Leontia Flynn, Glyn Maxwell, Medbh McGuckian & Tomas Venclova
Southbank Centre| Host: | |
| Type: | |
| Network: | Global |
| Date: | Monday, October 27, 2008 |
| Time: | 7:45pm - 11:00pm |
| Location: | Southbank Centre |
Description
Leontia Flynn, Glyn Maxwell, Medbh McGuckian & Tomas Venclova
Purcell Room
Monday 27 October 2008, 7.45pm
A poetry reading from three of today's leading poets. EM Forster Award-winner Glyn Maxwell's new collection Hide Now is peopled by characters as varied as Scheherazade, Robespierre and Dick Cheney, and mixes history with the present. Tomas Venclova reads from The Junction: Selected Poems, the first major UK publication of his work, which explores the moral aftermath of totalitarianism with a profound lyricism.
Purcell Room
Monday 27 October 2008, 7.45pm
A poetry reading from three of today's leading poets. EM Forster Award-winner Glyn Maxwell's new collection Hide Now is peopled by characters as varied as Scheherazade, Robespierre and Dick Cheney, and mixes history with the present. Tomas Venclova reads from The Junction: Selected Poems, the first major UK publication of his work, which explores the moral aftermath of totalitarianism with a profound lyricism.
Other Information
- Guests are allowed to bring friends to this event.
Event Type
This is an open event. Anyone can join and invite others to join.