Write to Ignite, Hackney Word Festival 2007, is a diverse celebration of the word in all its glorious forms from the best of Hackney's word artists. Expect amazing words in strange places and strange words in amazing places - including Hackney City Farm and The Clown Museum.
This year, Write to Ignite has crowned Michael Rosen Hackney’s Poet Laureate. He will be making many appearances throughout the festival, including the Poetry Street Party on the 7 th September, a family workshop on 15 th September, and culminating in a performance of specially commissioned poems about Hackney Streets performed in The Round Chapel on 26 th September.
Throughout Write to Ignite, one street in Hackney will receive a poetic makeover, and be transformed into Poetry Street. Wander down to Chatsworth Road, E5, and expect to see poems where you wouldn’t expect them - cafes, shops, homes, waiting rooms, pavements and parks will all be lyrically pampered.
Other highlights include readings, performances, discussions and workshops from John Hegley, Scroobius Pip, Iain Sinclair, Tim Wells, Annie Freud, Simon Munnery, Gwyneth Herbert, Hugo Williams, Baden Prince, Tim Turnbull, Adisa and Stewart Lee and many, many more.
The festival will culminate in an all day event on the 29 th September in Hoxton Hall – with stalls featuring independent publishers and alternative magazines, a free Book Swap, readings from local authors, a poetry open mic, and a show that explores contemporary performance poetry as a musical-hall tradition: “The poet aspires to the condition of the music-hall comedianâ€, said T.S. Eliot, and we plane to test that statement.
Write to Ignite runs from 3 rd – 29 th September 2007 in venues throughout Hackney.
For more information, and detailed listings, contact [email protected] or visit www.writetoignite.co.uk
Michael Rosen Poetry Street Workshop
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