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Poetry in Portsmouth, Tongues and Grooves Events

20 March 2024: 20 Years of Tongues& Grooves

Tongues&Grooves celebrates twenty years of top notch poetry and music with a special event at Portsmouth’s iconic Square Tower. Please join us! FLYWEIGHT  Work in progress performance of a new live literature production by Maggie Sawkins, featuring new poems by Maggie exploring the theme of female boxing alongside video and audio material by MattParsons created at boxing clubs on the Isle of Wight. Directed by Mark C. Hewitt, who … Continue reading 20 March 2024: 20 Years of Tongues& Grooves

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Community, Open Mic, Poetry in Portsmouth, Tongues and Grooves Events

From the Heart Poetry Recital

February 2024 ‘Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary …’ Looking for a challenge to carry you through the winter months? Then this could be the answer! Following the success of our From the Heart Poetry Recital 2020, we’ve decided to organise another, and we’d love it if you took part. All you have to do is pledge to learn a published poem … Continue reading From the Heart Poetry Recital

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Community, photography, Poetry in Portsmouth

February to March 2023 – CITY SPACE: Portsmouth City Centre in Images and Words

City Space is a collaborative project between documentary photographer Janey Devine and Tongues&Grooves in the Community resulting in an innovative exhibition of images and words. Exhibition Tuesday 14 February to Sunday 5 March, Tuesday to Sunday 12pm – 7pm: Southsea Cinema and Arts Centre Free. Exhibition access is subject to their screening times. Please check their website first. Exhibition Preview Evening Monday 13 February – From 6pm: Southsea … Continue reading February to March 2023 – CITY SPACE: Portsmouth City Centre in Images and Words

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Poetry in Portsmouth

The Portsmouth Literary Map Project

Welcome to the city where Charles Dickens was born and where Arthur Conan Doyle first unleashed the world’s most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, on a grateful world. Welcome also to a city whose literary stories go far beyond these more familiar examples – a city whose literary character and complex identity isn’t just about the past, but about a community of talented writers beavering away … Continue reading The Portsmouth Literary Map Project

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