Upcoming events.
Poetry and Players
Poetry reading
Saturday 25 November 2023, 2.30.4.00 at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation
Poets: Nick Laird, Jacqueline Saphra, Naush Sabah
Musician: Li Lu
WRAP Cafe - NTU
Monthly poetry event organised by Nottingham Trent University’s Writing, Reading and Pleasure programme, WRAP Cafe takes place at Nottingham Contemporary Gallery, Weekday Cross, Nottingham NG1 2GB. I’ll be doing a twenty minute set; there will also be open mic slots.
Representations of Border Crossings in Literature, Media, and the Arts
A hybrid (Online & In Person) two-day event, organised by the MIDEX Representations strand.
I will be delivering a plenary lecture on Thursday—and also be in conversation with Rory Waterman; there will also be poetry readings. (5.30 pm – 7.30 pm)
More details and tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/representations-of-border-crossings-in-literature-media-and-the-arts-tickets-472510279967
Michael Marks Awards Event
The event will take place on Friday December 9th, at the British Library (please note that this is a new date, because of nationwide rail strikes).
The event will be open to the public and will be free to attend. It will also be live-streamed. Tickets must be booked in advance, and seats at the British Library will be limited. See https://michaelmarksawards.org/ for further details.
Kendal Poetry Festival – Main Reading with Don Paterson & Naush Sabah
Don Paterson’s latest collection Zonal (Faber, 2020) takes as its starting point the classic television series The Twilight Zone to create a collection that is a genre-bending experiment in science-fiction, autobiography and all the spaces in-between. Naush Sabah’s debut pamphlet Litanies (Guillemot Press, 2021) uses Sufi prayers and sacred texts as a starting point to explore doubt, dissent and dislocation.
Kendal Poetry Festival: Talk/Discussion: The Editor's Perspective
Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal was first published in 2019 and has already been heralded for its ‘intellectually lithe and provocative editorials’ (Rory Waterman, The TLS). Join Editor Naush Sabah as she reads her favourite recent pieces from the journal, and discusses her experiences of editing and what she looks for in a submission. There will be time for questions from the audience
Newcastle Poetry Festival – Emergency Poetry Summit
The Inequality Emergency: Healing Divisions
Forward Prizes judge and Malika’s Poetry Kitchen editor Rishi Dastidar, will explore how poets are tackling the inequality emergency, from Black Lives Matter to migration and class divisions. Yomi Sode will examine Black British experiences in his new collection Manorism. Butcher’s Dog editor, Jo Clement will champion “othered” voices in Outlandish (Bloodaxe) and Wagtail, an anthology of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller poets. Whilst Naush Sabah, author of Litanies (Guillemot Press), will share her experience of widening access as publisher of the Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal. How can we heal divisions and make poetry more inclusive?
Writing Untold Stories
Birmingham City University's Institute of Creative and Critical Writing presents an evening of lively book chat with three writers who are closely associated with Birmingham.
The bestselling Kit de Waal (My Name is Leon, The Trick to Time) will be in conversation with the poet and publisher Naush Sabah (Litanies; Poetry Birmingham) and journalist and commentator Nathalie Olah (Steal as Much as You Can) about inclusivity in the arts and working-class representation in contemporary British literature.
This is a charity event. All those involved have waived their fees and the money raised will go to Crisis in Birmingham.