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​Upcoming events and readings

Wed 14th May, 7pm
Cinnamon Press reading 
at Clapham Books, 26 the Pavement, Clapham Common, London - part of the press's 20th anniversary year celebrations


Saturday 26th April 2025
Hooray!
Once more, I'll be on the Pindrop Press stall at the Poetry Society Free Verse poetry 
book and magazine fair, St Columba's Church, SW1X 0BD
Also, I will ne reading a couple of poems at the Gala evening after-party from 7pm.


Friday 4th April 2025, pm
at The Crypt Gallery, Seaford
a Litfest event, with new poems from me and fellow Sussex poet Janet Sutherland
Time tba
Delighted to be reading there 
again!

Wed 12th March, 7pm
Northumberland Write Out Loud online, reading with other poets to support featured poet Audrey Ardern-Jones


Thursday 23rd January 2025, 7-9pm

A Stanza Bonanza!
at The Dolphin, South Street, Eastbourne
featuring poets from Brighton and hastimgs Poetry Society Stanza groups



Tuesday 8th October 2024, 6.45 for 7pm
National Poetry Day reading
at
in-words, West Greenwich Library, London SE10 8NN

Thursday 26th September 2024, 5-6pm
A reading of Again Behold the Stars
with fellow Siege Girls
Janet Stott, Judith Shaw and Isabel Ryan
in the herb garden at the Ypres Castle, Rye.
Some seating available, but if you can, bring a folding chair! 


Saturday 14th September 2024, 2-3pm
I'll be contributing to the Winchester Heritage Open Day 'Routes, Networks and Connections' readings at St Lawrence Church, Winchester

Wednesday 22nd May 2024
Talking Rhythm! - reading at the Prince of Greenwich, London SE10 8RT
with Sue 
Wallace-Shaddad, and music from Pytchwood
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Saturday 20th April 2024
Free Verse
- the Poetry Society book and magazine fair
St Columba's Hall, Kensington 11.30 - 6.30
Not a reading, but I will be on the Pindrop Press stand
Drop by to talk poetry talk - and (perhaps) drink poetry tea


Tuesday 16th April 2024
Seaford Litfest

​A reading in the beautiful Crypt at Seaford, with Janet Sutherland

​An evening of subterreanean South Coast word magic
7 for 7.30pm


Saturday 15th April - facilitating poetry/science workshops for the Great Exhibition Road Festival
at Imperial College, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ
Be prepared for some very cellular poetry! 


Friday 20th October 2023
'Bird in a Wilderness' launch. Poems from the salty, sandy, saucy Hastings Poetry Society Stanza
at White Rock Hotel, 7pm

All proceeds go to the Refugee Buddy Project.


Tuesday 18th July 2023
Sue Wallace-Shaddad's guest reader at Ipswich County Library,
for an evening of poetry, art and discussion
6pm - 7.30

with Sula Rubens and Ian Griffiths


Tuesday 27th June 2023
Pindrop Poets reading at Lumen poetry, Camden, London

Trinity United Reform Church, 1 Buck St, Camden Town, London NW1 8NJ. 
Tube: Camden Town

Saturday 10th June 2023
Reading 5-6pm with Greenwich Meanrtime poets
at Bankside Open Spaces Poets' Corner


Sunday 30th April 2023
Delighted to be Gillie Robic's guest poet at Red Door.
Click here to book:  Red Door Poets online 


Wednesday 22nd February 2023
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Online launch of Again Behold the Stars (book a place or order a copy at
Cinnamon Press)
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Monday 14th November 2022, 7.30pm
featured poet, with Denise Bundred
at Winchester Muse


THE ARC,

Jewry Street
Winchester
SO23 8SB
01962 398046
Email: [email protected]

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Sunday 18th September, 12.30-1.30pm
Hastings Book Festival  

reading at The Printworks, Hastings
with members of Hastings Stanza group: 
Steph Gaunt, Brian Docherty, Judith Shaw, Antony Mair

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Tuesday 13th September 2022
Reading with 8 fantastic poets at in-words, West Greenwich LIbrary,
 146 Greenwich High Road, London SE10 8NN
Graham High, NJ Hynes, Rosie Johnston, Alex Josephy, Lorraine Mariner, Fiona Moore, Jane McLaughlin, Colin Pink and Sarah Westcott



Sat 28th May 2022
Urban Forest reading at Red Cross Gardens, Southwark, as part of Chelsea Fringe festival, with Greenwich Meantime and Southwark poetry stanza groups.

Wed 8th December 2021
 I'll be reading my contribution at the online launch of Storm Brain (the Hippocrates Book of the Brain),
published through the generosity of healthy heart charity the Cardiovascular Research Trust.
Link to follow.


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Sat 30th October
Seaford Litfest 2021
Reading with Janet Sutherland at the Crypt, Seaford




Thurs 25th March 2021, 7.30
One Year On, in-words reading on zoom
with Jacqueline Saphra reading poems from One Hundred Lockdown Sonnets, and Rosie Johnston, Colin Pink and Rob Walton 



Wed 10th February 2021
Hippocrates Press Poems To Live For series
Zoom reading based on 'The Trees Are Down' by Charlotte Mew.
Click here to see and hear the recording!



Sat 14th November, 12.00-13.00
 Zoom reading - Poetry in Aldeburgh Festival
Between Places - Britain and Europe
with Sharon Black, Christopher North and Fokkina McDonnell



Wed 4th November 2020 
Zoom reading - launch of the Hippocrates Prize Anthology:
The First Ten Years

A collection of tender, scientific, surprising and uplifting poems that explore some of the many connections between poetry and medicine
An
thology now available from Hippocrates Poetry


Sat 25th October 2020
Zoom launch based in Mumbai!
Open Your Eyes
An international poetry and prose anthology on climate change,
Ed. Vinita Agrawal, Hakawal Publishers



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Sunday 18th October 2020
Anthology launch on zoom
​Bloody Amazing

123 taboo-busting poems
in aid of period poverty charities

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Thursday 1st October 2020, 6pm
National Poetry Day!
Reading my poem from 'Poems for a Pandemic'
anthology in aid of NHS charities


Sunday 13th September 2020
Online reading with Wendy French and Audrey Ardern-Jones
to launch Wendy's lovely collection
'Bread Without Butter' (Bara 
hen fenyn)


​      Sunday 12th July 2020
    Naked Since Faversham
                               Pindrop Press 2020
          my second collection, launched online during the pandemic,
          but full of joy!


   with Liz Bahs, launching her collection 'Stay Bones'
   and Sharon Black (PIndrop editor)


        See and hear the reading (with a few Zoom comic effects!) here









Friday 28th February 2020
Seaford Litfest, UK


reading with Janet Sutherland at The Crypt, Seaford



12th October 2019
Festa del Paesaggio, Sant'Angelo in Colle

a poetry reading in an ancient hilltop church

"Tutela, rispetto, ecologia e integrazione per un paesaggio umane"
Readings in English and Italian, with Lisa Annicchiarico and Matilde Albertin

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1st September 2019
Festa della Poesia, Salaiola
a poetry festa on the slopes of beautiful Monte Amiata. Tuscany
readings in English and 
Italian

14th March 2019
A Meeting of Minds

reading at West Greenwich Library with Greenwich Meantime poets

15th February 2019
Joint launch reading with Paul McLoughlin
The Art Workers Guild, London


9th February 2019
6-8pm

Un Sorso di Poesia
A Sip of Poetry

Libreria Becarelli, Siena 



20th October 2018
White Roads launch at OCRA, Montalcino, Italy
Readings in English and Italian

18th July 2018
Joint launch reading  with Rebecca Bilkau and Susan Castillo
Poetry Cafe

Throughout June 2018
​A Compound Eye

bumblebee poem leaflets on show as part of Fifty Bees exhibition
at Richard Jefferies museum, Swindon


17 March 2018
Anthology launch: Noble Dissent
Lancaster Litfest


28 September 2017, 7.30
National Poetry Day reading with Cinnamon writers 
West Greenwich Library, London

8 October 2017, 4.30-5.30pm
 Swindon Poetry Festival

http://www.richardjefferies.org/poetry-swindon

6 September 2017, 6.30-8pm
Mixed Borders garden residency reading
Kew Gardens, London


30 June 2017, 7.15
Anthology launch: Poetica Botanica
poems inspired by plants in the Physic Garden at Hellens Manor
Ledbury Festival, Ledbury


23 June 2017, 7.30pm
Anthology launch: A Bee's Breakfast
at Brick Lane Bookshop,  166 Brick Lane, London E1 6RU


June 2017
Mixed Borders residency at Markham Square, Chelsea
open afternoon Sundy 18th June, reading 4pm



Monday 23rd January 2017, 7.30 -11pm
Coffee-House Poetry showcase event at The Troubadpour, 263-267 Old Brompton Road, London SW5

Saturday 12th November 2016
Poem-a-Thon in aid of Médecins sans Frontières at Ye Olde Rose and Crown, Walthamstow  

Saturday 27th August 2016
Three Beautiful Dragons Go Wild: reading with Rebecca Bilkau and Ron Scowcroft at Made in Greenwich gallery, London

Saturday and Sunday, 18th and 19th June 2016 12.30 both days
Readings of new poems at Rainham Hall, Rainham, Essex as part of Mixed Borders (see The Latest, my blog page, for more details)

Saturday 19th March 2016​
Reading with Beautiful Dragons at Lancaster Litfest

Wednesday 16th March 2016
Launch of Other Blackbirds, Cinnamon Press at the Made in Greenwich Gallery, London


Thursday 17th December 2015
Reading with the Writers' Group at the MacMillan Cancer Centre; launch of the Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine 2016


Friday 27th November 2015

Launch of the Beautiful Dragons anthology My Dear Watson: The Very Elements in Poetry at the Anthony Burgess Centre, Manchester


Sunday 30th August 2015
McLellan Arts Festival, Isle of Arran



Tuesday 21st July, 7.30pm
Launch of The Emma Press Anthology of Slow Things.
at Rambert Dance Company, London




Tuesday 14th April 2015, 6.30 - 9pm
Florence Writers Poetry Night
St Mark's Church, Florence, Italy


Friday 20th February 2015, 7.30 - 10pm
Lines Across the Water. Poets from London and the Isle of Arran.
An evening of poetry, and a little music, from either side of the water.


Tuesday 27th May 2014, 7.30 - 10pm.
Launch of Scumbles. Poetry from Robert van Dias' poetry seminar.
The Goat Tavern, Mayfair, London.


October 2013
Battered Moons prize-giving at the Swindon Festival of Literature.

 Here is a recording of Alex reading
'Marias'



Alex Josephy