no point in not being friends 7

the next night is booked for Jan 27th, at 8pm.

we have lots of good people booked: M.J. Hyland, Richard Milward, Steven Hall, Blake Butler (for the video reading), Aiden Clarkson, Tim Russell, Sian Cummins, Sally Cook, Jenn Ashworth, Socrates Adams-Florou ...

it is also going to be the official 'launch party' or whatever for The Bird Room by Chris Killen.

no point in not being friends 6 - 'xmas special'

hello,

if you're still in Manchester over Christmas, please come to the next No Point In Not Being Friends night -- it's booked for the 23rd of December, and starts at 8pm.

we have lots of good stuff booked: Nicholas Royle, Socrates Adams-Florou (reading from his new chapbook 'Flesh Feast: The Human Brain'), Ben (and possibly Matthew) Davis, Emily McPhillips, and lots of other people will be reading. there's also open mic slots.

the video reading this time will be by the American writer Chelsea Martin.

hooray.

there's also going to be Christmas food and drink offers (see poster) and some other things; a 'surprise present', christmas cover songs, etc.

hope to see you there ...

no point in not being friends 5

Hello.

The next night is booked for Monday, 24th of November.

We have lots of interesting readers lined up: Lee Rourke, John G. Hall, Linda Chase, Matt Welton, Wayne Clewes, amongst others.

There will also be a set from singer/songwriter Thomas Western, some music/poetry collaborations, a video reading from the American writer and blogger Brandon Scott Gorrell, and open mic slots.

It's our second night in the big upstairs room of the Deaf Institute, it's free to get in, and starts at 8pm-ish. Please come down, it should be fun.

beepfest

the October 'there's no point in not being friends with someone if you want to be friends with them' night is part of the one-day Beepfest festival thing.

we are putting on some people in the basement bar. there will also be acoustic sets, and bands playing in the upstairs music hall, too.

the line up is looking like this:

MAIN STAGE
3.30pm - 4pm Sea Devils
4.30pm - 5pm The Junipers
5.30pm - 6pm The Maladies Of Belafontaine
6.30pm - 7pm The Soundcarriers
7.30pm - 8pm Ten Bears
8.30pm - 9pm Magic Arm
9.30pm - 10pm The Beep Seals
10.30pm - 11pm The Answering Machine
11.30pm - Jim Noir

BASEMENT BAR, No Point Not Being Friends - Open 4pm
Thomas Western
Ivan Campo
Ian Hinton-Smith
Richard Barrett (Poetry)
Si Connor
Luke Yates (Poetry)
Jack Cooper
Chris Killen (Poetry)
Denis Jones
Joey Dudderidge
Jenn Ashworth (Fiction)
John Stammers
Socrates Adams-Flou (Fiction)
Liam Frost

it costs £10 for a ticket, and advance ones are selling pretty well, apparently. (http://www.ticketline.co.uk/artist/details/beepfest) or there should be some left on the door if you get there early.

normal free reading night format will resume in November.

Beepfest

The reading night is a bit different for October...

We're going to be curating a stage at a mini day-long music festival called 'Beepfest' at The Deaf Institute on the 18th October, which is a Saturday. We'll be returning to the basement for poetry and stories interspersed with acoustic music. Socrates Adams-Florou, Luke Yates, Richard Barrett, Jenn Ashworth and Chris Killen will all be reading, plus more to be confirmed.

There are some ace bands playing upstairs, and it's £10 to get in.

As the 18th is close to the literature festival and blog awards etc, we're going to leave it at this for October, and normal (free) 'no point...' service will be resumed in November.

we'll post more details on here so keep checking.

photos of the third night

here's a few photos taken on the night:


(the tiny man on stage reading from a laptop is Socrates Adams-Florou.)

tao lin's reading for september's reading night

poetry reading for manchester from tao lin on Vimeo.