Poetry in Herons – Rory Waterman

Join us to celebrate Rory Waterman’s new poetry collection: Come Here To This Gate

Our monthly poetry reading has a new format!

Readings will now be held in the Arcade at 6pm and are ticketed. You can buy tickets in advance or on the door. Tickets are £4 or free with the purchase of Come Here To This Gate and include a glass of something sparkling on arrival.

Rory Waterman’s fourth collection, Come Here to This Gate, has just been published by Carcanet. His first collection was a PBS Recommendation and was shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Award and in 2019 he was shortlisted for the Ledbury Forte Prize.

He was born in Belfast in 1981, grew up mainly in Lincolnshire, once lived in Bristol for five years, and now lives in Nottingham, where he teaches at NTU. He also co-runs the pamphlet publisher New Walk Editions, and publishes a lot of literary journalism. Website: rorywaterman.com.

The evening will begin with a reading from Zoe Brooks, followed by Rory’s reading.

Zoe has been writing and performing poetry as long as she can remember. Her career began when she was discovered by Michael Horovitz of Poetry Olympics. She still believes in the power of poetry in performance, in the alchemy that exists between poet and audience. Zoe has had two collections published recently: Owl Unbound (Indigo Dreams, 2020) and Fool’s Paradise (Black Eyes Publishing, 2022). Fool’s Paradise won the EPIC Award for Best Poetry Ebook.

Zoe likes to hear and support other people’s work. She is a leading member of the team at the Cheltenham Poetry Festival. You can read Zoe’s blog on https://zoebrooks.blogspot.com/