Diary 2023-24

Forthcoming Readings and Events 2023-24

TBC

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September 2022

28th September, Liverpool One Waterstones with Helen Tookey, 6.30 – 8 pm.

An evening of poetry with Helen Tookey and Eleanor Rees – Liverpool Tickets, Wed 28 Sep 2022 at 18:30 | Eventbrite

October 2022

12th October, Bangor University 6.30 pm: more details to follow

Friday 21st October, PlathFest, Hebden Bridge, Poetry Brunch Reading, 11-12.30 pm with Amanda Dalton and Judith Wilson.

Saturday 22nd October, Poetry Workshop ‘Poetry and Magic’ 2-4 pm

Sylvia Plath Literary Festival: 21 – 23 Oct 2022, Hebden Bridge (plathfest.co.uk)

28th November

4-5.30 pm online poetry reading in association with University of Lancaster and Obheal Cork.

Access the online event here: Winter Warmer Poetry Festival 2020 (obheal.ie)

September 2021

23rd September: Online launch of ebook Poetry as/in Research which includes a lyric essay by Eleanor ‘Journeying Through: Poetry as a Way of Knowing’.

3.30 pm on zoom. Further details to follow

Edited by Dr Duduzile Ndlovu in association with University of Edinburgh and

University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

More details to follow.

May 2020

15th May, Light Night Liverpool, Liverpool Central Library.  (tbc cancelled)

February 2020
19th February, Bangor University, details TBC with Helen Tookey and Zoe Skoulding
20th February, Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool with Helen Tookey and Zoe Skoulding. Details tbc.
March 2020
1st March, Salt Poets Reading, Soho Theatre, London. Details TBC
7th March, Stanza International Poetry Festival, St Andrews
http://stanzapoetry.org/festival/events/border-crossings-45

September

December 2019

21st December, 7- 9 pm, Poem-songs from The Well at Winter Solstice, Ullet Road Unitarian Church Liverpool with Emily Portman and Mikey Kenney. £10.00 pay on the door

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/poem-songs-from-the-the-well-at-winter-solstice-tickets-73790654835

Sept 3rd, 2019

Vespers, Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh, 7.30 pm. £3.00

Sept 14th, 2019

Peter Barlow’s Cigarette, Waterstones, Manchester.

Sept 21st, 2019

Williamson Art Gallery. Birkenhead. More details soon.

May, 2019

May 12th, 2019

Poetry Reading at Stargazing, A Celebration in Music and Poetry hosted by poet Gill McEvoy West Kirby Arts Centre CH48 4EL Sunday 12th May 2019.  2-3.30pm Licensed bar available. https://wirralpoetryfestival.org.uk/#

May 17th, 2019

Poetry Reading at ShadowPlay, Notjustcollective, Light Night Liverpool. Third Floor, Central Library, Liverpool, 6.45 pm. Free.  http://lightnightliverpool.co.uk/

May 22nd -25th, 2019

Le Printemps des Poètes & Versopolis 2019, Paris, France.

June 2019

21st June, 2019

The Well at Winter Solstice Book Launch, St Brides Church, Liverpool. 6 pm FREE

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-well-at-winter-solstice-book-launch-tickets-57975095070

September 2019

September 14th, 2019

Poetry Reading, Peter Barlow’s Cigarette, Waterstones, Manchester, UK

March, 2019

1st March

Poetry Reading, ‘Presence’ Exhibition Launch, Notjustcollective, Naked Lunch Café, 7.30 pm  http://www.artinliverpool.com/events/naked-lunch-presence-not-just-collective/

April, 2019

‘Literature and Wine’ International Literary Festival, Austria, 12-14th April. Part of the EU funded Versopolis project. https://www.literaturundwein.at/index/index.php

January 2019

January 17th, 2019.

The Cult of Water by David Bramwell. Eleanor will give a 10 minute reading and reflection on water, myth, Liverpool and the Mersey.  Gibberish Brewpub, 15 Caryle Street, Liverpool, pay-what-you-like. 7.pm http://www.liverpoolartslab.com/wp/2018/12/13/david-bramwell-interview/

January 26th, 2019

Guest Reading at Poetry by the Fireside, St. Brides Poetry Evening, St. Brides Church, Liverpool. 26th Jan, 7.30 pm. All proceeds go to St. Brides S.O.S. £7.00 (Waged) £5.00 (Unwaged). All including soup.

October 21st, 2018

A Reading at Dusk, Fulwood Gardens Happening, NotJust Collective, Liverpool Independent Biennale. Dusk about 5.30 pm. TBC. http://notjustcollective.weebly.com/newsblog

May 2018

28th May, Guest Poet, Verbose Manchester, Fallow Café, Fallowfield, 7.30 pm https://twitter.com/VerboseMCR

July, 2018

5th July, Guest Poet, Sounds of Wirral, West Kirby Arts Centre, https://westkirbyartscentre.org.uk/events/Sounds-of-Wirral

25th July, Guest Poet, Damson Poets, Preston, 7.30 pm

9th September 2017:

Presentation of new commissioned poem at The Black Chair Birkenhead Eisteddfod Memorial Event in remembrance of Hedd Wyn. http://friendsofbirkenheadpark.org.uk/eisteddfod.html

February

11th February, The Enemies Project North West Tour, Everyman Theatre, 7.30 pm.

14th February, Bolton University Library with Deryn Rees-Jones and Ruby Robinson.

June 2017

16th June, ‘Tonight at Noon’, Mersey Sound Centenary Reading, Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool.

August, 2016

29th August, O’bheal, Cork, Ireland, Invited Guest Poet.

September, 2016

15th September, Gramophone RayGun, Everyman Theatre Bistro, Liverpool with Robert Sheppard, 8.30 pm

October, 2016

8th October, Keighley Library with Ruby Robinson (Pavilion Poets)

November, 2016

16th November, Versopolis Reading, Ars Poetica International Poetry Festival, Bratislava, Slovakia , TBC.

Recent previous events,

May, 2016

21st May, Bradford Literature Festival with Sarah Corbett

28th May, Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere

July

21st July, Unplugged, Phoenix Arts Centre, Exeter

26th Feb, Colpitts Poetry, Durham  TBC

March, 2016

16th March, Aberystwyth Arts Centre with Sarah Corbett

January, 2016

28th, Leaf Liverpool with NeuReekie and The Skinny

February, 2016

4th Feb, Ainsdale Library with Helen Tookey

September, 2015

6th, Pavilion Poets London Launch, Keats House, London. 3-4 pm

October, 2015

8/11th, Versopolis Emerging European Poets, Dubrinski Poetic Fall Festival, Lithuania

16th, Ilkley Literature Festival, Yorkshire. 7.30 – 9.30pm

23rd, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford.

July, 2015

31st July, Storm and Golden Sky, Liverpool with Robert Hampson, Caledonia Pub, 7- 9 pm £5

5/6th Ledbury Festival, Versopolis Reading and Pavilion Poets Reading with Sarah Corbett and Mona Arshi.

June, 2015

4th June, ‘Reading and Writing Contemporary Poetry for Beginners’, Altrincham Library 2- 4 pm FREE

15-19th Visiting Writer, University of Essen, Germany

May 15th, Writers Advice Desk, Central Library Liverpool, 5.30 pm FREE writing advice.

May 21st, Poetry Nites Reading, Hebden Bridge with Sarah Corbett and Mona Arshi.

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