'Yeah there is the page, there is the stage, there is engage. Its engage that is the key word - the inbetween word'
(John Hegley riffing in his interview with Malaika Kegode for the research archive for #StageInvasionPoetry Out-Spoken Press
We've had some excellent celebrity appearances at our #FestivalOfRemarkableLives today. So far we've had David Walliams HQ, Emma Bunton, John Hegley amongst others including Paul Peschisolido doing the keepy uppy challenge. #OneAET Academies Enterprise Trust
Fab time Just So Festival. Saw stunning work from David Gibb, John Hegley, Dizzy O'Dare, Newtons Ladder, AbsoluteOpera/Absolute Children's Opera to name just a few. The mud fest rivalled Glastonbury but worth it.
Norwich vs Barnsley
There was no cheering
Just the bright floodlights peering
Through light winter skies
(a haiku about passing Carrow Road football ground this afternoon with my mum)
Ian McMillan Clayton Hirst John Hegley
Sketches done over Glastonbury weekend
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lemn sissay OBE FRSL
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Tony Walsh
Luke Wright 💥
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Toby Campion
Liv Torc
Rhythmical Ravings & Rants
Blimey, what a year for stalwarts of 1990s Mark & Lard shows. Exhibition & documentary for Official Frank Sidebottom, now Simon Armitage becomes Poet Laureate! What's in line for Ian McMillan & John Hegley, the other members of the Hit The North poetry triumvirate?
Mark Radcliffe Marc Riley ⚽️🍺🐳
I'm so excited! Heading to SpinningYarns Tent at Village Green 2019 to tell #Caribbean trickster tales. Festival starts at 11.30am w/ stories from Andy Copps Professional Storyteller & a feast of more tales from John Hegley John Henry Falle The Embers Collective @tinytalesstory1 #familyfestival
We learned a lot about CJ Stroud + Bryce Young at #RookiePremiere ... including how many nicknames CJ has for Bryce. 🤣
Check out @SkyLinesCov #Poetry & Spoken Word Festival presented by Nine Arches Press & @WritingWestMids with 30+ poets & spoken word artists appearing 15-17 July in Coventry 🔥
Headliners:
💫 Hollie McNish
💫 Jacob Sam-La Rose
💫 #JohnHegley
Tickets: skylinescoventry.co.uk
Happy Bookshop Day ... why not pop down to your local & buy one or two, even three 📚After all, Christmas is not that far away 🎄Books Are My Bag #BookshopDay
Laughing along to side splitting poems and songs from John Hegley in the Spinning Yarns Theatre tent Village Green 2019 #storytelling #spokenword #Southend
Piranha back in Fishponds Bristol tonight 3rd November. Open mic with bite. Satellite of Love Milk Poetry Spikey Tim @Clive_Oseman Thomas Brown Dr Lucy English Nathan Filer Glos Writers Network John Hegley Hammer&TongueBristol Raise the Bar
Specifically brilliant episodes of Lunar Poetry Podcast incl. Ep 110 Caroline Bird, 88 w/ Hannah Silva John Hegley and Nick Makoha , 82 (the iconic Show Me The Money episode breaking down getting paid) w/ BECOME UNGOVERNABLE @dansimpsonpoet and Paula Varjack ! All transcribed too.
Great evening rocking with #TheVerb BBC Radio 3 The Trades Club with the inspirational Ian McMillan #JohnHegley bella hardy & Melvin Burgess (Xmas Verb is coming💥🎅🏾✨)
What a line-up! @SkyLinesCov Poetry & Spoken Word Festival by
Nine Arches Press & @WritingWestMids: 30+ poets & spoken word artists / 15-17 July / Coventry @HolliePoetry #JohnHegley @MalikasKitchen 🎇🎇Unmissable summer fest for your diary 📔 😍 ❤️
skylinescoventry.co.uk
Looking forward to sharing these books (and more!) with Channing School today… #WorldBookDay2023 James Carter Andy Stanton #johnhegley Wren & Rook Hachette Children's Group Otter-Barry Books
I am on air right now talking about #JohnHegley #UAFanthorpe #slam #WendyCope Ruth Padel Jonathon Porritt
If you missed it, you can listen again after the show is broadcast.
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Glos Writers Network Zoe Brooks Ivor Daniel
Bittersweet memories,
of my thoughts on a hero,
poet; John Hegley
#vss365 #bittersweet
#Senryu
#Micropoetry
#Amwriting
#JohnHegley
I like Cats! Who doesn't like cats?
I like Music, Poetry & Story!
My lovely neighbours the #Meads have come up with this beauty!
#CatFest2023 in my neighborhood for christianaid
Not only that but I'll finally meet Joshua Seigal - 'YAPPING AWAY' out now! Sandra A Agard & Peter Chand @johnhegley😻😻
Looking forward to talking to dominic cotter on his show shortly - we are talking about the 13th CheltenhamPoetryFest and our feast of live literature events this week onwards.. BBC Radio Gloucestershire
Fabulous festival of festivals The Cally Festival #SuperCally yesterday with #Word2019 performances by Thornhill Primary School Islington #primarypupilpoets John Hegley Paul Lyalls #StoryStreet All Change BProjectLondon key changes @islington4women #Words4Word Islington Libraries @islingtonplay
This painting was inspired by the wonderful and hilarious John Hegley poem 'The Great Hotel' about a trip to the #LakeDistrict #WorldPoetryDay #art
We're off down to The Book Corner - there's lots going on this weekend Halifax Festival of Words including John Hegley Meandering Bear Loafers Elder Grayston Unity Harveys of Halifax