Thursday, November 16, 2006 at Folkestone Literary Festival

Off the Page @ Folkestone Literary Festival.
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Venue: Leas Club, The Leas, Folkestone CT20 2DP
Time: 8.00pm
Cost: £4.00 /3.00 (conc.)
Info: http://www.folkestonelitfest.co.uk/


An evening showcasing some of the most exciting talent from the spoken word & performance poetry scene featuring:

Aoife Mannix – 2001 Farrago London Slam Champion and widely toured Irish poet.

Jacob Sam-La Rose – writer, poet, playwright and educator of Guyanese parentage, former Poet-In-Residence at BBC London, and touring writer with the British Council.

Niall O'Sullivan – host of 'Poetry Unplugged' and 'The Cellar' at the Poetry Café, Covent Garden, and author of 'you're not singing anymore'

Nii Ayikwei Parkes – author of three poetry chapbooks; eyes of a boy, lips of a man (1999) and M is for Madrigal (2004) and shorter (2005), former Poet-In-Residence at the Poetry Café in Covent Garden, and a 2005 associate Writer-In-Residence on BBC Radio 3.