Chrissie Gittins - Dates20206th MarchReading for Silver Street Poetry 12-1.30pm, at Hours, 10 Colston Yard, Bristol BS1 5BD. 18th April Poem 'Waiting' selected for the 'WRITING where we are NOW' project hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University and curated by Carol Ann Duffy. www.mmu.ac.uk/write 20th April Poem 'Super People' selected for the 'WRITING where we are NOW' project hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University and curated by Carol Ann Duffy. www.mmu.ac.uk/write 22nd May Poem 'Last Night' published in the online magazine PERVERSE - for 'deliberate, obstinate, unreasonable or unacceptable poems'. www.twitter.com/perversemag 25th May Vimeo of a short monologue 'A Piece of My Skirt' Chrissie wrote about Mary Hindle from Haslingden who was involved in the 1826 loom breaking riots. The monologue was one of 25 winners selected from over 1,000 entries to the Popelei 'Women in Lockdown' seed commission. www.popelei.com/commission | www.vimeo.com/420833167 31st May Three poems published in The Blue Nib magazine. www.thebluenib.com/3-poems-by-chrissie-gittins 11th November 7.30pm Zoom event with Wendy French for www.in-words.co.uk Readings from 'Sharp Hills' and 'Bread Without Butter'. Please email Irena Hill at irena@in-words.co.uk to receive an invitation the day before. 2019February/MarchJudging Fish Short Memoir Prize, closing date 31st January www.fishpublishing.com/competition March 4th Oundle International Festival - 10-11am poetry reading to year 3 classes from several schools at Oundle School. Afternoon visit to local school. www.oundlefestival.org.uk March 8th Poetry visit to Rotherhithe Primary School, London SE16 April 28th Radio play 'Life Assurance' broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra - 'about Liverpudlian sisters Catherine Flanagan and Margaret Higgins (aka the Black Widows) who in 1884 devised a get-rich-quick scheme based upon poison and insurance policies shocked the nation'. Available for 30 days on iplayer. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes September 10th Reading from new poetry collection 'Sharp Hills' with Chris Beckett and Daljit Nagra at Bell House, 27 College Road, Dulwich, SE21 7BG. 7.30 - 9.00pm www.bellhouse.co.uk September 28th Reading from 'Adder, Bluebell, Lobster' at the Wigtown Book Festival. www.wigtownbookfestival.com/programme October 3rd National Poetry Day visit to St Margaret’s School, Hampstead. October 17th Children’s poetry reading and workshop with two local primary schools at Dorchester Library for the Dorchester Literary Festival. www.dorchesterliteraryfestival.com October 24th Launch of 'Sharp Hills' at the Rugby Tavern, 19 Great James Street, London WC1N 3ES. From 6.30pm. www.rugbytavernlondon.co.uk November 13th Reading from 'Sharp Hills' at Tetbury Goods Shed, Old Station Yard, Cirencester Road, Tetbury GL8 8EY. December 16th Chrissie reads her poem 'Powder Monkey' at the London Ear Festival of Contemporary Music. It's been set to music by Christopher Caine and will be part of this fundraising event. With Anna Noakes (flute) & Gabriella dall’Olio (harp) 7.30pm at the Cello Factory, Cornwall Road, Waterloo, SE1 8TJ. www.londonearfestival.co.uk
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