Brandon Library Poets
The Birthday Party's over... October 26 and 27 2022
the last cake crumbs brushed away, the last poetry booklet given to visitors, the last leaf coloured in by the children and pinned to the tree pinned to the Council Office railings. That was our celebration of five years of Brandon Library Poets. The children’s day went well and we had plenty of young visitors taking part in the activities, and small but appreciative audiences for the readings, coffee and cake on the second day. Some of the exhibition boards of poetry and photographs will have another outing on November 20th in Brandon Country Park when the planting of a Wildwood Mix to provide a bio-diverse understorey will be happening.
Back to normal life for the monthly Monday mornings, although December will see the launch of People and Places our annual Christmas pamphlet. Poems written to the theme are produced during the year. The final page in this pamphlet is a timeline, which is a record of all BLP’s doings since 2017.
TIMELINE
Brandon Library Poets – The first five years
2016 Ferry Tales Festival celebrating Brandon’s history as the crossing point of the Little Ouse. Organised by Brandon Creative Forum and cppMarketplace.
Readings given in Tilly’s Tea Room.
2017 Fire and Flint Festival celebrating two aspects of Brandon’s history. Readings in Tilly’s Team Rooms and The Five Bells.
Inaugural meeting of Brandon Library Poets.
2018 Music and Mayhem Festival. Readings in Empanda café and the Library.
First Christmas pamphlet. Seasons and Life – haiku
2019 Visit of Tim Gardiner to launch The Flintknapper’s Ghost.
The Music of the Town published by Little Ouse Press, a collaboration of prose and poems with a musical theme
with Brandon Creative Writing Group.
Tales and Trails Festival in Brandon Country Park, organised by Brandon Creative Forum and cppMarketplac
Poems read on walks and at significant locations.
Joint exhibition with the Art Group held in the Engine House.
Pamphlet The House that Edward built (not published.)
Christmas pamphlet on the theme of Trees.
2020 Lockdown. Meetings continued by email. Article on Brandon Library Poets in Twelve Rivers vol.11.1
Christmas pamphlet on the theme of Home.
2021 Meetings returned to the Library in the summer. Christmas pamphlet on the theme of Light.
2022 Participation in Suffolk Libraries’ Let’s Get Creative Project. Collaboration with Digital Artist Michelle Brace in
Brandon Objects and Stories.
POETREE. A two day event in the Council Offices to celebrate Brandon Library Poets’ fifth birthday and marking
the winter tree planting in Brandon Country Park.
Puzzles, Pictures and Poems for children. Coffee, Cake and Poetry readings for adults. Free poetry pamphlets for visitors.
Supported by Brandon Creative Forum.
Christmas pamphlet on the theme of People and Places.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRANDON LIBRARY POETS!
This Autumn Brandon Library Poets celebrate their 5th birthday with 3 days of events in Brandon Council Offices on the Market Square.
In 2016 Brandon Creative Forum with the support of cppMarketplace backed by Arts Council funding put on an event FERRY TALES a day of art, music, poetry, storytelling , history, theatre and fun telling the story of Brandon, and its significance as the lowest crossing point of Little Ouse river. The five roads which met at that point led in time to the growth of Brandon as a town.
Brandon Library Poets held its first meeting shortly after the 2017 Fire and Flint Festival which added thrilling circus skills and a spectacular light show to community events hosted by local arts groups.
COMING SOON!!
Brandon Library Poets’
5th Birthday
Be there……