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 focussed 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 and there’s sure to be something for you to say, listen to, or write. No judgement.
March 2025’s Book:
Brian Bilston - Alexa, what is there to know about love?
The perfect, witty gift for Valentine's and beyond.
Alexa, what is there to know about love? is a wonderful collection of poems by Brian Bilston, Twitter's 'unofficial poet laureate', in which he frets over the challenges of modern life, extols the pleasures of books, broods over politics, and ponders the curiosities of language.
But at its heart, this is a collection of poems about love. From our caveman days to the internet era, from first dates to love in old age, Alexa, what is there to know about love? has a love poem for every time, place and occasion - and will stir the soul of even the most jaded romantic.
Available at Five Leaves Bookshop https://fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/
Get a 15% discount on this book at Five Leaves by using the code GOBS
GOBS Poetry Book Club is also available to attend via Zoom.
We will send everyone a Zoom link just before the session.
Please note we have limited places available both in-person and online, so booking is essential.
GOBS Poetry Book Club is free to attend (donations welcome)
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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 Sode - Manorisms
Will Harris - Rendang
Anthony Anaxagorou - Heritage Aesthetics
Hannah Lowe - Chick
Warsan Shire - Blessed is the Daughter Raised by a Voice in her Head
Joseph Coelho - Overheard in a Tower Block
John Cooper Clarke - Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt
Gboyega Odubanjo - Adam
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GOBS Poetry Book Club is taking place on Saturday 22 March, 11am - 1pm at Nottingham Central Library (Meeting Room 2),1 Carrington Street, Nottingham, England, NG1 7FH
Any enquiries can be directed to Bridie at info@gobscollective.org
A huge thank you to Apples and Snakes and Nottingham Central Library for supporting this event.