Stanza News: Hampshire

Choose from:
Lymington
Portsmouth & Havant
Southampton

Lymington 
Contact: Keith Bennett (keith_bennett532 AT hotmail.com or 01590 675 409)

Contact Stanza rep for details.   

Portsmouth & Havant 
Contact: Maggie Sawkins (maggie-sawkins AT tiscali.co.uk)  

Sunday 29 Apri: With local poet Mark Cassidy and Paul Armfield performing tracks from his fourth album 'Tennyson'. See www.paularmfield.com TONGUES & GROOVES AT THE FLORENCE ARMS
Florence Road, Southsea, Hants PO5 2NE. 8pm - 10.30pm. £3/£2 concessions.

FREE DROP IN CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS: Southsea Library, Palmerston Road.
Every other Thursday beginning April 17th through to August. 5 - 7pm. With Steve Tasane, Dickens 2012 Writer-in-Residence. No need to book.

SUNDAY 27 MAY, The Florence Arms,Southsea: Superb Guyanan born poet, MAGGIE HARRIS. Music with
MARTIN HEYS.

SUNDAY 24 JUNE, The Florence Arms, Southsea - In partnership with Portsmouth Festivities, published writers and local poets celebrate Dickens. Guest appearance by STEVE TASANE, Portsmouth Museum's Writer in Residence. Music: Les Kazoo D'Amour. 

Full details of events: www.tongues-and-grooves.org.uk 

Southampton
Contact: Con Connell (connell AT soton.ac.uk)

The Southampton STANZA GROUP meet regularly, on the second Wednesday of the month, at the Art House Café, 178 Above Bar Street, Southampton, SO14 7DW.

We are a small friendly group that encourages those who wish to reflect on their work (not necessarily with a view to publication).

All we ask is that you bring a few copies of an original poem that you are prepared to share with others, and come prepared to constructively comment on the work of other local poets.

We also have a poetry 'open mic' - Moving Voices - on the last Friday of every month, also at the Art House.

Members (and everyone else!) always welcome. We often have a theme for the evening, which we religiously don’t stick to as the evening progresses! It’s usually a fun evening, but we welcome serious work, too.