Poetry in Herons: Mab Jones & Deborah Harvey at Heron Books
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A event on Saturday 13th May. The event starts at 17:00.


Join us in Heron Books for the next in our monthly series of poetry readings. Mab Jones and Deborah Harvey will read some of their poems for around 15 minutes each, followed by an opportunity to ask questions or have copies of their books signed.

Entry is free and all are very welcome. Please let us know that you are coming so that we are aware of numbers.

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Heron Books, Unit 5, The Clifton Arcade, Bristol, BS8 4AA

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Mab Jones is a "unique talent" (The Times). She is the author of three collections and three pamphlets; is the recipient of many awards, most recently 1st prize in the Wolverhampton Literature Competition; has presented several BBC Radio 4 programmes; and has written for the New York Times. Her latest book is Yubitsume, published by Indigo Dreams.

“Mab Jones’ poetry is suffused with a cool wit and a wisdom beyond her years… Her work is beautifully layered and contains bittersweet depths" - Phill Jupitus
“Richly diverse… [with] immediacy, quick wit, and vitality… Jones’s poetry is simply a pleasure to read” - Acumen
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Deborah Harvey’s poems have been widely published in journals and anthologies, broadcast on Radio 4’s Poetry Please, and awarded several prizes. Learning Finity is her fifth collection of poetry; her previous four collections are also published by Indigo Dreams, while her historical novel, Dart, appeared under their Tamar Books imprint.

"Deborah Harvey’s … poems are raw and true. She is the real thing" - Hugo Williams

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