Whats New
Mon, 30/01/2012 - 19:30
Mon, 27/02/2012 - 19:30
Word Soup: Some Dead Good Poetry on the theme of Friendship - Thursday 26th January 2012 8pm - £3 entry
Date:
Thu, 26/01/2012 - 20:00
The first LWH live lit event of 2012 headlines with fabulous poet and performer JO BELL, and Jo will be joined by the fabulous Dead Good Poets from Blackpool, plus the talents of Steve Jansen and Sue Seddon, aka Nigella Ladylumps.
Lydia Lunch’s BIG SEXY NOISE plus INCA BABIES and Gilded Palace of Sin - Thursday 16th February 2012 8pm - Tickets £12 advance / £15 on the door
Date:
Wed, 16/02/2011 - 20:00
BIG SEXY NOISE was formed in 2008 and features Terry Edwards (Madness, Spiritualized, Siouxsie, Robyn Hitchcock) James Johnston (Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds 2003-2008, Faust) and Ian White (Barry Adamson), collectively known as Gallon Drunk, and the uncompromising Lydia Lunch who has collaborated with an encyclopedia of musical originators including Sonic Youth, Nick Cave, Henry Rollins, Einsturzende Neubauten and most recently Alan Vega and Omar Rodriguez Lopez of Mars Volta.
The Continental Book Club - Second Monday of the Month in the Snug 7.30pm - Free entry
Date:
Mon, 09/01/2012 - 19:30
Mon, 13/02/2012 - 19:30
The Continental Book Club meets on the 2nd Monday of the month at 7.30pm in The Snug at The Continental.
Works by Jane Austen, Truman Capote, Isabel Allende, Kazuo Ishiguro and many more have been read and discussed by the group since it started in the Autumn of 2009.
At each meeting books are either recommended, or people just say that they wish to read a certain book, so all those mentioned are put forward and everyone can have a vote.
scRibble Creative Writing Group - Last Monday of Every Month
Date:
Mon, 30/01/2012 - 19:30
Mon, 27/02/2012 - 19:30
ScRibble are a friendly group who meet once a month to share creative writing. They're a group of mixed abilities and experiences - some have had pieces published, some have done courses, others just have a go in their spare time - but they all enjoy reading and sharing the pieces we have created.
Nightjar Soup: Word Soup Short Story Special - Thursday 24th November 8pm - £3 on the door
Date:
Thu, 24/11/2011 - 20:00
Celebrate the short story with a fabulous line-up of North West authors published by NIGHTJAR PRESS:
- Stephen Gallagher
- Claire Massey
- Conrad Williams
- Richard Hirst
- Alison Moore
- Nicholas Royle
- Sarah Jasmon
- Graeme Shimmin
Plus a little bit of magic from Magic Mark, and OPEN MIC for your 4 minutes of fame.
Open Mic Night - First Thursday of every month - 8.30pm - free
Date:
Thu, 05/01/2012 - 20:30
Thu, 02/02/2012 - 20:30
Thu, 01/03/2012 - 20:30
with host Matt Gallagher; that inimitable local indie minstrel.
And, as always – it’s completely free!
Whether you sing, play guitar, perform poetry or stand up or simply want to sit back and enjoy the best underground talent Preston has to offer – The Continental Open Mic Night is for you!
As always on the first Thursday of each month at 8.30pm.
A Cauldron of Soup: Word Soup Special - Thursday 27th October 8pm - £3 entry
Date:
Thu, 27/10/2011 - 20:00
Celebrating Halloween with a heady brew of literary talent from the North West.
Headlining at Cauldron Soup on Thursday 27th October we have the extraordinarily talented JO BELL - poet, performer, project manager, and producer.
Jo has been Director of National Poetry Day in the UK since 2006, and co-programmed the Ledbury Poetry Festival – the UK’s largest! - this year, and the Lancashire Writing Hub are thrilled to have Jo at Word Soup!
Word Soup: Voices – Thursday 15th September 8pm - £3 entry
Date:
Thu, 15/09/2011 - 20:00
Blackburn College are launching their Voices Anthology in Preston at Word Soup in September.
Featuring fabulous poets and prose writers from Lancashire, Word Soup is thrilled to be helping to launch this fantastic collection into the world with a night of readings by many of the featured authors.
There’ll be the usual Open Mic slot for your Four Minutes of Fame too, and a little bit of magic from Magic Mark!
£3 on the door. Priceless entertainment.
Word Soup: Poetry Special - Lapwing Tour - Thursday July 28th - 8pm - £3
Date:
Thu, 28/07/2011 - 20:00
How excited are we? Pretty excited because July’s Word Soup is going to be something special.
We are thrilled to be hosting part of the Lapwing Poetry Tour with Ian Parks andAndrew Oldham heading a fantastic line-up, with David Cooke, Ron Scowcroft,Rachel McGladdery and Norman Hadleyensuring this event will be something to savour.
Word Soup: Guild Soup – Thursday 30th June from 8pm - £3
Date:
Thu, 30/06/2011 - 20:00 - 22:30
Word Soup on Thursday 30th June is proud to be launching the Preston Guild writing project – Preston Three20!
To celebrate Preston Guild in 2012, They Eat Culture & Preston Guild Take Off will lead on a stunning, ambitious, unique literature project.