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Poetry Reading
Thursday 12 May from 19:00 to 20:00
Join us for a special evening as Poet Laureate Simon Armitage reads from his latest books: Magnetic Field, poems inspired by the West Yorkshire village where he grew up and began life as a writer, and his highly engaging translation of The Owl and the Nightingale, a jewel of Middle English verse. He will also read some new unpublished poems, answer questions from the audience and sign books.