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Topic: LC Reading Series 5

Time: Feb 26, 2021 01:00 PM London

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Theophilus Kwek has published four collections of poetry, two of which were shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize. His poems, essays and translations have appeared in The Guardian, Times Literary Supplement, The London Magazine, and Mekong Review, among other publications. He has also written and researched on issues of migration and citizenship, and volunteers with NGOs supporting migrant communities in Singapore. His most recent collection, Moving House, is published by Carcanet Press in the UK.

Tania Hershman's poetry pamphlet, How High Did She Fly, was joint winner of Live Canon's 2019 Poetry Pamphlet Competition and was published in Nov 2019, and her hybrid particle-physics-inspired book 'and what if we were all allowed to disappear' was published by Guillemot Press in March 2020. Tania is also the author of a poetry collection, a poetry chapbook and three short story collections, and co-author of Writing Short Stories: A Writers' & Artists' Companion (Bloomsbury, 2014). She is co-creator of @OnThisDayShe, co-author of the On This Day She book (John Blake, 2021), and has a PhD in creative writing inspired by particle physics. www.taniahershman.com

Lawrence Illsley is an award-winning Cornish poet. His current collection, A Brief History of Trees won the Live Canon Collection Competition and the Sophie Warne Award. His first collection Astra and Sebastian (Proverse, 2011) was shortlisted for the Proverse prize. In 2020 he won the Beyond the Storm Competition and his poems have featured in magazines and anthologies. including Shooter and The Atlanta Review. Born in Cornwall, he now lives in South Wales with his girlfriend and young son. He is poetry editor at the Mechanics' Institute Review. Find him on Instagram @abriefhistoryoftrees or Twitter @Lawrence_poet