Had a lovely time tonight at the Occupied Friern Barnet Library. Thanks to Phoenix, Barbara Gordon, Poppy, Angel MC, all the acts and everyone who packed out the place, proving how wonderful a community hub can be. I hadn’t realised that the library is the last public space in Friern Barnet, so the philistine decision […]
Occupied Friern Barnet Library cabaret: Save the library in court on Monday Read More »
I’m delighted to be performing poetry for a great cause tonight: the Save Friern Barnet Library cabaret. Charles Shaar Murray is accompanying me on guitar, and there’s a long line-up of talent from 7.30pm. Since the Tory coalition government (which few voted for) grabbed power with the help of their Lib Dem human shields, the
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The UK Slam Championships last night was one of the best Farrago Poetry events I’ve been to. It was an honour and a pleasure to have been asked to judge, along with Charles Shaar Murray, by Farrago founder John Paul O’Neill. The Slam contest is interspersed with guest feature poets. I read from Reaching for
Stephanie Dogfoot Chan wins the Farrago UK Slam Poetry Championships 2012 Read More »
Ain’t life funny? The HSBC started off in the 19th century opium wars, servicing the British narcocapitalists, and here they are still at it, laundering drugs money for Mexican drugs lords. You’d think, given the severity of US drugs laws and how they slap every spliffer and cannabis-dealing youth into jail — especially if they’re
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I’m a guest poet at the UK Poetry Slam on Tuesday where I’ll be reading from Reaching for my Gnu now available as a paperback on Amazon. Charles Shaar Murray and I are also judging. * * * * * The UK SLAM! Championships are on TUESDAY 11th December @ RADA Foyer Bar, starting off
Anna does poetry at Farrago on Tuesday Read More »
A little update: in my perennial battle against the flab, I have taken to running very fast on the spot — a bit like the red queen with similar health results — mostly in the kitchen while the kettle boils. Warm-ups have been cursory; a bit of toe-touching, the odd yoga stretch. So I was
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