Participants: Ben Wilkinson
Ben Wilkinson was born in Stafford in 1985. He read English and Philosophy at the University of Sheffield and received AHRC funding to study on the MA Writing at Sheffield Hallam. His poems and reviews have appeared in publications including Poetry Review, Poetry London, The Manhattan Review and the TLS. The Sparks (2008), his first pamphlet of poems, is published by tall-lighthouse.
StAnza 2009 Events:
Fri 20 March | Poetry Breakfast
Roddy Lumsden, Ben Wilkinson, Christie Williamson, Juliet Rees, Stuart Kelly & Eleanor Livingstone (chair) discuss younger poets
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre
Fri 20 March | Roddy & The Pilots
Young Poets Reading: Adam O’Riordan, Ben Wilkinson, Abi Curtis, Jay Bernard, Emily Berry MC: Roddy Lumsden
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Supper Room