Posted on behalf of Sheffield performance poet, Matt Black...
Please spread the word and send this on as you like.....

Huge flash mob event this Saturday 9th oct at 1pm sharp outside Sheffield Town Hall as part of the OFF THE SHELF LITERATURE FESTIVAL - please help us spread the word for folk to come and join us by letting people know via twitter, facebook, email, homing pigeon, snail mail, telepathy or however else!

All ages and folk welcome, just bring a book! :D

Instructions here: http://www.cubeweb.org.uk/Weare.pdf


Matt (Black) x

not mat black that was / is in coldcut?

don't think so. He runs Signposts writers development project and is in his 50s. You never know with matt though! :)

Sorted!!! It's now my status on FB.....:)

thank you! :)

Good idea and will look good if everyone obeys the orders, can't say the poem is particularly inspiring though.

I will try and be there :)

I'd love to do this but the chances of me getting my two young children to remain even partly still are slim. How much do you think it matters?...

Flashmobs are a bit old hat now.

And isn't the point of them that nobody knows it's going to happen?

Posting it on here you will just have loads of people standing waiting to watch it. Sort of misses the point.

Still, whatever floats your canoe.

How did it go?

How did it go?

I have always wanted to take part in a flash mob so I took the kids along. I sat them on one of those big planters and got them to read their books while I took pictures. It wasn't the most spectacular flash mob - not like the Sheffield stood still one. But it was still quite exciting! I heard lots of passers by saying 'what's going on?'. There must have been about 100 participants and quite a few took up really good poses.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31140994&l=ed36efff65&id=1180277533

Here's my pictures.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31140994&l=ed36efff65&id=1180277533

Here's my pictures.

I'm afraid it appears to be a picture.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2068135&id=1180277533&l=af7593ef6c

Sorry! Try this link :)

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2068135&id=1180277533&l=af7593ef6c

Sorry! Try this link :)

Ah, thank you, but now I'm disapointed 'cos I'm not on any of them.:( lol

Ah, thank you, but now I'm disapointed 'cos I'm not on any of them.:( lol

Whereabouts were you? All my pictures are from one place because I had to stay close to the children (who I'd roped into flash mobbing on my behalf)

I'm not sure, we were a familly group of four, but I think were just off the edge of several of your photographs.
Never mind, we might show up in some of the others.

Just seen myself in a couple of the photo's!

Nice photos, could of done with a video of it to get the effect as well :) if they are you 2 kids then ubber cuteness :)

Nice photos, could of done with a video of it to get the effect as well :) if they are you 2 kids then ubber cuteness :)

Aw thanks! It was being filmed by a couple of people so hopefully it'll surface on youtube soon :)

hi folks. Thanks for your enthusiasm and interest! here's an edit of the event! http://www.youtube.com/signpostwriters
slideshow of photos to follow and will post here :) thanks again :)

Did anybody else take any photos of this, I can't find any anywhere?