NEWS (and plugs)
February 2008 - "Calling all local poets"
erbacce Liverpool poets special
The progressive poetry journal erbacce is now approaching its fourth year and
we mail the journal all over the world.
For 2008 we want to let the world see what Liverpool/Merseyside has to offer; to show that in our
year of European Capital of Culture we still have the finest and most diverse array of poets.
To that end we are inviting submissions from Liverpool Poets only for an erbacce-special featuring ONLY Liverpool/Merseyside Poets.
Payment will be a copy of the journal
which will be distributed in USA, Canada, Europe... even Vietnam.
Send no more than six poems either as MS Word attachments of in the body
of an email to erbacce@blueyonder.co.uk
Include a brief Bio stating your Liverpool links (Liverpool = Merseyside broadly).
You must put Liverpool Poet in the subject line. We'll acknowledge all submissions within 48 hours.
WE WILL FEATURE THE FINEST TALENT IN LIVERPOOL;
SHOULDN'T YOU BE THERE????
PLEASE distribute this to any Liverpool poets you know...
Alan and Andy
erbacce poetry submissions: http://www.erbacce.com
erbacce Press: http://www.erbacce-press.com
January 2008 - Beryl C Phillips
It was with great sadness that I returned from holiday overseas to hear of the passing of Beryl Phillips just before Christmas.
Beryl was a tallented poet, performer and a proud Scouser. I first met Beryl in 1998 at a poetry event at the (now defunt) Ropes Bar on Bold Street. It was she who invited me to the event that she'd heard about at The Egg Cafe. I went along with Beryl and Pat Fearon and we became regular visitors and performers. In May 2000 when the students who were running the event at The Egg announced that it would be finishing Pat, Beryl and myself all arrived at the final event with the same idea - to keep it going. And so Come Strut Your Stuff was born.
Beryl, Pat and I ran Come Strut Your Stuff from August 2000 to April 2004 when I left to live in Taiwan for a year. My shoes were amply filled by Nick Payne. When I returned from Taiwan in April 2005 Beryl took the decision to stop going to the Egg. In the end it was the climb up the stairs that got the better of her!
Beryl passed away in the Marie Curie Centre in Woolton Village. She will be missed.
Graham Holland - January 2008
February 2007 - It's No Coincidence
Tony Kehoe has been entertaining folks at Come Strut Your Stuff for many years with his well-crafted, lyrical songs about life. This month Tony launches his debut CD It's No Coincidence. It can be bought from Tony at any of his gigs or by emailing him. Check out his music at
myspace.com/kehoesongs
October 2006 - A Place In Between
Just this month
Matthew Rainford has been very busy -not only has he created a website called
A Place In Between, a community for philosophically-driven art, music and writings; he has also redesigned the Come Strut Your Stuff website to look as it does now, as part of his
Webdesign from A Place In Between business.
August 2006 - Momentum
This month sees the launch of the first novel - Momentum - by poet Amanda DeAngeles. The book is available from Amanda or direct from Amazon.
July 2006 - What a coup!
Our very own Stan 'the Harper' Ambrose
has provided a 'gorgeous new harp score' for F W Murnau's recently re-issued and re-mastered classic adaptation of Goethe's Faust. Click below to see full details on the Amazon website.
