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The Clore Ballroom
Dr Octopus & his Wheels of Steel
Monday 13 February 2012 - Tuesday 21 February 2012
Join DJ and poet Charlie Dark as he takes you on a poetical adventure deep beneath the sea.
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Poetry Library
Monday 13 February 2012 - Monday 13 February 2012
Join poet Laura Dockrill to explore Roald Dahl's daring, gruesome and hilarious poetry.
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Level 2 Foyers at Royal Festival Hall
Valentine Peace Project's Big Flower Give-Away
Tuesday 14 February 2012
To celebrate Valentine's Day at Imagine Festival, the Valentine Peace Project will be giving out Fairtrade roses along with poems by children on themes of love and peace.
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Poetry Library
Wednesday 7 March 2012
Special Edition celebrates the 35th and final issue of Fire magazine.
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Saison Poetry Library, Level 5 at Royal Festival Hall
Friday 9 March 2012 - Friday 25 May 2012
See five double-sided prints (shown recto and verso) in response to work by Gertrude Stein, HD, Mary Wollstonecraft, Emmy Hennings and Valerie Solanas.
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St. Paul’s Pavilion
Nikola Madzirov and Daniele Pantano
Monday 12 March 2012
Three of Europe's most exciting poets - Tadeusz Dabrowski, Nikola Madzirov and Daniele Pantano - offer a night of poetry that is not to be missed
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St. Paul’s Pavilion
Poetry London: Spring Readings
Thursday 15 March 2012
Join us to celebrate the launch of the Spring 2012 issue of Poetry London, hosted by editor Colette Bryce and featuring the very best of new and established poets.
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Purcell Room
Tess Gallagher, John Kinsella, Jean Sprackland and Douglas Dunn
Tuesday 20 March 2012
A rare opportunity for a poetry round-the-world tour.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Simon Armitage, Carol Ann Duffy, Helen Dunmore, Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley
Wednesday 21 March 2012
Help celebrate a publisher that 'has dedicatedly and brilliantly made a success of that sharply endangered species, the independent press.
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Purcell Room
Thursday 29 March 2012
Life and Deaf is a unique poetry event, featuring a performance of poetry written by deaf children, which explores their identities.
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Level 5 Function Room
Mahfuz Mir Ali, Rowyda Amin, Nick Makoha and Shazea Quraishi
Thursday 29 March 2012
Four poets read from their latest work in this special event to celebrate the TEN anthology
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Purcell Room
Saturday 14 April 2012
Humble The Poet is a Toronto-bred MC and spoken word artist whose work embodies the changing nature and resilience of one of the world's most diverse cities.
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Purcell Room
Tuesday 17 April 2012
Written and performed by Matthew Sharp, Sameer Rao and Sir Andrew Motion (Poet Laureate from 1999 - 2009), Whale Song is a long-distance love song with cello and bansuri flute.
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The Clore Ballroom
Saturday 21 April 2012
This is an intimate and interactive session, where you can hear some of the UK's finest poets share their humorous, romantic and topical poetry.
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