QUEER ICONS: 12 week poetry residency studying 12 queer poets - APPLY HERE - queerbodiespoetry.wixsite.co…
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5 Nov 2021
Queer bodies can not exist quietly. Come hear them in all their excellence @future_yard 6-11pm on Wednesday 10th November skiddle.com/whats-on/Birkenh…
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6 Nov 2022
Tonight, support local talent @MikeyGarlandRap @QueerBods @WeAreFirstTake
3 Nov 2022
Join #ArtsGroupies artist @MikeyGarlandRap performing this Sunday night at the Quarry for @WeAreFirstTake @QueerBods
QUEER inSIGHT alongside Liverpool's finest LGBTQIA spoken word artists.
Tickets here:
eventbrite.com/e/queer-insig…
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18 Oct 2022
Queer Bodies x A Lovely Word FREE Workshop
I want a dyke for president: Introduction to Political Poetry & Performance
Date: 29th October
Time: 10:30am-4pm
Venue: Everyman Theatre, Hope St
Tickets: skiddle.com/e/36202748
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Queer Bodies Poetry Collective retweeted
21 Oct 2022
@bluejayfarley is an award-winning non-binary, queer, neurodiverse filmmaker & digital artist. Jay performs Spoken Word & was runner up at their first Poetry Slam. They will be published as part of @queerbods ‘Queer Icons’ & the Hot Poets 'Sparks’ anthology.
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18 Oct 2022
Queer Bodies x A Lovely Word FREE Workshop
I want a dyke for president: Introduction to Political Poetry & Performance
Date: 29th October
Time: 10:30am-4pm
Venue: Everyman Theatre, Hope St
Tickets: skiddle.com/e/36202748
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18 Oct 2022
In this day-long writing workshop Day Mattar (cheeky queer poet and co-founder of Queer Bodies poetry collective) will lead an exploration of political expression through poetry; a well established tradition throughout various social movements in history.
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18 Oct 2022
How might poetry mobilise a crowd or bring about real change? What is the best language to utilise in order to navigate the abstracts of our evolving identities? What symbols / images might we conjure to help us understand one another and express ourselves faithfully?
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5 Sep 2022
Come help us birth our beautiful anthology QUEER ICONS on Saturday 17th Sept. We’re such proud parents and feel so lucky to be reading alongside other stellar poets xoxo
25 Aug 2022
ONLINE LAUNCH: On September 17th we're hosting an online launch for 3 upcoming anthologies: The Plum Review, Cornish Modern Poetries, & Queer Icons.
Featuring: @VCapildeo, @ScribePedersen, @AMcMillanPoet, @soshunetwork, @holliepoetry, @GodzillaKent [...]
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ALT Poster advertising launch of anthologies. Top third is a black background with BROKEN SLEEP ANTHOLOGIES - SATURDAY 17TH SEPTEMBERL 1930-2030, written in white text outlined gold. Main chunk of poster is a patterned background of plums with THE PLUM REVIEW (white text, black outline), CORNISH MODERN POETRIES (black text, white outline), and QUEER ICONS (white text, black outline) over it. Bottom third is a black background with 4 coloured paint splodges, and writing that reads (in white text): brokensleepbooks.eventbrite.co All books available to order from brokensleepbooks.com
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8 Jul 2022
Another lovely day of A Lovely Poetry Festival🥰
Today Poetry Factory will feature @bethcaverley's Poetry Machine from 11am-6pm
5:30-7pm we've got a Performance Workshop with the wonderful @QueerBods
7:30-9pm @lemnsissay is sharing a reading from: My Name Is Why
Read more👀👇
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8 Jul 2022
Poetry collective @QueerBods are delivering a FREE workshop around confidence & poetry skills!✨
Queer Bodies have run writing residencies with a host of workshops, showcase performances, & have also created zines with the artists that they've mentored
everymanplayhouse.com/whats-…
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7 Jul 2022
QUEER ICONS SHOWCASE @brokensleep
Thank you to everyone who showed up to support us, we had such an incredible night.
Please pre-order our anthology QUEER ICONS here:
brokensleepbooks.com/product…
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7 Jul 2022
Thank you to @HomotopiaFest @wowfest @CreativeF_uture @OneSeptemberArt @LovelyWordLpool @DaDaFest @brokensleep for your support
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30 Jun 2022
QUEER ICONS: A QUEER BODIES ANTHOLOGY
Edited by Day Mattar & Brendan Curtis
Published by @brokensleep
Released 31st August 2022 // 106 pages
PREORDER NOW - brokensleepbooks.com/product…
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30 Jun 2022
Queer Bodies: Queer Icons explores multiple associations with the word ‘icon’, from the symbolic & sacred, to fetishism & celebrity. This anthology is a queer body of potential for what it means to be an icon here and now.
PREORDER NOW
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24 Jun 2022
QUEER BODIES PRESENTS:
QUEER ICONS SHOWCASE
30 / 06 - 8-11PM
DISTRICT LIVERPOOL
TICKETS - skiddle.com/whats-on/Liverpo…
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23 Jun 2022
There are only limited places available, so book onto @QueerBods workshop now!
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23 Jun 2022
Want to know what the gorgeous @QueerBods are up to? (including all of the times you can catch them in A Lovely Poetry Festival 👀)
Watch this video!
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11 Jun 2022
QUEER ICONS SHOWCASE 30/06 - District, Liverpool
Hosted by @daymattar & Auntie Climax this one-of performance poetry event will profile 15 North west based queer poets exploring QUEER ICONS through the lens of celebrity, fetish, the symbolic and the sacred.
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11 Jun 2022
Access information:
BSL will be available venue is wheelchair accessible.
Please message queerbodiespoetry@gmail.com with any specific access requests / information
Supported by @HomotopiaFest @wowfest @TheHeartofGlass @DaDaFest With huge thanks to @OneSeptemberArt
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11 Jun 2022
Event Details:
DOORS 7.30
SHOWCASE BEGINS 8PM
UNTIL 11
DJ 11-12
Location:
District, 61 Jordan Street, Liverpool, L1 0BE
skiddle.com/whats-on/Liverpo…
#queericonsshowcase
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