Events

Saturday, 19 May 2012 Caversham Arts Trail: poetry reading from Lesley Saunders Cloud Camera, 3pm

Posted on May 13, 2012 by admin

It is almost time for the third Caversham Arts Trail. The Trail this year takes place on Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th May and Friday 18th – Sunday 20th May. All venues are open from 11am to 5pm. With 32 … Continue reading →

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Saturday, 19 May, 2012: Museums at Night: Poetry Night at MERL and launch of Lesley Saunders’ Cloud Camera, 6-10pm

Posted on May 12, 2012 by admin

Join Two Rivers Press for an evening of poetry readings, local beer and the chance to visit the ‘Our Sporting Life’ exhibition at MERL, which opens on 16 May, or take a relaxing out of hours stroll around the Museum … Continue reading →

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Saturday, 12 May 2012 Caversham Arts Trail: poetry reading with Susan Utting and Gill Learner, 3pm

Posted on May 11, 2012 by admin

It is almost time for the third Caversham Arts Trail. The Trail this year takes place on Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th May and Friday 18th – Sunday 20th May. All venues are open from 11am to 5pm. With 32 … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 8 May 2012: International Music and Poetry Evening, Holywell Music Room, Oxford 7pm

Posted on May 5, 2012 by admin

Turkmen and Russian musicians and composers will improvise on the piano and theremin, and perform works of Chopin, Halmammedov, Erkin and Ledenev. Two Rivers Press poet, Susan Utting, will be among the British and Eurasian poets reading their own works. … Continue reading →

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Saturday, 5 May, 2012: Henley Arts Trail event, 2pm

Posted on April 27, 2012 by admin

On Saturday, 5 May, 2012 Susan Utting, our award winning Berkshire poet will read from her brand new poetry collection, Fair’s Fair. Fair’s Fair has been described as ‘joyous, heartbreaking, ramm’d with life’ with poems that shimmy in the mind … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 1 May, 2012: St John’s School Fair 18:30 – 20:30

Posted on April 25, 2012 by admin

Come visit the Two Rivers Press stand at the St. John’s CE Primary School Fair. 121-147 Orts Road|Reading, Berkshire|RG1 3JN

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Friday, 27 April, 2012 A Celebration of Dickens at the Old Combination Room, Great Court, Trinity College, Cambridge, UK 6-8 pm

Posted on April 23, 2012 by admin

A Mutual Friend: Poems for Charles Dickens — Bicentennial Event with Moniza Alvi, John Greening, Angela Leighton, Adrian Poole, Peter Riley, Peter Robinson and George Szirtes, The Old Combination Room, Great Court, Trinity College, Cambridge CB2 1TQ. 27 April 2012 … Continue reading →

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Monday, 23 April, 2012: Author Duncan MacKay talks about Bizarre Berkshire at World Book Night, Reading Central Library, 19:00

Posted on April 18, 2012 by admin

Celebrate St George’s Day and World Book Night with local author, Duncan Mackay, at Reading Central Library. Duncan’s book Bizarre Berkshire tells tales and legends of UFOs, ghosts, nuclear cows, the Hocktide festival, the Ankerwycke yew tree, and Hammer horror … Continue reading →

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Friday, 30 March 2012: Launch of Fair’s Fair at RISC, 19:45

Posted on March 25, 2012 by admin

You are warmly invited to join us at the Reading launch of Fair’s Fair, a new collection of poetry by Susan Utting, published by Two Rivers Press on Friday 30th March, from 7.45 in the Conference Hall at RISC, Reading … Continue reading →

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Wednesday, 28 March, 2012 Northern Launch of ‘Our Mutual Friend’ at The Portico Library, Manchester, UK, 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Posted on March 22, 2012 by admin

Please join us at The Portico Library & Gallery for “The Northern Launch” of A Mutual Friend: Poems for Charles Dickens. In celebration of the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens, Two Rivers Press with the English Association present an anthology … Continue reading →

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21 March 2012 – World Poetry Day

Posted on March 21, 2012 by admin

In 1999, UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) declared March 21st to be World Poetry Day, a day to “give fresh recognition and impetus to national, regional and international poetry movements”. “In a constantly evolving world, a … Continue reading →

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6-7 March, 2012 Gerald Finzi Memorial Lecture & Reading 2012, University of Reading

Posted on March 1, 2012 by admin

6 pm Tues 6 March in the Henley Business School G11: Award-winning poet George Szirtes will give a lecture entitled: ‘Sister Arts: Cohabitations, Credits and Debts’ which will focus on poetry and ekphrasis, the way the three arts of poetry, … Continue reading →

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Sunday, 4 March, 2012 Old Fire Station Gallery: Book launch Duncan MacKay’s Bizarre Berkshire, 12:30pm

Posted on February 27, 2012 by admin

Please join us for the launch of Bizarre Berkshire by Duncan MacKay. Duncan is hoping that visitors to the launch will come and tell him about their personal experiences of bizarre or unexplained events in their lives, which may be … Continue reading →

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Friday, 2 March 2012: Poetry Reading Old Fire Station Gallery, Henley-on-Thames, 18:30

Posted on February 26, 2012 by admin

We hope you will come and visit us at the Fire Station Gallery in Henley on Friday, 2 March at 18:30. Four of our poets will be reading from their works: Susan Utting, Gill Learner, Adrian Blamires and Peter Robinson. … Continue reading →

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1-6 March, 2012: Old Fire Station Gallery, Henley-on-Thames, 10.30 – 5pm

Posted on February 26, 2012 by admin

We hope you will come and visit us at the Fire Station Gallery in Henley from Thursday 1st to Tuesday 6th March. We will be exhibiting the latest Two Rivers Press publications alongside the works of three local artists including … Continue reading →

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Sunday, February 12, 2012: Reading Launch for A Mutual Friend: Poems for Charles Dickens

Posted on February 9, 2012 by admin

An opportunity to enjoy a Dickensian Sunday lunchtime! Join us from 12:00 – 15:00 in the library at the Great Expectations Hotel & Bar, where the great novelist himself once gave a reading. More than 50 poets contributed to this … Continue reading →

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Saturday, Dec 10, 2011: Local Author Fair, Reading Library

Posted on December 8, 2011 by admin

Reading Central Library invites everyone to come and meet a host of local authors from 10am – 4:30pm. There will be 20 stalls of authors who write Romance, Crime, Sci Fi, Poetry, Local Interest, Travel and more. Please stop by … Continue reading →

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Friday, 2 December, 2011 at 15:00: author, Duncan Mackay on BBC Radio Berkshire

Posted on November 30, 2011 by admin

_________________________________________________________ Duncan Mackay, author of ‘The Secret Thames’ (1992), ‘Apples, Berkshire, Cider’ (1996), ‘Eat Wild’ (2010), and Bizarre Berkshire (2011), will be interviewed on The Sarah Walker show (with Susanne Courtney sitting in), on BBC Radio Berkshire at 15:00, on … Continue reading →

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Quizzes launch “The Reading Quiz Book” and “Bizarre Berkshire” – here are the answers!

Posted on November 6, 2011 by admin

On Saturday, 5 November, 2011 The Reading Quiz Book and Bizarre Berkshire were launched at Waterstone’s in the Oracle (Reading, UK). For a chance to win free copies of the books, customers had the chance to participate in two short … Continue reading →

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Saturday, November 5, 2011: Launch of “The Reading Quiz Book” and “Bizarre Berkshire” at Waterstones in the Oracle, Reading (1-3pm)

Posted on November 1, 2011 by admin

Please do come and join us for the launch of The Reading Quiz Book and Bizarre Berkshire at Waterstones in the Oracle (Reading, UK) on Saturday 5th November. Look out for us in our new Two Rivers Press T-shirts!! The … Continue reading →

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27 October, 2011: “Birds, Blocks & Stamps” at An Evening with Robert Gillmor & Friends at the Reading Museum, Reading UK

Posted on October 28, 2011 by admin

“An Evening with Robert Gillmor & Friends” was a part of Reading Museum’s celebratory exhibition of the life and works of Reading native, Robert Gillmor, “Robert Gillmor: Retrospective” which runs from 23 Oct 2011 To: 29 Apr 2012. Guests joined … Continue reading →

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22 October 2011 – Apple Day at MERL

Posted on October 4, 2011 by admin

Duncan MacKay’s book ABC book “Apples, Berkshire, Cider” will be featured at MERL’s Apple Day. The event is part of Common Ground’s annual celebration of apples and orchards, will include tastings of different varieties of apples, chutneys and apple juice, … Continue reading →

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13 July 2011: Poetry Reading at MERL

Posted on July 1, 2011 by admin

Wednesday,  July 13th,  6.30-8pm, Two Rivers Press will hold a Poetry Reading at MERL, the Museum of English Rural Life

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18 June 2011: Reading Water Fest 2011

Posted on June 6, 2011 by admin

Two Rivers Press will be present at the Reading Water Fest 2011.  Please come visit our stand. Dates: Saturday 18 June, 11am – 5pm Location: On the Kennet and in the Forbury Gardens, central Reading    

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June 18-19 2011: Whiteknights Studio Trail

Posted on June 6, 2011 by admin

Two Rivers Press is delighted to participate in the 2011 Whiteknights Studio Trail.   We welcome all visitors to 24 New Road, or number 10 on the Whiteknights Studio Trail map. On Saturday Two Rivers Press poets,  Paul Bavister and … Continue reading →

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