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Publication in Magma
Anne’s poem ‘The Tea Lady on Stambridge Ward’ is published in Magma 74, the ‘Work’ themed issue. She will be reading at the magazine’s launch event, to be held on Thursday 4th July from 6.30 – 9pm at Exmouth Market Centre, Exmouth Market, London EC3R 4QE.
Poetry Reading at Hexham Book Festival
Anne will be reading at the Hexham Book Festival on the evening of Sunday 28th April. Poet Linda France will present ‘Nine from the North: A Celebration of Women Poets’. Also reading are Anna Woodford, Christy Ducker, Cynthia Fuller, Ellen Phethean, Linda Anderson, Lisa Matthews and Pippa Little. The event will take place in the library at the Queen’s Hall Arts Centre from 6.30 – 8.30pm. Tickets and further information available at https://www.hexhambookfestival.co.uk/
Poetry Reading at the National Poetry Library, London
Anne will be reading at the National Poetry Library on Wednesday 3rd April; the evening, lasting from 8pm – 9.15pm, celebrates the tenth birthday of Long Poem Magazine. Anne will join editors Linda Black and Claire Crowther, and poets Mimi Khalvati, Penelope Shuttle, Mark Goodwin, Timothy Adès and Adnan al-Sayegh. The event is free but ticketed.
https://www.nationalpoetrylibrary.org.uk/events-exhibitions/ten-years-long-poem-magazine
Prose Poem Success
Anne’s prose poem ‘Running, I become’ (commended in the 2018 Magma Poetry Competition) is due to be published later this year in an anthology of prose poetry edited by Anne Caldwell and Oz Hardwick. https://prose-poetry.uk/thebook
Read more about the exciting Prose Poetry UK project at https://prose-poetry.uk/
Torbay Poetry Festival Competition
Anne’s poem ‘Portrait of My Father as a Ruined House’ has been Commended in the Torbay Poetry Festival Competition 2018.
Second Light Poetry Competition
Two of Anne’s poems – ‘Lucernarium’ and ‘The Singing Women of Duddo’ – have been Commended in the Second Light Poetry Competition 2018.