An Evening In With Flapjack Press

Sarah-Clare Conlon, Literature Editor

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An Evening In With Flapjack Press

25 May 2020
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01 Jun 2020
7:30 pm-9:30 pm
08 Jun 2020
7:30 pm-9:30 pm
15 Jun 2020
7:30 pm-9:30 pm
22 Jun 2020
7:30 pm-9:30 pm
29 Jun 2020
7:30 pm-9:30 pm

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Poet Gerry Potter.
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One of the forerunners of taking Live Literature Land online, Paul Neads has been presenting a Flapjack Press showcase since the start of May, with a weekly line-up of six poets performing live via Zoom. Look up and like Flapjack on Facebook, and take it from there.

Guests in week one (11 May) were scene stalwart Gerry Potter, Stirred host Anna Percy, Thick Richard of Punk In Drublic, Janine Booth, Cathy Crabb and John Darwin. The second week (18 May) welcomed Henry Normal, Tony Walsh aka Longfella (also appearing soon at Our City Speaks – United We Stream), just crowned Saboteur Award-winner Dominic Berry, Stirred co-founder Rebecca Audra Smith, Punk In Drublic compère Robert Stevenson and Melanie Nead (née Rees).

The virtual doors will be opened at around 7.15pm to get everyone settled in comfortably. Bring your own biscuits

The third An Evening In With Flapjack Press – “to help keep the wolves form the sanity door” – takes place on Monday 25 May. The live Zoom link will be posted on Facebook and the virtual doors will be opened at around 7.15pm to get everyone settled in comfortably. Bring your own biscuits. If you so wish, you can go into the audience incognito, screen off and mic muted, so don’t worry about your hair. The next episode features performances by Spoken Weird’s Geneviève L Walsh, Rose Condo of Evidently fame, Steve O’Connor, Pete Ramskill, AK McAllister and Tony Curry.

Later in the week, on Thursday, from 8pm, Tony Curry appears again as he and Flapjack, in association with Manchester Libraries, launch Word Central into the ether. Usually popping up regularly in Central Library, this shiny new online version will see poet Gordon Zola taking on headline duties for the first outing while three-minute open mic slots will be available on a first-come first-served basis (a reserve list will be available if uptake proves popular).

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Pho Cue

Family-run Vietnamese restaurant in Chinatown. Prepare to queue for Pho Cue.

Come to Swithens Farm for a great family day out in Leeds. Our farm has plenty to offer whatever age you are!Swithens Farm is a working farm. For many years now Ian and his wife Angela have built a following that they welcome in all year around. We now have a farm shop, café, playbarn and petting farm. When we first opened we only had the usual farm animals – cows, pigs, sheep, chickens and it was free entry. We now have llamas, alpacas, meerkats, rabbits, guinea pigs, donkeys and a pony.On the working farm, we breed our own cows, pigs and sheep and we sell the meat through the farm shop and the café. If you buy a sausage sandwich from the café the sausage will be from the butcher who has made the sausage by hand using our own pork. We also produce our own free-range eggs.
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Swithens Farm

Swithens Farm is a working farm. For many years now Ian and his wife Angela have built a following that they welcome in all year around.

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Testbed Main Space
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TESTBED

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Salt & Pepper

Chinese inspired British food in the centre of Manchester, backed up by plenty of well-deserved local hype.

Morning Glory - Coffee Cup
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Café or Coffee Shop
Morning Glory

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