Penned in the Margins

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Penned in the Margins is a producer of live literature in the UK, founded and led by poet and critic Tom Chivers. They promote regular poetry and music nights at various venues including The Spitz and The Whitechapel Gallery in East London. In addition they produce national touring projects such as Generation Txt, which took six young writers to fourteen venues nationwide in 2007. Books published include Generation Txt, Peckham Blue, Man in Black and Filthy Lyre (forthcoming). Penned in the Margins are the producers of London Word Festival.

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[edit] Performers

Roddy Lumsden, Tim Wells, Anthony Joseph, Ape Has Killed Ape!, Ventriloquist, Dan Le Sac, Scroobius Pip, Jeremy Warmsley, Chris T-T, Iain Sinclair, David Harsent, Nick Laird, Michael Horovitz, Moazzam Begg, Tom Chivers, Sean Bonney, Chrissie Gittins, Donal Coonan, Tamsin Kendrick, Nathan Penlington, Jamie Woon, Inua Ellams, Generation Txt, Baden Prince Jr, Jacob Sam La Rose, Vic Lambrusco, Graham Bucan, Catherine Anne Davies, Amy Prior, Sarah Doyle, Stuart Taylor, Niall O'Sullivan, Aoife Mannix, Ronnie McGrath, Hylda Sims, David Bottomley, Susie Gordon, David Caddy, Nii Parkes, Todd Swift, Imogen Salt, Jonathan Ward, Chris McCabe, Kaethe Fine, Martin Togher, Jeff Doorn, Luke Heeley, Simon Kitchener, Al Joshua, Emma McGuire, Emma McGordon, Joe Dunthorne, James Wilkes, Laura Forman, Abigail Oborne, Heather Taylor, Mario Petrucci.

[edit] Venues

The Spitz, Island Arts Studio, The Everyman Cinema Club, The Luminaire, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Truck Festival, Camberwell Arts Festival, Elefest, Bishopsgate Institute.

[edit] Radio Show

Penned in the Margins is also the name of a radio show which was broadcast on Resonance FM every Sunday between 1.30pm and 2.00pm between October 2005 and January 2007. The show was presented and produced by Tom Chivers and featured live performances of poetry, as well as music and discussion.

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