I will be reading some very short prose pieces at Back To School: 7 Poets for Oxfam Autumn 2010 Fundraiser, Wednesday, 29 September, 2010 – 7 pm, at Oxfam Books and Music shop, 91 Marylebone High Street, London W1 (10 minutes walk from Baker Street tube station).
The evening will feature seven poets, from Canada, Britain, Ireland, and New Zealand:
Carole Baldock – British poet and editor-publisher of Kudos and Orbis magazines
Charles Boyle – Faber poet, publisher and novelist, shortlisted for TS Eliot Prize
JR Carpenter – Prize-winning Quebec writer, poet and performance artist
CL Dallat – Irish poet, writer and musician of significance
Helen Oswald – shortlisted for the current Forward Prize for Best First Collection
Anna Smaill – a leading younger poet from New Zealand
Anthony Thwaite – legendary poet-critic, and editor of Larkin’s Collected Poems and Selected Letters
This event is supported by Kingston University and hosted by Todd Swift.
Please reserve seats for these events by contacting shop manager Martin Penny by email or phone 020 7487 3570 or oxfammarylebone [at] hotmail [dot] com
Admission free. All money raised goes to Oxfam, a registered charity.
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