Milton Brought To Life

10:24am Tuesday 13th May 2008

The only thing I remember from studying John Milton at university is that he dictated Paradise Lost to his daughters after he’d gone blind. So it was with some interest that I went along to the Arts Centre last night to listen to professional poetry performer Lance Pierson.

Poets' Moving Words

10:18am Tuesday 13th May 2008

TO my mind, poetry readings should be intimate affairs. A dimly lit café, with the poets sat on a stool reading from their notebook to the audience who are sipping their wine or cappuccino.

	The Merchant Of Words Is So Cool
	10:10am Tue 13 May 08
	DEPENDING on who you ask, Shakespeare can be described as immensely boring or enormously perceptive.

	A Tight Knit Chat Circle
	9:57am Tue 13 May 08
	KNITTING and chatting was on the agenda for yesterday’s evening offering of the Literature Festival

Slam contestants fight it out

10:32am Monday 12th May 2008

A POET from Leicester came out on top in this year's Swindon Poetry Slam event.

Young poets stanza and deliver

10:24am Monday 12th May 2008

FROM inter-galactic adventures to the witch at number six and teachers that make you sick, the fourth Swindon Youth Slam poetry event was certainly never boring.

	Saving the earth
	10:22am Mon 12 May 08
	THE practice of authors interviewing each other is not a common one for a reason - they're not great at it.

	Wake up, world!
	10:19am Mon 12 May 08
	AWARENESS of the world and how we can make a difference was the key topic at yesterday morning's Swindon Festival of Literature.
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Enigmatic Ben Okri oozes charisma

10:16am Monday 12th May 2008

THE charismatic Ben Okri rounded off a balmy spring evening with a blend of engaging personality and intellectual discussion.

	Audience hangs on Charlotte's every word
	10:14am Sat 10 May 08
	LITERARY fans chose their words carefully as lexicographer Charlotte Brewer took to the Arts Centre stage to talk about the Oxford English Dictionary.

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