Thursday 2nd October 2008
Museum in Docklands
6.30pm - 9.00pm
Admission Free
East Words takes place at the Museum in Docklands on 2nd October from 6.30pm to 9.00pm. Showcasing some of London’s best poetry and spoken word, this pioneering event provides a great opportunity to hear the most innovative verse this side of the Bow Bells…..
Readers include Forward Prize nominated, Simon Barraclough; the cutting edge Chris McCabe, recently described as ‘the best young poet in London’; Retta Bowen, whose new pamphlet has just been published by Tall Lighthouse to critical acclaim; the dynamic wordsmith Jay Barnard, former Foyle Young Poet of the Year also published by Tall Lighthouse; the prolific and highly talented Inua Ellams, star of Generation Txt and, the pièce de résistance, James Byrne, esteemed poet and editor of Wolf Magazine.
Compered by Christopher Horton and Richard Tyrone Jones and with accompaniment of some kick’n tunes, how could you miss it?
