This reading will provide a resonant and thrilling finale to the festival, combining the thoughtful, probing poems of one of the UK’s most significant poets,…
Jake Polley won the T.S.Eliot prize for his fourth poetry collection, Jackself (2016). His fifth collection, Material Properties, is published this year. He is Professor of Creative Writing at…
Sean O’Brien, novelist, playwright and one of the UK’s foremost poets, published his twelfth collection, Embark, in 2022. He is the winner of multiple awards, including the…
This reading will also feature film and images and provides the opportunity for reflection and discussion about both poets’ work and the relationship between word…
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