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Dead Good Poets Society

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About Me


The Dead Good Poets Society exists to promote poetry through performance and to encourage the development of new poets and audiences in Merseyside.
Next Open Floor - Wednesday 3 September and the first Wednesday of every month in the The 3rd Room, Everyman Bistro, Hope Street, Liverpool from 8pm (5 minute slots, come early to get on the list)
Next Event - Wednesday 17th September - A Lorra Lorra Laureates More former poet laureates than you can shake a thesaurus at! The Fly in the Loaf, Hardman St, Liverpool. 8pm. £3 / £2.
For a full diary of these and other events, check out our most recent blog. For more about Dead Good Poets Society go to: www.deadgoodpoetssociety.co.uk

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Poets and poetry-lovers. First-time readers especially welcome - come on, we know you want to!!

My Blog

Newsletter for Dec 2008 - including Poetry Diary!

Dead Good Poets Society Newsletter  December 2008 Dear Poetryphile ~ You would think that, as we draw to the end of 2008, poetry, festivals, book launches and the like would be winding down. Well, yo...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:32:00 GMT

August & September Diary & News

We have a lot of big events coming up in this final half of the European Capital of Culture year, so I thought you'd appreciate advance warning for your diaries. DEAD GOOD POETS SOCIETY EVENTS Saturd...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:55:00 GMT

July Diary and Other Stuff

Camp it up and vamp it up! Glitter, sparkle, shine! Dead Good Poets Society presents The Poetry Glam Slam, the Summer's sequinned sequel to the Liverpool Poetry Slam. We're giving you good notice of ...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:55:00 GMT

June Events and Opportunities

Saturday 7th: 2pm-4pm Dead Good Poets Society Poetry Reading Group. Two hours in which to discuss and debate poems! As last month's theme was so much fun we're repeating it for the final session of th...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:33:00 GMT

May Events and Other Stuff

Wednesday 7th @ 8pm - Dead Good Poets Society Open Floor. 24 performance slots of 5 minutes for you to perform your own poetry. Compered by the ever elegant John Leyland. The 3rd Room, Everyman Bistr...
Posted by on Tue, 06 May 2008 03:54:00 GMT

April Events

April is the month of the Poetry in the City Festival, so lots of opportunities for you to perform, listen, write - maybe even all three? DGPS hosts the annual Liverpool Poetry Slam on Monday 21st Ap...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:36:00 GMT

March Newsletter & Events

Wow! The opening night of Liverpool's Poetry cafe was packed out! Costa's staff were in shock, never imagining that so many people would be interested in poetry!  Seriously, it is wonderful to se...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:26:00 GMT

February Newsletter & Events

New poetic developments afoot! Liverpool's Poetry Cafe (based in Costa Coffee, bottom of Bold Street - Fair-trade coffee available) meets on the 2nd Monday and 4th Thursday of each month 7-9.30pm. Wi...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:52:00 GMT

January Newsletter & Events

Happy New Year to you all! And Happy European Capital of Culture 2008! Lots of exciting things happening in the City of Liverpool this year, and this newsletter will keep you informed of them. As ev...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:21:00 GMT

December Bulletin & Diary

Goodness, this year seems to have rattled by! It's been a busy year at Dead Good Poets Society, with an varied line up of brilliant guest poets, a successful Poetry Slam, an International poetry read...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:59:00 GMT