A series of poetry events, founded by Lesley Sharpe, Sarala Estruch and Dave Wakely, creating a space for established and emerging poets to perform together.
Joined January 2017
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22 Nov 2024
A stellar evening of poets for #Movember hosted by our friends at @MKlitfest - please listen, share (and donate if you can) #poetry #MensHealth #poets @MovemberUK
22 Nov 2024
The podcast edition of our Poets for #Movember event is now on Spotify, plus details of how to donate to support men's health charities. Please RT!
Our thanks to all the poets who gave their time and talents so readily.
Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/73A…
@MovemberUK #poetry
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18 Oct 2024
Tremendous line up of poets from our friends at @MKLitFest on 12 November. Tickets: mklitfest.org
8 Oct 2024
One evening (12th Nov), one good cause - twenty superb poets, as some of the finest contemporary male voices are raised for #movember. Tickets: mklitfest.org/poets-for-move… /contd
#poetry #menshealth #poets #poetryonline
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6 Jul 2024
Poets, short story writers, lit mag editors, competition judges, creative writing tutors... an unmissable event for you, your subscribers, your submitters, your learners... Thurs 11/7 at 7pm. Tickets: mklitfest.org/lit-mag-master…
Please RT and spread the word.
6 Jul 2024
Thurs 11th: online #masterclass on #literarymagazines with @Prolebooks eds Brett Evans Phil Robertson. Submitting #poetry or #shortstories to mags or #writingcompetitions? Join us ask your questions!
Tickets: mklitfest.org/lit-mag-master…
RT spread the word! #creativewriting
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28 Nov 2023
A wonderful evening ahead tonight with our friends at @mklitfest - and including Lodestone's own Lesley Sharpe.
Tickets (free/donations): mklitfest.org/red-door-poets
28 Nov 2023
Tonight! One online evening with six fantastic poets. Tickets (free/donations): mklitfest.org/red-door-poets
@nellivory @stephenson_pj @fionalarkin @MaryMulhol @lesleyksharpe #chrishardy #poetry #poets #poetsonline @BloodaxeBooks @Carcanet @RackPressPoetry @brokensleep #pindroppress
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23 Sep 2023
Last minute change to @reddoorpoets lineup on Sunday 24th - join @GillieRobic & @kmngriffiths for a chance to now hear Barney Ashton-Bullock, together with our other wonderful readers, Claire Cox, Ali Lewis and Sue Wallace-Shaddad. Tickets (free) from eventbrite.co.uk/e/red-door-…
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19 Sep 2023
Please join us online on Thursday evening for stunning poetry to warm, startle, rouse and alarm with @AnnaSaund1 @BetaRish @jessmkrjy @saralaestruch @lesleyksharpe @theverbalist
Tickets (free/donations): mklitfest.org
#poetrylovers #poetrytwitter
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14 Sep 2023
Delighted be online at @mklitfest on 21 Sept with Rishi Dastidar, Jessica Mookherjee and Anna Saunders @lesleyksharpe @saralaestruch & @theverbalist
Tickets (free/donations): buff.ly/3LlEIuh
@jessmkrjy @BetaRish @AnnaSaund1
#poetry #poetryevents #poetsofTwitter
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14 Aug 2023
Delighted to host @lodestonepoets on 21 Sept with Rishi Dastidar, Jessica Mookherjee and Anna Saunders, @lesleyksharpe @saralaestruch & @theverbalist
Tickets (free/donations) & info: mklitfest.org/lodestone-poet…
@jessmkrjy @BetaRish @AnnaSaund1 #poetry #poetryevents #poetsofTwitter
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11 Sep 2023
Join us on 21/9 when @LodestonePoets return and Anna Saunders reads from her new collection, The Prohibition of Touch. Also reading: Rishi Dastidar and Jess Mookherjee.
Book now (free): mklitfest.org/lodestone-poet…
@AnnaSaund1 @BetaRish @jessmkrjy
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6 Sep 2023
So looking forward to this.
'Desire Lines is a night maraud through the 80s/90s London streets. This is a scary and sultry London where men are out for what they can get and women carry knives in their eyes.' - Julia Webb (@Julwe1)
Book (free/donations): bit.ly/mklodest
6 Sep 2023
Join us 21/9 as Jess Mookherjee reads from her new @brokensleepbooks collection alongside Rishi Dastidar, Anna Saunders the Lodestone Poets founders.
Book a seat (free/donation): bit.ly/mklodest
#poetry #poets #poetryevents @jessmkhrjy @BetaRish @AnnaSaund1
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14 Aug 2023
Delighted that we'll be online at @mklitfest on 21 Sept with Rishi Dastidar, Jessica Mookherjee and Anna Saunders, @lesleyksharpe @saralaestruch & @theverbalist
Tickets (free/donations) & info: mklitfest.org/lodestone-poet…
@jessmkrjy @BetaRish @AnnaSaund1
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7 Jul 2023
Congratulations to Lodestone aluma @jsaphra on the @PoetryBookSoc Recommendation for her new collection, Velvel's Violin!
7 Jul 2023
Happy book birthday to our Autumn Recommendation Velvel's Violin by Jacqueline Saphra! Check out the PBS eletter for news of Primers Volume 7, Poetry International and much more mailchi.mp/poetrybooksociety…
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31 May 2023
Not long till I stop tweeting about the launch for #Latch. Week today: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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4 May 2023
Many congratulations to Lodestone alumna @victoriaadukwei on winning the #PollardPoetryPrize. Watch/hear her read from 'Quiet' for us and @mklitfest at youtube.com/watch?v=wgqHH0qS…
#poetry @FaberBooks
3 May 2023
Warm congratulations to Victoria Adukwei Bulley who has been announced as the winner of the 2023 #PollardPoetryPrize for her debut book 'Quiet'. 📚📚📚
Read more here: tcd.ie/news_events/articles/…
ALT Photo of Victoria Adukwei Bulley standing in Front Square in Trinity College Dublin.
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10 Apr 2023
Great workshop opportunity this Saturday in #miltonkeynes with a superb poet and excellent teacher - info at mklitfest.org
9 Apr 2023
"McCullough is a visionary, a genius polymath. His worlds and miniature observations are deeply satisfying to stumble into" [Monique Roffey] Learn from a master in a 2 hr #poetryworkshop, 15/4 in #miltonkeynes Tickets: bit.ly/2023mccu
#writingworkshop #poetrywriting
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25 Mar 2023
Our wonderful friends at @poets4theplanet are holding online events tonight for @earthhour. If you'd like to join them, details are at poetsfortheplanet.org.uk/can… - bring pen(cil), paper, a candle and a spirit of hope. #ecopoems #ecopoetry #climatechange #poetry
3 Mar 2023
New campaign! Join Poets for the Planet in writing an ecopoem by candlelight during @earthhour on 25 March. Check out our website for more info on how you can get involved, including prompts and stimulus poems: poetsfortheplanet.org.uk/can…
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18 Mar 2023
Wonderful event coming up with one of our founders, and one of our alumnae (did we get the Latin plural right?). Not to be missed.
18 Mar 2023
Launching these two beauties from @NineArchesPress on Thursday @BookshopBound - join @l_kiew @saralaestruch @jennywcreative @BetaRish and me! More info: eventbrite.co.uk/e/morocco-b…
ALT Two books ready to launch: More Than Weeds by L Kiew and After All We Have Travelled by Sarala Estruch
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1 Jan 2023
Happy New Year to all our followers, audience members, and the wonderful #poets who've read for us.
Why not celebrate 2023 by watching our Dec 2022 event at @MKlitfest with Mark Pajak, @victoriaadukwei and @storyvilled (Gita Ralleigh).
youtube.com/watch?v=wgqHH0qS…
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