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Melanie Low interviews Cerys Matthews, Leonie Evans, Hannah Lowe and Malika Booker at When the Levee Breaks, an event at Poet in the City’s 2018 Poetry and Lyrics Festival

Emily Dickinson: Success Is Counted Sweetest – Nikita Gill
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Emily Dickinson: Success Is Counted Sweetest – Nikita Gill

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Nikita Gill is a Belfast-born poet, writer and artist and has been described as ‘one of the most successful and exciting instapoets working today’.   This interview was conducted on 3 October 2020 at King’s Place by Penny Hughes at Emily Dickinson: Success Is Counted Sweetest as part of Poet in the City’s “Fail Better” 2020 season.

Hidden by Clouds – Gerður Kristný
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Hidden by Clouds – Gerður Kristný

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A tribute to all women murdered by violent men, Icelandic poet Gerður Kristný presents Drápa, a story of modern-day Nordic crime reimagined through Old Viking Skaldic verse, musically accompanied by members of ALDAorchestra. On a frozen January day in Reykjavik, 1988, 26-year-old Gréta Birgisdóttir was strangled to death by her husband Bragi Ólafsson. Ten years on,…