Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Poetry Bites Open Mic with guest Jon Morley

Jacqui Rowe presents:
POETRY BITES AT THE KITCHEN GARDEN CAFE WITH JONATHAN MORLEY

Jonathan Morley runs The Heaventree Press in Coventry and is a PhD researcher in Caribbean literature at the University of Warwick. His current and forthcoming books are a new edition of Sir Walter Ralegh’s Discoverie of Guiana (1596), the Collected Early Poems of Derek Walcott, and Geminar, an anthology of younger British poets in Portuguese translation. His first collection of poems, Backra Man, will be published in November by Perdika Press. An extraordinary, powerful set of poems, with flashes of brilliance and disturbing, dark currents of perverse and righteous emotions – David Dabydeen

Poetry Bites also includes floor spots where you can share your own poetry with an appreciative audience. Please arrive early to book a spot.

7.30pm, Tuesday 25th November 2008 (Food available from 6.30pm)

Kitchen Garden Café
17 York Road
Kings Heath
Birmingham
B14 7SA
£5 (£4) To reserve a place email jacquirowe@hotmail.co.uk or pay at the door.
www.jacquirowe.com

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