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Immerse yourself in new poetry from Verve Press as two Midlands poets launch their new collections!
Playful Poignant Pottymouth by Spoz and How to Leave a Body by Holly Winter-Hughes
6.30pm in the Hive Library Studio, Worcester.
Hosted by the Creative Writing course at the University of Worcester.
This event is FREE but please book a ticket at the Hive to track seats needed.
https://e-services.worcestershire.gov.uk/LibraryEvents/EventDetails.aspx?id=7277
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Praise for Holly Winter-Hughes
“Holly Winter-Hughes’ visceral writing turns the human form inside-out, mapping the contours of trauma, abuse and hard-won resilience. It urges the reader to follow and ‘Breathe deep to the creak of your heartwood’. Darkly imaginative and pearled with fresh phrase-making, these are poems that compel attention and linger.”
John McCullough
“Holly’s poetry leaves red shapes on my skin, and teeth marks. Unapologetically incandescent images twist tightly and then open into wide, revelatory spaces. The thin blade of a plastic-handled knife flashes in the dark of cold-roomed poems, but beside my shoulder as I read there is always an older, kinder spirit. It says, ‘Look – this, yes, and this.’ And yet, somehow, the spirit is still singing. I love this collection.”
Tom Hirons
“Holly writes with the whiplash of thunder.”
Antony Owen
“An electrifying poet with Plath-like power and potency. Such fire!”
Anna Saunders
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Praise for Spoz
‘Clever, moving and packed with sharp humour, Spoz’s new poetry collection delivers refreshing honesty and accessibility whilst still packing a punch. There’s something for everyone.’ Katherine Priddy
‘Spoz’s work has spikey hair, carries a megaphone and wears a f**k the system T-Shirt. And just like Spoz himself, beneath the spikes and the noise, inside it, there sits a thumping heart full of a drive and passion big enough to try and change the world.’ Steven Camden AKA Polarbear
‘I wish we were allowed to read poems like this at school. Spoz is a legend wordsmith and top bloke.’ Lindsey Santoro
‘A major contribution to English literature’ John Cooper Clarke
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Hive, 16 Magdala Court, Worcester, WR1 3, United Kingdom,Worcester, Worcestershire
