Book launch: Euphoria by Melanie Neads
This event on 7th November 2024 at 18:00 has past.
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Flapjack Press presents Euphoria by Melanie Neads
Educational, engaging, and better than Wordle!
Book launch Thursday 7th November, 6.00pm at Manchester Central Library, St Peter’s Square M2 5PD
Author reading plus special guests ∙ Free Entry ∙ Doors Open 5.45pm
Euphoria is a collection of antilipogrammatic constrained poetry and plays – univocalics wherein each uses only a single, specific vowel.
Exploring diverse poetic forms and structure, Euphoria confronts serious themes including social and global politics, mental and physical health, abuse, class, identity, brain training, and the human quest for wellbeing.
“Tone-perfect and brilliant. Effortlessly conjures surreal mini-worlds that fit the vowels designated as their guiding stars. By far the most satisfying univocalics I’ve seen.” Dr Kate Fox, stand up poet & broadcaster
“If you try to write a poem or play using only one vowel, you will find it’s tricky, but fun. For Melanie, it seems to be easy. Euphoria is unique – a real tour de force, each piece tricky, but fun.” copland smith, poet & playwright
“As a newcomer to the univocalic form I was challenged and intrigued by this playful collection, where style sits side by side with social commentary.” Julie Hesmondhalgh, actor
Author Melanie Neads is a poet, playwright and dramaturge from Salford whose poetry collection with Sarah Miller was Best Collaborative Work runner-up at the Saboteur Awards. Her plays have won the Forever Manchester Award, been shortlisted for the Shelagh Delaney Award, and performed on radio by victims of youth crime for Live from Worktown’s Standing Together community safety project. She co-founded the Pavilion Theatre Company in Bolton, was Drama Co-ordinator for Salford Young People’s University, and is a tantric and somatic yoga teacher and award-winning Special Educational Needs teacher. Melanie has taught and lived in Australia, India, Poland, Israel and the USA – experiences which infuse her work.
Published in paperback and eBook by Flapjack Press
Exploring the synergy between performance and the page
Entry: Free
Time: 6:00pm (Doors 20 mins before start)
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