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What's on and where at Swindon's Festival of Literature

Monday Bank Holiday 1 May The Tuppenny, Devizes Road CROWTHER, and GILLIAN BEST
DAWN CHORUS 5.30am Lawn Thursday 4 May 7.30pm
Woods, High Street, Old Town POLLY TOYNBEE & DAVID WALKER Arts Centre, Devizes Road
RAIN, SPEED AND STEAM! 1pm 12.30pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road MARK SHERRATT 9pm
Richard Jefferies Museum, BRIAN CLEGG 6.30pm Arts Centre, The Tuppenny, Devizes Road
Marlborough Road, Coate Devizes Road Thursday 11 May
FREEDOM RUN 2pm ELIZABETH ST JOHN 7.30pm ELLI WOOLLARD – STORYWALK
Lydiard House, Lydiard Park Lydiard House, Lydiard Park 10am
HEALTH WALK 2pm MARCUS DU SAUTOY 8pm Richard Jefferies Museum, Coate
Lydiard House, Lydiard Park Arts Centre, Devizes Road INGRID SEWARD 12.30pm
SARAH FINCH-CRISP 3pm WAYNE HOLLOWAY-SMITH 9pm FRANCESCA MARTINEZ 6.30pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road
Lydiard House, Lydiard Park The Tuppenny, Devizes Road Arts Centre, Devizes Road XIAOLU GUO 6.30pm
CHRISTOPHER SOMERVILLE 7pm Friday 5 May POETRY IN THE SITTING ROOM 6pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road
Lower Shaw Farm FIONA MADDOCKS 12.30pm Richard Jefferies Museum, Coate ROMAN KRZNARIC 8pm
Tuesday 2 May Arts Centre, Devizes Road LIONEL SHRIVER 8pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road
GRAHAM HARVEY 12.30pm DAVID OWEN 6.30pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road A HIP-HOP PANEL 9pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road Arts Centre, Devizes Road Tuesday 9 May The Tuppenny, Devizes Road
HILARY BRADT 6.30pm POLLY MORLAND 8pm CHARLOTTE GREEN 12.30pm Friday 12 May
Arts Centre, Devizes Road Arts Centre, Devizes Road Arts Centre, Devizes Road SN1 4BJ LAURENCE REES 12.30pm
JOANNA HICKSON 7pm Saturday 6 May 01793 524481 Arts Centre, Devizes Road
Central Library Regent Circus NICOLA MILLBANK 12.30pm PHILIP HOOK 6.30pm STEPHEN LAW 6.30pm
WONDERWORDS 7.30pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road Arts Centre, Devizes Road Arts Centre, Devizes Road
Central Community Centre SWINDON SLAM! 7.30pm MARIANNE TAYLOR & RACHEL HENRY HEMMING 1pm
BENEDICT ALLEN 8pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road WARREN CHADD 7pm Central Library, Regent Circus
Arts Centre, Devizes Road Sunday 7 May Central Library Regent Circus THINK SLAM! 8pm
Wednesday 3 May CHILDREN & FAMILIES DAY JOHN REES 8pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road
IRVING FINKEL 12.30pm 10.30am – 4pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road Saturday 13 May
Arts Centre, Devizes Road Lower Shaw Farm Wednesday 10 May WRITING WORKSHOP & WRITERS’
OLIVER JAMES 6.30pm THREE ACRES AND A COW 7pm CLOVER STROUD 12.30pm LUNCH 12.30pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road Lower Shaw Farm. Arts Centre, Devizes Road Lower Shaw Farm
MARK LAWSON 8pm Monday 8 May CATHERINE MAYER 6.30pm FESTIVAL FINALE: STORIES, POEMS,
Arts Centre, Devizes Road TERRY WAITE 12.30pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road & MUSIC 7.30pm
THE SWINDONIAN EVENING 9pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road VANESSA LAFAYE, RACHEL Town Hall, Regents Circus

Are you a poet but didn't know it? We know what happens next.
The honey coloured girl in the
at least send her away to reflect. woman's changing room So now, over to you. Everyone has
Poetry column by Poetry Swindon’s The lines in the middle are fillers is absorbed in making her body a poem in them and this is your
Maurice Spillane
but they must be poetic – some more beautiful opportunity to get it on to paper
images, clever word play but most and work on it.
Have you ever entered of all you must be convincing. If Does that suck you in? The poem We have a competition each year
a poetry competition? there’s a twist that’s a bonus. discusses the change in the female in Swindon which closes on 30th
If you are a closet Finally, you need a good title. form as twelve women watch a June: www.batteredmoons.com
poet it’s a great way Titles like “Spring” or “Walking the beautiful girl in the dressing room. Give it a go!
to test yourself. Dog” won’t cut it. The twist in the poem is: “She is so
Winning poems have a few things Here are some examples from a much younger than the rest of us” • Open Mic is on Monday 8 May,
in common. The poem should have really good poem, “A Leisure Centre so you can imagine their feelings. 6pm at Richard Jefferies Museum
a cracking opening. You want the is also a Temple of Learning” by The last lines are memorable: • Open Mic is at the Beehive Pub
judge’s attention straight away. The Sue Boyle. I bet that title gets your on Tuesday 9 May, 7:30pm
second is that the last lines should attention! She should look around. Book at www.poetryswindon.org
make the judge hold her breath or The opening lines are: We twelve are the chorus.

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