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About Me

Chelley is a poet who believes in the power of words and the poison of silence. Active on the poetry scene in Ireland for over a decade (yes she really is old enough!), she has just completed a tour of Australia with the belfastpoets touring group. Her work is occasionally funny, sometimes ascerbic and always packs a punch.

To date Chelley has been invited to perform across Europe and Ireland, at the Glastonbury Festival, Overload Poetry Festival in Melbourne, Spring Poetry Festival in Perth, Queensland Poetry Festival in Brisbane, Darwin Fringe Festival, Festival Cairns and in August and September 2007 will tour again taking in the Minneapolis Fringe Festival and venues across New Zealand, Australia and Singapore. She is joint winner of the 2007 "In Sight of Raftery" festival slam and has UK dates in planning for the Autumn of 2007.

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Member Since: 4/7/2006
Band Website: chelley.biz
Band Members: Chelley, herself and her...
Influences: Attila the Stockbroker, John Cooper Clarke, Kat Francois, Pam Ayres (honestly!), Sean M Whelan, Andy White, Llloyd Cole, Lemn Sissay, Phatbob, belfastpoets
Sounds Like: Chelley McLear funnily enough!
Record Label: Blue Rhythm Audio
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Been so busy - now back on tour

Hi All, Apologies if you thought I'd actually found the edge of the world and taken a dive. I have been busy beyond busy-ness and now I am jetlagged in a hostel in Kuala Lumpur I fi...
Posted by Chelley on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:23:00 PST

Been so busy - now back on tour

The Poetry Party @ Fuel Cafe Bar, Manchester

~THE WORLD FAMOUS~ THIS SUNDAYThe Poetry Party @ Fuel Cafe Bar, (Wilmslow Rd, Withington. Manchester) Sunday 3rd Feb, 7.30pm till Late, THREE GREAT WOMEN POETS Star...
Posted by Chelley on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 06:59:00 PST

quick update...

Since returning from our world tour I haven't had time to input events dates let alone update here as I have been swamped with performances and workshops. That's good news for me but might have left ...
Posted by Chelley on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:03:00 PST

What do you tell Mum if you get arrested in Australia?

Well I can honestly say it's been an eventful week. We arrived in Sydney just prior to the APEC conference last Friday morning. Over the weekend the fences got higher and higher as the ci...
Posted by Chelley on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:08:00 PST

Slammin’

I won the Brisbane heat of the Queensland Poetry Festival slam last night and will be competing in the finals on Sunday at the Judith Wright Centre on Brunswick Street in Brisbane. I will also ...
Posted by Chelley on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:11:00 PST

Review of Poetry and Words at Glastonbury

Dennis Just Dennis has reviewed the weekend at the poetry and words tent at the Glastonbury Festival. You can find the review here: http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/glastonline.aspx...
Posted by Chelley on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:34:00 PST

Winners of the "In Sight of Raftery" Festival Slam

In the slam that could be better described as the stamina slamathon of performance poetry, Chelley and Gordon Hewitt of the belfast poets managed to achieve a joint first in a field of very tough comp...
Posted by Chelley on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:32:00 PST

GLASTONBURY Confirmed!

Hi guys and gals, I have just had absolute confirmation of my inclusion on the festival programme - I will be performing at Glastonbury from the 22nd - 24th June! I'll be around poetry ...
Posted by Chelley on Mon, 21 May 2007 04:41:00 PST

Poet of the week on TWiN

If you go to my front page you'll find TWiN (Third Wednesday in Northbrook) - if you visit their page this week you might hear something familiar! x back to sleep for another day didn't realis...
Posted by Chelley on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:31:00 PST