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We are honoured to have published Elizabeth MacLennan's first collection of poetry, 'The Fish That Winked'. You can buy it directly from our on-line shop here.
Live Canon will be performing on 27th April at 5pm at The Lakeside Theatre to celebrate the visit of Derek Walcott, Nobel Laureate, to the University of Essex. It's a free event, but you need to book a ticket via the theatre here.
Our drop in workshop for young people at Eltham Library last weekend produced some fabulous poems. Visit our facebook page to see more...
The prize-giving ceremony for our 2012/2013 Children's Poetry Competition was a fabulous event; it was exciting and humbling to see so many brilliant young poets come together and to hear Live Canon perform their work. Copies of the prize anthology and CD are available from our on-line shop and all proceeds go towards our work with children and young people.
27th April
5pm
Derek Walcott: A Celebration
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Lakeside Theatre, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Square 5, Colchester, CO4 3SQ
Live Canon will perform a collection of poems by the Nobel Prize winning Poet, and a selection of poems which have influenced his work, including Brodsky, Heaney, Yeats, Auden, Bronte, Hopkins and Dickinsenson. With special guest, poet Glyn Maxwell. |
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MAKE A DONATION TO LIVE CANON
Currently, we are fundraising to be able to perform more Poetry Parties around the country for children. You can help us by making a donation here:
NEW CD Release
Live Canon have released their first CD for children, the Poetry Party. Buy it from Live Canon's online shop here.
29 tracks of poetry for children from classic poets. Featuring Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, William Shakespeare, Christina Rossetti, John Clare, Emily Dickinson, Sarah Coleridge, Emily Bronte and Sir Walter Raleigh...
Performed by Matthew Wilson, Alice Barclay, James Scott and Curtis Jordan.
Live Canon have a new online shop, where you can buy our anthologies and CDs, visit here.
Also on sale at the LIVE CANON SHOP
- Live Canon on Love Album
- Live Canon's Poems for Christmas Album
- A selection of poetry Christmas Cards
- Our 2009, 2011 and 2012 Prize Anthologies
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