Poet Laureate Simon Armitage is set to visit Eccles Library in an exclusive ‘pay-what-you-feel’ poetry evening.
The Professor of Poetry at Leeds University will visit the library on Friday 9 June for an hour-long session of reading his work, and answering audience questions.
Working as a poet, playwright, musician and novelist, Armitage published his first full-length collection of poems, Zoom! in 1989, followed by more than 20 anthologies.
The event is part of Manchester’s Festival of Libraries, a county-wide festival which will see all 133 centres host performances, exhibitions, concerts, art, film, writing classes, and public debates.
In a statement about the event, Armitage explained: “My experience of reading and writing began in the village library where I grew up, then in the nearby town library, then in libraries at various places of study and teaching.
“For many people they are an invaluable aspect of everyday life, giving access not just to books but to services, learning, conversation and creative thinking. I look forward to celebrating libraries as one of the great and necessary institutions as part of Manchester’s very own city-wide Festival of Libraries in the UNESCO City of Literature.”
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