Shore 2 Shore with Carol Ann Duffy

Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and three of the fellow poets she most admires – Gillian Clarke (National Poet of Wales, 2008-2016), Imtiaz Dharker & Jackie Kay (Scots Makar, or National Poet for Scotland), along with musical MC John Sampson – are crossing the country this June in celebration and support of Independent Bookshop Week, joined at each event by a guest poet.

On Monday 18th June they will be at Conway Hall, in collaboration with Newham Bookshop, and welcoming guest poet Maura Dooley. It will be an evening of readings from some of the finest poets at work today, with musical interludes from instrumentalist John Sampson, a long-time collaborator of Carol Ann Duffy’s.