Patrick Davidson Roberts and John Challis

Join us upstairs at The Betsey Trotwood for poetry readings from Patrick Davidson Roberts and John Challis, from their new collections Divided Tongues and The Green Parcel . The evening will open at 7pm with readings from the two poets from 7:30pm. Books by both authors will be there to buy at the event. Divided Tongues is Roberts’ second full-length collection and is published by Broken Sleep Books https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/patrick-davidson-roberts-divided-tongues “ There is a twist in Patrick Davidson Roberts’ lines, between the compelling and compulsive voices, the grace of rhyme, the stubbed ends of stories, the bars and the stars. The twist is poetry.“ – Alison Brackenbury The Green Parcel is Challis’ second full-length collection and is published by Bloodaxe Books https://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/the-green-parcel-1397 “ John Challis writes with beauty and passion of the so-called every day… he gives us all majesty and a kind of shimmering quality…” – Ian McMillan