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*Last day* (Friday 17th) to register to attend this Wednesday 22nd event in person, Norwich and nearby people! There is also an online option which will remain open into next week. It's going to be great to have all the poets together.

17.11.2023 09:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A flyer for a poetry event on 22 November at UEA and via livestream. Picture of the poets: Anthony Vahni Capildeo, Joelle Taylor, Jay Bernard and Gail McConnell

A flyer for a poetry event on 22 November at UEA and via livestream. Picture of the poets: Anthony Vahni Capildeo, Joelle Taylor, Jay Bernard and Gail McConnell

Register by 17/11 for a FREE event with Jay Bernard, Joelle Taylor, Anthony Vahni Capildeo & Gail McConnell. In person at UEA & via livestream. They will read & discuss brand new work as part of our project: Towards a Centre for Contemporary Poetry in the Archive >> tinyurl.com/uncollectedp...

13.11.2023 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A typed envelope from a 1940s love letter written by Doris Lessing who is pictured right in the late 1990s.

A typed envelope from a 1940s love letter written by Doris Lessing who is pictured right in the late 1990s.

Happy birthday to Doris Lessing, the only British woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. It's a decade since her death. This week a new generation of students were reading letters from the vast archive of correspondence and working papers she donated to the University of East Anglia.

22.10.2023 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A flyer invitation to the launch of four poetry archives at the University of East Anglia. The poets show are: Anthony Vahni Capildeo, Joelle Taylor, Jay Bernard and Gail McConnell

A flyer invitation to the launch of four poetry archives at the University of East Anglia. The poets show are: Anthony Vahni Capildeo, Joelle Taylor, Jay Bernard and Gail McConnell

Join us at UEA on 22/11 to celebrate the launch of archive collections from four dazzling voices in contemporary poetry: Jay Bernard, Anthony Vahni Capildeo, Gail McConnell & Joelle Taylor. All will read & be in conversation with Will Harris. Register: tinyurl.com/uncollectedp... #nationalpoetryday

05.10.2023 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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