Grand Plans Sunday 10th March 2024 Emma Purshouse and Steve Pottinger 6-8pm The Sair, Linthwaite, Huddersfield HD7 5SG PAYF
TWO GUESTS FOR MARCH EVENT!
Emma Purshouse
Emma Purshouse was the first poet laureate for the City of Wolverhampton.
She’s a poetry slam champion and performs at spoken word nights and festivals across the UK.
Appearances include, The Cheltenham Literature Festival, Ledbury Poetry Festival, the Edinburgh...Read More »
Grand Plans & Tiny Inklings Dates & guests 2024
Thanks for the sharing and the support in 2023 and big thanks to our first guest who performed for us in November, Nick Toczek.
Grand Plans excitement for 2024:
I had ideas of mainly local poets but a lot further afield have said Yes too, so these are the plans for 2024...Read More »
Morecambe Poetry Festival Saturday 23rd September 2023 - Quiet Compere showcase
Showcase poets – Nina Lewis, Kathryn Millington, Ben Willems, Sarah L Dixon and Trystan Lewis.
NINA LEWIS
Nina Lewis is based in the Midlands. She has two pamphlets...Read More »
Medway River Lit Quiet Compere Write up from 2nd June 2023
Belated blog due to access issues to my website – Events were 1st-4th June 2023
Workshop – games and play-themed went well.
Lots of random photos from...Read More »
The Quiet Compere Live and Online 2022 Tour Finale and photo albums of random parts of the tour
We did it!! And I made it to everyone and thoroughly enjoyed splitting some of the responsibility and tasks with my co-hosts and Nina, Super online event Tech. ...Read More »
Bristol Blog - Bath retreat, Banksy, brilliant venue and dog cuddles - plus lots of poetry and an after party
Co-host and performer, Caleb Parkin
From Caleb’s book All the cancelled parties my favourites in it were...Read More »
Quiet Compere November 12th Zoom Finale of 2022 tour Reading Doors 7.30pm Showcase 745-10pm with one short break
(SAVE THE DATE – please note this is incomplete – I will be adding more photos and bios and ticket links in the next few days – I have a horrible cold/cough/flu thing – LFTs say not COVID… but little sleep and feeling rough – only three weeks to go...Read More »
Quiet Compere 16th September Marsden Mechanics
Thanks to Rose Condo for photo of me 🙂
So, this is my first local gig since moving to this county, so I felt some pressure to...Read More »
Bristol Hours Space Event Saturday 15th October Quiet Compere Tour event 8
Caleb Parkin – co-host
Caleb Parkin, Bristol City Poet 2020 – 22, has poems in The Guardian, The Rialto, The Poetry Review and was guest poet on BBC Radio 4’s Poetry...Read More »
Quiet Compere stop 6 - Zoom August 17th
Workshop
We had a widespread group for the workshop on the Tuesday (I had to move it to the day before as I have started a full-time job and run out of holiday days).
After a brief panic because both Zoom and Eventbrite...Read More »
Marsden Mechanics - Quiet Compere 2022 Stop 7
September 16th 7pm doors. Event 730-10pm
Co-host Rose Condo
Rose Condo is an award-winning Canadian poet and educator based in the UK. A multiple...Read More »
Quiet Compere Tour 2022 - Stop 6 - online - Wednesday August 17th
Hosts – Sarah L Dixon, The Quiet Compere and Dave Pitt, A Poet, Prattler and Pandemonialist.
Bradford City Library Quiet Compere 11th June
The venue often feels like an extra performer. Bradford City Library (hosted by the excellent Dionne V. Hood) was no exception to this. They provide a cosy space between the shelves and a bust of Humbert Wolfe, a...Read More »
Wolverhampton Arena Theatre 1st July The Quiet Compere Bios and photos
Dave Pitt
The convention is for Dave Pitt to say how he’s a performance poet, playwright, a third of the Poets, Prattlers and Pandemonialists, a...Read More »
Quiet Compere 2022 - Morecambe - Stop 3
Return to the bay
I went back to Morecambe, a place I fell hard for last year. One of the places I felt I could escape from the lockdown hangover and find pockets of normal, where I met such a supportive and friendly bunch of creatives. I return when I...Read More »
Bradford City Library Event Quiet Compere poets for 11th June 2022
Steve O’Connor
Steve O’Connor is a Mancunian living in West Yorkshire, where he teaches creative writing at colleges and libraries and runs bespoke distance learning courses. He devised and co-hosted Free...Read More »
Chatham Quiet Compere (& Canterbury Stag)
On the way to Quiet Compere – Chatham, I called in to The Stag Café in Canterbury to perform my first live guest set since COVID started. It felt so good to be up there and engaging with an audience again. Brilliant sets from Tim Taylor, Christopher Horton, Gary Studley,...Read More »
The Quiet Compere Tour - Morecambe Details - Saturday 14th May 2022
Workshop at The Nib Crib 330-5pm £10 + booking fee (one free ticket left) Please book as limited capacity.
Showcase and open mic at West End Playhouse 7pm doors 930ish event end £5 (+ £1 booking fee)
Booking advised for open...Read More »
Quiet Compere Tour 2022 - Stop 2 - 23rd April Chatham Library Hub, ME4 4TX
Workshop 1030am-midday. Showcase and open mic 1.30-4pm FREE EVENTS
Book here: 01634 337799 or visit any Medway Library
Please note spaces for the workshop and open mic are limited and...Read More »
The Quiet Compere Stop 1 - Online - 19th March Workshop: 10-30-midday £10/5/FREE Showcase & open mic: 1.30pm start. 4pm finish.
Hosted on Zoom
Book for workshop, showcase and open mic here: http://thequietcompere.eventbrite.co.uk/
Please note open mic and workshop places are limited.
Quiet Compere 2022 Full online and live line-ups
Paypal address for any donations to the tour is thequietcomperemcr@gmail.com
Donations will be gratefully received. The tour is funded which means all performers, co-hosts and venue payment is confirmed. However, 80%...Read More »
Publication History 2021
January‘Road-signs’ in The Journal #63
25th ‘Book-fort haven’ Haiflu haiku
Haiflu – Liv Torc (9 photos as part of this project too)
Stream A Northern Idol (for Clare Shaw) by Sarah L Dixon | Listen online for free on...Read More »
Quiet Compere 2022 - Tour plans and arts council bid going in really soon
Mechanics Institute, Marsden, April 2022
Venue TBC, Chatham, April 2022
West End Playhouse, Morecambe May 2022
Bradford Libraries, date TBC 2022.
The Arena, Wolverhampton date TBC 2022
Venue TBC, Bristol, October 2022
Plus 3x online zoom events as part of the tour.
Watch this space!...Read More »
2021 Dates
2021 news so far (updated 9th January 2021)
Monday 11th Jan 2021 7.30-9.30pm Guest – Cafe Writers event Norwich (zoom)
Cafe Writers January 2021 Tickets, Mon 11 Jan 2021 at 19:30 | Eventbrite
Sunday 7th February 2021 ...Read More »
Gig Dates 2019
Photo by Joanna Sedgwick
27th January 2019 Imbolc story Walk 1pm Marsden
4th February 2019 Puzzle Poets 7pm? Sowerby Bridge
28th February 2019 Uncut Poets 7pm? Exeter
6th March 2019 Women of Words 2-4pm Hull
29th March 2019 Word Club 7pm? Leeds
18th September 2019 Whisky and...Read More »
Adding wax patterns to Wednesday launch - 30th November 2018 - Three Drops Press
Launch at The Lloyds, Chorlton, Manchester Friday 30th November 7.30-9.30pm
Special guests: Simon Howarth. Chris Woods and Kate Garrett.
FREE ENTRY
‘Here dance the figures of anger, frustration, resentment and desire, following the skewed steps of Surrealist spells and charms for coping. Dixon’s pithy and...Read More »
Gig Dates 2018
Quiet Compere Sundered Land (part of Sunderland Libraries' Festival 2017)
The Quiet Compere Sunderland at Sunderland Libraries’ Festival
(16th October – 4th November 2017)
http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=10823
Thanks firstly to the festival staff for looking after us so well and for getting a brilliant venue for the event and finding some funding so I could pay performers a...Read More »
The sky is cracked - poetry pamphlet out now!!!
Hello All! My first ever poetry pamphlet is now available. Themes include: break-up, music, pubs, friendship, longing, love, connection, adventures and moving on.
Cost is £6 in person. Or £7.25 (incl UK P&P) either by cheque in advance, through PayPal or directly to my bank account.
The Quiet Compere and Sunderland Libraries Festival 2017
2-4pm Saturday 21st October 2017. £3 entrance.
Full Festival outline here:
http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=19273&p=0&fsize=2Mb&ftype=Sunderland%20Libraries%20Literature%20Festival%20Programme.PDF/
Sundered
(For The Quiet Compere Sunderland leg)
New spoken word night at The Sair with Linfit ales (Linthwaite), Huddersfield
Join us for a new spoken word event at the legendary Sair Inn, Linthwaite, HD7 5SG. Perform your own creative writing, a favourite piece of published work, or come along simply to enjoy. Performance slots will be a maximum of 4 minutes....Read More »
Ira Lightman and Angela Topping Book Launch at Nexus Art Cafe, Manchester - Friday 9th December 2016
Ira Lightman
Ira has made public art throughout the North East and also in the West Midlands and the South West. He made a documentary on Ezra Pound for Radio 4 last year, still on iPlayer. He is a regular on Radio 3’s...Read More »