Welcome to The Live Poetry Book Club, an evening summer book club exploring and celebrating live readings from black + mixed heritage writers.
For those who love nothing more than reading a good book (ones that move us and inspire us and allow us to see the world differently) and for those who adore listening to a writer bring their work into being through performance, then take their collections home to enjoy afterwards.
On the 14th of September we welcome Jasmine Cooray. After spending her 20s oversharing on the poetry open-mic circuit, she spent many years balancing writing, performance and arts facilitation, delivering creative writing projects for The Barbican, the Southbank Centre, First Story, The Arvon Foundation and the National Literacy Trust among others. Inheritance, her first full collection of poetry, was published with Bad Betty Press in November 2023, and was nominated for the 2024 Forward Prize for Best First Collection. She can often be found up a tree, mending a garment, or sending an encouraging voice note.
Jasmine Cooray will be in conversation with author Davina Quinlivan and supported by poet Sirisha Damarla.
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, Bookbag, Exeter. You can book now via the ticket link on this page.
Tickets are free and include a complementary poetry book of the writer's work and free refreshments.
Children and babies welcome, but please be aware content won't be censored and may not be age appropriate.
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