our meetings

The Society meets at 2.45pm on the fourth Saturday of each month at the Nottingham Mechanics Institute, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham NG1 4AX. We have a programme of readings, talks, workshops, and an open forum when members have the opportunity of presenting their own work. We organise the Nottingham Open Poetry Competition each Autumn.
This website also gives details of the quarterly magazine ‘ Assent’ (formerly ‘Poetry Nottingham’).

Membership of the Society is £14.00 per annum. Cheque should be made payable to ‘Nottingham Poetry Society’ and sent to the Treasurer at 71 Saxton Avenue, Heanor, Derbyshire DE75 7PZ. (Concessionary rates of £12.00 and Family rates of £24.00 are available)

Visitors always welcome. (Visitors fee: £2.50 per session)
Contact us at: nottposoc@btinternet.com

 
NEXT MEETING: 19th December 2009 2.45pm

Read-a-Round. Bring along a couple of poems – your own or your favourite – to read and share with the group Visitors welcome.

2009 programme

January 24th: Annual General Meeting
February 28th: Poetry Reading – Caroline Price
March 28th: Read and discuss a favourite poem
April 25th: Poetry Writing Workshop – Matthew Clegg
May 23rd: Poetry Slam & Performance Poetry Competition
June 20th: Desert Island Poets
July 25th: Bring Own Poems to Read and Discuss

No Meeting in August

September 26th: Poetry Writing Workshop – with Myra Schneider
October 25th: Poetry Reading – Liz Cashdan and Derrick Buttress
November 28th: Adjudication of Nottingham Open Poetry Competition
December 19th: Christmas Read-a-Round