Enjoy the musings of those from the wintery side of the world, with a special free Canadian poetry reading event hosted by Evan Jones, poet and co-editor of the anthology, Modern Canadian Poets (Carcanet 2010). Sheri Benning’s poetry includes Thin Moon Psalm (Brick Books, 2007) and Earth After Rain (Thistledown Press, 2001), while Richard Greene is best known in the UK for his books Graham Greene: A Life in Letters (2007). His poetry collection Boxing the Compass won a number of awards including the prestigious Governor-General’s Literary Award for Poetry in Canada. A key event in Manchester’s poetry calendar.

Tue 18 Feb, International Antony Burgess Foundation,Engine House, Chorlton Mill, 3 Cambridge Street, M1 5BY. Tel: 0161 235 0776, 6.30pm, FREE, www.anthonyburgess.org

Tue 18 Feb
Words:
Joshua Gordon
Published on:
Tue 18 Feb 2014