Andrew Oldham at Essex Poetry Festival 11/10/2008

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Andrew is reading at Essex Poetry Festival as a guest of London Magazine & Trespass. The line up at the Cramphorn Theatre, Chelmsford is Roddy Lumsden, Andrew Oldham and Tom Chivers. Tickets are: £5.00 (full price) £3.50 (conc).

Roddy Lumsden was born in St Andrews. He now lives in London. He received an Eric Gregory Award in 1991, a Scottish Arts Council Bursary in 1994, and was Writing Fellow for the City of Aberdeen in 1995-1996. Yeah Yeah Yeah, his first collection, was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and the Saltire Award for a Scottish First Book. Mischief Night: New & Selected Poems was published by Bloodaxe in 2004

Andrew Oldham has written for film and TV, he also writes fiction. He was the only Poet Laureate for Bolton, his poetry has been published worldwide, selections of his work can be found in The Slab, The Interpreter's House, Gargoyle, Aesthetica, Poetry Greece, Poetry Salzburg and Dream Catcher.

Tom Chivers is a writer, editor and promoter. His poetry can be found in Stride, Tears in the Fence, Trespass, Nthposition, Dreams That Money Can Buy, The London Magazine, The Wolf, Treci Trg and in the anthologies Babylon Burning and automatic-lighthouse. He was the first ever Poet in Residence at The Bishopsgate Institute.

FULL INFO AT:
http://www.essex-poetry-festival.co.uk/prog.html