EVENTS
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UPCOMING EVENTS AND FEATURED POETS
Hosted by Dónall Dempsey in the Main Bar at THE KEEP, 29 Castle Street, Guildford GU1 3UW ON THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH (except where changed below) Thursday November 16th 2018: "REMEMBRANCE" at Cranleigh Arts Centre High Street Cranleigh, GU6 – this is a WWI War Centenary Event at Cranleigh Arts Centre with Cranleigh Writers' Group: hosted by Richard Sellwood (scroll down for details)
December 3rd 2018: Open Mic with Pauline Seawards, Claire Booker
January 7th 2019: Open Mic with Paul A W Sutherland,
February 11th 2019: (a week later than usual) Open Mic with John Wheeler
March 4th 2019 ≠ Open Mic with Featured poet TBA
April 1st: Open Mic with Linda Rose Parkes
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The Keep,
29 Castle Street, Guildford GU1 3UW Monday 3rd December 2018 7.30 - 10.30 Open Mic and Guests: Claire Booker and Pauline Seawards 
Claire Booker (above) is a playwright and director
as well as a poet and we warmly welcome her and (left) Pauline Seawards as long-time guests of The 1000 Monkeys on Monday 3rd December |
THE ROUTE FROM GUILDFORD STATION TO THE KEEP
(10 minutes on foot)
There is also parking next door to the Keep and 50 yards away in the Castle Car Park (£1 for the evening after 6pm) or, in the evenings, there's often space on the High Street, nearby.
(10 minutes on foot)
There is also parking next door to the Keep and 50 yards away in the Castle Car Park (£1 for the evening after 6pm) or, in the evenings, there's often space on the High Street, nearby.
Other events in 2018 - 2019
Thursday 16th November: REMEMBRANCE
A night of poetry and music to commemorate the centenary of the end of WWI
A night of poetry and music to commemorate the centenary of the end of WWI
Music and poems by the "soldier poets", and new poems, read by Surrey poets from the 1000 Monkeys and Cranleigh Writers. And an open mic - if you would like to read a poem of your own, sign up at the door.
There is also an open competition run by Cranleigh Arts Centre (www.cranleighartscentre.org) on the theme of "Remembrance", Entries don't have to be about war - "Remembering" any experience can be the topic. The deadline for entries has been extended by a week to November 2nd. The winning poem will be read at the event on 16th November, published on Cranleigh Arts Centre's website and the poet will receive a voucher for £30 donated by the Cranleigh Lions.
Details of how to enter (though the revised deadine has not been posted there yet)
http://www.cranleighartscentre.org/?page=news
There is also an open competition run by Cranleigh Arts Centre (www.cranleighartscentre.org) on the theme of "Remembrance", Entries don't have to be about war - "Remembering" any experience can be the topic. The deadline for entries has been extended by a week to November 2nd. The winning poem will be read at the event on 16th November, published on Cranleigh Arts Centre's website and the poet will receive a voucher for £30 donated by the Cranleigh Lions.
Details of how to enter (though the revised deadine has not been posted there yet)
http://www.cranleighartscentre.org/?page=news
Picture Archive
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ANTHOLOGIES
Once a year we publish a collection of poems, many by writers who have read at 1000 Monkeys events.
The books are available on our publishing website, www.dempseyandwindle.co.uk
Once a year we publish a collection of poems, many by writers who have read at 1000 Monkeys events.
The books are available on our publishing website, www.dempseyandwindle.co.uk
Contributors to the Anthologies
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2016
EVENTS ARCHIVE
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2018
October 1st 2018: Open Mic with Gail Anderson, Richard Williams
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2017
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2015
November 5th 2018: Open Mic with Heather Moulson
- Monday December 7th 2015: Rob Auton at the Keystone
- Sunday 8th November 2015 - FREE THE POEMS! - The Boileroom,Stokefields, Guildford - Featuring THE DIRTY CAROLS and DAN SMITH
- Monday 2nd November 2015- THE KEYSTONE POETRY OPEN MIC - Guest: Raymond
- Monday 5th October 2015 - The Keystone Poetry Open Mic - Guest - Cecilia Delatori
- Tuesday 15th September -Poetry at the Bar des Arts - Gusets - Owen Elton, Zelda Chappel
- Monday 7th September 2015 -The Keystone Poetry Open Mic - Guest: Steve Pottinger
- Tuesday 18th August 2015- Poetry at the Bar des Arts - Guests: Jen McGowan, Bethany Pope
- Monday 3rd August 2015 - The Keystone Poetry Open Mic - Guest: Ash Dickinson
- Tuesday 14th July 2015- Spoken Word at the Bar des Arts Guests: A F Harrold, Raymond and John Wheeler
- Tuesday 16th June 2015 - Spoken Word at the Bar des Arts Guests: Claire Booker, Elaine Stabler, Hugh Greasley
- Monday 1st June 2015 - The Keystone Open Mic Guest: Ed Parshotam
- Tuesday 21st April 2015 - Spoken Word at the Bar des Art Guests:John Smallshaw, Chrys Salt & Bernard Kops
- 6th April 2015 -the Keystone Open Mic with Paul Cree
- Tuesday 17th March 2015- Spoken Word at the Bar des Arts with WendyKlein, Dorothy Yamamoto
- Monday 2nd March 2015 - the Keystone Open Mic with The Antipoet
- Thursday 26th February 2015 - Spoken Word at the Bar Des Arts with Mike West, Amy Neilson Smith, Natasha Moscovici
- Monday 2nd February 2015 - the Keystone Open Mic with Gary from Leeds (YETI)
- Tuesday 20th January 2015 - Spoken Word at the Bar Des Arts with Cat Randle, Eddie Chauncy
- Tuesday 13th January 2015 -- the Keystone Open Mic at the Keystone with Tom V & Friends.
2016
- 5th December 2016: Raymond
- 7th Nov 2016: Wendy Klein
- 3rd Oct 2016: Seamus Fox
- 5th Sept 2016: Bethany Pope
- 4th July 2016: Paul Cree
- 6th June: Chrys Salt and Alan Franks
- 17th May: Celebrating Robert Desnos poetry with Timothy Adés
- 2nd May 2016: Alex Twyman and Becky Fury
- 4th April 2016: Gary from Leeds
- 23rd Mar 2016: Launch of Paris Lit Up Magazine #3
- 7th Mar 2016: Daniel Smith
- Monday 4th Jan 2016: Eddie Chauncy at the Keystone
2014
- Tuesday 16th December 2014- Spoken Word at the Bar des Arts with A F Harrold, Amy McAllister, Jen McGowan.
- Tuesday 18th November 2014 - Spoken Word at the Bar des Arts with Graham Buchan, Graham Brown, Alwyn Marriage
- Tuesday 9th December 2014 - the Keystone Slam at The Keystone with The Dirty Carols
- Tuesday 21st October 2014 - Spoken Word at the Bar des Arts Karen Withecomb and Pete Jardine
- Tuesday 14th October 2014 - The Keystone Slamat the Keystone - Guest: Cecilia Delatori
- Friday 10th October 2014 - The 1000 Monkeys at PoetryJam at the Tea Box, Richmond (Headliner Alex de Suys).
- Tuesday 16th September 2014 - Spoken Word at the Bar des Arts - Guests: Pauline Sewards, Tom V & Friends; Harry Man.
- Saturday 20th September 2014 - The 1000 Monkeys at The Artists and Makers Guild Festival
- Tuesday 30th September 2014 - Launch party for the Pop Up Anthology 2014 at the Bar Des Arts. Readings by the contributors and a performance by the Dirty Carols.
