January Stanza Extravaganza

Monthly poetry at Artizan Gallery welcoming a wealth of local talent and incredible national headliners, Stanza Extravaganza is one of the highlights of the Torbay poetry calendar. With regular host Robert Garnham at the helm, these events are always guaranteed to be a night of wonderful whimsy!

This month we welcome headliner Clive Oseman!

Clive Oseman is a Swindon based Brummie page and performance poet. Widely published worldwide in Japanese short forms, he now prefers mainstream poetry and has been published in print and online by Ink Sweat And Tears, Angry Manifesto, Decanto, I am not a Silent Poet and others. He was a finalist in the Poetry Rivals contest in 2014-15, as well as being shortlisted for the final of the same competition at the Royal Albert Hall in 2015-16.

He travels widely to listen and perform, appearing regularly in Birmingham, Bristol, London, Cardiff, various places in Devon, Cheltenham as well as co-hosting (with Nick Lovell) an event in Swindon, Oooh Beehive, at the Beehive Pub, usually on the second Tuesday of each month.

"Happy", a collection of his work published by Burning Eye, features work typical of his performance sets.