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New Walk poetry book launch with Linda Zisquit and Declan Ryan

Thursday, 23rd May, 2019    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Five Leaves Bookshop*
14a Long Row, Nottingham, NG1 2DH

Join us for the launch of the two new New Walk Editions pamphlets: Linda Zisquit, From the Notebooks of Korah’s Daughter, and Declan Ryan, A Blues Song for Fighters.

Linda Zisquit has published five collections, most recently Return from Elsewhere and Havoc: New & Selected Poems. Her translations from Hebrew include Wild Light: Selected Poems of Yona Wallach and These Mountains: Selected Poems of Rivka Miriam. For many years she has been Poetry Coordinator and Associate Professor in the Bar Ilan MA in Creative Writing Program. Born in Buffalo, NY, she lives in Jerusalem, Israel where she founded and runs Artspace Gallery.

Declan Ryan was born in County Mayo, Ireland, and has lived mainly in London. His previous pamphlet was published in the Faber New Poets series in 2014. His work has appeared in Poetry ReviewPoetry LondonPoetry (US), Poetry Ireland and the New Statesman, among others.

Free, refreshments provided. Please let us know you are coming on events@fiveleaves.co.uk