Helen Calcutt: 'Somehow', Poetry Reading, Talk and Q & A

British poet, dancer, and choreographer Helen Calcutt is to give a poetry reading, followed by a talk and Q&A session at the beginning of next month.

The event is being hosted by creative writing lecturer and writer R.M. Francis.

Helen’s poetry, journalism, and critical writing features in publications such as the Guardian, The Huffington Post, The Brooklyn Review, Poetry London, Poetry Scotland, Wild Court, and The London Magazine.

Her first pamphlet ‘Sudden Rainfall’ (Perdika, 2014) was a PBS Choice. Her second, ‘Unable Mother’, was published by V. Press in 2018.

She is creator of poetry anthology ‘Eighty-Four’, produced in aid of the male suicide prevention charity CALM. It was a Poetry Wales Book of the Year, 2019, and was shortlisted for the Saboteur Awards, Best Anthology 2019.

Helen’s newest pamphlet, ‘Somehow’ was published by Verve Poetry Press in September 2020.

Helen teaches for the Poetry School, N.A.W.E and Writing West Midlands, and is a visiting lecturer in Creative Writing at Loughborough University.

Also a dance artist and choreographer, she specialises in the interplay between language and movement, creating performances for theatre, site-specific productions, and film.

R. M. Francis is a lecturer in Creative and Professional Writing at the University of Wolverhampton where he completed his PhD.

He's the author of five poetry pamphlet collections. His novel, 'Bella', was published by Wild Pressed Books, and Smokestack Books will publish his poetry collection, 'Subsidence', in December 2020.

In 2019, he was the David Bradshaw Writer in Residence at the University of Oxford and is currently Poet in Residence for the Black Country Geological Society. 

This event takes place on Tuesday 1 December at 6pm.  To book a place, visit Eventbrite.