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Bill's Big Birthday Bash

An evening of readings in celebration of Bill Griffiths (1948-2007), a poet, publisher, translator, archivist, Anglo-Saxonist, prisoners’ rights activist, biker, classical pianist and much more.

 
The poets Mendoza and Peter Manson will read to launch their new collection WINDSUCKERS & ONSETTERS (SONNOTS for Griffiths). Published by MATERIALS (UK) / MATERIALIEN (Germany), this collaboration is inspired by Bill Griffiths’ research into the lexicons of County Durham’s fishing and mining communities.
 
The event also features a collaborative performance by poets Geraldine Monk (who has described Griffiths as her ‘very first poet friend’) and Alan Halsey (editor of Griffiths’ three-volume Collected Poems, published by Reality Street, 2010-2016). Plus a talk by poet and historian John Seed about Griffiths’ life and lexical research in County Durham, with a reading from Seed’s own poetry about the region.
 
The evening will include an opportunity for audience members to read excerpts from Griffiths’ work, share their own poems in response to his accomplishments, or speak about their memories of this remarkable writer – if you would like to participate in this segment, please honour a time limit of two minutes, so that everyone has a chance to contribute.
 
Organised by the Contemporary Poetics Research Centre at Birkbeck and the Poetics Research Centre at Royal Holloway. Refreshments provided.
Dates and times
6:30 pm | Mon 20 Aug 2018
Where
Keynes Library, School of Arts
Birkbeck University of London, 43 Gordon Square
WC1H 0PD
London
Pricing
Free