Ivor Crewe Seminar Room
Join us for an Open Mic poetry jam, followed by readings by poets Lelia Ferro and Imogen Cassels.
5- 6 pm – Open Mic
6 – 7 pm – Lelia Ferro and Imogen Cassels
Reception with refreshments served.
Admission free – all welcome.
Biography
Imogen Cassels‘ debut collection, ‘Silk Work’, will be published by Prototype in May. She is the author of Chesapeake, VOSS, Arcades, and Mother; beautiful things. She lives in London.
Find out more about Imogen on Instagram @imogen_cassels
Lelia Ferro is a community poet Phd candidate here at the University of Essex. Her recent work ‘How We Live In Essex’ uses ethnographic and autoethnographic research methods to explore ’embodied poetic geographies’ with the community that challenged stereotypes about Essex people.
Find out more about Lelia Ferro on Instagram @5goodthings
This event has been organised by the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies and been made possible by the kind support of the Bean Trust.
