Title:

"Never trust a scarecrow wearing shades after dark."

Venue:

The Mackay, Bristol Grammar School, Elton Rd, BS8 1SR

Date:

Tuesday 4th October

Time:

7.30pm

Price:

£8 / £6 concessions

Details:

Penelope Shuttle & John Greening read from Heath
‘Alone on the heath, under the constellations of aircraft holding patterns, and with only these eloquent, shape-shifting poems as our guide, we encounter highwaymen, witches and ghosts, follow the tracks of the last wolf in England, and find ourselves incanting the heath’s calendar of spells and enchantments. Heath speaks to us, sings its own centuries-old song of seasons; both born and raised in its shadow, Shuttle and Greening’s deep connection of memory to this place brings forth a remarkable cycle of magical and bitter-sweet poems.’

Alison Brackenbury 'loves, lives, hymns and rhymes the natural world and its people like no other poet.' - National Poet of Wales, Gillian Clarke

Melanie Branton 'The pleasures of her poetry are many and not least her seemingly effortless capacity to surprise and delight.’ – Colin Brown, Poetry Can

More on Heath, Penelope Shuttle & John Greening: www.ninearchespress.com

Alison Brackenbury's own website can be found at www.alisonbrackenbury.co.uk

Melanie Branton’s blog can be found at www.melaniebranton.wordpress.com

Website:

Tickets: never-trust-a-scarecrow.eventbrite.com

Further Info:

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