Poetry Live & four-by-two publishing

Poetry Live

Poetry Live is at The Classic Studio

The Classic Studio is next door and upstairs to The Classic Comedy Club (321 Queen St).

Poetry Live has readings every Tuesday at 8pm

upstairs at The Classic Studio (321 Queen St, Auckland)

with Guest Poets, Guest Musicians, Open Mic, random on-the-spot poetry competitions & the odd collaboration.

Koha Entry (we use this to pay the guests)

1st Tuesday of month MC Christian Jensen

2nd Tuesday MC Miriam Barr

3rd Tuesday MC Renee Liang

4th Tuesday MC Ila Selwyn

Contact details on Herstory page.

PoetryLive Dates - 2008

July 8th - Guest poet Shane Hollands, Guest musician Matt Reece, MC Miriam

July 15th - POLYNATION a PI Poetry Extravaganza.

July 22nd - Guest poet Judith McNeil, Guest Musician Fiona McEwen & Steve Terry. MC Ila

July 29th - Launch of Live Lines #1 with Guests Raewyn Alexander, Alistair Paterson, Liv Macassey, Olwyn Stewart, Genevieve McClean & Judith McNeil, Guest musicians Samuel Braverman and Eddy Gadger, MCs Miriam, Ila, Renee & Christian

August 5th - Guest Poet Jack Ross, Guest Musician Simen Taylor, MC Christian

August 12th - Guest Poet Genevieve McLean, Guest Musician Murray Haddow & His Light Orgestra, MC Miriam

August 19th - Guest Poet Geoff Page (Australia). Guest Musician Sarah Marlowe Spence, MC Renee

August 26th - Guest Poet Iain Sharp, Guest Musician James Crompton

September 9th - Guest Poet Murray Lee, Guest Musician TBA, MC Miriam

Sept 16th - Guest Poet Jane Griffin, Guest muso TBA, MC Renee

Sept 23rd - Guest Poet Stephanie Johnson, Guest Musician Stan Woodhouse, MC Ila

Sept 30th - POETRY SLAM! with Slammistress Renee and guest poets Ila, Christian and Miriam. Fundraiser for a new website.

October 14th - Guest Poet Helen Rickerby, Guest Musician Anna Rugis, MC Miriam

October 21st - Guest Muso Stuart Allan, Guest Poet Rosetta Allan, MC Renee

November 11th - Guest Poet Daniel Larsen, Guest Musician Ivy Rossiter, MC Miriam

November 18th - Guest Poet Michael Onslow-Osborne, Guest Muso TBA, MC Renee

December 9th - Guest poet Christian Jensen, guest musician TBA, MC Miriam

Dec 16th - last Poetry Live for the year, special event.

On This Site.....

See 'Links' in the left hand tab for links to more poetry related websites

See 'Poetry Events' in left hand menu for what's happening in the poetry community

See 'Books' to check out books available by members of the Poetry Live community. Want to list your book here? Pop a message on the message board for the MCs.

Post poems in the poetry message board or have discussions on the general message board.

Photographs from past events can be found under "Pictures" or visit http://poetrylive.fotopages.com for more photos.

Guerilla Poetry July 2006

"POETRY TO THE PEOPLE!!"

The Guerrilla Poets will be undertaking missions through the year depending on weather. (and narky security guards.....)

IF YOU WANT TO BE A REGULAR GUERRILLA POET PLEASE EMAIL RENEE, CHRISTIAN or MIRIAM AND ASK TO BE ADDED TO THE MAILING LIST. YOU CAN ALSO JOIN THE GUERRILLA POETS FACEBOOK GROUP!!!!!

Next Mission

Saturday 26th April @ Albert Park. Bring chalk if you have some, a few short poems to chalk and some printed poems to gift to the public if you'd like to.

Meet at 1 pm by the fountain.

Contact Renee, Miriam or Christian (see MC information) for updates/info.

Live Lines Volume #1

has now been released to the wild!

An anthology of poetry and art from the people who read at Poetry Live in 2007.

Get your copy from Parsons Bookshop or Poetry Live on Tuesday nights.

The team at Poetry Live invites all poets who have read at Poetry Live in 2008 to submit three to five poems and/or three to five pieces of black-and-white art for inclusion in Live Lines Volume 2, due for release in 2009. The editors are looking for the best of Poetry Live and it is expected that all submissions will be well-polished final drafts.

The deadline for submissions is midnight on Friday, November 14th.

Please post hard-copies of your work to Poetry Live, 1/16 Millais Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland 1021
or hand your submissions to one of the Poetry Live MCs on Tuesday nights at Poetry Live.