Really looking forward to Maurice Riordan and Angela Frances reading this coming week at Birmingham Waterstones (New St) on Thurs - its free some come & join us! Join The Institute of Creative and Critical Writing and Writing West Midlands for an evening of superb poetry at the Birmingham launch of Maurice Riordan’s new collection of poems,The Water Stealer, published by Faber and Faber. Maurice will be reading with Angela France, whose most recent collection, Hide, is published by Nine Arches Press. Maurice Riordan was born in 1953 in Lisgoold, Co. Cork. His first collection, A Word from the Loki (1995) was nominated for the T. S. Eliot Prize. Floods (2000) was a Book of the Year in both the Sunday Times and Irish Times and The Holy Land (2007) won the Michael Hartnett Award. He lives in London and has taught at Imperial College and Goldsmiths College, and is currently Professor of Poetry at Sheffield Hallam University. Maurice Riordan is Editor of Poetry Review. Angela France has had poems published in many of the leading journals, in the UK and abroad and has been anthologised a number of times. She has an MA in Creative and Critical Writing from the University of Gloucestershire and is studying for a PhD. Publications include Occupation (Ragged Raven Press) and Lessons in Mallemaroking and her latest collection of poems is Hide (both Nine Arches Press). Angela is features editor of Iota and runs a monthly poetry café, Buzzwords. Wine and refreshments will be served. Presented in partnership with the Institute of Creative & Critical Writing at Birmingham City University. The Institute of Creative and Critical Writing exists to cultivate the literary arts and the life of ideas, through its programme of public events and its support for the MA in Writing at Birmingham City University. bcu.ac.uk/iccw. With thanks to Nine Arches Press. ninearchespress. How to Book: To book, please contact our box office The Box on 0121 245 4455 or book online here.writingwestmidlands.org/ai1ec_event/maurice-riordan-the-water-stealer-with-angela-france/?instance_id
Posted on: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 11:28:36 +0000
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