poet ● novelist ● arts collaborator ● teacher
Always happy to speak up for the Poetry By Heart scheme, and happy now to see this poem of mine finding voices through them. A thirty-year old poem, with resonances forty years earlier than that, in the bombsites of post-war Plymouth – and still echoing now.
Thursday 6th November, 5.30-7pm
Quaker Centre, Euston Road, London
Across 40 years of writing life, Philip Gross’ poems have been listening to many kinds of silence – never more so than in his latest book, The Shores of Vaikus, which inhabits the resonant forests and islands of Estonia.
Hear Philip read and talk about this ongoing exploration, looking back and looking forward, in conversation with Joe Jones, editor of The Friend, with space for your own questions and discussion at the end.
Free admission
Space to listen to poetry, music, and silence.
An evening of stillness, sound, and shared presence. Poetry: Philip Gross, Taz Rahman, Luca Paci. Music: Uli Doenitz, Chris Glynn, Rebecca Warner.
Together we create a clearing — a space where words and music meet, and silence becomes part of the listening. Come to pause, reflect, and experience art in its quietest form.
Wednesday, 12 November, 7-45-9.45pm Doors open 7pm.
Cornerstone, Charles Street, Cardiff CF10 2GA Admission £8
A Hadron Press event www.selfhelpisland.com/hadron-press
Eventbrite link here
