Celebrating National Poetry Day: Birmingham’s New Poet Laureate

Guest Poet Pascale Petit

6.45 – 8.45pm

The Library Theatre, Birmingham Central Library, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham B3 3HQ.

Presented In Association with Birmingham Libraries

Join us and Birmingham Libraries for the first reading of the brand new Poet Laureate for the city. It is a longstanding tradition for the new Laureate to be announced on National Poetry Day and then to perform at the Festival in their first official capacity.

Guest Poet Pascale Petit’s latest collections are What the Water Gave Me – Poems after Frida Kahlo (Seren, 2010) and The Treekeeper’s Tale (Seren, 2008). She has published five collections, two of which, The Huntress and The Zoo Father, were shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize and were books of the year in the Times Literary Supplement and The Independent.

The Birmingham Poet Laureate scheme has been run successfully by Birmingham Libraries for fourteen years and continues to showcase poetry talent in the city.

Tickets: FREE

Tickets are free but please reserve a place with the box office.

Box Office: 0121 303 2323  or BOOK ONLINE