Burn After Reading Presents...

Contact: barpo@jsamlarose.como

Hi there! We’re back! Again!

After a mind watering evening in April, we return on 5th May with more BAR Poetry, alongside special feature poets MARTIN FIGURA and HANNAH LOWE...

MARTIN FIGURA was recently described in a hospital referral letter (bad back) as ‘a pleasant 56 year old gentleman’. His collection and show Whistle (Arrowhead Press) was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award and won the 2013 Saboteur Award for Best Spoken Word Show. It’s gathered a clutch of 4 and 5 star reviews and been performed from India to Swindon.

“Figura, was a revelation – funny, sharp and on top form.” Robert McCrum, The Observer

www.martinfigura.co.uk

HANNAH LOWE’s first collection Chick (Bloodaxe, 2013) was short-listed for the Forward Best First Collection Prize, Seamus Heaney First Collection Prize and the Aldeburgh Fenton Best First Collection Prize. Her pamphlet, Ormonde (Hercules Editions) was published in November 2014, and her prose memoir Long Time, No See (Periscope) is due in July.

http://hannahlowe.org


Born in 2013, BURN AFTER READING (aka BAR or BARPo) is a community of emerging poets established by Jacob Sam-La Rose and Jasmine Cooray that manifests a diverse range of poetics from 'spoken word' to 'page' and points in between. Boasting some of the finest of London’s poets among their collective, you can see what they’re up to here:

http://barpoetry.tumblr.com
@BARpoetry


Hosted by Harriet Creelman and Lewis Buxton

‘Burn After Reading Presents’,
Seven Dials Club, 42 Earlham Street, Covent Garden (www.sevendialsclub.com/contact)
Tuesday 5th May
Doors 7.45pm
£5 on the door

Price: £5.00

Time: 7:45pm