Updated: December 2000
Reading venue until 24 October 2000: Upstairs, Churchill's, 59 Mount Pleasant, London WC1X 0AE
Tuesday 18 January 2000
Bob Cobbing: 2000 Eric Mottram Celebration
The text of the SVP introduction to Bob Cobbing is available here
Tuesday 15th February 2000
Reality Street Editions book launch:
Shelby Matthews & Simon Perril in person + Keston Sutherland & Patricia Farrell on tape
The text of the SVP introduction to the evening is available
Tuesday 7 March 2000
M J Weller / Ben Watson with Gamma Book launch
Tuesday 21 March 2000 8 p.m.
John Welch / Tom Lowenstein
Tuesday 4th April 2000
A reading was advertised for this date but cancelled.
Tuesday 11th April 2000
from Australia: Hazel Smith with Roger Deane
Tue 2 May 2000 8 p.m.
Lawrence Upton / Johan de Wit
evening introduced and chaired by Adrian Clarke
Fri 19 May 2000 8 p.m.
Bill Griffiths
Sat 20 May 2000 10 a.m.
Fourth Sub Voicive Colloquium: John Cayley, Adrian Clarke, Ken Edwards, Harry Gilonis, Loss Pequeño Glazier, Robert Hampson, Rob Mackenzie and Johan de Wit
Tue 30 May 2000 8 p.m.
Robert Hampson / Rod Mengham
Tracy Ryan was earlier advertised as one of two readers but withdrew herself.
13 June 2000 8 p.m.
Tim Atkins / Stephen Rodefer
27 June 2000 8 p.m.
from Australia: Ken Bolton / Martin Corless-Smith - Book launch.
Martin Corless-Smith was introduced by Alan Halsey.
Martin Corless-Smith's poems, all from Complete Travels which was being launched, were read by Martin Corless-Smith, Catherine Wagner, Alan Halsey and Geraldine Monk.
4 July 2000 8 p.m.
From USA: Chris Funkhouser / Belle Gironda
Tue 11 July 2000 8 p.m.
An 80th Unbirthday Celebration reading by Bob Cobbing
18 July 2000 8 p.m.
book launch: Ralph Hawkins
Ralph Hawkins was joined in the second half of his reading by Bob Cobbing and they performed G Curled Ribbon together. Pool was launched in the first half.
Miekal And and Maria Damon were earlier advertised as sharing the bill but each withdrew themselves.
Sat 23 September 2000 3 p.m.
A DAY FOR BOB COBBING
Bob Cobbing's colleagues and friends thanked him for over half a century's total commitment to the making, performance, publication and promotion of poetry with messages, tapes and performances from Gilbert Adair, Derek Beaulieu, Sean Bonney, Dmitry Bulatov, Laurence Casserley, cris cheek, Dave Baptiste Chirot, Adrian Clarke, Wayne Clements, Paul Dutton, Ken Edwards, Patricia Farrell, Peter Finch, Allen Fisher, Ulli Freer, Harry Gilonis, Bill Griffiths, Jeff Hilson, Rob Holloway, Peter Jaeger, Nicholas Johnson, Ralph Hawkins, Elizabeth James, Doreen King, Steve McCaffery, Peter Manson, Jeff Nuttall, Sean O Huigin, Maggie O'Sullivan, Clemente Padin, Jennifer Pike, Peter Quartermain, Carlyle Reedy, Jerome Rothenberg, Robert Sheppard, Geoffrey Soar, W Mark Sutherland, Scott Thurston, Stan Trevor, Lawrence Upton, Mike Weller and Johan de Wit. The publication for Bob Cobbing was published, and the first 90 copies were distributed free to the audience.
Tue 26 September 2000 8 p.m.
This event was cancelled
Tue 10 October 2000 8 p.m.
Keston Sutherland / Chris Goode
Thursday 19th October 2000 8 p.m.
Harry Gilonis / from Canada: Meredith Quartermain
Duration: Gilonis approx 24 minutes Quartermain approx 37 minutes
Tue 24 October 2000 8 p.m.
Sean Bonney / Jeff Hilson
Duration: Bonney approx 38 minutes Hilson approx 30 minutes
Reading venue from 7 November 2000: Betsey Trotwood, cnr Farringdon Rd & Farringdon Lane, London EC1
Tue 7 November 2000 8 p.m.
Peter Riley
Ian Davidson, who was advertised as reading too, was unable to attend because of bad weather on top of the culpable neglect of the railways by the private capital to whom they were sold. Ian will be invited to read at SVP during 2001.
Tue 21 November 2000 8 p.m.
Robert Sheppard / from Canada: Louise Bak
Robert Sheppard read from the completed Twentieth Century Blues
Tue 5 December 2000 8.15 p.m.
David Rees and friends: Harry Gilonis, Elizabeth James and Simon Smith.
David Rees read during the first half. Harry Gilonis, Elizabeth James, Simon Smith and, again, David Rees read during the second half.
The second half arrangements were made at the last minute because David Rees's advertised co-reader, Frances Presley, had influenza.