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Future Readings:
TBA
Other Readings:
National Poetry Day reading: Poems on Truth with Back Room Poets, St Hilda's
College, University of Oxford, 6 October 2019.
Reading with Paul Surman, Jane Spiro, and John Daniel, Common Ground
Workspace, Oxford, 14 December 2018.
Reading with Elaine Baker, Paul Surman, and Lucy Walters, Pembroke College,
University of Oxford, 4 June 2018.
https://www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/content/poetry-pembroke-poets-oxfords-back-room
Reading with Jane Draycott and Mark Leech at the launch of Veronica Beedham's
A Sense of Place, Friends Meeting House, Oxford, 10 March, 2018.
Launch of Acumen 90 with Myra Schneider, Lumen Centre, 88 Tavistock Place,
London WC1H 9RS, 20 February 2018.
Poems in an Exhibition, Old Library, University Church of St Mary the Virgin,
Oxford, 30 November 2017.
Compere for programme of poems by Antonella Delmestri and Pat Winslow,
Albion Beatnik, Oxford, 23 May 2017.
The Pity of War, University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, 17 March 2017.
Literature & Silence, Friends Meeting House, Oxford, 8 March 2017.
Reading with Kieron Winn at the Albion Beatnik, Oxford, 3 February 2017.
Reading with Back Room Poets at the Albion Beatnik, Oxford, 2 December 2016.
Reading with Oxford Stanza One at the Woodstock Poetry Festival,
Woodstock Town Hall, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, 13 November 2016.
Featured reader at The Poetry Lounge in the Blue Boar Inn, Mill Street,
Ludlow SY8 1BB, 1 November 2016.
Featured reader/lecturer in Upper Heyford, 10 October 2016.
Poets Meetup, The Boathouse Cafe, Hanover Gate, Regents Park, London, 5 June 2016.
Almost Random Theatre, The White House, Abingdon Road, Oxford, "Homecoming"
read by Chris Sivewright, 4 June 2016.
Chipping Norton Literary Festival at The Chequers, Chipping Norton, 21 April 2016.
Cinnamon Press Tenth Anniversary Celebration at NN Gallery, 9 Guildhall Road,
Northampton, 3 October 2015.
Featured reader at AF Harrold's Poets' Cafe, South Street Arts Centre, Reading,
17 July 2015.
Indigo Dreams book launch in support of Jennifer A McGowan: Albion Beatnik
Bookstore, Oxford, 20 June 2015.
Back Room Poets reading with Alan Buckley: Albion Beatnik Bookstore, Oxford,
9 May 2015.
Cinnamon Press book launch of David Olsen's 80-page Unfolding Origami at
Blackwell's Oxford, 25 February 2015.
Oxford Human Rights Festival, Oxford Brookes University, 21 February 2015
(4 poems read by Hannah Caroe).
Belgrave Press Bath Book Launch: Albion Beatnik Bookstore, Oxford, 25 November 2014.
Derwent Poetry Festival: Matlock Bath, 1-2 November 2014.
The Pity of War: St Michael at the North Gate, Oxford, 13 September 2014.
Indigo Dreams Book Launch: Albion Beatnik Bookstore, Oxford, 10 June 2014.
The Pity of War: Albion Beatnik Bookstore, Oxford, 6 June 2014.
Think Week: Friends Meeting House, Oxford, 1 March 2014.
Back Room Poets: Albion Beatnik Bookstore, Oxford, 13 December 2013.
Oxford Fringe: Poetry Society Oxford Stanza, Jericho Poets, Art Jericho, Oxford, 1 June 2013.
Jericho Poets: Art Jericho, Oxford, 9 March 2013.
Think Week: Friends Meeting House, Oxford, 16 February 2013
Jericho Poets: Albion Beatnik Bookstore, Oxford, 27 November 2012.
Derwent Poetry Festival: Matlock Bath, 17-18 November 2012.
"Infinite Riches in a Little Room": St Margaret's Church, Oxford, 14 October 2012.
Poetry Tour in the Galleries: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 6 October 2012.
Templar Poetry Live at Chequers: Chipping Norton, 21 June 2012.
Oxford Fringe: Poetry Society Oxford Stanza, Art Jericho, Oxford, 8 June 2012.
Babel anthology launch: Jam Factory, Oxford, 26 May 2012.
Jericho Poets: Art Jericho, Oxford, 18 May 2012.
Back Room Poets Book Launch: Art Jericho, 10 February 2012.
Poetry Tour in the Galleries: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 26 January 2012.
Jericho Poets: Art Jericho, Oxford, 18 November 2011.
Back Room Poets "Shapes and Sounds of Summer", Turrill Sculpture Garden, 18 June 2011.
Oxford Fringe: Poetry Society Oxford Stanza, Art Jericho, Oxford, 17 June 2011.
Marston Book Festival: St Nicholas Church, Oxford, 5 March 2011.
"Creation": St Margaret's Church, Oxford, 17 October 2010.
Back Room Poets "Sculptures": Turrill Sculpture Garden, Oxford, 3 July 2010.
Oxford Fringe: Back Room Poets "Aspects of Being", Vaults & Gardens, 25 March 2010.
Upper Heyford Poetry: Oxfordshire, March 2010.
Back Room Poets "Poems for the Eve of St Valentine": Art Jericho, Oxford, 13 February 2010.
Back Room Poets "April Follies": Vaults & Gardens Cafe, Oxford, 2 April 2009.
Back Room Poets "Interfaces": Vaults & Gardens Cafe, Oxford, 31 October 2008.
"Living Green": St Margaret's Church, Oxford, 7 October 2007.
Epiphany Sunday Services: St Margaret's Church, various January dates 2008-11.
Hear the Word: Gardener's Arms, Oxford, various bimonthly dates 2003-18.
Back Room Poets Featured Poet: Borders, Oxford, 20 October 2003.
