, writer and performer with the Thea-poets collective who have devised and performed two successful shows ('Strictly come Poetry' and 'What Wonder Woman Taught Me') and has featured in a number of anthologies including 'Flowers on a shoestring', Fire & X-bout magazines and A Storm between Fingers (Malika's Kitchen)

She juggles a full-time job with her creative output and writes unflinchingly on topics perhaps best left untouched, but always with emotion and intensity. Charlotte's acclaimed first collection you were for the poem has been described as "warm and honest" and after it's release she featured at major festivals including Spit-Lit, Redbridge Literature Festival, Refugee Sanctuary Festival, Cheltenham Literature Festival and LIFT Festival, but she also managed to become mother of two delightful children while chronicling the world from the Dutch barge on which she lives.

About AFTER RAIN:

After Rain is Charlotte Ansell's long-awaited follow up to the fantastic debut, you were for the poem, which opened the world of Charlotte's direct, emotive poetry to new audiences. After Rain reveals Charlotte's raw, perceptive eye tempered by age and experience, embracing misfortune, but recognising the need to celebrate after rain.

"Charlotte captures the bittersweetness of love, life and everything in between" - Heather Taylor

Reading with Charlotte will be --

Agnes Meadows:

Two-time winner of the Christina Sergeyevna Award at the Austin International Poetry Festival and author of no less than five collections of poetry, Agnes is the organiser and host of two long standing and hugely popular monthly poetry nights 'Loose Muse' and 'Angel Poetry' and she is a tireless and selfless campaigner for the promotion of poetry and poets, providing a platform for emerging voices as well as those more established.Agnes' poetry encompasses themes of history, memory, everyday beauty and struggle, but it also explores the nature of friendship and the ingredients of endurance, joy and survival. She is a powerful presence on any stage.

Abraham Gibson:

Veteran of the London poetry scene, Abe's poetry reflects both the brutality and gentleness of life. He is the author of 'Violently Tender', a wonderfully emotive collection of performance poetry, has had his work featured on Radio Four and was poet in residence at the London Transport Museum. Abe is a warm and engaging performer, full of humanity, humour and sharp observations- he never fails to capture the hearts of his audience.

Sifundo:

Sifundo is a writer and performer, her current practice focuses on theatre, poetry and site-specific work. Writer-performer for 'The Sixth Line' (Hoxton Hall site-specific) 'Strictly Come Poetry' and 'What Wonder Woman Taught Me' (Thea-poets), 'Teenage Troubles' (Immediate Theatre) and the groundbreaking '10 poet-jam' (Theatre Royal). Her poetry features in the anthologies A Storm Between Fingers and Home Is Where The Hatred Is. As founder of Circle of Wisdom she facilitates workshop with adults and children alike having worked with over 2,000 students.

Our Gala Evening

2009-06-01T00:15:00.001Z

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Originally uploaded by flippedeye

It's a few weeks late, but it must be said. What an amazing evening. A full blog will come soon - as will more videos and photos...

March 18-20, 2009: Inua Ellams drama debut @ Arcola Theatre

2009-03-06T18:12:00.001Z

ON STAGE

The 14th Tale

Fuel presents Inua Ellams' THE 14th TALE "I'm from a long line of trouble makers, of ash skinned Africans, born with clenched fists and a natural thirst for battle, only quenched by breast milk." The 14th Tale is a free flowing mellifluous narrative that tells the hilarious exploits of a natural born mischief growing from the clay streets of Nigeria to the roof tops in Dublin, and finally to London. Inua Ellams is, of course, a flipped eye publishing author. His poetry debut 13 Fairy Negro Tales has sold over 2000 copies. This is his first full length piece for the stage. A BAC Scratch Commission.

When:Wednesday 18 - Friday 20 March @ 8:15
Where: The Arcola Theatre, 27 Arcola Street, London E8 2DJ
Tickets:£9/£7
Booking:020 7503 1646
Info:www.arcolatheatre.com /www.fueltheatre.com

March 25, 2009: Two flipped eye writers @ Apples and Snakes in Soho

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Apples & Snakes In Soho
featuring Bernardine Evaristo with Denise Saul & Nick Makoha

Critically-lauded writer Bernardine Evaristo specialises in blurring the line between prose and poetry. Her 2008 novel-in-prose, Blonde Roots, has been turning critics' heads with its all-too-real visualisation of a reversed slave-trade, all steeped in the author's trademark wit. Tonight she presents a genre-defying selection of her work.

And speaking of roots, we've also got drumtastic spoken-wordster HKB FiNN on the bill. Well-known for the 'alternative hip-hop' he cooks up from elements of jazzy Afro-reggae, he won almost universally rave reviews for his recent album Light in the Shade of Darkness. Come and see the man behind the music.

Denise Saul is no stranger to popular acclaim either: her White Narcissi collection was the Poetry Book Society's featured pamphlet in the winter of 2007. A virtuoso of subtle, well-crafted imagery, she's sure to go from strength to strength.

Bohdan Piasecki, meanwhile, is not yet a household name, though he should be soon. The man who introduced poetry slams to Poland, he's now gobsmacking audiences around the rest of Europe with his incisive, economical material and his personable onstage style.

In short, it's a night of poetic surprises - all of them pleasant, of course. Your host: Nick Makoha.

Produced by Apples & Snakes - 26 years of producing poetry you can't ignore.

When:Wednesday 25 March @ 8pm
Where:Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, London W1D 3NE
Tickets: £8/£6
Booking:0207 478 0100/ www.sohotheatre.com
Info: www.applesandsnakes.org

October 20, 2008: Malika Booker at Southbank Centre

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Giving Breadfruit

An evening with poets Malika Booker and Karen McCarthy

Monday 20 October 2008, 7.30pm

An evening with poets Malika Booker and Karen McCarthy.

Please note: this free event requires a ticket, please phone 0871 663 2500 to reserve. There is a £2 transaction fee for booking by phone (per transaction, not per ticket). You can also reserve your seat without a transaction fee by visiting one of our Southbank Centre Ticket Offices in person.

FREE Monday 20 October 2008 , 7.30pm

To book: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/all-events/productions/giving-breadfruit-43083

Inua Ellams - the 14th Tale [July 31 - Aug 2 2008]

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THE 14TH TALE by Inua Ellams (author of 13 Fairy Negro Tales)
@ Battersea Arts Centre, Lavendar Hill, London SW11 5TN

31 July - 2 August
8pm
£5 / £3 concs

Book online now or call the Box Office on 020 7223 2223.

How did this fresh water pipe come to be in a small, dusty village in the heart of Nigeria? A baffled and imaginative boy explains a fantastical theory to his father. A journey of self discovery littered with instances, epiphanies, truths and lies.

'London's hottest new spoken word talent' The Times.

Limited Edition Release:

ISBN: 978-0954224783]

£6.13

13 Fairy Negro Tales by Inua Ellams

The second in the ground-breaking mouthmark series, 13 Fairy Negro Tales is written in language that has roots in Keats, hip hop rhymes and Shakespearean narrative, and has become a runaway bestseller - with over 1500 copies sold since its release. To mark the third anniversary of its release and the début of a stage show, The 14th Tale, based on the book, this special edition run of only 313 copies is lovingly produced with individual illustrations by the author to accompany each poem.

Each of the books is numbered by hand and you can buy numbers 1-20 exclusively on our new shop site.

7FEST - The Foundation

2008-05-21T11:20:00.001Z

To mark our 7th anniversary, we are putting on an event called The Foundation (the first in a series under the banner 7Fest) - a marathon 11 hours of FREE readings, discussions and book signings at the Poetry Cafe. For 7 hours from 12 noon to 7pm.

We will have sofa sessions - small intimate readings in the basement of the Poetry Cafe, where the authors will sit in sofas reading to a small circle of listeners --
Then from 7pm there will be a series of "full-fledged traditional, energetic flipped eye style readings with loud whoops and a full house".

The event details are as below:

12.00-12.40: NEW FICTION
Aoife Mannix reads from her forthcoming novel, Heritage of Secrets, and fiction editor, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, reads from Ainsley Burrows' forthcoming novel, Land of our Birth.

13.00-13.40: REDIRECTION
Roger Robinson, Nick Makoha and Inua Ellams read from their forthcoming work and talk about the differences in the processes of drafting, compiling, editing as compared to their phenomenally successful first collections.

14.00-14.40: WRITING OBSESSIONS

Roger Robinson, Inua Ellams, Aoife Mannix and Malika Booker talk about what their current writing obsessions are embracing a gamut of objects, other books, poetic forms, prose arcs, new approaches to metaphor, and weird sleeping habits - all sorts of things that somehow relate to their writing.

15.00-15.40: QUESTION THE EDITORS
Niall O'Sullivan and Nii Ayikwei Parkes will talk about the experience of editing and in-house editing experiences, mainly by taking questions from the audience.

16.00 - BOOK SIGNING: Authors in attendance will include Roger Robinson, Inua Ellams, Malika Booker and Niall O'Sullivan

17.30-18.25: FORTHCOMING POETRY
Jacob Sam-La Rose, Charlotte Ansell and Nick Makoha read exclusively from their forthcoming poetry books

19.00-19.50: NEW POETRY
Niall O'Sullivan, Malika Booker and Denise Saul read from their recently released collections - Ventriloquism for Monkeys, Breadfruit and White Narcissi respectively

20.00 - BOOK SIGNING: Authors in attendance will include Jacob Sam-La Rose, Charlotte Ansell, Nick Makoha, Denise Saul and Niki Aguirre

20.30-21.10: GENERATIONS
Our writers include characters with millions of airmiles and freedom passes in their pockets as well as fledglings with pocket change and airy dreams of flying: This session puts Agnes Meadows side-by-side with Inua Ellams to showcase the poetry of generations that span post-WW2 to post-II2 (Iraq Invasion 2) .

21.20-22.50: FICTION UNLEASHED
Aoife Mannix, Niki Aguirre, Roger Robinson and W. E. Essilfie - two published and two with forthcoming publications - read from their work. Roger's Adventures in 3D is widely hailed as a classic, Niki's 29 Ways to Drown has just been longlisted for the Frank O'Connor Short Story Prize - come and hear the classics and see what's new and upcoming...

Wed, May 14, 2008: Get London Reading: Niki Aguirre

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Sutton Central Library

St Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey
London, England SM1 1EA

(Yahoo! Maps, Google Maps)

Recently long-listed for the Frank O'Connor Short Story Prize, Niki Aguirre visits the Sutton Central Library as part of the Get London Reading campaign to read from her collection of short stories '29 Ways to Drown'. There will be books for sale, a short Q&A and a book signing.

Venue: Sutton Central Library
Time: Wednesday, 14 May at 7:00pm
Admission: Free

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Monday, May 12, 2008: Niki Aguirre @ writLOUD

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RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art)

Malet St
London, England WC1E

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Frank O'Connor Prize nominee and recent feature of the PEN International Festival FREE THE WORD, Niki Aguirre returns to Birkbeck for a series of readings and Q&A to celebrate the publication of books by three Birkbeck Creative Writing MA alumni: 29 Ways to Drown by Niki Aguirre, Out of a Clear Sky by Sally Hinchcliffe, and Estrella Damn by Matthew Loukes. Q&A facilitated by Julia Bell.

Monday 12 May, 6.30-8.15 pm,
RADA Foyer Bar, Malet Street,
London WC1E 7JN

Admission is free of charge, but with a suggested donation to Oxfam of £3.50. To reserve places in advance, email writloud@aol.co.uk.

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Nick Makoha at AWE: 20 March 2008

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Nick Makoha, author of The Lost Collection of an Invisible Man, will appear at the African Writers' Evening this Thursday 20 March 2008. Details below:

For the month of March, the month of Ghana's independence and the most recent national assembly elections in Uganda, we are proud to present the two AWE hosts from last year - Nick Makoha of Uganda and Nii Ayikwei Parkes from Ghana. Under the banner of Old Faces, New Work, Nick will be reading exclusive new material from his forthcoming debut poetry book, which builds on the success of his acclaimed chapbook The Lost Collection of an Invisible Man, while Nii will be reading from his debut novel, Tail of the Blue Bird, which will be released in April 2009 by Jonathan Cape. Nii will introduce Nick Makoha and host the first half and Nick will introduce Nii and host the second half. We hope you'll join us for what promises to be a brilliant evening of poetry and prose.

LISTING DETAILS:

OLD FACES - NEW WORK

Date – Thursday 20 March 2008
Venue – The Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, London (Covent Garden tube)
Doors – 7.30 pm
Entry – 4 GBP / 3 (conc.)

Author Biographies:

Nick Makoha: Nick Makoha is a hugely gifted poet of Ugandan origin, with an uncommon talent for loaded one-liners. Original poet-in-residence with London's revered performance showcase, Kindred Spirit, Nick (perfoming under the moniker urbanspirit) catapulted himself to legendary status by disappearing off the poetry scene for two years. He re-emerged in early 2005 with The Lost Collection of an Invisible Man and is now working on a new collection to be released in 2008 by flipped eye publishing.

Nii Ayikwei Parkes: Nii Ayikwei Parkes is a Ghanaian writer of poetry, prose and articles who has published three poetry chapbooks:eyes of a boy, lips of a man (1999); M is for Madrigal (2004), a selection of seven jazz poems; and shorter (2005). His is also a contributing editor to The Liberal, and runs the African Writers' Evening series at the Poetry Cafe, in Covent Garden, London. Nii's poem, Tin Roof, was selected for the 'Poems on the Underground' initiative in 2007 and his debut novel, Tail of the Blue Bird, will be released in April 2009 by Jonathan Cape.

Event website: www.x-bout.com/awe // Venue Website: www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/cafe/

February 27, 2008 - Ainsley Burrows at Brooklyn Public Library

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Brooklyn, New York, February 21^st 2007…

The Caribbean Cultural Theatre celebrates Black History Month with another episode of Evening Time: Poets and Passion featuring internationally acclaimed poet, record producer and Boys and Girls High School alumni Ainsley Burrows on Wednesday, February 27^th at 7pm at the Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza branch. Burrows, known for his wit, charm and compelling themes is set to host the after-work session which seeks to entertain and enlighten while exploring Caribbean realities and the Caribbean American experience. Ainsley Burrows is recognized for his thought provoking, politically intense themes which spare no group his appraisal while raising the bar. He stands head and shoulder above the mundane.

Ainsley Burrows has performed at festivals, cafés and institutions across Europe, America, Canada and the Caribbean and has received several international awards. These include Best International Performer of 2001 and 2002 from the Farrago Poetry Café in London, Munich's International Poetry Slam Championship award in 2001 and two awards from the Nuyorican Poet's Café; one in 2001 for participating in the National team and the other in 2004 for being the Coach of the National team. In addition, Ainsley has conducted many workshops from London's Hackney Community College to New York's Julliard School of Music.

With something for every member of the family, and the most discerning palates, Evening Time: Poets and Passion pays homage to ancestral voices, pioneering sprites and youthful energies in literature and music, on stage and on screen. Evening Time is everything Caribbean and anything cultural!

For additional program information call 718-783-8345 / 718-287-8597 / 718-421-6927, or online at caribbeantheatre.org. Evening Time: Poets and Passion is presented on the last Wednesday of each month in association with the Caribbean Literary & Cultural Center (CL&CC) – Brooklyn Public Library.