Housmans Bookshop

POETRY READING: KYLE LOVELL & ALEX MARSH DOUBLE BOOK LAUNCH
2025-04-26 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
WE ARE BACK with another absolutely stellar poetry reading. Our friends over at The Poet’s Hardship Fund have been busy with one of their fantastic imprints Chaff. We will be launching two new titles: Kyle Lovell’s equisite God Bless All Petty Thieves and Alex Marsh’s ingenius Holding Pattern.

Alongside Kyle and Alex we are blessed to have the amazing poets James Goodwin and Nell Osbourne

PRE-ORDERS

Pre-orders can be placed here:

https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=TYJTXU5FBUP8CPlease include your name and address in the info box, and the name of the book you would like.

It is £8 for one, or £15 for both. All cash goes straight to the Poet’s Hardships Fund.

Any profits from pamphlet sales on the evening will also be going to the Poet’s Hardship Fund.

OUR POETS:

Kyle Lovell is the editor of Fathomsun Press. Their poems haveappeared in Blackbox Manifold, Pamenar Press, and LUDD GANG. They arethe author of Each Sharper Complication (legitimate snack, 2020), Inthe Debt of Love (And False Fire, 2021), and a co-author of theSonnets for Hooch series. Their latest pamphlet is ‘God Bless AllPetty Thieves’ (Chaff, 2025).

Alex Marsh is a poet from London. His previous books include Silo Bliss (SPAM Press), Ten Red Mornings (Death of Workers) and Two in the Wave (Distance No Object). He also co-runs Gong Farm and co-edits Ludd Gang, a bi-monthly magazine set up to support the Poets’ Hardship Fund.

Nell Osborne published her first poetry pamphlet, The Canine Redeemer Has Entered The Bungalow, in 2021 with Just Not. Her most recent pamphlet Thank You For Everything, is published by Monitor Books. Her debut novel is forthcoming with MOIST in September 2025.

James Goodwin‘s most recent book of poetry is Faux Ice, published by Materials in 2022. He lives in London on a narrowboat.

This is a free event, but please RSVP below so we have an idea of numbers.

Please feel free to BYOB.

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