7FEST - The Foundation (Evening Session) June 4, 2008

7FEST - The Foundation (Evening Session) w/ Niki Aguirre, Jacob Sam-La Rose, Agnes Meadows et al
Date – Wednesday 4 June 2008
Venue – The Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, London (Covent Garden tube)
Time – 5.30pm - 11.00pm
Entry – FREE

The Evening Session: From 5.30pm, flipped eye publishing, to mark their 7th anniversary, will unleash a series of "full-fledged traditional, energetic flipped eye style readings with loud whoops and a full house" running until the venue closes after 11pm.

17.30-18.25: FORTHCOMING POETRY
Jacob Sam-La Rose, Charlotte Ansell and Nick Makoha read exclusively from their forthcoming poetry books

19.00-19.50: NEW POETRY
Niall O'Sullivan, Malika Booker and Denise Saul read from their recently released collections - Ventriloquism for Monkeys, Breadfruit and White Narcissi respectively

20.00 - BOOK SIGNING: Authors in attendance will include Jacob Sam-La Rose, Charlotte Ansell, Nick Makoha, Denise Saul and Niki Aguirre

20.30-21.10: GENERATIONS
Our writers include characters with millions of airmiles and freedom passes in their pockets as well as fledglings with pocket change and airy dreams of flying: This session puts Agnes Meadows side-by-side with Inua Ellams to showcase the poetry of generations that span post-WW2 to post-II (Iraq Invasion) 2.

21.20-22.50: FICTION UNLEASHED
Aoife Mannix, Niki Aguirre, Roger Robinson and W. E. Essilfie - two published and two with forthcoming publications - read from their work. Roger's Adventures in 3D is widely hailed as a classic, Niki's 29 Ways to Drown has just been longlisted for the Frank O'Connor Short Story Prize - come and hear the classics and see what's new and upcoming...

Official Website: http://www.flippedeye.net/news/blog/2008/05/7fest-foundation.html