International Poetry Forum Presents: Sir Andrew Motion x John Keats

Sir Andrew Motion, past UK Poet Laureate and acclaimed John Keats biographer, will visit Pittsburgh for a reading of his own work alongside the poetry of Keats. The reading will take place at Carnegie Lecture Hall of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in Oakland (4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213). Books will be provided for sale and signing. Doors open 1:30pm for a 2:00pm reading.

This special event is presented by the International Poetry Forum in partnership with Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, this event is free, but ticketed. We expect the reading to sell out, so be sure to secure your seat soon.

Andrew Motion was born in London and raised in Stisted, Essex. He is the author of many books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Motion’s poetry collections include Randomly Moving Particles (2021), Coming in to Land: Selected Poems 1975-2015 (2017), The Customs House (2012), The Cinder Path (2009), and Public Property (2002), his first collection as UK Poet Laureate. Motion’s collections of nonfiction prose include biographies of Thomas Wainewright (2000), of Philip Larkin (1993), and of John Keats (1997). His novels include The Invention of Dr. Cake (2003) and Silver: Return to Treasure Island (2012). Motion has served as editor for the Poetry Review and as editorial director and poetry editor for Chatto & Windus; he was knighted in 2009. From 1999–2009, he was poet laureate for the UK. In 2015, he moved to Baltimore, Maryland, to become the Homewood Professor of the Arts at Johns Hopkins University. (Photo credit: Johnny Ring)

Founded in 1966, the Pittsburgh-based International Poetry Forum is a nonprofit organization that has hosted readings and educational programs by more than 800 poets and performers from 50+ countries. Alumni of our reading series include legends like Seamus Heaney, Gwendolyn Brooks, Mary Oliver, Chinua Achebe, Kurt Vonnegut, Grace Kelly, Gregory Peck, James Earl Jones, and Queen Noor of Jordan.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Carnegie Library Lecture Hall (Oakland), 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, United States