Satellite of Love Presents: Holly Moberley's 'Kinder Parasites' Book Launch at John Sebastian Lightship
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A event on Tuesday 4th November. The event starts at 19:30.


Join Holly Moberley and friends in the launch of her debut pamphlet ‘Kinder Parasites’ with stripped back support sets from local musician JuJu and poet Raina Greifer at the Lightship.

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Holly Moberley (she/they) is a queer poet and poison berry from the South East. She is a Poetry Society Young Critic and has been published in fourteen poems, Bi+Lines, Butcher's Dog & The North. She is Bristol's 2021 LYRA Slam Champion and identifies her work as feminist diary entries from your weird cousin. Avoidantly confronting, delightfully despicable, Holly’s poetry welcomes readers into the dark dark forest of tumblr pages for hands and lesbians in the US cabinet. ‘Kinder Parasites’, published by Broken Sleep Books, is her debut pamphlet.

‘Kinder Parasites’ Summary:

‘Kinder Parasites’ is a feminist séance with pop-culture’s most infamous. Influenced by queer theatrics and by personified feather boa — Hera Lindsay Bird, this pamphlet aims to strike a match and wake the dead; exploring the mariana trench of lesbian love and loneliness. In ‘Kinder Parasites’, Megan Fox has a heartbeat Shostakovich can’t bear and the gravedigger digs a hole during the speed dating event. What begins as a fun exploration of blood suckers, the natural world and pop-culture descends into a clamber through human rituals and the complicated queer experience; “meow this cosmic joke!!! this spider’s leg I eventually made crawl!!!”

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JuJu
Hailing from Bristol & London, JuJu (she/her) draws influence from the likes of PJ Harvey, Florence Welch and Kate Bush. Juju is a gothic force who merges heavy synths and thunderous guitars. Conjuring up moody and queer alt pop-rock anthems, JuJu’s dark lyricism and powerful stage presence both charms and mystifies. She will be bewitching listeners with an acoustic set on launch night.

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Raina
Raina Greifer (she/they) is a performance maker, producer, and frequent party planner. They were shortlisted for the SH24: Sexual Health Awards 2022 as Young Person of the Year and were a BBC Words First Finalist in 2021. Her solo show MANIC won Best Solo Show at Fuse International in 2022 and was shortlisted for the 2023 Saboteur Awards. Often found reading erotica or putting on cabarets, Raina’s work is some of the boldest and sexiest there is.

Entry requirements: no age restrictions (under 18s to be accompanied by an adult over 21yrs, 1:1 ratio)

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