Special Aldeburgh Issue
of Coast to Coast to Coast
journal and reading at Poetry in Aldeburgh 2019
Coast to Coast to Coast: Map, line and stitch – Perpetual Dialogue
Coast to Coast to Coast returned to Poetry in Aldeburgh with a printed edition of the journal, featuring 48 poets writing at the coast.
On Friday 8th November, 18 of the featured poets read their works during the opening day of Poetry in Aldeburgh, at the Peter Pears Gallery. The reading was performed as a journey around the coast.
The 2019 journal was a continuation of the project begun as part of an artist’s residency at Poetry-in-Aldeburgh 2018, read more about the project, which comprised an exhibition of stitch works, and a litany of poets, here.
Recordings from the project
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The printed edition of the issue is available to buy for £5 plus postage and packaging. Email coast2journal@gmail.com to order.
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Featured in the journal were:
Blakeney Quay 31 July 6.30pm Karen Izod
Gun Hill Dunes 21 July 11.40am Jane Wheeler
Brancaster, Norfolk 27 April 6pm Daphne Astor
Otley, Wharfemeadows Park 3 August 7.10pm Sandra Burnett
Flamborough Head 24 July 11.48am Hannah Stone
Redcar, South Gare 31 August 7pm Julie Hogg
Sunderland Point 18 July 11.30am Barbara Hickson
Church Point, Northumberland 20 July 9.10am Pippa Little
Bamburgh 27 July 10.15am Roy Marshall
Carnoustie, Barry Ranges 17 July 9.30am John Glenday
Swartmill Bay, Westray July 31 2.45pm Lydia Harris
Isle of Skye, Kylerhea Ferry Slip 1 July 11.40am Olivia Dawson
Wigtown, The Saltings 20 July 9.10pm Finola Scott
Langdale Valley, Stickle Tarn 14 July 8.25pm Ilse Pedler
Liverpool, Crosby Beach 15 June 2019 8.52pm Jeffa Kay
Ards Peninsula, Ballywhisken Beach 19 July 8pm Moyra Donaldson
Carnlough Harbour, Co. Antrim 27 August 9.15am Pam Thompson
Derry, Lough Foyle 5 July Midnight Karen J McDonnell
The Banks of The Boyne, Trim 28 July 2pm Orla Fay
Bantry Bay, Co. Cork 19 July 5.30pm Daragh Breen
Iskanafeelna, Glengarriff 1 September 11am Annette Skade
Naylor’s Cove, Bray 4 July 8.15pm Breda Wall Ryan
Sandycove, Dublin 20 July 11.30am Jane Robinson
Sea Point, Dublin 25 July 5pm Jean O’Brien
Liverpool, Otterspool 3 August 2019 1.26pm Pauline Rowe
Llŷn Peninsula, Hell’s Mouth 31 July 2.24pm Natalie Shaw
Criccieth, Black Rocks Headland 2 August 10.40am Andrew Rudd
St David’s Head 10 September 1.30pm Jean Atkin
Fall Bay, Gower 31 August 3pm Katharine Towers
Berrow Beach, Somerset 1 August 2pm Ama Bolton
Bantham, South Devon 18 July 8pm Jan Heritage
Halwell Point Beach, Salcombe Estuary 24 July 4.10pm Alwyn Marriage
Charmouth, Dorset 1 July 10.45am Rebecca Gethin
Worthing Beach 24 July 11am Becky Cherriman
River Adur, Knepp Wildland 31 July 11.25am kin’d & kin’d
Norton's Hut, Rye Harbour 1 August 2.35pm Jane Lovell
Whitstable 10 July 2.30pm Geoffrey Heptonstall
Hythe Quay, Essex 5 July 2.15pm Martin Bewick
Old Hall Marshes, Tolleshunt D’Arcy 2 July Midday Aidan Semmens
Tollesbury Fleet 13 March 9am David Canning
Cambridgeshire, River Mel 3 July 9.40am Clare Crossman
Muckleburgh Shingle Bank 23 July 12.35pm Sue Burge
Norfolk, Cley Beach 18 July 11.45am Rosemary Appleton
Lake Léman, Ivoire 1 September 2pm Ruth Aylett
Fethiye Bay, Turkey 12 September 1pm Janet Hatherley
Praia da Ribeira, Cascais 1 August 1.20pm Oliver Comins
Cherating, Malaysia 1 August 7pm John Mee
Calanques, Marseilles 7 July 2pm Sharon Black
PROMPT
Using as inspiration a favourite poem that links to sea, coast, river or lakes, and/or a line or lines from the section of the Litany.
Spend about an hour at a chosen location, preferably a coast but any sea, river, lakeside location is fine.
Create a poem draft.
Title your poem in the following way:
write the place, date time (i.e. where and when you are writing).
For instance, I might write: Liverpool, Pier Head 29 July 11.45am
Select two lines of your draft that seem to be the essence of or important to your draft. Keep these as ‘a couplet’ to submit in addition to your finished poem.
When your poem is complete send both poem and couplet to: mariacoastaldeburgh@gmail.com
More details on the prompt can be downloaded here.
Eligibility
Open to poets who fit one of the following:
have been published by Coast to Coast to Coast, or
live in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, and London, or
have attended / been part of Poetry in Aldeburgh during 2016/17/18 or those who will be part of Poetry in Aldeburgh in 2019
Guidelines
One poem and one couplet only to be submitted – please follow details in the prompt
Poems must be no longer than 30 lines
Poem and couplet must be sent in the body of the email and as an attached doc
In the body of email, please also include a Bio of up to 50 words, your full address, a note of your eligibility for the project (e.g. I was involved in Poetry in Aldeburgh in 2018; I live in London)
Poems must not have been previously published, and must not be due for publication before November 10th 2019
Final Checklist
Poets hold copyright for all work submitted but the couplet submitted may be used as part of Coast to Coast to Coast’s Map, line, and stitch project mapping the coastline of the UK and Ireland. Couplets selected may be added to ‘The Litany’. All poets involved will be acknowledged if couplets are used.
Please email to mariacoastaldeburgh@gmail.com with subject heading, ‘Special Aldeburgh Issue’:
your poem with title as above [place, date, time]
the couplet you have selected from your writing
the lines you chose from the litany
your Bio of up to 50 words
your full address
a note of your eligibility for the project – as explained above