March Newsletter
The year has started and then promptly ran away from me as it's now the beginning of March! I have some gigs and the like coming up so if you're in London and want to come out and play, please come and join me. Other than gigs, I'm also in a new anthology and have a few pieces and an interview on the intermanet that you can listen to whenever you fancy.
For those looking for a workshop in creative writing, performance or corporate training, please contact me on info@heathertaylor.co.uk or find out more about what I do in the corporate sector through Red on Black Corporate (http://www.redonblackcorporate.com ).
::POETRY::
The third tall lighthouse anthology, city lighthouse, is now available following an amazing launch at the poetry cafe on 5th February - its only £6 for 130+ pgaes of poetry from 50 poets featuring some of the best contemporary poets around at the moment (including me!)...Click here to see more: http://www.tall-lighthouse.co.uk/publications.html
Angel Poetry
Thursday, 12 March, 2009 : 7 pm
Waterstones, 11 Islington Green, London, N1 2XH
FREE
Nearest Tube: Angel
Map: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=531690&y=183686&z=0&sv=N1+2XH&st=2&pc=N1+2XH&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf
This monthly night has now moved to a new home in Waterstones which is just down the road from Borders! Snuggled in the very cosey history section, listen to readings by Heather Taylor, Nick Field and Bros Grim. There are also floor spots available on the night, so just turn up and let the host, Agnes Meadows, know you want to read.
A Case of You - Canadian Poetry night
Thursday, 2nd April 2009 : 7 pm
Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, Covent Garden, London
£5/£4
Nearest Tube: Covent Garden
Tall Lighthouse's new regular slot at the poetry cafe is now the first thursday of every month. This month is a special feature night featuring Todd Swift, Sarah Bynoe, Pierre Ringwald with Heather Taylor (MC)
plus OPEN-MIC
Loose Muse
Wednesday, 9 April, 2009 : 8 pm
Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, Covent Garden, London
£5/£3
Nearest Tube: Covent Garden
This is London’s only regular event for women writers of all genres, with a warm and wonderful open mike sharing session, plus two featured writers each month. And there are plenty of chances for you to come read your own work in the open mike readings from the floor.
3rd Annual Haliburton Literary Evening
Tuesday, 21 April, 2009 : 7 pm
The Pembroke Pub, 261 Old Brompton Road, SW5 9JA
£5/£4
Nearest Tube: Earls Court or West Brompton
Map: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=525627&y=178188&z=0&sv=SW5+9JA&st=2&pc=SW5+9JA&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf
More info: http://www.networkcanada.org/news/eventdetails.asp?EventID=685
In the tradition of this literary soirée, a low-key evening of readings, discussion and music awaits at The Pembroke Pub, a venue that provides the pefect ambiance to showcase our line-up of Canadian literary talent.
With its proximity to Earl's Court Exhibition Centre, it is the ideal stopping point after a day spent at the book fair.
Proceeds from this event benefit the Maple Leaf Trust. www.mapleleaftrust.org
The Corset Club
Wednesday, 22 April, 2009 : 7 pm
The Cavendish Arms, 128 Hartington Rd, London, SW8 2HJ
£5/£3
Nearest Tube: Stockwell
Map: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=530124&y=176949&z=0&sv=SW8+2HJ&st=2&pc=SW8+2HJ&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf
Hothouse and Red on Black Productions presents this new Tri-yearly event. Our upcoming Corset Club includes the Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumental, alternative folk, neo-medieval experimentalist Marie-Claire Calvet, the delightful poet Katrina Naomi and the devilishly delicious caberet artist Nadia Nadif accompanied by Ada. Hosted by the delectable Agnes Meadows. Join us for a night of great performances with plenty of time to chat, network and drink with artists from all different backgrounds. Come get undone…
For more information, see www.redonblackproductions.com or e-mail them on corsetclub@redonblackproductions.com
::PODCASTS::
New UK Poetry Podcast interview and poetry online now at http://www.ukpoetrypodcast.com/ (Episodes 77 and 78)
How I ended up on a Small Island
Listen here: http://peopletalk.libsyn.com/
This series highlights the strange and sometimes unexpected experiences of Heather Taylor's new home of England while interacting with the local inhabitants; their strange customs and exotic architecture make Heather feel that she has stepped into a different world. She gives us, the listener an insight into her thoughts from the New World to her experiences of living in the old world of Shakespeare surrounded by millions of people.
Find out how she got here and why she decided to stay...
Episode 1 : http://peopletalk.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=404037
Episode 2 : http://peopletalk.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=430487
MORE EPISODES will be out over the next month or so so stay tuned!
::THEATRE::
I'm currently working on a new short play for The Story Project produced by Ugly Sister productions. My idea is to create a verbatim play (as I've never done one before and thought it would be fun to do) so I'm looking for some answers to the following questions:
1) If you had to describe what a story is to a baby/ alien/ child raised by wolves, how would you describe it?
2) What is your favorite story?
3) What does a story have to do to make you cry?
4) What does a story have to do to make you laugh?
5) What story do you tell all the time? Please tell it to us. Pleeeease. Pretty please.
6) What was the last item of news that you remember/ was moved by? Why did it have staying power?
7) When is a lie OK?
Please send in via comment, e-mail, post card or carrier pigeon - whatever works best for you by 16 March, 2009. Thanks in advance for your help - you're all brilliant!
::WORKSHOPS::
I've been doing all sorts of workshops lately. I've just started up a new writers group at the Jubilee Library in Brighton (have one more session left with them next month) and finished a writers recidency in Hastings with a Year 6 class. They were hilariously fun. When I asked what the thing that made them like a story was they said giant worms. If only their were more stories about them. In March/ April, I'll be doing some workshops in Newham for 60+ participants with Spread the Word. I'm really looking forward to it.
::FILM::
The Last Thakur @ Rich Mix
26 March, 2009 : 7:30 pm (Bangladesh Independence Day)
RICH MIX, 35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA
Tix: £8.80
Nearest Tube: Liverpool Street Station
To book online, go to http://www.viewtickets.co.uk/club-tickets-11554.html or call 020 7613 7498.
The Blurb:
UK film-maker Sadik Ahmed directs this intense contemporary Western,
which takes place in a remote town in the marshlands of Bangladesh. A mysterious young man, Kala, arrives armed with a rifle. He immediately creates a stir in the small town and especially attracts the attention of two rival leaders: the ruthless and powerful Chairman who runs the place and purports to represent his people and the one man that stands in his way: the local Thakur, one of the last Hindu landlords, who is manically re-claiming all the surrounding land for which loans remain un-paid in order to build a temple.
Walking into the middle of this bitter feud, Kala soon finds himself approached by both men to take their side. Broke and hungry, Kala begins to bargain with them, but he is here on his own mission, to find the man that raped and killed his mother and take his revenge. Some of Bangladesh's finest theatre performers offer great performances. Ahmed's training as a cinematographer is clearly evident in the bold picturisation of haunting landscapes and hollow-face-men with murder on their minds.
Directed by: Sadik Ahmed
Written by: Heather Taylor, Sadik Ahmed
Cast: Tariq Anam, Tanveer Hasan, Rubel Ahmed, Anisur Rahman Milon
Distributor: Artificial Eye
Country: UK-Bangladesh
Year: 2008
Running time: 81min
::IN OTHER NEWS::
My poetry publishers Tall Lighthouse have just set up a facebook group http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=50232479706. Be their facebook friend and find out about upcoming events, launches and publications.
Apples and Snakes have launched a really cool virtual writers’ residency called My Place or Yours – www.myplaceoryours.org. Check it out and leave your comments online.
ABOUT HEATHER TAYLOR:
Heather Taylor is a writer, performer and educator whose writing has been performed and published throughout Europe, Asia and North America. She recently graduated with an MA with Distinction (Plays and Scripts) from City University and her first feature film, The Last Thakur, premiered at the London Film Festival in 2008. Her full collection horizon & back was published by Tall Lighthouse in October 2005 and her next collection of poetry and short fiction will be out in the autumn, 2009. As a playwright, her work has been seen at the Tricycle, Soho Theatre, Greenwich, the Pleasance, & Theatre 503 in London as well as in various venues throughout the UK and Canada.
For those looking for a workshop in creative writing, performance or corporate training, please contact me on info@heathertaylor.co.uk or find out more about what I do in the corporate sector through Red on Black Corporate (http://www.redonblackcorporate.com ).
::POETRY::
The third tall lighthouse anthology, city lighthouse, is now available following an amazing launch at the poetry cafe on 5th February - its only £6 for 130+ pgaes of poetry from 50 poets featuring some of the best contemporary poets around at the moment (including me!)...Click here to see more: http://www.tall-lighthouse.co.uk/publications.html
Angel Poetry
Thursday, 12 March, 2009 : 7 pm
Waterstones, 11 Islington Green, London, N1 2XH
FREE
Nearest Tube: Angel
Map: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=531690&y=183686&z=0&sv=N1+2XH&st=2&pc=N1+2XH&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf
This monthly night has now moved to a new home in Waterstones which is just down the road from Borders! Snuggled in the very cosey history section, listen to readings by Heather Taylor, Nick Field and Bros Grim. There are also floor spots available on the night, so just turn up and let the host, Agnes Meadows, know you want to read.
A Case of You - Canadian Poetry night
Thursday, 2nd April 2009 : 7 pm
Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, Covent Garden, London
£5/£4
Nearest Tube: Covent Garden
Tall Lighthouse's new regular slot at the poetry cafe is now the first thursday of every month. This month is a special feature night featuring Todd Swift, Sarah Bynoe, Pierre Ringwald with Heather Taylor (MC)
plus OPEN-MIC
Loose Muse
Wednesday, 9 April, 2009 : 8 pm
Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, Covent Garden, London
£5/£3
Nearest Tube: Covent Garden
This is London’s only regular event for women writers of all genres, with a warm and wonderful open mike sharing session, plus two featured writers each month. And there are plenty of chances for you to come read your own work in the open mike readings from the floor.
3rd Annual Haliburton Literary Evening
Tuesday, 21 April, 2009 : 7 pm
The Pembroke Pub, 261 Old Brompton Road, SW5 9JA
£5/£4
Nearest Tube: Earls Court or West Brompton
Map: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=525627&y=178188&z=0&sv=SW5+9JA&st=2&pc=SW5+9JA&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf
More info: http://www.networkcanada.org/news/eventdetails.asp?EventID=685
In the tradition of this literary soirée, a low-key evening of readings, discussion and music awaits at The Pembroke Pub, a venue that provides the pefect ambiance to showcase our line-up of Canadian literary talent.
With its proximity to Earl's Court Exhibition Centre, it is the ideal stopping point after a day spent at the book fair.
Proceeds from this event benefit the Maple Leaf Trust. www.mapleleaftrust.org
The Corset Club
Wednesday, 22 April, 2009 : 7 pm
The Cavendish Arms, 128 Hartington Rd, London, SW8 2HJ
£5/£3
Nearest Tube: Stockwell
Map: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=530124&y=176949&z=0&sv=SW8+2HJ&st=2&pc=SW8+2HJ&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf
Hothouse and Red on Black Productions presents this new Tri-yearly event. Our upcoming Corset Club includes the Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumental, alternative folk, neo-medieval experimentalist Marie-Claire Calvet, the delightful poet Katrina Naomi and the devilishly delicious caberet artist Nadia Nadif accompanied by Ada. Hosted by the delectable Agnes Meadows. Join us for a night of great performances with plenty of time to chat, network and drink with artists from all different backgrounds. Come get undone…
For more information, see www.redonblackproductions.com or e-mail them on corsetclub@redonblackproductions.com
::PODCASTS::
New UK Poetry Podcast interview and poetry online now at http://www.ukpoetrypodcast.com/ (Episodes 77 and 78)
How I ended up on a Small Island
Listen here: http://peopletalk.libsyn.com/
This series highlights the strange and sometimes unexpected experiences of Heather Taylor's new home of England while interacting with the local inhabitants; their strange customs and exotic architecture make Heather feel that she has stepped into a different world. She gives us, the listener an insight into her thoughts from the New World to her experiences of living in the old world of Shakespeare surrounded by millions of people.
Find out how she got here and why she decided to stay...
Episode 1 : http://peopletalk.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=404037
Episode 2 : http://peopletalk.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=430487
MORE EPISODES will be out over the next month or so so stay tuned!
::THEATRE::
I'm currently working on a new short play for The Story Project produced by Ugly Sister productions. My idea is to create a verbatim play (as I've never done one before and thought it would be fun to do) so I'm looking for some answers to the following questions:
1) If you had to describe what a story is to a baby/ alien/ child raised by wolves, how would you describe it?
2) What is your favorite story?
3) What does a story have to do to make you cry?
4) What does a story have to do to make you laugh?
5) What story do you tell all the time? Please tell it to us. Pleeeease. Pretty please.
6) What was the last item of news that you remember/ was moved by? Why did it have staying power?
7) When is a lie OK?
Please send in via comment, e-mail, post card or carrier pigeon - whatever works best for you by 16 March, 2009. Thanks in advance for your help - you're all brilliant!
::WORKSHOPS::
I've been doing all sorts of workshops lately. I've just started up a new writers group at the Jubilee Library in Brighton (have one more session left with them next month) and finished a writers recidency in Hastings with a Year 6 class. They were hilariously fun. When I asked what the thing that made them like a story was they said giant worms. If only their were more stories about them. In March/ April, I'll be doing some workshops in Newham for 60+ participants with Spread the Word. I'm really looking forward to it.
::FILM::
The Last Thakur @ Rich Mix
26 March, 2009 : 7:30 pm (Bangladesh Independence Day)
RICH MIX, 35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA
Tix: £8.80
Nearest Tube: Liverpool Street Station
To book online, go to http://www.viewtickets.co.uk/club-tickets-11554.html or call 020 7613 7498.
The Blurb:
UK film-maker Sadik Ahmed directs this intense contemporary Western,
which takes place in a remote town in the marshlands of Bangladesh. A mysterious young man, Kala, arrives armed with a rifle. He immediately creates a stir in the small town and especially attracts the attention of two rival leaders: the ruthless and powerful Chairman who runs the place and purports to represent his people and the one man that stands in his way: the local Thakur, one of the last Hindu landlords, who is manically re-claiming all the surrounding land for which loans remain un-paid in order to build a temple.
Walking into the middle of this bitter feud, Kala soon finds himself approached by both men to take their side. Broke and hungry, Kala begins to bargain with them, but he is here on his own mission, to find the man that raped and killed his mother and take his revenge. Some of Bangladesh's finest theatre performers offer great performances. Ahmed's training as a cinematographer is clearly evident in the bold picturisation of haunting landscapes and hollow-face-men with murder on their minds.
Directed by: Sadik Ahmed
Written by: Heather Taylor, Sadik Ahmed
Cast: Tariq Anam, Tanveer Hasan, Rubel Ahmed, Anisur Rahman Milon
Distributor: Artificial Eye
Country: UK-Bangladesh
Year: 2008
Running time: 81min
::IN OTHER NEWS::
My poetry publishers Tall Lighthouse have just set up a facebook group http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=50232479706. Be their facebook friend and find out about upcoming events, launches and publications.
Apples and Snakes have launched a really cool virtual writers’ residency called My Place or Yours – www.myplaceoryours.org. Check it out and leave your comments online.
ABOUT HEATHER TAYLOR:
Heather Taylor is a writer, performer and educator whose writing has been performed and published throughout Europe, Asia and North America. She recently graduated with an MA with Distinction (Plays and Scripts) from City University and her first feature film, The Last Thakur, premiered at the London Film Festival in 2008. Her full collection horizon & back was published by Tall Lighthouse in October 2005 and her next collection of poetry and short fiction will be out in the autumn, 2009. As a playwright, her work has been seen at the Tricycle, Soho Theatre, Greenwich, the Pleasance, & Theatre 503 in London as well as in various venues throughout the UK and Canada.
posted by Heather "Tails" Taylor at 11:55 pm
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home