An afternoon of live poetry and music to celebrate the release of Suzannah Evans - Green.

Suzannah Evans’ new pamphlet introduces us to Green, half human, half angry nature spirit. Green serves as a stunt double for our own rage and complicity in nature’s destruction, showing us nature’s delights so we may mourn their loss more deeply.

‘Green is a contemporary secular canticle, where matter and living beings are in mischievous, polyphonic dialogue. Channelled through this beyond-human figure, it presents a decentred ecology where Green isn’t rooting for anyone – but where we must find a way to befriend him, without turning him into a man. Earth is lively and re-enchanted, in Green’s contemporary and accessible animism. We are invited to accept the majesty of llama memes alongside the death drop of species extinction. Fuck you, Green says to the wasps, stinging him all over, I still love you. A gentle, passionate, good-natured plea, for even the ickiest creatures to be named in Green’s – and humanity’s – affections.’ - Caleb Parkin

‘In this delicious mini-biography of the mythic figure, Suzannah Evans conjures up a Green Man – modishly monikered ‘Green’ – who is witness, listener, accountant, cheerleader, of all and every aspect of nature. An inveterate listicle maker, he can’t help but nag us until our attention is drawn back inexorably to the wonder of the world; it’s nightmares too. Whether he is supervising extinctions, lavender farming, or picking up plastic litter on the beach, Green is unabashedly a fun, wry and playful personality to spend some time with.’ - Rishi Dastidar
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Non Canon is an alias of Bristol songwriter Barry Dolan. He has released two albums on Xtra Mile Recordings (Frank Turner, Skinny Lister, Ben Marwood) and is currently working on his third.

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Tom Sastry was born in 1974. He is a second generation Original. His mother is Originally English and his father Originally Indian. He grew up in Buckinghamshire and has lived in Bristol since 1999. He thinks that not belonging is more interesting than belonging. He has spent most of his life in bedrooms, classrooms and offices. He enjoys having to deny that he is an anarchist.

Tom Sastry has been described by Hera Lindsay Bird as a “magician of deadpan”. He was chosen by Carol Ann Duffy as one the 2016 Laureate's Choice poets. Since then, his poems have appeared in The Guardian, Poetry Review and he has been highly commended in the Forward Prize. He has published two poetry collections with Nine Arches Press - 'A Man's House Catches Fire' which was shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Prize, and 'You Have No Normal Country to Return To'. His pamphlet, Complicity was a Poetry School Book of the Year and a Poetry Book Society pamphlet choice. Tom lives and works in Bristol.

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Plus poetry open mic, sign up on the day.

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Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.

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