Lisa Kelly

Spark: a Poetry Anthology Reading Friday 18 January 2019, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm We asked 44 poets to write poems inspired by Muriel Spark’s 22 novels (2 poets per novel). The result was a striking anthology of poetry and art by some of today’s most provocative and creative practitioners. Readers at this event will be: Simon … Continue reading London Launch of ‘Spark’ at Poetry Cafe Friday 18th January at 7pm

Learned so much at the Symposium about barriers to engagement with live literature. Louisa Adjoa Parker talked about barriers to engagement from an intersectional perspective, looking at ethnicity, gender, invisible disabilities, income and place that can contribute to more than one 'need' and layers of marginalisation, when aiming for inclusivity. Abi Palmer talked about her … Continue reading SO : To Speak Symposium on Barriers to Engagement with Live Literature

My new pamphlet 'Philip Levine's Good Ear' is now available from Stonewood Press and I am extremely grateful to editors and publishers Jacqueline Gabbitas and Martin Parker for all their amazing hard work in helping this thumbprint get out into the wide world. Many of the poems explore my single-sided deafness and I hope you … Continue reading Philip Levine’s Good Ear Launches