Photographer: Zaki Grant (Instagram: @caseusphoto)
Salena Godden joined us for an intimate evening of readings and captivating conversation, discussing her latest collection, With Love, Grief and Fury.Three decades since her groundbreaking debut on the UK poetry scene Salena Godden unveils her boldest and most definitive collection yet. With Love, Grief and Fury contains love poems for people and the planet, poems of grief brimming with compassion, and poems of fire and fury that kick some ass.
Supporting Salena was Liverpool born poet and playwright, Paul Birtill. Natalie Denny, award-winning force behind Skywriters hosted the event.
Salena Godden is an award-winning author, poet and broadcaster of Jamaican-mixed heritage based in London. Her debut novel Mrs Death Misses Death won the Indie Book Award for Fiction and the People’s Book Prize, and was shortlisted for the British Book Awards and the Gordon Burn Prize. Salena’s work has been shortlisted for the 4thWrite short story prize and the Ted Hughes Prize, and has been widely anthologised and broadcast on radio, TV and film. Her poem Pessimism is for Lightweights is on permanent display at the People’s History Museum, Manchester. She was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2022.
Supporting Salena will be Liverpool born poet and playwright, Paul Birtill. Paul has published a number of books and pamphlets with Hearing Eye Press, including ‘Collected Poems 1987-2010’ and ‘New and Selected Poems’. Several of his plays have been staged at London theatres, including Squalor which was shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award and he has published over three-hundred individual poems in magazines and newspapers. His most recent poetry collections are ‘Bad News’ and ‘All’s Well That Ends’, both published by Wrecking Ball Press.
Hosting the event will be Natalie Denny. Natalie is the award-winning force behind Skywriters Ltd, a creative education social enterprise. Her roles include writer, activist, and EDI Consultant for Anthony Walker Foundation. KEISHA JONES TAKES ON THE WORLD was Natalie’s debut book and published on 3rd August 2023 with Little Tiger UK. Her second book, KEISHA JONES IS A FORCE OF NATURE, published 1st February 2024. Natalie is also chair of The Period Project Merseyside and co-founder of The Goddess Projects, an organisation with the mission to empower, inspire and assist Black women and women of colour to develop and achieve in their communities.
Saturday 11th May, 7pm
The Bluecoat, 8 School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BX
Ticket price: £10
Date: May 11, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm
Join us for the fourth session of the Writer’s Bloc 2024! IMPORTANT: Please do not turn up to a Writer’s Bloc session without registering and being invited. Numbers are limited and session attendance is by invite only. We are unable to allow entry if you have not been accepted onto the session.
Date: September 6, 2024
11:00 am
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Join us for the fourth session of the Writer’s Bloc 2024! IMPORTANT: Please do not turn up to a Writer’s Bloc session without registering and being invited. Numbers are limited and session attendance is by invite only. We are unable to allow entry if you have not been accepted onto the session.
Date: August 16, 2024
11:00 am
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Join us for the second session of the Writer’s Bloc 2024! We are thrilled to welcome acclaimed Liverpool novelist and poet, Ashleigh Nugent. Ashleigh will be talking about his debut novel, Locks and sharing his journey of turning personal experiences into compelling stories. The session will take place on Friday 14th June at Toxteth Library. Please sign …
Date: June 14, 2024
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Date: May 13, 2024
11:00 am
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Tony Wailey's latest book, Lights Bearing West, is about memory, place and distance, messages sent, delivered, picked up, put down, kept or discarded. Going away, having adventures and coming home, whether these adventures are first hand or tenth hand, is part of everyone’s trilogy in Liverpool – even for those who have never left the river.
Date: May 22, 2024
7:00 pm
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Date: May 23, 2024
7:00 pm
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