About this Event
Owen Duff is a singer-songwriter, composer and sound artist whose work spans chamber pop, folk, electronica, film music and jazz. He has released five EPs and five albums, including bed, an ambitious concept album exploring queer love, intimacy, procreation, death, religion and refuge. Owen writes, records, produces and creates visuals for his work. As a composer, he has scored independent films and the Queerty-nominated web series Kissing Walls. His experimental sound work has earned critical recognition, including at the Sound of the Year Awards, and BBC Radio premieres. Owen is launching his new album What and Nothing.
Tom McLaughlin is a poet and critic. He is the author of Open Houses (Marble Press, 2021) and Radical Residences: Queer Domestic Space and Poetic Form (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026). He holds a PhD in creative writing from the University of Surrey. His poems have featured in anthologies by Arachne Press and Broken Sleep, and he has been highly commended for the Bridport Prize. Tom is launching his poetry collection In Rooms of Falling Rain, published by Dithering Chaps, which explores the relationship between creativity, queerness, and domestic space.
Event venue & nearby stays
The Music Room, 49 Great Ormond Street, London, United Kingdom