GOBS Poetry Book Club: Martín Espada's Jailbreak of Sparrows
About this Event
GOBS Collective invites you to chat and scribble your heart away at our Poetry Book Club, hosted at Nottingham Central Library and via Zoom.
GOBS Poetry Book Club provides a space for poets, writers, readers, performers and artists to meet over a cuppa and have a good chinwag over our poetry collection of the month. For the first half of the session we'll talk about the book, and in the second half we'll do some focused writing exercises based on our favourite poems.
It's preferable that you read the book before you come along, but if you don't get chance and fancy heading down anyway, just pop along – there's sure to be something for you to say, listen to or write. No judgement.
November 2026's Book
Martín Espada – Jailbreak of Sparrows
Hosted by Ioney Smallhorne.
Jailbreak of Sparrows is a powerful collection celebrating resilience, justice, love and the extraordinary lives of ordinary people. Martín Espada combines lyrical storytelling with political insight and warmth, offering poems that are both deeply personal and universally resonant. His work reminds us of poetry's ability to bear witness, build compassion and imagine a more hopeful world.
Get 15% off this book at Five Leaves Bookshop by using the code GOBS online or in-store.
GOBS Poetry Book Club is also available to attend via Zoom.
Please note we have limited places available both in person and online, so booking is essential.
GOBS Poetry Book Club is Pay What You Can (suggested donation: £5).
Event Information
When: Saturday 21 November, 11am–1pm
Where: Meeting Room 2, Nottingham Central Library, 1 Carrington Street, Nottingham, NG1 7FH
Who: Hosted by Ioney Smallhorne
Any enquiries can be directed to Bridie at [email protected]
At previous events, we've looked at:
Caleb Femi – Poor
Tolu Agbelusi – Locating Strongwoman
Caroline Bird – The Air Year
Ella Frears – I am the Mother Cat
Kae Tempest – Running Upon the Wires
Roger Robinson – A Portable Paradise
Malika Booker, Sharon Olds & Warsan Shire – Your Family, Your Body (Modern Poets Three)
Inua Ellams – The Actual
Cecilia Knapp – Peach Pig
Yomi Ṣode – Manorisms
Will Harris – Rendang
Anthony Anaxagorou – Heritage Aesthetics
Hannah Lowe – Chick
Warsan Shire – Blessed is the Daughter Raised by a Voice in her Head
Gboyega Odubanjo – Adam
Brian Bilston – Alexa, What Is There to Know About Love?
Amy Acre – Mothersong
Amanda Gorman – Call Us What We Carry
Ted Kooser & Connie Wanek – Marshmallow Clouds
Vanessa Kisuule – A Recipe for Sorcery
Haifa Mohammed – The Age of Olive Trees
Adam Kammerling – Seder
Kostya Tsolakis – Greekling
Alex Mazey – Ghost Lives: Cursed Edition
Keith Jarrett – Hide Me Under the Blood and I Shall Be Satisfied
Sharon Creech – Love That Dog
Hannah Silva – Crow Pirate Fly
Mona Arshi – Small Hands
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