Wednesday 20th October - Write to Speak presents: The Petty Concerns of Luke Wright and Helen Mort at Hull Truck Show Starts at 7.45pm Tickets £10/£8 Hull Truck Box Office (01482) 323638

Write to Speak, Hull's biggest spoken word/poetry event, returns to Hull Truck on Wednesday 20th October, featuring Luke Wright, with support from Helen Mort. Set against a backdrop of grotty Travelodges and open mic London, The Petty Concerns of Luke Wright tackles ego, ambition and humility in a fast-paced and hilarious hour. Featuring some nipple-tweekingly awful teenage lyrics, sarcastic cricket commentators and the death of a very tight pair of jeans, Luke effortlessly mixes comedy and poetry as he tries to look past his own inflated ego and find out what really matters.

As a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live and the writer of Channel 4's critically acclaimed Seven Ages of Love Luke Wright is fast becoming one of the nation's best loved poets, taking his darkly comic verse places other poetry doesn't dare go. 'It was an absolute thrill to witness poetry delivered with such vitality and originality. His poetry is humorous and witty with a clear finger on the pulse of the nation.' Allthefestivals.com 'Positively life enhancing as well as hilarious É witty, occasionally even profound stuff here.' Bruce Dessau, The Evening Standard.

Helen Mort was born in Sheffield and currently lives in Cumbria, where she is the Wordsworth Trust's poet in residence. Her pamphlet, the shape of every box , was published by tall-lighthouse in 2007, the same year she received an Eric Gregory Award from The Society of Authors. Recently, Helen has been touring with A Pint For The Ghost, which was a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice.

A winner of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award on five occasions between 1997 and 2004, Helen has published work in The Rialto, Dreamcatcher and the Times Educational Supplement. She has performed her work at the Ledbury Festival, The Oxford Literary Festival and the Latitude Festival. 'A writer who knows the value of the past, and how to set it against the present to illuminate them both.' - Ian McMillan

Links: Luke Wright: www.lukewright.co.uk Helen Mort: www.poetrypf.co.uk/helenmortpage.html apintfortheghost.blogspot.com/ Hull Truck: www.hulltruck.co.uk ThisisUll: www.thisisUll.com

Coming up at Write to Speak this season:

22 November Larkin25 featuring Write to Speak workshop poets 24 November Ten by Ten 12 January Kate Fox

PRESS RELEASE - Larkin25 (iPad/iPhone/iTouch ) Application on Apple iTunes AppStore Version 1.0 On Sale Now
	Made in Hull - thisisUll.com announces the release of it's latest development - Larkin25 is a living anthology of poetry collected to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the death of Philip Larkin, poet, who made his home in Kingston Upon Hull in the UK. Introducing poetry written by local poets from Hull and its surrounding areas in celebration of Philip Larkin's life and featuring works performed at 'They f*** you up' live performances at Hull Truck Theatre in July 2010. Read more...

Poetry When We Had It All By Dobski

Midnight 'ire car, drivin' down dark country lanes, anticipation builds MDMA flows through the veins. Four o' five young bucks raring to go, we each popped a pill over an 'our ago. We must be close now, somewhere round 'ere, could be the party of the year. 'Ere we go lads'... I jus' seen, Read more...

Poetry Quills By Christy Hall

I'm walking Italy. Tuscany. But I could be anywhere, at any time. Scattered on the side of the road, is a pile, a spillage. They look like spines, or branches feathered out into a wash of spindles, like horizontal-growing heather. Read more...

Poetry - Hull By Georgena Thacker

Hush, Stop, Listen, the City is singing, A song of lost people with the sea in their blood. A hardy race without false sentiment, adapting to the sea of change. Its shores are breached, the horizon is coming into focus, shining with new promises of a different future for the children. Read more...

Poetry Don't Ever Use The 'P' Word By Mike Watts

Besides the bar staff, We were the only two faces In the room I offered her a drink. She raised a thumb And thanked me I brought over a pint and a half Read more...

Poetry Larkin 25 - City By The Sea By Jade Kennedy

The grey clouds hastened onwards, burdened with winter rain. Brought by North sea winds, they weighed heavily on the bricks and mortar, of the city by the sea. Walls that hold tales of life. Of lives lived behind the same painted door. Read more...

Poetry Larkin 25 - Tess By Amber Goodwin

He loved me. He swore it loud and painfully. Hands like marble, Grey and cold, like that spirit - a broken Infant. It was too late to scream. Apparently, I made my choice. It is of late. My fingers caress the smooth, Gratuitous fabric. Wishing for silk, Read more...

Poetry Larkin 25 - Imelda By Pamela Scobie

Imelda liked to squash things flat. She loved the crunch, and then the splat! She also liked to tear the wings From inoffensive flying things, And feed them to the cat. I asked her once, in some alarm, Why she inflicted so much harm. Read more...