READING’S regular poetry showcase is welcoming a due of prolific poets as well as audience performances for the final Poets’ Cafe of the year.
The event will welcome Dr Susie Campbell, who creates poetry in diverse media such as visual, sound, and textile-based poetry.
She was poet-in-residence for the Oxford Brookes/Oxford University 2017-18 Mellon-Sawyer series: Post-War (Commemoration, Reconstruction, Reconciliation), and holds a practice-based poetry PhD at Oxford Brookes.
Her work has been published in numerous journals internationally, including Poetry Review, Shearsman, and Queen Mob’s Teahouse.
Her printed works include The Sleeping Place and Tenter, Enclosures, and I Return to You.
The event will be hosted by prolific poet and author AF Harrold, who returns to the duties after organising the event for a number of years previously.
Harrold has authored a number of works for children, the latest of which is The Worlds We Leave Behind, and one of which, The Imaginary, was adapted into a feature-length animation by Japan’s Studio Ponoc.
The event also features open mic performances from attendees and is organised by Reading Stanza.
Poets’ Cafe takes place at South Street Arts Centre from 8pm on Friday, December 13.
More information and tickets are available via: whatsonreading.com
