Photograph by Patrick Redmond The acclaimed Northern Irish poet Michael Longley will be reading his poetry at 18.30 in the Alumni Room in the School of English on Cavendish Road.His most recent collection, The Slain Birds, was published by Cape in September last year. 'One of the most perfect poets alive. There is something in...
The University of Leeds Poetry Centre is partnering with Leeds Lit Fest for an event - Spring Rhythm - which focuses on nature and environment. Join us in the Alumni Room in the School of English on Cavendish Road to hear readings from their recent work by poets Rachel Bower, Kimberly Campanello, Charlotte Eichler, Matt...
Stephanie Sy-Quia is a writer, teacher, and printmaker based in London. Her debut Amnion is the recipient of an Eric Gregory Award, a Somerset Maugham Award, and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Her debut collection, Amnion, was published in November 2021 by Granta Poetry. All welcome. Admission free.
Embark, from Picador, is the latest collection from multi-award-winning poet Sean O'Brien. Join us to hear him read from this important new work on Thursday 1st December at 18.00 in the foyer of the School of English. 'Given the nature of our times, his voice is an essential one: there is no other poet currently...
From Jamaica, and born to a Jamaican father and Venezuelan mother, Shara McCallum is the author of six books published in the US & UK, including No Ruined Stone, Madwoman, The Face of Water: New and Selected Poems, This Strange Land, Song of Thieves and The Water Between Us. Her most recent collection, No Ruined...
Join us for the launch of Caitlin Stobie's impressive debut collection Thin Slices, published by Verve Poetry Press. Thin Slices is an explosive collection of experiments in poetry, psychology and science. Flitting between lightness and the literary, Caitlin Stobie explores womanhood and the environment through a multitude of tiny worlds.Set between South Africa and the United...
Jason Allen-Paisant - winner of the 2022 OCM Bocas Prize for poetry - joins Shivanee Ramlochan, Malika Booker, and Adam Lowe for readings and conversations with Emily Zobel Marshall. ALL WELCOME. FREE EVENT.
Joyelle McSweeney is the author of ten books of poetry, stories, novels, essays, translations and plays, including, most recently, the poetry double-volume Toxicon and Arachne (Nightboat Books) and The Necropastoral: Poetry, Media, Occults, a work of goth ecopoetics (University of Michigan Poets on Poetry series, 2015). Her verse play Dead Youth, or, the Leaks inaugurated...
The University of Leeds Poetry Centre presents an evening of readings by poets from around the world who have made a connection with the city of Leeds and its hinterland: Helen Mort, Jeffrey Wainwright, Kimberly Campanello, Jason Allen-Paisant, Caitlin Stobie, and Hannah Copley. Tickets (standard price) £6 Box Office: 01133760318 Follow link above to book...
What is the relationship between poetry, creativity and animism? Do poets consider their writing as a form of animist practice? As a collaboration between the 2019-20 Sadler Seminar Series “Animist Engagements: Creativity, Ecology and Indigeneity” and the University of Leeds Poetry Centre, this public event invites poets to both consider and perform the relationship between...