Let the Light Pour In with Lemn Sissay

Lemn Sissay is a BAFTA-nominated, award-winning writer and broadcaster.

He has authored collections of poetry and plays and his memoir My Name Is Why was a number one Sunday Times bestseller. His Landmark poems are visible in London, Manchester, Huddersfield and Addis Ababa. He has been made an Honorary Doctor by the universities of Manchester, Kent, Essex, Huddersfield and Brunel, and in 2019 he was awarded the PEN Pinter Prize. He received an MBE in 2010 and an OBE in 2021 for services to literature and charity. In 2023, Sissay was awarded the Freedom of the City of London. He is British and Ethiopian.

For the past decade, Lemn Sissay has composed a short poem as dawn breaks each morning. Life-affirming, witty and full of wonder, these poems chronicle his own battle with the dark and are fuelled by resilience and defiant joy. Let the Light Pour In is a collection of the best of these poems, and a book celebrating this morning practice.

This event is a University of Suffolk collaboration between the University's Open Lecture Series, Knowledge Exchange Team, Research and Knowledge Exchange Directorate and the Suffolk Centre for Culture and Heritage.

Doors will open at 5.30pm for a 6.00pm start. There will be refreshments available in the Waterfront Foyer before and afterwards. The first half of the show will last for 40 minutes, followed by a 20 minute interlude and then a further 40 minute which will include a Q&A session.

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