LONDON: Poetry London launch reading

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008, 6.30pm, FREE
Foyles,
Charing Cross Road
London

Poetry London Autumn 2008 Launch, with readings by Kathleen Jamie, AF Harrold and Jack Underwood.

Kathleen Jamie has published several collections of poetry. Her poetry collection, The Tree House (2004), won the 2004 Forward Poetry Prize (Best Poetry Collection of the Year) and the 2005 Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year Award.

A F Harrold’s poetry collections are Logic and the Heart (Two Rivers Press, 2004) and Of Birds and Bees (Quirkstandard’s Alternative, 2008). He works as a performance poet and comedian.

Jack Underwood was born in 1984. He co-edits the anthology series Stop Sharpening Your Knives. He received a Gregory Award in 2007.

Also featuring the winners of Poetry London Competition 2008: Godfrey Hackers, Sam Riviere, Patricia Hann and Keith Francis.