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SUMMARY:Manchester Literature Festival 2024 poetry reading with Gillian C
 larke 
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DESCRIPTION:‘Clarke has a direct line to the natural world. She paints th
 e Welsh landscape without idealising or romanticising\, and in the proce
 ss shows that nature doesn’t need to be elevated to inspire a quiet awe.
 ’ – Financial Times\n\nJoin us for the annual Rylands Poetry Reading\, t
 his year delivered by the former National Poet of Wales\, Gillian Clarke
 . Gillian’s sublime new collection The Silence was started during the co
 ronavirus lockdowns and explores a deep connection with nature as well a
 s personal reflections of her mother\, childhood\, and the duplicity of 
 war.  Gillian has published nine previous collections with Carcanet incl
 uding Zoology and Roots Home: Essays and a Journal. She has won the Wilf
 red Owen Association Poetry Award and is a recipient of the Queen’s Gold
  Medal for Poetry. Presented in partnership with the Centre for New Writ
 ing and Creative Manchester.\n\nTickets are FREE but booking is recommen
 ded.
STATUS:TENTATIVE
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:The John Rylands Research Institute and Library\, Manchester\, M
 3 3EH
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