Faber & Faber 80th Birthday Poetry Event
Brighton Festival, Sunday, May 10, 2009 at 2:30pm
Alice Oswald reads from A Sleepwalk on the Severn.; Tom Paulin reads from The Road to Inver.
This year marks the 80th birthday of one of the most distinguished publishing houses of our age. Faber & Faber was formed in 1929 with an inaugural list that included the finest poets of the day. To celebrate this legacy, Brighton Festival presents an exclusive Faber poetry double bill. Alice Oswald's second collection Dart won the T.S. Eliot prize in 2002. In conjunction with Faber's birthday year, Oswald presents two new works for 2009 - A Sleepwalk on the Severn , a multi-voiced poetic narrative set at night on the Severn Estuary; and Weeds and Wildflowers , a magical meeting of all-new Oswald works and the etchings of Jessica Greenman. With eight collections and two anthologies to his name, plus major critical works and translations, Tom Paulin is one of the most prolific and acclaimed poet / critics of his generation. His most recent collection, The Road to Inver (2004), combined original Paulin verse with a personal anthology of European poetry. (DeadGoodBooks)… (more)
This year marks the 80th birthday of one of the most distinguished publishing houses of our age. Faber & Faber was formed in 1929 with an inaugural list that included the finest poets of the day. To celebrate this legacy, Brighton Festival presents an exclusive Faber poetry double bill. Alice Oswald's second collection Dart won the T.S. Eliot prize in 2002. In conjunction with Faber's birthday year, Oswald presents two new works for 2009 - A Sleepwalk on the Severn , a multi-voiced poetic narrative set at night on the Severn Estuary; and Weeds and Wildflowers , a magical meeting of all-new Oswald works and the etchings of Jessica Greenman. With eight collections and two anthologies to his name, plus major critical works and translations, Tom Paulin is one of the most prolific and acclaimed poet / critics of his generation. His most recent collection, The Road to Inver (2004), combined original Paulin verse with a personal anthology of European poetry. (DeadGoodBooks)… (more)
Event location: Corn Exchange