Nov

Poetry Book Launch: Nigel Pantling's 'It's Not Personal'

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Join Nigel Pantling, Martha Sprackland and Ann Sansom for an online launch of Nigel's new book, 'It's Not Personal'.

About this Event

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Live Chat, Readings, and a Q&A

Martha Sprackland will be in conversation with Nigel Pantling (author), Ann Sansom (editor), and George Littlejohn (CISI) respectively for 'It's Not Personal'. The reading will be live-streamed to YouTube, where you can join the Live Chat for discussion during the event, and submit your burning questions for the Q&A with Nigel.

This event is free, but it would be great if you could register your interest please! Thanks.

About It's Not Personal

It’s Not Personal evokes a life, from childhood in the Fifties through the challenges and eccentricities of the workplace, to the unpredictability of family, love and death. These are poems concerned with truth; but just as importantly, with what it means to tell a story.

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CISI (Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments)

Nigel Pantling is the inaugural Poet in Residence for the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments – the leading professional body for securities, investment, wealth and financial planning professionals. His poetry has appeared in membership publications, on the CISI podcast, and Nigel will perform readings at events.

Nigel and George will be in conversation about 'It's Not Personal' and Nigel's poetry residency.

North London Action for the Homeless

This event is free, but we are encouraging donations towards North London Action for the Homeless. North London Action for the Homeless (NLAH) is based in Stoke Newington in Hackney and offers free meals (and haircuts, showers and advocacy) to anyone who needs it. They also provide a sense of community to people who feel isolated or find themselves on the margins. They are funded by grants and donations and rely on volunteers to operate.

If you would rather donate directly to NLAH you can do so at their JustGiving page here.

Lesley Oldaker, artist of the cover image, Non Conformist, has also kindly donated her permissions fee to North London Action for the Homeless.

About Nigel Pantling

Nigel Pantling was a soldier in the Seventies, Private Secretary to the Home Secretary in the Eighties, and a merchant banker in the Nineties. His pamphlets Belfast Finds Log (Shoestring Press 2014) and Hip Hind Hook (Smith|Doorstop 2018) relate the danger and human frailty he saw during Northern Ireland’s “Troubles” and the Cold War, and his full collection Kingdom Power Glory (Smith|Doorstop 2016) lifts the lid on the absurdity and integrity of life in Whitehall and the City. Nigel is now a strategic adviser to company chief executives.

About Martha Sprackland

Martha Sprackland is a writer and editor living between London and Madrid. She was co-founder and poetry editor of Cake magazine, was assistant poetry editor for Faber & Faber, and is one of the founding editors of multilingual arts magazine La Errante. She is the editor of independent press Offord Road Books. In 2018 she joined Poetry London as associate editor, and in 2019 became acting poetry editor. She teaches for the Poetry School.

About Ann Sansom

Ann Sansom is co-director of The Poetry Business and editor of Smith|Doorstop and The North. She is a poet, playwright and tutor. She has published six collections of poetry; had work published in several Forward/Faber anthologies, Russian Vogue and a range of other publications. She has also written and directed plays for stage and radio. Her two full-length poetry collections are published by Bloodaxe.