This year 52 poets and artists, of whom 38 were men and 14 were women, from Australia, Canada, England, Mexico, Holland, New Zealand, Peru, Scotland, Slovenia, Ulster, USA and Wales have read, performed or spoken at Sub Voicive Poetry events. They were:
Tuesday 14 1 97
Allen Fisher (Eric Mottram Memorial Reading:)
Tuesday 4 2 97
Basil King / Martha King
Tuesday 25 2 97
Chris Jones / A W Kindness
Tuesday 11 3 97
Adrian Clarke / Val Pancucci
Tuesday 25 3 97
Frances Presley / Harriet Tarlo
Tuesday 8 4 97
David Miller / Gad Hollander
Friday 11 4 97
Jim Rosenberg / Chris Funkouser / Loss Pequeño Glazier
introduced by John Cayley
Tuesday 22 4 97
Fiona Templeton / Stephen Rodefer
Tuesday 29 4 97
Karen MacCormack
Tuesday 6 5 97
Johan de Wit / Peter Larkin
Tuesday 20 5 97
Lawrence Upton / Jeff Nuttall
introduced by Harry Gilonis
Tuesday 3 6 97
Anthony Rudolf / Ifigenija Simonovic
Tuesday 10 6 97
Gilbert Adair
Tuesday 17 6 97
Fanny Howe / Wendy Mulford
introduced by Ken Edwards
Tuesday 1 7 97
Patricia Farrell / Aaron Williamson
Friday 28 8 97
Jane Augustin / Ed Foster / Michael Heller / Burt Kimmelman
Friday 19 9 97
Allen Fisher, Bill Griffiths, Barry MacSweeney
introduced by Clive Bush
Tuesday 23 9 97
Jerome Rothenberg / Pierre Joris
Thursday 2 10 97
Spencer Selby / Wystan Curnow
Tuesday 14 10 97
Augustus Young / Graham Hartill
Friday 17 10 97
Maggie O'Sullivan
Saturday 18 10 97
Second Sub Voicive Colloquium at CES, Senate House. The following led the discussions: John Cayley, Adrian Clarke, Patricia Farrell, Allen Fisher, Peter Larkin, Maggie O'Sullivan, Jennifer Pike, Frances Presley, Robert Sheppard and Lawrence Upton.
Tuesday 11 11 97
Ira Lightman / Mike Higgins
Tuesday 18 11 97
José Watanabe / Diego de Jesús
introduced by Will Rowe
Tuesday 25 11 97
Alan Halsey / Geraldine Monk
Tuesday 2 12 97
Arf Arf: Marcus Bergner / Frank Lovece / Marisa Stirpe
Future archivists should note that details of some readings changed after their initial advertisement. For instance, the reading that took place on 18th November 1997 was first advertised for 11th November 1997 while the reading that actually took place on 11th was arranged quite late in the day. A performance by cris cheek and Sianed Jones just didn't happen thanks to an airline which delayed cris.
The reading on 28th August 1997 was arranged somewhat outside of the main series as announced and was largely promoted under the banner of Mainstream
The reading on 19th September 1997 was co-organised and co-sponsored with Talus Editions