Tonight! Hull Global Renga Party, Hull Central Library

Please read the previous post for details! ;-)

Alan

The Hull Global Renga Party - Free, and with open mic

Dear supporters and contributors and fans,

We are pleased to be able to announce that the concluding part of the Hull Global Renga, the Renga Party Celebrations, is now confirmed.


THE HULL GLOBAL RENGA PARTY
Monday 24th January

7pm to 8.30pm
inside Hull Central Library
on the Ground Floor.

FREE with drinks and nibbles


There will be open floor opportunities for readers to read their verses, or Hull based short poems, or from Philip Larkin poems.

If you are unable to attend, you can always text me a memory, comment, or a verse to my iPhone for the event at 07979 656 775 for Monday evening only.

Please do leave comments, anecdotes, or verses on the blog too, we'd love to hear from you all through 2011! 

all my very best,

Alan
Hull Global Renga Project Leader, 

and poet-in-residence

The Renga Party is back on!

Renga Party!

Free, and with nibbles and drink too!

Monday 24th January 

7pm to 8.30pm 

inside Hull Central Library 

on the Ground Floor.

The Hull Global Renga Logo 
Design by Rory Walker, commissioned by Alan Summers for Hull Libraries.

Hull Central Library

Albion Street
Hull HU1 3TF

Hull Central Library:

http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,93208&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&p_display_mode=LIBDTLS&p_id=29

Part of the Hull Global Renga Project is to promote the hard work  
carried out by Hull Libraries for its people and schools; and to show  
that Hull is a city worth visiting.

Alan says: 
"We wanted to promote Hull as a great place to visit, and stay over."

 
"I have never met so many people from all walks of life who are so  
friendly, polite, and helpful.  The people of Hull have been a dream  
to work with, and have created a world first in creating the longest  
ever renga poem!"



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What is Renga?
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Renga is a traditional Japanese group poem where everyone 

is allowed the chance to write, or say out loud a verse.

Renga is simply writing incredibly short lines 

(2 or 3 line verses) with almost teasingly invisible 

connections to each verse.

When completed everyone is a co-author of the renga poem.

Renga is very inclusive, creative, and encouraging, 

and the making of this communal poem is as important 

as the final result.

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More about Renga
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Of all the poetic forms this is one that works 

for people who have never written before, 

and yet offers a great challenge for those who 

are already comfortable and established writers.

The renga verses are more than the sum of its parts 

as they capture our thoughts and feelings, which might 

otherwise be lost at end of the day; we can also share 

an experience wherein strangers and friends or  
colleagues connect for a moment.

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The aim
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During the project from June - December 2010 both the 

central and branch libraries, and Princess Quay Shopping 

Centre, displayed renga verses to give a sense of 

achievement to the local community.

The Hull Global Renga will be published throughout 2011 

in 100 verse sections so please keep visiting the Hull 

Global Renga blog.

Alan says:  

"Please feel free to leave comments or even more verses!"

Renga link:

http://area17.blogspot.com/2010/07/hull-global-renga-call-out.html

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Renga reading party!

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Apologies but the Central Library has to close early due.

Postponed due to adverse weather conditions:
there will be an update on next proposed date for either late December or January 2011.

Renga Party!

Wednesday 1st December

Hull Central Library

Ground Floor

7pm - 8.30pm

FREE EVENT & FREE REFRESHMENTS

Choose your favourite verses on the evening by taking them straight from the bookshelves, and hear them read out, or read them yourself!

Open Mic Opportunities 

plus selected renga verses read out by Alan Summers with June Wentland.

Celebrate the event that has gained nearly 3,000 contributions from people all around Hull!

Absolutely everybody welcome!

Ffi: Hull Global Renga :  

http://area17.blogspot.com/2010/07/hull-global-renga-call-out.html

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Alan Summers & June Wentland at one of Hull's famous phonebooths.   

Picture taken by Jessica Leathley, Senior Librarian for Reader & Audience Development, Hull Libraries

What is Renga?

Renga is a traditional Japanese poem of ‘shared writing’: where everyone can write or orally suggest a verse.

Each verse contains very short lines that alternate with 2 or 3 line “links”. They have almost teasingly invisible connections to the verses before and after.

The making of a renga poem is inclusive, creative, and encouraging: “making this communal “group poem” as important as the final result.”

Award-winning Renga Poet Alan Summers, together with writer June Wentland, have already put up over 2000 verses up onto the bookshelves of Hull Central Library, and added hundreds to a number of branch libraries.

The aim of this project has many purposes: 

1.) to present a sense of achievement to the City of Hull communities through events and activities, and various visits to groups by showing the richness of everyone's experiences  
  
2.) publish two eBooks: one containing renga verses; and a companion book of "other verses"; anecdotes, and comments.  These eBooks will be available to download at the websites of With Words; Southwick Press; and Hull Libraries.

3.) two printed copies will be available: one at Hull Central Library and one at Hull History Centre.

4.) an evening reading and get together at Hull Central Library on Wednesday 1st December between 7pm and 8.30pm with refreshments and biscuits.

The project will officially conclude Thursday 2nd December, but we welcome comments and extra verses throughout this year and next year.