Ilkley Literature Festival | Literature | Spoken Word | Talk

Poetry Business Launch of COAL: before, during and after the Strike

13 Oct 2024

18:00 - 19:00

Clarke Foley Community Hub

Join Yorkshire poets *Ann and Peter Sansom* and* Sarah Wimbush * to celebrate (and collaborate) in the launch of their new anthology *COAL*. To mark the 40th anniversary of the Miners’ Strike, hear remarkable, moving poems about miners and mining communities, before, during and after the Strike. Alongside these readings, take in slides of images by celebrated photographers John Harris, Keith Pattison and Ken Wilkinson. If you have poems (of your own or by others) please send as a single word doc to office@poetrybusiness.co.uk with Coal Online in the subject box. They can be considered if you wish for a forthcoming online anthology of poems about mining and mining communities.This event has a limited number of bursary tickets available for people who might not otherwise be able to afford them. You can apply here.

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General/Concession £12/9

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Venue Details

Clarke Foley Community Hub

Clarke Foley Community Hub, Cunliffe Road
LS29 9DZ

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