Category Archives: event

Myth Making

Posted on August 1, 2015 by Myfanwy Fox

It’s been busy. Excuses, excuses. The sci-fi is progressing with some critiques and comments from generous beta-readers. The day job is on an overtime spree but I have just managed a week’s holiday for a poetry Myth Making course at … Continue reading →

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ConFab Cabaret with Matt Windle, Retinal Circus and Kurly McGeachie

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Myfanwy Fox

Coming up tonight: ConFab Cabaret is back at the Mount Pleasant Hotel, Belle Vue Terrace in Malvern. Headliners Matt Windle (if you missed him last time don’t miss him tonight! – and if you saw him last time you’ll know … Continue reading →

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ConFab Cabaret XI

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Myfanwy Fox

ConFab Cabaret XI was another fab night of poetry, song and, this time, visual art, as Sue Thompson ink-sketched the audience during the show and also had A3 giclée prints for sale. The night’s headline acts were the incredibly different … Continue reading →

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Walking Thoughts

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Myfanwy Fox

  Fascinating session considering walking in literature yesterday led by Anna Stenning in Ledbury. We read prose extracts from Robert MacFarlane, Linda Cracknell and Richard Maybey and heard poems from West Midlands poets Ruth Stacey and Jenny Hope as well … Continue reading →

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Swindon Drag Kings, Cwmmy Crab and more

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Myfanwy Fox

Dusty in here, isn’t it? Tch. Blog neglect due to a mixture of far more exciting things happening or laziness when things are not happening (and a fair bit of day job intervening, too). I really should plug things before … Continue reading →

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ConFab Cabaret X

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Myfanwy Fox

ConFab Cabaret moved to a Saturday night at The Cube. The room was packed, the bar was busy and the atmosphere – as always – excellent. I’d been at work all day so my brain didn’t quite keep up with … Continue reading →

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ConFab Cabaret – with Hollie McNish and Al Barz

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Myfanwy Fox

Another FAB show. Here’s the Fox Pops audience poem. One of my suggestions was “football”. The audience shaved that down to something more specific on the world cup: Brazilians There’s a rabbit in my window box …so many nuts, so … Continue reading →

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Energy

Posted on June 21, 2014 by Myfanwy Fox

What we need to do things, what we put in to things we do. What I run out of … For those of us who are larks – at our best first thing in the morning – events are particularly … Continue reading →

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Outside The One Stop

Posted on June 14, 2014 by Myfanwy Fox

This week I am chuffed that a my 52 (“highstreet” theme, week 8) poem, Outside The One Stop,  is on the Morning Star’s poetry section HERE. I’m also mega-incredibly excited that next week Hollie McNish is coming to ConFab Cabaret … Continue reading →

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Graffiti as art? The writing is on the wall.

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Myfanwy Fox

ConFab Cabaret last night: Dizraeli was a superb main act; fierce poetry and lyrics as a blend of hip hop and folk song – both artistic forms from ordinary people (and generally, certainly at the time, denigrated by the establishment). … Continue reading →

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