EVENTS

Events featuring Blake Morrison reading from and talking about his two new publications, the poetry collection Afterburn and the prose book On Memoir: An A-Z of Life Writing. Other events feature readings accompanied by music composed and played by members of  the Hosepipe Band.

EVENTS 2026
Saturday March 21^st, Lancaster literature festival, poetry reading with Fiona Benson, 2.00 pm; talk On Memoir, 5pm
Thursday March 26^th, Oxford literary festival, On Memoir, 2.00 pm
Thursday April 1^st, Launch of On Memoir at Daunts, Marylebone, 6.30-8.30
Tuesday April 7^th, Blackheath Halls, London SE3, poetry and On Memoir, 7.30pm
Wednesday April 22^nd, Five Leaves bookshop, Nottingham,On Memoir, 7.00 pm
Saturday May 2^nd, Ealing Book Festival, Questors Theatre, On Memoir, 2.30pm
Friday May 8th, Stratford-on-Avon Literary Festival, On Memoir, 3.30pm
Sunday May 10^th, Boswell Book Festival, Dumfries House, Ayrshire, On Memoir, 1.30 pm
Saturday May 16^th, Charleston Festival, Sussex, On Memoir (with Geoff Dyer), 5.30pm
Monday May 18^th, 5×15 talk at the Tabernacle, London W11, 7-9pm
Thursday June 11^th, Retford Book Festival, poetry and On Memoir, 7.00 pm
Friday June 26^th, Opening of Felixstowe Book Festival Two Sisters Arts Centre,  Poetry and music with the Hosepipe Band, Scenes from a life 7.00 pm
Sunday June 28^th, Felixstowe Book Festival, On Memoir, 1.30pm
Sunday July 12^th, Walpole Chapel, near Halesworth, Suffolk, Poetry and music with the Hosepipe Band: Scenes from a life, 3.00 pm
Friday August 21^st, Folk East Festival, Sotterley Estate, Suffolk, Poetry and music with the Hosepipe Band: Scenes from a life 1.30pm
Tuesday October 6^th, West Greenwich Library, London SE10 – poetry reading, 7.30pm
Thursday October 22^nd, Dorchester Literary Festival, poetry and On Memoir, 4.00 pm
Saturday November 28^th, Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, talk On Memoir, 11.00 am

 

 BLAKE MORRISON ANMD THE HOSEPIPE BAND

Listen to two sample tracks from a CD recording featuring Blake reading two of the poems from the Shingle Street collection accompanied by music.

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