Events & Readings – Kirsten Irving, poet & editor

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Poetry Society Then & Now video series

Video reading of ‘Namazu at the Physicist’s Funeral’ and ‘Benjamins’.

A young man with a beard and a young woman with short red hair read poetry in a Waterstones bookshop

Two Robots in York

Watch JT Welsch and K being robots at York Waterstones, as part of the NxNE poetry reading series organised by Harry Man.

Alchemy: Why poetry publishers need to get it together

I wrote an article for BookMachine on the value of collaboration over competition in poetry publishing.

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Poets Are So Excited – but does anybody care?

Social media is tricky for poets, but we need to stop hammering the “so excited” key, expecting it to excite others by osmosis.

Musicians sat in the bar of a London club, jamming with various instruments.

Chain reactions: Found in Translation at Club Inegales

I was lucky enough to take part in a series of workshops with Club Inegales, throwing together poets, illustrators and musicians.