There’s a lot of action over the next two weeks so we thought a newsletter might put it all into perspective.
New website
In anticipation of the demise of our old web site we’ve launched a new one which you can visit here.This includes news, forthcoming events and links to our archived items. It will develop over time. Take a look.
Write out Loud Sunday 7 April
On Sunday 5 May, Write out Loud meet at 7.30pm in the Socialist Club Lounge for an evening of spoken word some of which will be on the theme of ‘Bolton Observed.’ Bolton poems will be filmed with your permission by London Filmmaker and Mass Observation researcher Daniella Baldock. Bring a poem about Bolton of up to 30 line plus a couple of others or just come to listen. Hope to see our regulars and new faces.
Side Door
The next edition of Side Door our arts and culture magazine will be broadcast by Bolton FM on Monday 6 May at noon. It will then be on catch-up for a week here before being archived on our mixcloud platform. This edition includes interviews with filmmaker Daniella Baldock who is in and out of Bolton researching and recording material on Mass Observation, Chair of Neo: artists studios Louise Garman, Dave Morgan on the poetry of ageing and memory, and the final play in our Standing Together series created and performed by New Bury residents.
2nd Friday Cabaret, 10th May
Another sterling line up for Second Friday Cabaret taking place on 10 May at Bolton Socialist Club. Performers include Wigan’s leading performance poet Louise Exactly who has supported John Cooper Clarke on tour and featured on BBC3 and BBC4, talented Americana singer/songwriter Charlotte Mary, Bolton’s own spoken word genius Oliver James Lomax, and renowned singer/guitarist Nick Bold, recently back from touring Europe and North America. Starts at 7.30pm. Entrance £5 on the door or reserve a ticket in advance through dave@livefromworktown.org.
Mass Observation Day 12th May
Each year on Mass Observation Day people thought the UK are invited to contribute a diary entry for the MO archive held by the University of Surrey. This continues the work developed in depth in Bolton from 1937 to 1940 providing a bottom-up profile of everyday life in the town. Unfortunately few people from Bolton now contribute so we’re attempting to significantly change that with the help of the University of Bolton and Bolton Libraries. If you’d like to join in you can pick up details from any library or visit our website post and follow the instructions.
Networds/Worktown Words
This is a call out for contributions to our new version of Networds which will revert back to ’Worktown Words’. Our new chief editor is published poet and co-organiser of spoken word event Natter, Romina Ramos. Writer Ajaz Qureshi will be the first guest editor and the theme will be ‘Tribute’. Submissions should be up to 40 lines (poetry) or 1000 words (prose). Work should be submitted as a doc or docx attachment, font size11, in Times New Roman. Please put any personal details in the body of the email and just put the title and author name on the document. Extracts from longer work or previously published work are accepted. The deadline for this edition is 24 May for publication on-line via our website early July. Send to: worktownwords@livefromworktown.org.uk.
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