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Sunday 29 April 2018 | 7pm - 9pm
Lakeside Arts Centre
Tickets £15/12
Roger McGough, Gregory Woods & Georgina Wilding.
Hilarious and surreal, McGough is a poet of many voices. His latest book It Never Rains is a collection of new verses with drawings by the author. President of the Poetry Society, he has been honoured with a CBE for services to literature and the Freedom of the City of Liverpool. He presents the long-running Poetry Please. This event’s first half hour will feature special guests Henry Normal, Georgina Wilding and Gregory Woods
“The patron saint of poetry’ Carol Ann Duffy
‘Liverpool’s own Poet Laureate’ Daily Post
‘rueful, unpredictable observation to please the sharpest wits’ The Independent
This event is part of the annual Nottingham Poetry Festival, which takes place between 20th – 29th April with Roger McGough, Jackie Kay and Hollie McNish among the headliners.
Building on the success of the two previous festivals and working closely with the Nottingham poetry community, Nottingham Poetry Festival 2018 is produced by Nottingham-born poet Henry Normal, Craig Chettle and Tommy Rosley (Farmyard Promotions/Hockley Hustle) and takes place in over 30 Nottingham bars, cafes, bookshops and other venues.
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