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		Apples & Snakes Lyrical Slam rock or shock the mic! Winners picked by audience response, £40 cash prize.				WHERE?		Forum twenty eight, 28 Duke Street, Barrow-in-Furness.

						WHEN?		21 May, 7.30-10.30pm.

						PRICE/FEE		£4 (£3), free for slammers.

						CONTACT		Slammers must book in advance. Contact Ann.

						PHONE		07974 154 324.

						EMAIL		Click here to send email

						WEBSITE		www.applesandsnakes.org


		Blackpool LGBT Reading Group get together to read and discuss fiction, non fiction and poetry by LGBT authors. New members always welcome, author readings and events in the pipeline.				WHERE?		Blackpool Central Library.

						WHEN?		6.30pm, last Thursday of every month.

						PRICE/FEE		Contact Keelie Walker.

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						EMAIL		Click here to send email

						WEBSITE		www.blackpool4me.com


		Emily Dickinson & Charlotte Mew with Michael Schmidt OBE, who will look at some of their poems and discuss their inventive prosodies, syntax and diction.				WHERE?		Poetry School Manchester at the Tai Chi Village Hall, behind the house at 163 Palatine Road, Manchester M20 2GH. The Hall is a no shoes venue, so wear your best socks!

						WHEN?		15 May, 7.30pm.

						PRICE/FEE		£9 (£7).

						CONTACT		See website for further details.

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						WEBSITE		www.poetryschool.com


		Lesbian Pulp Fiction with Kaye Mitchell and Patricia Duncker, as part of the Queer up North festival.				WHERE?		Cup, Mr Scruff’s Cafe, Thomas Street, Manchester.

						WHEN?		15 May, 7.30pm.

						PRICE/FEE		£5

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						WEBSITE		www.queerupnorth.com


		Liverpool John Moores University Roscoe Lectures include lectures by: Senator George Mitchell, Architect of the Good Friday Agreement (24 Apr); Lord Heseltine (29 Apr); George Davies (5 May); and Rt Rev Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York (9 Jun); Peter Sissons (19 Jun).				WHERE?

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						CONTACT		See website for more details.

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						WEBSITE		www.ljmu.ac.uk


		Lyrical Slam featuring Hovis in Wonderland.				WHERE?		Forum twenty eight, 28 Duke Street, Barrow-in-Furness.

						WHEN?		21 May, 7.30pm.

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						WEBSITE		www.applesandsnakes.org


		Manchester Metropolitan University English Research Institute & Queer Up North International Festival presents: Literary Lunch with Jackie Kay (17 May, 12.30pm, ABode Manchester, 107 Piccadilly: £22), Paul Bailey (18 May, 5.30pm, John Rylands University Library, 150 Deansgate: £5); Augusten Burroughs (24 May, 4.30pm, Contact, Oxford Road: £7).				WHERE?

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						PRICE/FEE		20% discounts for MMU students.

						CONTACT		See website for full listings of the festival.

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						WEBSITE		www.queerupnorth.com


		NEW The Northern Poetry Slam is a regular new poetry night for northern slammers. The first event will be hosted by John Cooper with a special guest appearance from Max Seymour, winner of last year’s Manchester Literature Festival Comedy Slam.				WHERE?		The Northern Pub, 56 Tib Street, Manchester.

						WHEN?		17 April, 14 May, 18 June, 16 July, 20 August, 17 September, 23 October.

						PRICE/FEE		Free.

						CONTACT		To book a performance slot please email.

						PHONE		0161 236 5725.

						EMAIL		Click here to send email

						WEBSITE


		Poetry at Manchester Central Library will feature Jane Routh and Mike Barlow.				WHERE?		Committee Room, 2nd Floor, Manchester Central Library.

						WHEN?		15 May, 1pm.

						PRICE/FEE		Free

						CONTACT		Contact Darren Rawcliffe for more information.

						PHONE		0161 234 1981.

						EMAIL

						WEBSITE		www.manchester.gov.uk


		Poets and Players prsents a wonderful mix of poetry and music hosted by Linda Chase, with Penelope Shuttle, Helen Tookey, Edmund Prestwich and Lorna Thorpe.				WHERE?		The Tai Chi Village Hall, behind the house at 163 Palatine Road, Manchester M20 2GH. This is a no shoes venue – wear your best socks!

						WHEN?		30 May, 7.30pm.

						PRICE/FEE		£5 (£3).

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						WEBSITE		www.poetsandplayers.co.uk

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