Jeremy Over and Matthew Welton

Contact: j.draper@mmu.ac.uk

Carcanet poets Jeremy Over and Matthew Welton launch their latest collections.

Jeremy Over’s first collection, A Little Bit of Bread and No Cheese, was published in 2001 and described as “a menthol lozenge on the confectionary stall of modern poetry” (The North). He has read his poetry at venues including the Troubador Coffee House and Whitechapel Art Gallery, and was the BBC Wildlife Magazine Poet of the Year in 2002. He is currently studying the Online MA Creative Writing programme at MMU. His second collection, Deceiving Wild Creatures, was published in 2009.

Matthew Welton received the Jerwood-Adleburgh First Collection Prize for The Book of Matthew, which was published in 2003 and was a Guardian Book of the Year. He collaborates regularly with the composer Larry Groves, with whom he was awarded a Jerwood Opera Writing Fellowship in 2008. He lectures in creative writing at the University of Bolton and his second collection, We Needed Coffee But…, was published in 2009.

Jeremy and Matthew will be reading from and talking about their work, and answering questions from the audience. A selection of Carcanet publications, including Jeremy’s and Matthew’s books, will be available to purchase from a special stall on the night. This event is presented in partnership with Carcanet Press.

Entry: Free

Time: 6:30pm