Friday Night Headline Event: Jay Gao, Will Harris, Denise Saul

Our regular Friday evening poetry headline event features three incredible contempory poets. Edinburgh born US based Jay Gao’s debut full collection Imperium (Carcanet, 2022) follows his New Poetry Prize-winning pamphlet Katabsis. Will Harris’ debut collection RENDANG (Granta, 2020) won the Forward First Book Award and his follow-up Brother Poem will be available to purchase early at VERVE! Denise Saul’s debut full collection The Room Between Us (Pavillion, 2022) was short-listed for the TS Eliot Prize. Hosting these three wonderful poets for readings and discussion is Cynthia Miller, co-founder of VERVE Poetry Festival and prize-winning author of Honorifics (Nine Arches, 2021).