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Droitwich Salt Day, September 11th 2010

Sarah is getting all ‘salted’ for a new collaborative poetry/art display at a Worcestershire town's annual Salt Day celebrations. Following on from the success of her flower and leaves collaborative poetry/art project at the launch of Droitwich Spa Music and Arts Festival in July the poet is organizing a similar writing/drawing event for the festivities on Saturday, September 11.
     Sarah will be joined by town poet Jodie Ford in running the free salt-themed drop-in workshop/display sessions in St Andrew’s Square, Droitwich. Worcestershire artist Sarah Edwards will also be running art activities and helping to man the poetry/art display at the celebration, which runs from 10am to 5pm. Poet Sarah James will be on hand to help writers from 10am to 12.30pm, while Jodie Ford will be there to offer tips and advice over lunchtime.
     Residents and visitors of all ages will be invited to have a go at composing their own three or four line poem on the themes of Droitwich, salt (reflecting the town’s brine/spa history and the day’s focus) or ‘home’, which is the theme of next month’s National Poetry Day on Thursday, October 7. 
     Participants will write (and illustrate, if they wish) their poem onto a cardboard salt cube which they can then place onto the display. They will be able to choose whether they want to sprinkle their ‘salt day’ poem onto some chips or add their cube to a growing poetic pyramid of poured salt. Alternatively, they may opt to see how tall they can build a poetic pillar of salt inspired by the biblical story of Lot’s wife being turned into a pillar of salt. 

Spoken Worlds, Friday September 17th 2010

Sarah will be guest poet at the relaunch of Burton Spoken Worlds at its new venue. The open mic evening (for storytellers, poets and playwrights) will be in old registry office behind the town hall in Rangemore Street, Burton.

Drop In Club, Thursday September 23rd 2010

Sarah will be guest speaker at The All Welcome Drop In Club (for people aged 55+) at The Heriotts, Droitwich. As well as reading from her collection Into the Yell, Sarah will be sharing writing tips, offering a poetry Q & A and writing prompts on the National Poetry Day theme of ‘home’ and signing copies of her book. The hour-long event starts at 1pm.

Poetry Bites September 28th, 2010

Sarah will be one of three guest poets in an up-and-coming women poets’ reading at Poetry Bites  at the Kitchen Garden Café  in Birmingham (17 York Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7SA). As well as reading, she will also be signing copies of her new collection Into the Yell The evening starts at 7.30pm. (Food from 6.30pm.) Poetry Bites also includes floor spots.  Please arrive early to book a spot. It costs £5 (£4 concessions). To reserve a place email jacquirowe@hotmail.co.uk or pay at the door.

Thomas Oken Tea Rooms, Friday, October 1st

Sarah will be doing a 10-minute reading at 12.40pm, from her collection Into the Yell and other poems, at the Thomas Oken Tea Rooms in Warwick as part of the Warwick Words festival live poetryline-up.

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Wednesday, August 18 – Sarah  will be joining fellow poet Jenny Hope in a Worcester Festival charity reading from their collections Into the Yell (Circaidy Gregory Press ) and Petrolhead (Oversteps Books www.overstepsbooks.com). The charity reading and open mic in aid of the Worcestershire Breast Unit Campaign will be held at the Farrier’s Arms in Fish Street, Worcester, from 7.30pm. They will be donating £1 from the sale of each book sold on the night to the campaign.  

 Thursday, July 15 – Sarah will be Writer in Residence for the day at Worcester’s Oxfam Bookshop as part of Oxfam’s Bookfest. From 10am to noon, she will run story sessions for toddlers. From 2pm to 4pm, she will be discussing poetry, reading from and signing copies of Into the Yell

A one pound donation from each book sold on the day will go to Oxfam.  

Saturday, July 10 – Sarah will be launching her poetry collection Into the Yell at Droitwich Music and Arts Festival. As well as staging an art and poetry display in the town centre from 10am to 5pm, Sarah will be reading from her collection and signing books. Specific venues and times to be confirmed on her website at: www.sarah-james.co.uk

If you'd like to take a look down memory lane, here's Sarah's Events Scrapbook

And finally, How it Happened - here, on Writelink, is Sarah's story of the background to the book.

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