In the final event in our poetry series, we will be joined by poets from Nine Arches Press.

Bobby Parker was born in 1982 and lives in Kidderminster, England. Publications include the critically acclaimed experimental books Ghost Town Music and Comberton, both published by The Knives Forks & Spoons Press. His poetry, artwork and photography have appeared in various reputable magazines in print and on-line and he writes a poetry column for The Quietus. His reading style has been described as “Gripping, weird, relatable but alienating, emotional, totally fantastic poetry.”- Café Writers. Blue Movie (Nine Arches Press) is his first full collection of poems.

Dorothy Lehane is an Assistant Lecturer in Creative Writing and PhD candidate in Poetry: Text Practice as Research at the University of Kent. Her chapbook Places of Articulation is forthcoming in November 2014 with dancing girl press, Chicago. She is the founding editor of Litmus Publishing, an Arts Council England funded press exploring the intersection of poetry and science. Her work has recently appeared in Glasgow Review of Books, HARTS & Minds, Tears in the Fence, and Zone Magazine. She has performed her work at various venues in the UK including The Barbican, The Science Museum, The Roundhouse, BBC Radio Kent, Sounds New Music Festival, In The Woods Festival and Canterbury Art Festival. Her Nine Arches Press poetry collection, Ephemeris, is published this October.

Matt Merritt is a poet and wildlife journalist from Leicester. His third collection, The Elephant Tests, is out now from Nine Arches, and previous publications include hydrodaktulopsychicharmonica (Nine Arches, 2010), Troy Town (Arrowhead, 2008), and Making The Most Of The Light (HappenStance, 2005). He blogs at: polyolbion.blogspot.co.uk

Tony Williams grew up in Matlock in Derbyshire and now lives in Northumberland. His first collection The Corner of Arundel Lane and Charles Street was shortlisted for the Aldeburgh, Portico and Michael Murphy Prizes, and All the Rooms of Uncle’s Head was a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice. He also writes prose fiction. The Midlands (Nine Arches Press, July 2014) is his second collection of poetry.

Admission £3.00, refreshments available. RSVP to bookshop@fiveleaves.co.uk