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An Evening with Helen Mort
With support from Cathy Grindrod and the Writers Highway Poets
Thu 7 Oct 2021
Normanton Library
To Celebrate National Poetry Day
Running Time: 1 hour 30 minutes - approximate, including any interval(s).
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About the Event
Come and celebrate National Poetry Day with an evening of prose.
This event has been cancelled. Ticket holders will receive a full refund
Derby Libraries and Derby Poetry Festival present Helen Mort with support from Derbyshire Writer Cathy Grindrod and the Writers Highway Poets.
Helen Mort is a poet and novelist. Her collections Division Street and No Map Could Show Them are published by Chatto. The Illustrated Woman is due in 2022. She’s a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and teaches at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Cathy Grindrod is an award-winning Derbyshire writer, formerly Derbyshire Poet Laureate, and author of five published poetry collections. She also works as a consultant for arts organisations and is writing facilitator and an accredited Coach for Writers.

