Forthcoming Readings and Events 2024
May
1st May, The Windows Project Writing Advice Desk, Liverpool Central Library, 5.30 -7.30 pm drop-in with poems for feedback.
19th May, ‘Leechcraft’ Launch by David Ward, short reading to celebrate the publication. Squash, https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leechcraft-with-david-ward-tickets-863866517007?aff=erelexpmlt
June
5th June, The Windows Project Writing Advice Desk, Liverpool Central Library, 5.30 -7.30 pm drop-in with poems for feedback.
6th June, Guest poet, First Thursday, Linghams Bookshop, Heswall.
August
15th August, Into the Wyld exhibition reading, Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead. details to follow.
3rd – 6th October, Wirral Poetry Festival. Reading at Lady Lever gallery 6th Oct ‘Voices in the Gallery’, details tbc https://wirralpoetryfestival.org.uk/
November
14th November, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, 6 pm details to follow.
Archive
September 2022
28th September, Liverpool One Waterstones with Helen Tookey, 6.30 – 8 pm.
October 2022
12th October, Bangor University 6.30 pm: more details to follow
Friday 21st October, PlathFest, Hebden Bridge, Poetry Brunch Reading, 11-12.30 pm with Amanda Dalton and Judith Wilson.
Saturday 22nd October, Poetry Workshop ‘Poetry and Magic’ 2-4 pm
Sylvia Plath Literary Festival: 21 – 23 Oct 2022, Hebden Bridge (plathfest.co.uk)
28th November
4-5.30 pm online poetry reading in association with University of Lancaster and Obheal Cork.
Access the online event here: Winter Warmer Poetry Festival 2020 (obheal.ie)
September 2021
23rd September: Online launch of ebook Poetry as/in Research which includes a lyric essay by Eleanor ‘Journeying Through: Poetry as a Way of Knowing’.
3.30 pm on zoom. Further details to follow
Edited by Dr Duduzile Ndlovu in association with University of Edinburgh and
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
More details to follow.
May 2020
15th May, Light Night Liverpool, Liverpool Central Library. (tbc cancelled)
February 2020
19th February, Bangor University, details TBC with Helen Tookey and Zoe Skoulding
20th February, Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool with Helen Tookey and Zoe Skoulding. Details tbc.
March 2020
1st March, Salt Poets Reading, Soho Theatre, London. Details TBC
7th March, Stanza International Poetry Festival, St Andrews
http://stanzapoetry.org/festival/events/border-crossings-45
September
December 2019
21st December, 7- 9 pm, Poem-songs from The Well at Winter Solstice, Ullet Road Unitarian Church Liverpool with Emily Portman and Mikey Kenney. £10.00 pay on the door
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/poem-songs-from-the-the-well-at-winter-solstice-tickets-73790654835
Sept 3rd, 2019
Vespers, Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh, 7.30 pm. £3.00
Sept 14th, 2019
Peter Barlow’s Cigarette, Waterstones, Manchester.
Sept 21st, 2019
Williamson Art Gallery. Birkenhead. More details soon.
May, 2019
May 12th, 2019
Poetry Reading at Stargazing, A Celebration in Music and Poetry hosted by poet Gill McEvoy West Kirby Arts Centre CH48 4EL Sunday 12th May 2019. 2-3.30pm Licensed bar available. https://wirralpoetryfestival.org.uk/#
May 17th, 2019
Poetry Reading at ShadowPlay, Notjustcollective, Light Night Liverpool. Third Floor, Central Library, Liverpool, 6.45 pm. Free. http://lightnightliverpool.co.uk/
May 22nd -25th, 2019
Le Printemps des Poètes & Versopolis 2019, Paris, France.
June 2019
21st June, 2019
The Well at Winter Solstice Book Launch, St Brides Church, Liverpool. 6 pm FREE
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-well-at-winter-solstice-book-launch-tickets-57975095070
September 2019
September 14th, 2019
Poetry Reading, Peter Barlow’s Cigarette, Waterstones, Manchester, UK
March, 2019
1st March
Poetry Reading, ‘Presence’ Exhibition Launch, Notjustcollective, Naked Lunch Café, 7.30 pm http://www.artinliverpool.com/events/naked-lunch-presence-not-just-collective/
April, 2019
‘Literature and Wine’ International Literary Festival, Austria, 12-14th April. Part of the EU funded Versopolis project. https://www.literaturundwein.at/index/index.php
January 2019
January 17th, 2019.
The Cult of Water by David Bramwell. Eleanor will give a 10 minute reading and reflection on water, myth, Liverpool and the Mersey. Gibberish Brewpub, 15 Caryle Street, Liverpool, pay-what-you-like. 7.pm http://www.liverpoolartslab.com/wp/2018/12/13/david-bramwell-interview/
January 26th, 2019
Guest Reading at Poetry by the Fireside, St. Brides Poetry Evening, St. Brides Church, Liverpool. 26th Jan, 7.30 pm. All proceeds go to St. Brides S.O.S. £7.00 (Waged) £5.00 (Unwaged). All including soup.
October 21st, 2018
A Reading at Dusk, Fulwood Gardens Happening, NotJust Collective, Liverpool Independent Biennale. Dusk about 5.30 pm. TBC. http://notjustcollective.weebly.com/newsblog
May 2018
28th May, Guest Poet, Verbose Manchester, Fallow Café, Fallowfield, 7.30 pm https://twitter.com/VerboseMCR
July, 2018
5th July, Guest Poet, Sounds of Wirral, West Kirby Arts Centre, https://westkirbyartscentre.org.uk/events/Sounds-of-Wirral
25th July, Guest Poet, Damson Poets, Preston, 7.30 pm
9th September 2017:
Presentation of new commissioned poem at The Black Chair Birkenhead Eisteddfod Memorial Event in remembrance of Hedd Wyn. http://friendsofbirkenheadpark.org.uk/eisteddfod.html
February
11th February, The Enemies Project North West Tour, Everyman Theatre, 7.30 pm.
14th February, Bolton University Library with Deryn Rees-Jones and Ruby Robinson.
June 2017
16th June, ‘Tonight at Noon’, Mersey Sound Centenary Reading, Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool.
August, 2016
29th August, O’bheal, Cork, Ireland, Invited Guest Poet.
September, 2016
15th September, Gramophone RayGun, Everyman Theatre Bistro, Liverpool with Robert Sheppard, 8.30 pm
October, 2016
8th October, Keighley Library with Ruby Robinson (Pavilion Poets)
November, 2016
16th November, Versopolis Reading, Ars Poetica International Poetry Festival, Bratislava, Slovakia , TBC.
Recent previous events,
May, 2016
21st May, Bradford Literature Festival with Sarah Corbett
28th May, Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere
July
21st July, Unplugged, Phoenix Arts Centre, Exeter
26th Feb, Colpitts Poetry, Durham TBC
March, 2016
16th March, Aberystwyth Arts Centre with Sarah Corbett
January, 2016
28th, Leaf Liverpool with NeuReekie and The Skinny
February, 2016
4th Feb, Ainsdale Library with Helen Tookey
September, 2015
6th, Pavilion Poets London Launch, Keats House, London. 3-4 pm
October, 2015
8/11th, Versopolis Emerging European Poets, Dubrinski Poetic Fall Festival, Lithuania
16th, Ilkley Literature Festival, Yorkshire. 7.30 – 9.30pm
23rd, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford.
July, 2015
31st July, Storm and Golden Sky, Liverpool with Robert Hampson, Caledonia Pub, 7- 9 pm £5
5/6th Ledbury Festival, Versopolis Reading and Pavilion Poets Reading with Sarah Corbett and Mona Arshi.
June, 2015
4th June, ‘Reading and Writing Contemporary Poetry for Beginners’, Altrincham Library 2- 4 pm FREE
15-19th Visiting Writer, University of Essen, Germany
May 15th, Writers Advice Desk, Central Library Liverpool, 5.30 pm FREE writing advice.
May 21st, Poetry Nites Reading, Hebden Bridge with Sarah Corbett and Mona Arshi.
