Wednesday 18 February 2009

tuesday night at The Lamb


Johan de Wit and Allen Fisher read at last night’s Blue Bus session. de Wit’s work consisted mostly of sonnet-length rapid-fire pieces with, well, ‘wit’ shining through. Compression was as evident in Fisher’s work though this was delivered at a relatively measured pace with the poet modestly telling us how many sections each piece had so we should know when it was almost over. Earlier, as I made my way to the reading through light drizzle from London Victoria, I noticed this almost parodically English headline:

3 comments:

Ivy said...

Hi Laurie, is this the Lamb on Conduit Street? I didn't realise they had readings there.

Laurie Duggan said...

Yes indeed. The Blue Bus series of readings have been there for 18 months or so now. They're monthly and now are on Tuesdays. Peter Philpott's Great Works ezine has a sidebar for readings in London that will give you the details in advance if you're interested.

Ivy said...

That's great to know -- thanks very much. It's a lovely pub. I'm in Cardiff but it's only two hours and a bit on the train to London...