John Betjeman and Friends. A summer party event featuring the poems of John Betjeman, and launching the Friends of Poet in the City, taking place in a marquee on the lawns of Imperial College, at the foot of the Queen’s Tower, saved by the intervention of the poet. Also featuring performance poet Aoife Mannix.
Tuesday 19th June 2007
About aoife
have a listen at http://www.myspace.com/aoifemannixandjaniearmour
Aoife Mannix is an Irish writer and poet based in London. Her first novel Heritage of Secrets was published by Lubin & Kleyner in 2008. She is the author of four collections of poetry; The Trick of Foreign Words (2002), The Elephant in the Corner (2005), Growing Up An Alien (2007) and the recent Turn The Clocks Upside Down – all with Tall Lighthouse. Her work has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, London Live, Resonance FM, and the BBC World Service. Her short stories are included in the anthologies Tell Tales Volume 3 (2006), Small Voices, Big Confessions (2006) and Westside Stories (2003).
