Next Buzzwords
Sunday, July 14th
7pm - workshop led by Rennie Parker
8pm - open mic and guest readings
Guest Poet: Rennie Parker
Upstairs at The Exmouth Arms, Bath Road, Cheltenham
Waged £5, unwaged £3
Rennie Parker was
born in Leeds and currently lives in Lincolnshire, which often forms a
background presence in her work. She began publishing in 1987, with a first
collection Secret Villages
appearing in 2001. This was followed by several collections with Shoestring
Press, recently The Complete Electric Artisan
(2017). She has published criticism on early 20th century poetry, writing about
the pre-1914 Georgian generation. She enjoys landscape in all its forms, but
there is always strong element of character and dialogue in her work, because
she originally intended being a radio dramatist. For the past ten years Rennie
has appeared in readings and festivals around the Midlands, and she is
particularly delighted to be reading in Cheltenham.
