Poetic launch for literature series
A series of free literature events at
York St John University will be launched on Thursday 11 October
when award winning poet Antony Dunn presents ‘Ovid and After:
Metamorphoses and Contemporary Poetry.’
Antony Dunn won the Newdigate Prize in 1995
and received an Eric Gregory Award in 2000. He has
also published three collections of poems, Pilots and
Navigators, Flying Fish and Bugs.
Antony is a regular tutor for The Poetry
School and the Arvon Foundation. He is the director of the
Bridlington Poetry Festival and has written several plays including
Dog Blue, Goose Chase and Shepherds’
Delight.
The free performance will take place in York
St John University’s De-Grey Lecture Theatre between 7pm and 9pm on
Thursday 11 November. To book a place, please visit www.yorksj.ac.uk/artsevents.
Future events in the literature series include
readings from York St John University Creative Writing staff,
Barrie Sherwood, JT Welsh and Abi Curtis on 18 October when the
launch of a new poetry collection The Glass Delusion will
also take place. Performances and a discussion on the running of a
highly successful indie press, Penned in the Margins, with
Tom Chivers and Ross Sutherland will conclude the series on 22
November.
To find out more and book free tickets please
visit www.yorksj.ac.uk/artsevents.
Picture shows: Antony Dunn
For further press information please contact Louise
McKenzie, PR & Communications Officer on T: 01904 876466 or
E: l.mckenzie@yorksj.ac.uk
