Calder Valley Poetry

With Charlotte Wetton, Peter Riley and Tom Cleary.

Friday 8 November 2019 | 11am | Todmorden Library

Calder Valley Poetry is a small press which has published 23 local poets since January 2016. Hosted by U3A Todmorden Poetry Appreciation Group.

Charlotte Wetton’s first pamphlet I Refuse to Turn into a Hatstand won the Michael Marks Pamphlet Award in 2017. Charlotte won a New Writing North Award in 2019. Her spoken word album Body Politic was released in 2012. She is studying for an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Manchester.

@CharPoetry

Peter Riley has worked as a teacher, lecturer, bookseller and bus conductor. He is the author of 15 books of poetry, as well as some prose. His latest collections are Pennine Tales and Hushings.

Tom Cleary was born in Clonmel in Country Tipperary and taught English for over 30 years. Dispatching a Horse is his second collection, following The Third Miss Keane.

@poetry_calder

Tickets FREE (Please book a ticket to ensure a place.)