Niall O'Sullivan is a poet, editor and event host. He has published two books of poetry with Flipped Eye and hosts London's biggest open mic, Poetry Unplugged, at the Poetry Cafe.
Tag: Poetry Unplugged
No Time for Poetry?
This week at Unplugged we had a little film crew down from UCA Farnham, students making a film about the UK poetry scene. They showed up, weren’t overstaffed, didn’t mess with the lighting and generally proved themselves to be more professional than most of the film crews we’ve had down. I’m wary around cameras and [...]
Posted: March 20th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Poetry, Poetry Cafe, Poetry Unplugged
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In defence of Poetry Unplugged
I still remember an Independent article by Christina Patterson from a few years back. The only part relevant to this blog is the first paragraph: One of the worst evenings I’ve ever endured was at an event called Poetry Unplugged. About 50 people were crammed into a sweaty basement, all perched expectantly on orange plastic [...]
Posted: July 29th, 2009 under A Life in Poetry, Poetry Unplugged.
Tags: Poetry, Poetry Unplugged
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Poetry Unplugged in the Grauniad
Stephen Moss is launching a bid for the Oxford Professorship and decided a night at Unplugged might help him. I come across as a bit of a nob. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jul/17/oxford-poetry-professor
Posted: July 16th, 2009 under A Life in Poetry, Poetry Unplugged.
Tags: Oxford Professorship, Poetry Unplugged
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