Programme  2010 - 2011 Our next meetings are:-
7th July	Readings from the past 25 years of our anthology.
4th Aug	Writing Workshop
1st Sept	Petrarch and the sonnet. Presented by Liz Rowlands
6th Oct	Judy Brown & Katrina Naomi have both been winners of the Templar Pamphlet competition Katrina was a 2008 winner with her pamphlet Lunchtime at the Elephant & Castle, her first full collection The Girl with the Cactus Handshake was published by Templar in 2009 and a pamphlet Charlotte Brontes' Corset, a series of poems written while poet in residence at the Bronte Parsonage Museum was published by the Bronte Society in 2010. Judy was a 2006 winner with her pamphlet Pillars of Salt, an her first full collection is published by Seren in September 2010
3rd Nov	Shirley Baker will present and discuss Zimbabwean Poets
1st Dec	Poetry and the Magic Lantern Derek Adams & Dolly Whilems present poems accompanied by Victorian Magic Lantern Slides
5th Jan	Readaround  on theme of ‘Winter Poems’ bring your own or your favourites
2nd Feb	Ian Palmer will present the poetry of W. H. Davies
2nd Mar	John Hennebry will present?  ( subject to be confirmed)
The Southend Poetry Group meets at 8.00pm on the first Wednesday of each month Note New venue ! Naval and Military Club, 20 Royal terrace, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. SS1 1DU