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Irish and Bengali poets to read at Wembley festival
['Robyn Bennett']
This Is Local London | News
The event at Wembley library is part of 160+One, a festival celebrating the 160 languages spoken in Brent and the unifying power of poetry.
It takes place on March 5 and features Irish poet Jane Clarke and Jessica Mookherjee, a Bengali heritage poet, who will give a reading from 6.30pm to 8pm.
Ms Clarke will read from her poetry collection A Change in the Air, which was shortlisted for the 2023 TS Eliot Prize and the Forward Prize for Best Collection.
The event is supported by Love Where You Live and Culture Ireland, which is helping to bring Ms Clarke to London to engage with the Irish diaspora and wider UK audiences.
Irish novelist and former Laureate for Irish Fiction Anne Enright praised Ms Clarke’s writing style.