Book Launch and Poetry Walk A Pocketful of Chalk
This event on 30th July 2022 at 14:30 has past.
Contact: cherry@arachnepress.com
Website: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-pocketful-of-chalk-poetry-walk-reading-tickets-382813283837
Join Arachne Press and poet Claire Booker to celebrate the launch of A Pocketful of Chalk.
The South Downs lie at the heart of this collection – the sunsets and huge skies, cliffs and fossils, fishing vessels and windmills, people and sheep. Past, present and future collide within geological and emotional landscapes. Life erupts magically out of plum trees. Love is as friable as chalk, and as deeply underpinned. A lost father is redeemed through the gift of a chocolate rabbit, a loved one returns in the shape of a trombone. Mothers, both human and animal, prove their strength.
A Pocketful of Chalk bursts with myth and metaphor, energy and originality. The giant of Wilmington leaves his hillside in an apocalyptic vision of global warming. Herons and Ospreys take flight, and a boy releases monsters from the sea shore. A cow really does jump over the moon.
Claire Booker offers moving and memorable poetry from an iconic corner of England
Starting with a short walk at 14:30 with views of Cuckmere Haven and al fresco poetry reading, (weather permitting - light rain won't stop us, solid rain or storm definitely will, in which case, see you at the visitor centre at 15:30!)
We will finish with a more formal reading in the Visitor Centre, where books will be available to buy and Claire will sign your copy for you if you wish.
Refreshments and facilities at the Visitor Centre.
We have to limit the numbers for the walk element, so we are doing SEPARATE tickets - if you want to come to both sections of this event (we hope you will) you need a ticket for each element.
The Country Park is well served by buses from Brighton/Seaford/Eastbourne, and from further along the coast. All buses stop at the Park entrance. There are regular rail services from London to Brighton, Seaford and Eastbourne. View the timetable for the Coaster 12, 12A and 12X services (there is a bus from Brighton that arrives at 14:30 and one from Eastbourne that arrives at 14.31, we will wait for those buses to arrive before we set off!
There are two pay and display car parks £3 for up to 2 hours, £4 for the day
Time: 2:30pm (poetry walk at 14:30 indoor reading 15:30)
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