Two of our local writers take the stage, supported by students from Nottingham Trent University

Andrew Taylor will mostly be reading from European Hymns, his the fourth collection to be published by Shearsman Books. Over four sections, the book traces the calendar year throughout the seasons. Beginning with the optimism that spring brings, the book offers up the arrival of the nightingales in rural France (an ongoing interest of Taylor’s) then navigates through summer trips to cities, takes in periods of reflection amongst the closing down of a summer house, the sudden shift to autumn and the inevitable descent into winter. The poems also deal with the changes in the natural world, while others offer snapshots of moments in time, with Taylor often re-employing his minimalist practice to useful effect.

Linda Kemp’s Annunciation Sonnets climbs out of the frame of the sonnet and through speculative encounters with artworks depicting the annunciation, probes form and rupture. What can be done with and to form, out of suspicion of the form, concerns form, and in re-encountering the annunciation tableaux Linda Kemp steers a poetic encounter into a querying of propositions subtending a language of art.

Refreshments included

Tickets £4.50, free to students and staff at NTU

A Nottingham Creative Writing Hub event