The Quiet Compere, Steve O'Connor, John Siddique, Rommi Smith, Ian Duhig, Sarah L Dixon, Mike Barlow, Emma Decent, Bob Harding-Jones, Caleb Skylab Parkin, Mabh Savage, Martin Vosper
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The Quiet Compere
Ten poets on for ten minutes each with The Quiet Compere of Manchester.
Sarah L Dixon runs regular Quiet Compere events in Manchester. She has also run events in Leeds and Cheltenham and is hosting a Medical-themed poetry event at Cheltenham Poetry Festival in 2014. Sarah is presently touring the usual Quiet Compere format (ten poets x ten minutes each) around the North with a jaunt into Birmingham.
Quiet Compere events enlist great established poets and accomplished poets newer to the scene. The Quiet Compere introduces them with little fanfare so the poems (and not the poet's track record) tell you all you need to know.
The Quiet Compere
Quiet Compere events are unique. There are no lengthy introductions to poets, no-one is designated as 'top-of-the-bill' - all performers considered…
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John Siddique
John is a British poet who draws on his Irish and Indian heritage. He is the author of several poetry collections and his work has been published in…
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Rommi Smith
Part-time diva, full-time soul. Rommi Smith is one of the UK's leading performance poets and effortlessly blends jazz, poetry, politics and emotion.
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Ian Duhig
Ian Duhig has written six books of poetry, most recently Pandorama (Picador 2010). He has won the Forward Best Poem Prize, the National Poetry…
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Steve O'Connor, Sarah L Dixon, Mike Barlow, Emma Decent, Bob Harding-Jones, Caleb Skylab Parkin, Mabh Savage, Martin Vosper
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