GOBS Poetry Book Club: Kostya Tsolakis' Greekling

GOBS COLLECTIVE

Join us to chat about Kostya Tsolakis' Greekling, followed by writing activities inspired by the collection.

Nottingham Central Library

GOBS Collective invites you to chat and scribble your heart away at our Poetry Book Club, hosted in Nottingham Central Library and via Zoom.GOBS Poetry Book Club provides a space for poets, writers, readers, performers, and artists to meet over a cuppa, and have a good chinwag over our poetry collection of the month. For the first half of the session we’ll talk about the book, and in the second half we’ll do some focussed writing exercises based on our favourite poems.It’s preferable that you read the book before you come along, but if you don’t get chance and fancy heading down anyway, just pop along and there’s sure to be something for you to say, listen to, or write. No judgement. March 2026’s Book:Kostya Tsolakis – GreeklingGreekling is the much-anticipated debut poetry collection by Kostya Tsolakis that celebrates and commemorates damaged and rejected Greek bodies — be they of flesh and blood, made of marble, or natural bodies. In intertwining Greek culture, history and poetic influences with the contemporary queer experience, this collection is perceptive, lyrical, and deeply evocative of time and place. From an Athenian childhood to a closeted adolescence in the shadow of the AIDS epidemic, through sexual self-discovery and freedom, Tsolakis charts the pursuit of unconditional happiness. These poems explore queer joy on dance floors, darkrooms and bedsits, and reflect on a changing and often misrepresented country, and the nature of motherlands and mother tongues; Greekling is a voyage out — and a return.Get a 15% discount on this book at <a href="https://fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/" title="https://fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Five Leaves</a> by using the code GOBS.GOBS Poetry Book Club is also available to attend via <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82660261574#success" title="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82660261574#success" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Zoom</a>. Please note we have limited places available both in-person and online, so booking is essential. GOBS Poetry Book Club is Pay What You Can (Suggested donation: £5) When: Saturday 28 March, 11am–1pm Where: Nottingham Central Library (Meeting Room 2), 1 Carrington Street, Nottingham, England, NG1 7FH Who: Hosted by Polis Loizou Any enquiries can be directed to Bridie at: info@gobscollective.org At previous events, we've looked at: Caleb Femi – Poor Tolu Agbelusi – Locating Strongwoman Caroline Bird – The Air Year Ella Frears – I am the Mother Cat Kae Tempest – Running Upon the Wires Roger Robinson – A Portable Paradise Malika Booker, Sharon Olds &amp; Warsan Shire – Your Family, Your Body (Modern Poets Three) Inua Ellams – The Actual Cecilia Knapp – Peach Pig Yomi Sode – Manorisms Will Harris – Rendang Anthony Anaxagorou – Heritage Aesthetics Hannah Lowe – Chick Warsan Shire – Blessed is the Daughter Raised by a Voice in her Head Gboyega Odubanjo – Adam Brian Bilston – Alexa, what is there to know about love? Amy Acre – Mothersong Amanda Gorman – Call Us What We Carry Ted Kooser and Connie Wanek – Marshmallow Clouds Vanessa Kisuule – A Recipe for Sorcery Haia Mohammed – The Age of Olive Trees Adam Kammerling – Seder

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