SATURDAY, 1 JUNE 2-4PM – ABEER AMEER POETRY READING AND Q&A
Please join us for a reading, book signing and audience Q&A with Cardiff-based poet Abeer Ameer. Tickets £5 bookable here. Everyone (16+) welcome.
Abeer Ameer is a poet of Iraqi heritage who lives in Cardiff, Wales. She trained as a dentist in London developing an interest in the treatment of anxious patients and mindfulness. Her poems are often inspired by stories of Iraq and include a range of personal and political themes and have appeared widely online and in-print publications including: Acumen, Poetry Wales, Magma, Under the Radar, Planet, New Welsh Reader, The Rialto and The Poetry Review. Her debut poetry collection, Inhale/ Exile, was published by Seren in 2021 and shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year in 2022.
Trowbridge Stanza was set up by Josephine Corcoran in 2016. We’re a Poetry Society Stanza and we meet every first Saturday at Drawing Projects UK, Bridge House, Trowbridge. Poetry Society Stanzas are poetry groups run voluntarily by members of the Poetry Society. Although several of the group (including Josephine) belong to the Poetry Society, there is no obligation for anyone to join. Everyone is welcome.
We’re a friendly, inclusive group, a mixture of published and unpublished poets, our age range is 16+ to 80+ and we travel to Drawing Projects UK (next to Trowbridge train station) from all over the south west region. If you would like more information about joining our group, please email josephinecorcoran13@gmail.com.
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SOME PAST EVENTS
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Feedback – Read what people have said about Trowbridge Stanza here.
On Saturday, December 1, we enjoyed a wonderful reading by Bloodaxe poet Abigail Parry, whose book Jinx was shortlisted for this year’s Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Abigail read from Jinx, and other work, and took part in a lively and fascinating Q & A about her writing life, answering questions about this year’s Forward Prize, commissions, her route to publication, her motivations for writing, and more. Audience members listened attentively to Abigail’s poems, asked brilliant questions and read fantastic poems at the open-mic. It was wonderful to receive many appreciative tweets and messages after the event!
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Josephine Corcoran 