Over half way through another challenging year, Evesham Festival of Words have just completed their main, if somewhat abridged, Festival weekend. So far this year they have run competitions, talks and presentations via Zoom. 5 live events and maintained a […]
“Dear John,”Sweltering in the heat…a full courtyard on a stunning summer’s day – enjoying a slow afternoon that could only be captured in poetry – as the perfunctory prose of the frantic everyday would simply not suffice. Those veterans of […]
Worcestershire LitFest 2021: 6th – 11the June 2021 The time has come again for the annual Worcestershire LitFest, our celebration of poetry and the spoken word within Worcestershire. Our spoken word community has proved highly resilient in these unsettling times, […]
These have been strange times for Spoken Word, as for all the performing arts. It’s now over a year since I last stood on a stage and made eye-contact with an audience. Yet we’re a resilient community – poetry and […]
Cyber-Slap Lockdown Update – April 22nd 2020 In this past month Spoken Word, like all the performing arts, has been thrown into chaos. The lockdown was announced, and our entire scene, along with all our plans, simply disappeared overnight. We […]
As if 2020 wasn’t bad enough already, we now have Coronavirus to add to the misery! I had just written a cheerful upbeat piece for this month’s SlapMag, about how resilient the Spoken Word community was and how we intended […]
First of all, in these worrying times, I hope you are all well. First of all we have a Spring Literary Quiz for you. Do feel free to pass on to family or friends. Many thanks to new Steering Group […]
