Black Eyes Publishing UK is pleased to announce the online (via Zoom) launch of Clive Oseman's new poetry book, 'It Could Be Verse'.
The Event will be co-hosted by Nick Lovell & Josephine Lay.
As well as readings from Clive, there will be feature sets from Chloë Jacquet & Nick Lovell
(all biographies below).
There will also be some open-mic opportunities.
ZOOM:
Topic: It Could Be Verse Online Book Launch
Time: May 13, 2020 08:00 PM London
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Biographies:
CLIVE OSEMAN is a Swindon based Brummie who has been active on the spoken word scene since late 2014. Having been to a few traditional poetry open mics, he went along to Hammer & Tongue Bristol, thinking it was ‘just another poetry night’ and was blown away by the slam and even more so by the headliner Luke Wright. He came away from that event knowing that his life was about to change. He had found an incredible ‘hidden secret’ and had to get involved.
He is now, a multi-slam winner and has headlined at events in many towns and cities, as well as co-hosting events under the Oooh Beehive banner. He has always endeavoured to perform a mixture of serious and humorous material during a set, and this collection reflects that. His work has recently become much more experimental. 'It Could Be Verse' is Clives 3rd Collection, the first to be published by Black Eyes.
CHLOE JACQUET is a multi-slam winning, multicultural, multifaceted spoken word artist based in Gloucestershire. She was 2017 Oxford Hammer & Tongue slam champion and reached the semi-finals of the National Slam Finals at the Royal Albert Hall in both 2018 and 2019.
With a preference for straight talking and a penchant for rhymes and opinions, Chloë’s poetry is both entertaining and accessible. Her work deals with a wide variety of subjects, ranging from workplace discrimination and mental health, to the pressures placed on modern men, via her short-term relationship with a biscuit.
Chloë thinks name dropping is really uncool. She has supported artists such as Elvis McGonagall and Hollie McNish.
Her first collection is expected to be published by Black Eyes, early summer.
NICK LOVELL is a part time commentator, full time optimist, half-arsed anarchist and occasional poet. He started writing and performing in 2013 and since then has won several slams across the country and in 2018 took part in the National Poetry Slam finals at the Albert Hall. He also co-hosts ‘Oooh Beehive’ in Swindon. He looks at life sideways, then writes about it! His first collection, 'Ever Since The Accident' was published by Black Eyes in October 2019.
JOSEPHINE LAY has been writing for over 20 years but started focusing on poetry in 2018 after two consecutive accidents and periods of concussion. Unable to concentrate for extreme periods of time, she abandoned writing novels for and found an outlet for expression in this more concise form of literature. She has two collections of poetry published by ‘Black Eyes’; ‘Inside Reality’ and ‘Unravelling’
She embraces both page and performance poetry; Anna Saunders, (CEO of the Cheltenham Poetry Festival) a good friend and mentor, says she straddles between the two; a bit ungainly but truthful. She lives midway between Gloucester and Cheltenham and enjoys the differing qualities of both places, both cultures.
She enjoys seeking out new talent and offering those poets the chance to perform before supportive and appreciative audiences. She runs ‘Squawkers’ at ‘The Sober Parrot’ Cheltenham, on the 3rd Friday of each month. She is‘Poet in Residence at Cheltenham Library. She is also the Creative Adviser for ‘Black Eyes Publishing UK’.
In January 2020 she took over as the Lead Director of the Gloucestershire Poetry Society. See less