Everyone is warmly invited, next Friday (the 11th), to Poetry and Austerity, a symposium hosted by the Centre for Modern Poetry in RX11, as well as the evening reading event at Water Lane Café. Coffee served from 9 for the symposium starting at 9.30; evening reading starting at 8. We have some of the best people around speaking. Full programme is as follows:
| 9.30-10.30 | NAT RAHA, POETICS AFTER/BEFORE GRENFELL |
| 10.30-11.30 | VERITY SPOTT, LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE & FUCK THE TORIES |
| 11.30-11.45 | Break |
| 11.45-12.45 | NICKY MELVILLE, AUSTERITY MEASURES |
| 12.45-1.45 | Lunch |
| 1.45-2.45 | BENJAMIN NOYS, RESILIENCE AND FRAGILITY |
| 2.45-3.45 | AMY DE’ATH, ALLI WARREN’S ‘ACTING OUT’ |
| 3.45-4 | Break |
| 4-5 | CAITLIN DOHERTY, HISTORIES OF COLLECTIVE LYRIC |
| 5-6 | SEAN O’BRIEN, POLITICS OF AUSTERITY & POETICS OF RIOT |
| 8— | EVENING Reading: WESELOWKI/DOHERTY/DE’ATH/JUDKINS-LAW/MELVILLE/SPOTT/RAHA |