Last week I collaborated with Nora Nadjarian at the European Poetry Festival – directed by SJ Fowler, who pioneers the Camarade model that I love: pairs of poets who have often not worked together before create a new performance with no criteria other than a time limit. It was a fantastic evening! (Photo credit: SJ Fowler)
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Brussels Camarade 7 June 2025
12 solo readings, 5 brand-new collaborations, curated by me and Tracey Martin at the gorgeous Quaker House! What an amazing afternoon of poetry — here are the poets, the performances you can find on the Events page. left to right: Laura Davis, Martin Wakefield, Thérèse Mac an Airchinnigh, Tracey Martin, Eleonora Balsano, Clare Wigzell, Paul Stephenson, Julia Rose Lewis, Monica Espinoza, Mimi Kunz, Nathaniel Cairney, Emma Woodford.
Read MoreEchternach women – collaboration with Lotte Dodion
The European Poetry Festival, run by SJ Fowler, was amazing again this year, and for celebration of Flemish poetry I had the opportunity to collaborate with the wonderful Lotte Dodion. Our performance was a set of haikus we wrote for the event and including work by Marta Chociłowska, Dama Sono-jo, Mahmoud Darwish, Mayazumi Madoka, Hashimoto Takako, Sugita Hisajo, and Suszuki Masajo. (Thank you Asia George and Fatima Ayub!)
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A brilliant Poem Brut afternoon of poets and musicians for on 29 January 2023 animated by SJ Fowler, and including the launch of Patrick Cosgrove’s excellent Biros 2, published by Hesterglock Press
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