Poetry in Herons: Carrie Etter & Emma Jones

Our poetry series continues with Carrie Etter, author of The Weather in Normal amongst other collections, and Emma Jones, author of The Striped World. The two poets will read some of their poems for around 15 minutes each, followed by an opportunity to ask questions or have copies of their books signed.

Entry is free and all are very welcome. Please RSVP to read@heronbooks.co.uk or on social media so that we can keep track of numbers.

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American expat Carrie Etter lectures in creative writing at the University of Bristol and has published four collections of poetry as well as numerous essays, short stories, and reviews. Carrie’s poems have appeared in The New Republic, The New Statesman, The Penguin Book of the Prose Poem, Poetry Review, and The Times Literary Supplement. Her published collections include 2018’s The Weather in Normal, and her fifth collection, Grief’s Alphabet, will be published next year.

Emma Jones was born in Sydney and studied at the universities of Sydney and Cambridge. Her first book, The Striped World (2009), won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and the Queensland Premier’s Literary Award for Best Collection. Emma wrote the libretto for City Songs, a contemporary oratorio, with composer Eriks Esenvalds, which premiered at The Round House in London with vocalist Imogen Heap. She was one of the Poetry Book Society’s Next Generation Poets for 2014 and has held writing fellowships in Cambridge, the Lake District, Rome and Riga, and is at work on a second book. She previously taught at the University of Oxford and is currently Senior Lecturer in Poetry at Bath Spa University.