Christmas is Coming! Drawing Cartoons!

Colin Shelbourn is down in London and we've just had a look at a copy of his latest book Drawing Cartoons. It's a wonderful book!

CHRISTMAS is coming! If you know anyone, of any age, who would like to get started, brush up, or read the wonderful interviews Colin has included with other cartoonists - it's available on Amazon or from www.radiocartoonist.myshopify.com

It's also available from good bookshops, including the wonderful Cartoon Museum, near the equally wonderful Plough Pub (just down from the British Museum) Gosh, and
Cornellius and Son on Great Russell Street, and the London Graphic Centre off Longacre.

Colin has done workshops for the Natural History Museum, Blackpool Art Gallery and Leeds City Art Gallery and it's a great pleasure to see all his top tips in one book.

Camden National Poetry Day 08.10.2010

Poets and Heroes Need an Audience Too!

Our special guest poets:
Elaine Feinstein and Alan Brownjohn
Our poets will be reading
to the Mayor of Camden
Come meet everyone.

Poets and heroes need an audience, as well!

click here, and tell us if you would like to attend this Camden celebration
Thursday afternoon 2-4 Camden Town Hall
or e-mail: infoATthirdageproject.org.uk
or ring Tony (poor Urmi has chickenpox!)
020 7383 4922

historic National Poetry Day art performance Camden 2009

Camden artist Jo WOnder is one of our guests for National Poetry Day and she will be showing her stunning inter-active Ophelia-in-Progress Art and Poetry project, using some of our Purple Poets and TAD members as live Ophelias. It's an inspiring project, and it's exciting to watch a work-in-progress. Jo's Ophelia makes you want to write poems! Her 'Ophelia' is painted in bacteria (part of a project for the Wellcome Trust) and is modelled on the iconic John Everett Millais painting of Elizabeth Siddal as Ophelia). You can see it on YouTube, with the poems.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXv9Mc5KbI0&feature=channel

Elaine Feinstein and Alan Brownjohn are our special guests!

Elaine Feinstein and Alan Brownjohn are our special guests for National Poetry Day. Hurrah! Come have tea (and your picture taken) with the Mayor of Camden, Councillor Omar Faruque Ansari! October 8th in the afternoon at Camden Town Hall, Judd Street.

The Heroes on Postcards reading starts at 2 in the Town Hall Council Chamber, and then moves to the foyer for tea with the Mayor at 3, continuing with one-to-one chats with poets and On-The-Spot readings(including some very special On-THE-Spot HERO perfomances by the wonderful TAD's).

Everyone welcome. Free. Wheel-chair accessible.

www.purplepoets.com

EVERY HERO'S PICTURE TELLS A STORY

I still have my digital camera in the box it came in last Christmas, but I'm going to get it out and give it a go, after reading Pam Grant's very accessible articles on digital photography at http://intopics.blogspot.com. She's a wonderful artist (and a secret poet). If you are a photographer or a genius with a mobile phone camera, and you'd like to come help us archive the heroes and poets on National Poetry Day (October 8th, Camden Town Hall, from 2 p.m.) please contact the West Euston Time Bank and let Tony and Urmi know. Telephone: 02073834922

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