Had a blast reading at On The Mic in the glorious Left Bank Leeds last night.
๐ธ: Maria Ferguson (Abbott) ๐ผ
Had such a wonderful time performing in the Roundhouse Slam Heats in Leeds last night LIVEwire Poetry โก๏ธ ๐
What an immense privilege to read in front of judges Vanessa Kisuule Maria Ferguson (Abbott) ๐ผ and Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan and compete alongside such brill young poets๐งกx
TUBTHUMPING ๐๏ธ A rip-roaring night of the UK's best spoken word and poetry! HOSTED by
Matt (Ferguson) Abbott ๐ & Maria Ferguson (@kerdonk)
With Polarbear (Steven Camden) + Jasmine Gardosi
๐ Thu 8 June #Farsley #Leeds Sunny Bank Mills
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A rip-roaring night of the UK's best spoken word and poetry! Featuring:
๐๏ธ SUHAIYMAH MANZOOR-KHAN
(Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan )
๐๏ธ TOBY CAMPION
(@TobyCampion)
๐ tinyurl.com/mwnbxzbk
๐ Thu 23 Nov
๐ #Farsley Matt (Ferguson) Abbott ๐ Maria Ferguson (Abbott) ๐ผ
News! ๐ข
FOUR new artists have joined the Authors Abroad family! We're really looking forward to sharing your #books , #poems and #songs with schools all over the world! ๐๐๐ถ
Welcome aboard Dr Stuart Lawrence Official James Carter Maria Ferguson (Abbott) ๐ผ & Jane Newberry ๐
#readingforpleasure #teachers
.Penguin Books UK has signed Swell, a poetry collection by Maria Ferguson (@kerdonk) described as a 'raw and powerful documentation of one woman's experience of becoming a mother'
bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-dโฆ (ยฃ)
The morning after Wax-Tree-Cast Alexandra Haddow Maria Ferguson (Abbott) ๐ผ and The Reed Conservation Society got on stage at leaf last year.
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Had a lovely time at the First Story Young Writers' Festival in Cambridge. Mahoosive bonus that Maria Ferguson (Abbott) ๐ผ & I had a mini working holiday, too!
So many inspiring young writers. Hope we're able to go again next year โ๏ธ๐ป #YWF2024
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Join us at Hyde Park Book Club on 29 Apr, as the iconic Roundhouse Poetry Slam rolls into Leeds for the first time! Your superstar judges for these regional heats are Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, Vanessa Kisuule & Maria Ferguson (Abbott) ๐ผ.
๐ ยฃ5 + booking fee
eventbrite.co.uk/e/roundhouse-pโฆ
Here are the competitors for our Roundhouse Poetry Slam heat! This is the first time that the iconic slam has visited Leeds, and we can't wait to show 'em what we're about ๐ค
Our guest judges are Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, Vanessa Kisuule, and Maria Ferguson (Abbott) ๐ผ ๐คฉ
eventbrite.co.uk/e/roundhouse-pโฆ
This is our first submission of the LIVEwire era! JoJo attended our first Huddersfield workshop, and this poem was inspired by Maria Ferguson (Abbott) ๐ผ's prompt on our Patreon page โ๏ธ
instagram.com/p/C6LfGIUMv_I/
Absolutely phenomenal night at Nymphs & Thugs' #Tubthumping in its new home at The Old Woollen. Incredible sets from headliners Polarbear (Steven Camden) and Jasmine Gardosi, and eight amazing showcase acts (including the brilliant Talie The Poet โจ๏ธ)
Thank you Matt (Ferguson) Abbott ๐ & Maria Ferguson (Abbott) ๐ผ ๐ค๐
Thank you so much to Maria Ferguson (Abbott) ๐ผ for a really inspiring writers workshop tonight as part of #BarnsleyBookFestival at Dodworth Library, full of interesting discussion on dialect, being who you want to be by using YOUR voice, and biscuits! ๐๐ป
Calling all budding writers! We've got some amazing writing workshops as part of Barnsley Book Festival with some crazy talented people. And if that wasn't good enough, they're all free!
#BarnsleyBookFestibal #LetsCreate ACE North Toria Garbutt Matt (Ferguson) Abbott ๐ Maria Ferguson (Abbott) ๐ผ
Vic Leeson Nabeela Ahmed Kirsty Taylor Louise Fazackerley (s/her) Maria Ferguson (Abbott) ๐ผ @MattAbbottPoet @harispoet Anna Cole Caitlin Mckenna Briony Spandler Carla Mellor great thank you for this list! while Iโm here I should promote our event on Wednesday โ free entry followed by an open mic
Jawdance ๐ Wed 20 March...
The fab Kat Francois is hosting & we welcome the talents of courtney conrad ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ง Maria Ferguson (Abbott) ๐ผ & Vanessa Kisuule to the stage + we have an open mic! ๐ค
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Wed 20 Mar
๐ 7pm
๐ Rich Mix
๐ bit.ly/3U4Gt2h
#Jawdance #PoetryNight #IWD2024
Jawdance returns next week...
๐ ๐ ๐
We welcome Kat Francois as host & courtney conrad ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ง Maria Ferguson (Abbott) ๐ผ & Vanessa Kisuule to perform + we have an open mic... ๐ค
๐
Wed 20 March
๐ 7pm
๐ Rich Mix
๐ bit.ly/3U4Gt2h
#Jawdance #Poetry Night #Poetry #IWD2024
