Adventures in poetry, with Andrew Taylor and Cliff Yates

Name: Adventures in poetry, with Andrew Taylor and Cliff Yates
Start: 2025-10-08T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-10-08T20:30:00+01:00
Location: 14A Long Row, NG1 2DH Nottingham, United Kingdom

Schedule

Wed Oct 08 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

14A Long Row, NG1 2DH Nottingham, United Kingdom | Nottingham, EN

A series in which four Nottingham-based poets read with a specially invited guest of their own choosing. Funded by the Nottingham Poetry Society.
Andrew Taylor’s fourth collection of poetry, European Hymns was published by Shearsman Books in 2024. Previous titles include Northangerland: Re-versioning the Poetry of Branwell Brontë and Lowdeine Chronicles, a collaboration with Nick Power. He is the author of Adrian Henri: A Critical Reading (Greenwich Exchange) and There’s Everything to Play For: The Poetry of Peter Finch (Seren Books). He edited the two volumes of Finch’s Collected Poems for Seren in 2022. He lives in Nottingham where he is senior lecturer in creative writing at Nottingham Trent University.
www.andrewtaylorpoetry.com
Cliff Yates has been publishing since the 1980s. His New & Selected Poems was published by Smith/Doorstop in 2023. Collections include Henry’s Clock (Fenton Aldeburgh prize), Frank Freeman’s Dancing School (ACE Writers Award) and Jam. He wrote Jumpstart Poetry in the Secondary School during his time as Poetry Society poet-in-residence following his students’ success in writing competitions. He taught at Maharishi School in Skelmersdale and has led courses for, among others, the British Council, the Poetry Society and the Arvon Foundation.
Refreshments included