NCLA Event: Karen McCarthy Woolf and Jennifer Wong

Tue Feb 17 2026 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm UTC+00:00

Curtis Auditorium | Newcastle upon Tyne

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NCLA Event: Karen McCarthy Woolf and Jennifer Wong
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NCLA Event: Karen McCarthy Woolf and Jennifer Wong in conversation with Sinéad Morrissey
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Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts
Join NCLA and the Poetry Book Society to launch the PBS Spring Selections with leading poets Karen McCarthy Woolf and Jennifer Wong. Karen McCarthy Woolf will read from Unsafe (Bloomsbury), a fierce interrogation of colonialism and gentrification in LA and London. Jennifer Wong will launch Light Year (Nine Arches Press), a journey into the life of a migrant and mother. Join us for a thoughtprovoking and continent-crossing night of contemporary poetry and conversation with Sinéad Morrissey, Professor of Poetry at Newcastle University.


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  • The Herschel Building is located a 3-minute walk from Haymarket Metro Station and Bus Station, and is easily accessible by Public Transport.
  • The Curtis Auditorium is a tiered lecture theatre and has 8 designated spaces for wheelchair users, with flat-level access. There is also a hearing loop system and an accessible toilet nearby.
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