E Y E W E A R, THE BLOG BY TODD SWIFT

A very positive review of Lung Jazz has appeared in New Welsh Review.  Good to see.

‘Newcastle’s most entertaining literary night out’, Trashed Organ, returns Thursday 26th July. This edition’s line up includes Sarah Corbett and Helen Mort, reading in support of Lung Jazz: Young British Poets for Oxfam (Cinnamon Press, 2012) plus readings from local poets: Simon Moore, Kris Anderson and David Spittle. Music from Meghann Clancy and Fiona's Jazz Express.
And, of course, one lucky person will be crowned TRASHED LAUREATE winning a bottle of port for a fine line of lyrical bliss!
Sarah Corbett Grew up in North Wales and lives in Yorkshire. Her collections are The Red Wardrobe, 1998, shortlisted for a Forward First Collection and the T.S. Eliot Prize, The Witch Bag, 2002 and Other Beats, 2008 (all published by Seren).
Helen Mort Born in Sheffield in 1985. Her collection Division Street is forthcoming from Chatto & Windus. She has published two pamphlets with tall-lighthouse press, 'the shape of every box' and 'a pint for the ghost', a Poetry Book Society…

The LAST Selected Poems at the V&A Reading Rooms - Lung Jazz: Young British Poets for Oxfam


On Thursday 31st May at 7:30PM, the LAST Selected Poems at the V&A Reading Rooms will be celebrating thereaders of the new poetry anthology Lung Jazz: Young British Poets for Oxfam. It will be co-hosted, and feature a short reading, by the editor Todd Swift.

The full line-up is as follows:

Inua Ellams
Sandeep Parmar
James Byrne
Claire Trevien
Kathryn Maris
Jenna Butler&
Todd Swift

***How to attend***

Due to the limited capacity of the V&A Reading Rooms – RSVP’s need to be logged by emailing info.selectedpoems@gmail.com

1 place per RSVP – A reply will confirm that your name will be on the guest list upon arrival.

Northern Launch of Lung Jazz: Young British Poets for Oxfam from Cinnamon/Eyewear @ The Anthony Burgess Foundation Engine House, Chorlton Mill, 3 Cambridge Street, Manchester, M1 5BY May 30, 7 pm, Readings by Paul Adrian, Jenna Butler, John Challis, John Clegg, Sarah Corbett, Michael Egan, Lindsey Holland, Evan Jones, Helen Mort, Kim Moore, Cath Nichols, Andrew Oldham, V.A. Sola Smith, Martha Sprackland, Claire Trevien, Ryan Van Winkle, Tom Weir and others tba All welcome Hosted by Todd Swift

A message from Martin Penny, of Oxfam:

We would be pleased if you could join us on Wednesday May 16th 7-10 pm, for a celebration of the launch of Lung Jazz, an anthology of young British poets, from Cinnamon and Eyewear presses. All proceeds from the sales go directly to Oxfam. Admission is free and refreshments will be provided.

The  Lung Jazz Celebration will be at Goodenough College, London, in Bloomsbury, The Churchill Room.

Some of Britain's best young poets reading one poem each in support of the anthology:

FIRST HALF 7 PM
Agnieszka Studzinska
Alex Macdonald
Alice Willington
Alistair Noon
Anna Johnson
Ben Parker
Chris Mccabe
Todd Von Joel
Declan Ryan
Eileen Pun
Emily Berry
Evan Jones
Helen Mort
Holly Hopkins
Jacob Sam-La Rose


INTERVAL


SECOND HALF 8.30 PM
James Byrne
Jane Yeh
Jon Stone
Kate Potts
Kathryn Simmonds
Laura Bottomley
Lorraine Mariner
Liz Berry
Neil Gregory
Richard Lambert
Sandeep Parmar
Siddhartha Bose
Stefan Mohamed
Tiffany A. Tondut
Clare Pollard

Location:

London House
Goodenough College
Mecklenburgh …

Readers (one poem each) for May 16thLung Jazz celebration at Goodenough College, London.... should be a great night.
AGNIESZKA STUDZINSKA ALEX MACDONALD ALICE WILLINGTON ALISTAIR NOON BEN PARKER CHRIS MCCABE CLARE POLLARD DECLAN RYAN EILEEN PUN EMILY BERRY EVAN JONES HOLLY HOPKINS JACOB SAM-LA ROSE JAMES BYRNE JANE YEH JON STONE KATE POTTS KATHRYN SIMMONDS LIZ BERRY
LORRAINE MARINER NEIL GREGORY
RICHARD LAMBERT SANDEEP PARMAR SIDDHARTHA BOSE STEFAN MOHAMED TIFFANY TONDUT