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F8 at WESTMINSTER REFERENCE LIBRARY
The f8 in-Depth series featuring Jacob Sam-La Rose and Aoife Mannix

Date: Thursday October 15, 2009
Time: 6.00pm – 8.00pm
Venue: Westminster Reference Library, 35 St. Martin’s Street, London WC2H 7HP
Entry: FREE
Info: books@flippedeye.net

Jacob Sam-La Rose, a poet of Guyanese heritage concerned with the evolution of culture and tradition in memorialising losses and celebrating gains, as well as the notion and power of transformation and synthesis in art and everyday life reads alongside Aoife Mannix, an Irish poet and novelist interested in storytelling, memory, place and identity. They discuss their readings of each other’s work and how their leanings affect their work.

‘Heritage of Secrets’ by Aoife Mannix available at the special discount price of only 4 pounds here – http://www.flippedeye.net/store/product_info.php?products_id=65

DIFFERENT WORDS FOR SNOW
Poet Aoife Mannix and musician Janie Armour are proud to announce the release of their CD Different Words for Snow, a gorgeous fusion of poetry, accordion, piano, mandolin, trombone, percussion and bass. Originally commissioned by Phrased & Confused, through the hub and Arts Council England, Aoife and Janie create atmospheres and soundscapes that capture all the wonder of walking through fresh snow.

Now available from the Poetry Book Society
http://www.poetrybookshop.org.uk/product.php?id=104074

BOOK CLUB BOUTIQUE – ‘My Favourite Things’
Monday, October 19th, 7pm – 11:30pm FREE ENTRY
Dick’s Bar ‘The Green Fingernail’, 23 Romilly Street, Soho
Hosted by Salena Godden. Featuring Aoife Mannix plus special guests
Click here for more info – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55814894329

CAN CREATIVE WRITING BE TAUGHT?
Readings from Aoife Mannix, Ruby Radburn, Abigail Parry, Jonathan Holt and Neil Bradley, who are featured on the Goldfish website, followed by an ‘in conversation’ with writers Blake Morrison and Maura Dooley.

Part of LCACE’s Inside Out Festival 5pm – 7pm, 23rd October 2009 at Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA. Click here for more information –
http://www.lcace.shop.venda.com/engine/shop/category/Events/Inside+Out+Festival
This event is both a celebration and an exploration of Creative Writing as a taught subject within Higher Education.

THE LEARNING REVOLUTION FESTIVAL
This autumn Spread the Word is launching free taster creative writing workshops for adults in the four London boroughs of Barking, Greenwich, Newham and Southwark. Each session will give you the chance to exercise your imagination and try your hand at poetry, fiction, journal or script writing in an informal and friendly environment. See http://www.spreadtheword.org

Workshops are FREE and open to anyone interested in writing. The following will be run by Aoife Mannix -

Eltham Library, 2 Archery Road, London SE9 1HA
Monday 26th October, 3pm – 5pm
Thursday 29th October 7pm-8pm
Woolwich Library, Calderwood St., Thamesmead West, London SE18 6QZ
Saturday 31st October 3pm-5pm

24 HOUR BOOK PROJECT
In collaboration with if:book, The Society of Young Publishers and CompletelyNovel.com, Spread the Word commissioned The 24 Hour Book, a groundbreaking project that challenged a group of writers to write a new story about London in just 24 hours. The lead writer was Kate Pullinger and writers participating included Sarah Butler, Kati Rynne, Aoife Mannix, Dean Atta, Cath Drake, Ben Payne, Chris Meade, Toni Le Busque, Saradha Soobrayen and Shamim Azad. Check out the results here -

http://www.completelynovel.com/pages/general/24hrbook

Apples & Snakes presents Word Power

Tuesday, 06/10/2009 at Chelsea Theatre – Corus Fresh Flower, The Chelsea Theatre, Kings Road, London
FREE

Four of the UK’s best performance poets demonstrate the power of words to inspire and transform

Lemn Sissay headlines a rousing evening exploring freedom of expression and cultural identity through personal narrative, explosive verse and beautiful, brain-tingling poetry. Lemn is joined by Jacob Sam-La Rose, Aoife Mannix and host Malika Booker.

Organised by Kensington and Chelsea Arts Service

Exeter Central Library celebrates National Poetry Day

Exeter Central Library will be celebrating National Poetry Day on Thursday 8 October with a combination of live poetry and music.

Starting at 7:30pm, award-winning poet Aoife Mannix and musician Janie Armour will be performing their lyrical and haunting mix of spoken word and accordion. Also, the acclaimed young Devonian musician and singer, Jim Causley from the band Mawkin:Causley – ‘Best Group’ nominees at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards – will be bringing his exciting version of traditional and contemporary songs to the stage.

Then, on Saturday 10 October from 11am to 1pm, the library is hosting a poetry writing workshop. Aoife Mannix, poet and skilled writing tutor, will show people how best to flex their creative muscles, and develop their poetic voice.

Tickets for both events are now available from Exeter Central Library, or by telephoning 01392 384200.  Tickets cost £5, or £3 concessionary for over 65s and under 18s, and people with disabilities.  Places for the workshop are limited, so the library advises people to book early.

We did it!  Thanks so much to all those who voted for me for the People’s Book Prize.  Heritage of Secrets came first in the fiction section. It was an incredibly close call; I only won by four votes so every vote counted! I really, really appreciated and was very touched by all the support

If you haven’t had a chance to read it (and are curious to find out what on earth you voted for then you can order the book direct from Flipped Eye Publishing for the discounted price of only four quid -

http://www.flippedeye.net/store/product_info.php?products_id=65

Also another Flipped Eye author Niall O’Sullivan’s book of poetry Ventriloquism for Monkeys is up for the People’s Book Prize.  I have read this and it’s very witty, touching wonderful poetry so please support Niall by voting here http://www.peoplesbookprize.com/book.php?id=124

And if you’re around on Sunday, be lovely to see you at London Liming to celebrate!  Details below.

Thanks again for all the amazing support, it really means a lot to me.

xxAoife

LONDON LIMING this Sunday 6 September: recommended by Time Out

KINGS PLACE FESTIVAL: Mellow Baku/Charlie Dark/Michael Horovitz/Aoife Mannix
Sun Sep 6 Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG Full details & map Time 5.15pm Cost £4.50 BOOK EARLY www.kingsplace.co.uk
Music: Jazz, Latin & ImprovRecommendedTime Out says
Mass gathering of improvised poetry specialists circling around legendary jazz poet, Anglo-saxophone (a kazoo-style horn) master and Poetry Olympics stalwart, Horovitz with live improvised music and verse and featuring Blacktronica main man, the indomitable Dark.

http://www.timeout.com/london/music/event/157509/kings-place-festival-mellow-baku-charlie-dark-michael-horovitz-aoife-mannix

HERITAGE OF SECRETS:

The paperback is now out and for the next few weeks  is available direct from the publisher at the discounted price of only four pounds. Just click here –

http://www.flippedeye.net/store/product_info.php?products_id=65

Only a week left for voting on the People’s Book Prize.  I’m currently in second place so just need a few votes to win – please help!  Click here –

http://www.peoplesbookprize.com/book.php?id=90

All you have to do is register with your email then they send you a password and you can vote.  Thanks a million J

LONDON LIMING: where spoken word meets carnival

presenting poetry, fiction, song and a new poetry anthology

6 September 2009 at 5.15pm

KINGS PLACE, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG

Tickets £4.50                        Bookings via www.kingsplace.co.uk

LONDON LIMING mixes poetry, music and audience participation to bring a carnival flavour to London.

Featuring performances by MELLOW BAKU, CHARLIE DARK, JOHN HEGLEY, MICHAEL HOROVITZ and AOIFE MANNIX, plus a taster of a new POETRY Anthology (Poetry Olympics Enlightenment) of poets, fiction writers and wordsmiths, edited by Michael Horovitz, John Hegley, Melanie Abrahams and Adam Horovitz. Hosted by Melanie Abrahams.

LIT UP:  Aoife Mannix and Janie Armour present Different Words For Snow

Creating Live Literature Showcase & Conference

Thursday September 24th 2009 – The Albany, Deptford, London

Click here for more info http://www.litup.org/prog2009b.htm

Here’s what I’m up to over the summer.  Thanks a million to those of you who’ve voted for my novel Heritage of Secrets for the People’s Book Award.  I’m all excited cos I’m currently at number two – just need a few more votes to be in the lead!  Click here to vote http://tr.im/qqEU and please encourage others to vote too.  Your support is hugely appreciated.

The paperback of ‘Heritage of Secrets’ is now available on Amazon http://tr.im/rmlc.  More info on the book below.

BOOK CLUB BOUTIQUE FLIPPED EYE PARTY
Monday, July 27th, 7pm – 11:30pm FREE ENTRY
Dick’s Bar ‘The Green Fingernail’, 23 Romilly Street, Soho
featuring Aoife Mannix, Niall O’Sullivan, Niki Aguirre and Nii Ayikwei Parkes

LATITUDE  JULY 16TH -19TH
I’m performing at Latitude http://tr.im/rm4Z

STANDON CALLING JULY 31ST – AUGUST 2ND
I’m performing at Standing Calling with the Book Club Boutique http://tr.im/rmbO

BIG CHILL AUGUST 6TH – 9TH
I’m performing at the Big Chill http://tr.im/rm8K

HERITAGE OF SECRETS has echoes of Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd in more than just the name of the American sailor, Troy and spans the days of ‘The Troubles’ to the present, a time when marijuana has begun to filter into the bathrooms of convent schools in Ireland and issues of sexuality have come to the fore.

Order it on Amazon http://tr.im/rmlc or direct from the publisher http://tr.im/qLCh.

“Heritage of Secrets is unputdownable; the writing is beautiful, and the epic scale of the story is compelling. This is a novel that embraces love, loss and destiny with compassion and clarity. Aoife Mannix is a writer to watch.” Nick Drake, author of Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead and winner of the Forward prize for best first collection, The Man in the White Suit

‘Aoife Mannix has a poet’s way with words, and a natural gift for storytelling. ‘Heritage of Secrets’ is a hugely satisfying read’. Paul Burston, author of ‘The Gay Divorcee’

‘Aoife Mannix’s book is a real page-turner, and incredibly difficult to put down.  She has painted her characters with consumate skill, drawing on finely honed observational skills, with the true story teller’s ease. I found myself sympathising with the main characters even when they were doing appalling things with and to each other. A really great read.’  Agnes Meadows, author of This One Is For You