April is our Third Birthday and we invite you to celebrate it with us in the company of Geneviève L. Walsh and Hester Ullyart. As ever we will have the open mic spots available limited to 5 mins each bookable in person on the day. Free Event. Donations gratefully received to cover costs of travelling guest. Continue reading
March 6th we welcome Joan Venus-Evans and the welcome return of poet Sarah L. Dixon from Huddersfield. As ever we will have the open mic spots available limited to 5 mins each bookable in person on the day. Free Event. Donations gratefully received to cover costs of travelling guest.
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Carolyn Doyley is Event Lead for Words and Pictures Series a dynamic programme of literary visual arts and music events in several venues in North East Lincs featuring local, regional and national names. Continue reading
After a very early January date where honours were shared between WoW collective members Cassandra, Emily, Louise and Michelle… Wednesday February 6 we welcome Hannah Lasagne as our special guest. This fearless performer is described by Michelle Dee as ‘one of the most exciting finds of the last few years.’ Continue reading
Wednesday November 7th we are delighted to have Gaia Holmes (Igniting the Spark) from Halifax and from Hull, Val Holmes author of Lil the Play, which met with nods of approval and spontaneous applause from theatre-goers in 2017/18. Continue reading
October 3rd we welcome Rachel Bower Leverhulme Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, investigating the links between poets in Leeds and Nigeria in the 1950s and 60s. And from Hull we welcome amateur historian Carol Osgerby. Continue reading
September 5th we welcome poet and activist Jess Green fresh from her Edinburgh run of ‘A Self Help Guide To Being In Love With Jeremy Corbyn’ to our stage and from Hull Script Yorkshire finalist and Women of Words regular Lynne Taylor.
See Jess Green and Lynne Taylor at Kardomah 94 Sept 5
Lynne Taylor started writing after University. She had a short story accepted In the Hull University’s own press anthology. Her work has been performed in Hull and Leeds. She was a finalist of Script Yorkshire’s 25th Anniversary, her work was directed by Dominic LeClerc at the Theatre Royal, Wakefield.
Lynne’s play 2 Men, 2 Dogs And A Woman was selected for Hull Truck’s Pie And a Pint, long-listed by Verity Bargate and performed at Kardomah94 in 2016. Lynne was recently part of Hull Truck’s Grow Festival. She is now working on a new play and a novel. Lynne Taylor is based in Hull with her cats.
Jess Green Jess is a performance poet & playwright who has performed at Glastonbury, Latitude, Bestival and the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2014 her poem, Dear Mr Gove went viral: over a quarter of million views on Youtube. The poem was from her poetry & music show, Burning Books which she performed with her band Jess Green and the Mischief Thieves receiving 5* reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe 2014/ 2015 & national tour.
Burning Books stage play was long-listed for the Bread & Roses Theatre Award It had a sell-out run at Curve in October 2017 and also shown at the Arena Theatre in Wolverhampton. Jess’ first collection, Burning Books was published by Burning Eye Books in September 2015 and was shortlisted for the East Midlands Book Award 2016.
She has written for Channel 4 and the BBC and recently took her poetry and music show, The Complete Self Help Guide To Being In Love With Jeremy Corbyn to Edinburgh.
There will be no more online booking for the foreseeable. Please note that the open mic slots are limited to 5 minutes per person. Thank you for your understanding and patience.”
Who: Jess Green and Lynne Taylor
Where: Kardomah 94 Alfred Gelder Street Hull
When: Wednesday September 5th 2pm – 4pm
Free Event – No Booking Required – Donations Welcomed
Next Women of Words Event Wednesday 3rd October
