A Portobello Poetry Walk
Eleanor Rees’ writing draws on liminal places and edgelands – so who better to take us on a poetry walk along the shoreline at Portobello. Join us for a short reading in Portobello Bookshop to hear from Eleanor’s Portents and Portals: New & Selected Poems (Guillemot Press, 2024). Spanning three decades, five collections and several pamphlets, the poems in it explore place, ritual and the in-between. After that we’ll be going for a gentle walk along Portobello’s promenade, interspersed with readings and discussion, before returning to the bookshop for a signing.
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