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Latest News : Poetry Express issue 27 is now available to download click on the image and follow links. |
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 We have restarted and relaunched our Survivors' Poetry Forum. Please Click Here to visit and sign up. |
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Welcome to Survivorspoetry.com
As many of you know, the last year has been momentous for us here at Survivors'. As you saw recently, our Patron Dr Debjani Chatterjee, was awarded an MBE in the New Year's Honours list. We're delighted that was has been an extraordinary year for her personally has been thus concluded.
Second, last December, the Arts Council restored Regularly Funded Organisation (RFO) status to us from April '08. We're thrilled with this recognition, naturally. As Director, I've maintained close contact with ACE London. Their personnel have been unfailingly helpful, including being remarkably understanding over bouts of illness that made one key report very late. But we crucially need funds for both office and staff. ACE know this. Were looking to several other organisations. It's due to the Esmee Fairbairn organisation that we've prospered recently, and the John Ellerman before that. Much of what we do is centred here, with our mentoring. We'd like to emphasise our events profile far more, something always central to SP. It still continues at the Poetry Cafe in Betterton street Covent Garden, second Thursday of the month.
Because of a move I've been away from the Forum recently, but will return soon. It's an amazingly supportive place with all kinds of discussion, and 113 signed-up poets. Do take a look at it.
Now take a look at the latest issue - newly designed electronic pdf of Poetry Express (PE), currently the only mode it can be read in. We had hoped to change this, of course, with a full re-launch in 2009/10. But the overwhelming number of downloads - 10,000 is a modest projection, it's more likely to be 12,000 - we've far exceeded our original distribution figures. Tell us what your experience has been. Did you find it fairly easy to find us? Do you enjoy the downloads?
If you open it, you can read about what's happening, and occasionally what's not happening, at SP. Apart from all the news of events and projects in PE, keep an eye out for Events flagged up in the lozenges opposite this one. As I said last time and many took me up on it: keep phoning, emailing, and writing to us, and tell us what you think of our new electric self. It's not ideal, but it's how a lot of work might appear in future. The future's bright, until we change the colour!
Find out about our Mentoring Scheme by clicking the link on the left. A new batch will be announced soon.
Simon Jenner
Director of Survivors' Poetry
Banner image by Colin Hambrook - http://disabilityarts.org/site
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