Hammer and Tongue: Keith Jarrett and Aryn Clarke 12th February

Hammer and Tongue returns to The Fountain this Wednesday 12th for the first event of 2014. Headlining is the intellectual, multilingual poet, novelist and teacher Keith Jarrett. Find out more at: http://zoneonetosix.blogspot.co.uk/




He'll be supported by Aryn Clarke. Check out his winning performance at Hammer and Tongue last year in April.




A great line up in addition to the slam which offers the chance of a place in the Cambridge final later this year. For full details and tickets see: https://www.facebook.com/events/179493175594919/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

Poetry in Brighton

Ross Sutherland

I've been in Brighton nearly three weeks now but I've yet to properly discover the poetry scene here. So I'm looking forward to going to Redroaster coffee house tomorrow evening (September 26th) for a reading by Brendan Cleary who's launching his new collection on local press Pighog who are hosting the night. You can find out more about the event here.

Next week Hammer and Tongue starts a new season at Komedia on October 3rd. I have interviewed headliner Ross Sutherland and it's due to appear in The Argus this Friday. I look forward to meeting him again and hearing about his recent visit to a network of secret tunnels under Disney Land, Florida (seriously!) and seeing his latest show Stand By For Tape Backup. Find details here and come to enjoy some top quality performance poetry and maybe compete in the slam. I know I'm going to.

Poem: Stars and Strings by Stephen Morrison-Burke

This Sunday's show features a set by Hammer and Tongue national slam champion Stephen Morrison-Burke. Here's one of the poems that won him the title broadcast on an earlier show.

World Poetry Day

Happy World Poetry Day! Here's a video from my guest this Sunday Rychard Carrington.

Steve Larkin

Performance poet Steve Larkin was in town this week to perform at Hammer and Tongue - the event he started nearly ten years ago. Tune into the show this Sunday to hear him talk about the origins of Hammer and Tongue, Slam poetry and his own prolific career. Here's a poem from his acclaimed show Nonce:

Poetry podcasts of Leanne Moden & Malcolm Guite

The poetry readings by Leanne Moden and Malcolm Guite from the show on 4th November are now available as podcasts. You can also get recordings of other performances broadcast on recent shows.