Readings/events:

2010

Thurs 7 January - reading poems from The Girl with the Cactus Handshake plus interview by Clare Coyne on Sydenham Community Radio 8-9 pm. Listen on www.sydenhamradio.co.uk.  

Mon 11 January - reading at the Troubadour Cafe - Maureen Boyle, John Wedgwood Clark, Wendy French, Paul Maddern, Katrina Naomi, William Oxley, Christopher Reid and Sue Rose. 265 Old Brompton Road, London SW5. See www.coffeehousepoetry.org.

Sat 13 February - reading as part of the 'The Vulgar Tongue' event with a wide range of poets, compered by Roddy Lumsden, at the Betsey Trotwood, Farringdon Road, London EC1 - 8 pm.

Sun 14 February - reading at the Jazz Verse Jukebox, upstairs at Ronnie Scotts, Frith Street, London W1, with Fran Landesman and Dorothea Smart, plus open mic - 8 pm £6.

Fri 5 March - reading at Ware Poets, Ware Arts Cafe, Kibes Lane, Ware, Herts SG12, plus open mic - 8 pm £4/£2.50.

Sat 6 March  - reading poems based on modern day fairy tales at Book Club Boutique, Blacks, Dean Street, London W1 with Dzifa Benson and others - 3-6 pm

Sat 27 March  - Poetry in the Crypt - reading with Joanna Boulter and Phil Kirby, St Mary's Crypt, Upper St, Islington N1- 7 pm £4/£3 - includes cake! All proceeds to Hospice Care Kenya

Weds 7 April - creative writing workshop at Hartlepool Art Gallery, Church Square, Hartlepool TS24 - 10.30-3.30, free.  

Mon 12 April - installation of Katrina's poems at the Bronte Parsonage Museum, Haworth, W Yorks, runs daily until 31 May 2010.

Weds 14 April - reading and discussion with Dulwich Stanza group on art and poetry, George Canning pub, 7.45 pm

Tue 27 April  - reading at Days of Roses, with poets Todd Swift and Kate Potts, among others, 3 Blind Mice, 5 Ravey Street, London (closest to Old St tube) - 7 pm

Thurs 29 April - reading at the launch of South Bank Poetry with Loraine Mariner and Derek Adams, among others, Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street - 7.30

Fri 30 April - reading and private view of 'Pistols and Pollinators' exhibition, featuring Katrina's and Chris's installation soundscape, Stoke Newington Library Gallery, Church Street, London N16 from 6-9 pm. The exhibition runs daily (apart from 3-4 May) until 11 May 2010.

Sat 8 May - creative writing workshop at Hartlepool Art Gallery, Church Square, Hartlepool TS24 - 10.30-3.30, free 

Tue 18 May - private launch for 'Charlotte Bronte's Corset'

Thurs 20 May - reading and open mic on the theme of food and drink at La Bocca restaurant, Streatham High Road, London SW16, 8 pm. Sign up on the night at 7.45 if you'd like to read/perform a food/drink poem.

May to June 2010 - exhibition of poems from 'Charlotte Bronte's Corset' running until the end of June, Bronte Parsonage Museum, Haworth, W Yorks BD22 8DR, free with entrance to the museum. Open daily (Keighley rail station then bus to Haworth).

Sat 13 June - reading at the Gazebo Readings (reading between 1 and 3 pm), hosted by Naomi Woddis, with Dzifa Benson, Heather Taylor, Jacqueline Saphra, Baden Prince and more. Culpeper Community Garden, 1 Cloudesley Road, London N1. Readings at 1-3 and 5-7. Free.

Weds 14 July - reading and open mic as a poetry benefit for Oxfam at Streatham Oxfam Furniture and Electrical Shop (part of Oxfam's Bookfest). To take part in the open mic, sign up on the night at 7 pm. All money goes to Oxfam. Entance is £5 and includes readings, a buffet and 2 beers/wines. Oxfam Furniture & Electricals, 23 Streatham High Street, SW16. Readings start at 7.30. Entry £5 (phone Karen on 020 8769 1291 for more info).

Fri 16 July - lunchtime reading at Muswell Hill Oxfam, 378 Muswell Hill Broadway N10 from 12-2. Free.

Weds 8 Sept - reading at Arvon's Lumb Bank. See www.arvonfoundation.org to book or for more information.

Sat 18 Sept  - running a poetry workshop from 10 am to 1 pm as part of the Bronte Festival of Women's Writing, at the Bronte Parsonage Museum, Haworth, based on the Bronte collections. This workshop includes a visit to the archives of the Bronte Parsonage Museum, to see items not usually on public display. Tickets £15 (includes admission to the museum and refreshment). In the evening at 7.30 pm, Katrina is reading to support Carol Ann Duffy at the West Lane Baptist Centre, Haworth. Tickets are £12/£6. See www.bronte.info for details of the whole of the Festival's events.

Fri 1 Oct - reading at the Essex Poetry Festival,with Susan Grindley and Victor Tapner, at Lumen, 88 Tavistock Place, London WC1. Poets from the floor welcome. 7 pm, £4/£3. All proceeds to the Cold Weather Shelter. See www.essex-poetry-festival.co.uk

Weds 6 Oct - reading at the Essex Poetry Festival with Judy Brown, Naval and Military Club, 20 Royal Terrace, Southend. 8 pm, £2. See www.essex-poetry-festival.co.uk

Mon 1 Nov - reading at the Troubadour with Daljit Nagra, Tamar Yosselof, Andre O'Riordan, Carrie Etter and other shortlisted poets from the London Fringe New Poetry Awards. 8 pm.

2011

Thurs 27 Jan 2011 - reading at Poetry Wivenhoe. Details tbc.

 

 

 

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