Launching ‘Amplify’ at Spoaken Word Lewes
Join Janine at Amplify’s local launch! Venue: The Royal Oak, 3 Station St, Lewes, East Sussex.
Writing: Poetry books
Janine’s collections of poetry. Or, collections of Janine’s poetry. Whichever.
Amplify by Allographic
Buy the book direct from the publisher here. A poetry book by Janine Booth. “Amplify the voices that rarely get a hearing. Power up the megaphone and drown out the jeering. Amplify and magnify the voices that are hampered by … Read more
Poetry and Settled Status for All
Cheltenham Poetry Festival presents readings from the anthology, Poetry and Settled Status for All (CivicLeicester, 2022). Published in January this year, the anthology is inspired by and builds on how, around the world, campaigners are asking governments to give Settled Status, Indefinite … Read more
Poetry and Settled Status for All
Janine’s sonnet, Another Country, is included in the anthology Poetry and Settled Status for All, published by Civic Leicester. It is reviewed in Cambridge University’s Varsity.
What they are saying about ‘Unprecedented Rhymes’
Buy it here. Janine’s poetry is a raw and powerful expression of the solidarity between working- class people (in all our diversity) throughout history but also particularly the community resistance and togetherness that we have felt during the pandemic. Nadia … Read more
Poems for the Year 2020
Launching this anthology of pandemic poetry, Janine and other poets will read their contributions. Email Janine for Zoom link.
POSTPONED: Coronaverses Live! in Brighton
This event will be rescheduled for the new year. Janine Booth and other contributing poets read poems from the anthology Coronaverses: poems from the pandemic at a Brighton venue with Covid safety measures in place. Details and tickets here. … Read more
‘Poems for Grenfell Tower’ on London Live
Thomas McColl and Janine Booth on London Live on 16 April 2018, promoting the anthology, Poems for Grenfell Tower. Includes a video extract of Janine’s poem, Bring it Home.
Top Fades and Patterns
This poem was written in response to this photograph, for a collection of poems inspired by photos taken in Manchester, called The People’s Republic of Mancunia, compiled by Flapjack Press. Top Fades and Patterns Standing outside, he is touting for … Read more
Video: Coronaverses Live
More than twenty poets read their contributions to the anthology Coronaverses: poems from the pandemic. Buy the book here.
Attila Recommends CoronaVerses
Attila the Stockbroker gives his endorsement to CoronaVerses: poems from the pandemic. (Well, he does have a couple of poems in it!) And now for a passionate entreaty to buy a fantastic book of poetry. A few days into all … Read more
Fighting Tories: The Force Awakens – Online!
Janine rants, recites and reads poems from her latest book, Fighting Tories: The Force Awakens. With special guest appearances from Attila the Stockbroker and Owen Collins. Click here to watch live on Janine’s Facebook Page.
CoronaVerses: poems from the pandemic
Buy the ebook online here! This book is emerging in the UK at the very beginning of April 2020. Coronavirus has already killed over two thousand people in this country and many thousands more around the world. We are under … Read more
Review: Simple But Potent
Published in Solidarity 536, 26 February 2020 I continue to enjoy Janine Booth’s poetry for its humanity. Her latest collection Fighting Tories: The Force Awakens develops compelling political ideas out of personal experiences and observations. Janine is good at moving … Read more
What They Are Saying About ‘The Big J vs The Big C’
Buy the book here. This book is a must for all health care workers – doctors, nurses, students, caterers, cleaners, porters – the team needed by patients facing The Big C. Stage 2a, stage 3b, stage 4 are numbers … Read more
Launch: Fighting Tories – The Force Awakens
Venue: The Betsey Trotwood, 56 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3BL Launching Janine Booth’s latest book of poetry, raising funds and support for the fight to defend the right to strike. Janine will perform poems from the book, and will be … Read more
The Big J vs The Big C: Manchester launch
Book Launch The Big J vs The Big C: Issues, Experiences and Poems in the Battle Against Breast Cancer by Janine Booth Venue: Manchester Central Library, St. Peter’s Square M2 5PD 6.30pm – 8pm (doors open 6pm) Free entry & … Read more
WordSpace Leeds
Venue: WordSpace, 135 New Road Side, Leeds LS18 4RJ As WordSpace launches its writers’ anthology, Janine interrupts with a slot warming up for her The Big J (and the NHS) vs The Big C tour.
The Big J (and the NHS) vs The Big C
Poet, author and activist Janine Booth was part of the ranting poetry movement in the 1980s, performing as ‘The Big J’. In late 2016, she discovered a strange indentation in her right breast and was subsequently diagnosed with breast cancer. … Read more
Cardiff: The Big J vs The Big C
@Company of Words presents The other side of Christmas with guest poets Janine Booth and Alix Edwards with Open Mic @ fabulous new cafe: CafeGo 28 Tudor St, Cardiff CF11 6AH Tired of lists, Christmas shopping, stuffing the freezer and … Read more