This June, internationally renowned poet and author Salena Godden arrives at The Edge alongside treasured wordsmiths Molly Naylor and Nafeesa Hameed for a one-off LIVEwire performance.
Godden brings her peerless poetic nous to Manchester following a stellar multi-faceted career in which she has enjoyed success as a novelist, poet, memoirist, broadcaster and award-winning writer, picking up the Indie Book Award for Fiction and the People’s Book Prize for her debut work, Mrs Death Misses Death.
Having performed at festivals and events around the world, Molly Naylor showcases her distinctive style which has earned rave reviews from several BBC Radio 4 broadcasts.
Pakistan-born and Birmingham-bred, poet, playwright, educator, performer, and director Nafeesa Hammid draws on the lived experiences and cultural intersectionalities of her upbringing to deliver spellbinding work on the page and stage. Her debut poetry collection Besharam was highly commended in the Forward Prizes 2019.
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Thu 13 Jun, The Edge Theatre, Manchester Rd, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester M21 9JG
- Words:
- Wolf McFarlane
- Published on:
- Fri 7 Jun 2024
