Opening Lines

Budding travel, nature and life writers! Joe Minihane, the most excellent author of Floating: A Life Regained and friend of Opening Lines is running a workshop in February. Spaces are limited to 10x, so snap one up if you're interested...

Next event klaxon!
Slots are all booked up, but ping us if you want on the reserve list, and of course anyone is welcome to come along and listen to the latest and greatest for free :)

A night to start the week off right..

What about this, Opening Liners? Fancy sharing your talent further?

Happy New Year everyone - let's make it a good one.
See you on 17th for wise and wondrous words - with laughter and friendship thrown in for good measure.

Opening Liners - did you spot this, posted the day after our 12 December shenanigans? Jane Bloggs wrote:
This was a superb event! We'd love to see some of this incredible poetry and prose submitted to https://www.creativefuture.org.uk/spotlig ht-books/
How about it, then?
... In the meantime, let us know if you'd like an Opening Lines slot for Thursday 17 Jan. 5 minutes mic-time for your words! Post on our event page or PM us.
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Opening Lines kicks off 2019 with a warm welcome to writers, poets, thinkers, speakers all of Brighton and beyond.
Come join us - to read or to listen - and expect an evening of sparkling, brand-new writing.
With the New Year, it's time to...... Rip It Up and Start Again. ... That's our theme - but interpret this as fast and loose as you like.
As usual: * Entry is FREE * 5 minutes mic time per reader * Book a slot by posting here or messaging us
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THANKS!
Thank you to all the readers and writers and turner-uppers that have supported us in the last six months.
We never anticipated that we'd get such a wonderful bunch and hear such great work.
... +++We want to keep improving and ring in some small changes for 2019.+++
So if there's anything you think we can do better or that you'd like to see, then do let us know below, or PM us if you prefer
All the best and see you in the New Year! L+J xx
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The fabulous Nora Blascsok is now a published poet!
You'll find one of Nora's poems - well loved at Opening Lines nights - in this anthology published to raise funds for StreetLink, a charity helping rough sleepers.
It's only £4.99 - but just until Christmas. That's a few presents sorted...

We're off to this on Thursday to cheer that there Peter Strong along. Looks like it's just tickets on the door now.

Dear Opening Lines friends and family. We've a favour to ask. We're applying for a small grant at the end of the year so that we can invest in some new kit (a working mic anyone?) It would help us massively if you could leave us a recommendation.
If you've enjoyed your time at Opening Lines, either click on the stars on our page to recommend us, or just even sling a few words our way in the comments. TA!
... Hopefully see you on 12 Dec...
Love Jonna and Linsey ❤️🥳
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Our last event of the year. Time for a festive knees-up! Or a festival of regret. Or a bit of both... Sign up now on our events page for a slot...

Check this - the unique Jilliana Ranicar-Breese is hosting a spoken word salon next Tuesday. Sign up at 7.30 on the night for a 5 min slot. Go on!

Last Pighog poetry of the year - with a party too!

Opening Lines calling! All wordsmiths of Brighton and beyond - we welcome you once again with open arms and ears.
Prose, poetry, extracts, monologues, manifestos? Come on: whatever you have, bring it along - or just bring your lovely listening selves.
As 2018 limps off, it's time for a reckoning up. Regret, or not - that's our theme.
... * Entry is free * 5 minutes per performer * Sign up in advance by posting here or messaging us
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Opening Lines were delighted to welcome back this month the rather too modest Peter Strong.
To hear more of his great poems and cheer him on, get down to Hammer & Tongue at Komedia on Thursday 6 December. It's the Brighton final.

Bit of a coup for Opening Lines last night - Terry Conway (first up, sorry Terry!) reading his story, 'How I Became a Closet Nutter', first published in the anthology 'Mad Pride: a celebration of Mad Culture.'
I've just order a replacement copy from Abe, my copy was 'borrowed' a few years ago. Here's a review taken from another book-seller site beginning with A, not to be named:
'Fantastic hit and miss collection of short stories. Most are good and funny. In particular the ...first and last one, both strange but true. However my all time fav is on p.37: How I Became a Closet Nutter. That guy should write an extended book length version that should then be made into a film, nudge, nudge,wink, wink!'
Well then, Terry?
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