Introduced by Riverhouse Poets Tutor Katie Griffiths.
After the success of our first Live Poetry at Riverhouse evening in September, this second session sees Rishi Dastidar, editor, poet, and a poetry reviewer for The Guardian (UK) – and Tamsin Hopkins, a recent winner of the Live Canon Pamphlet Competition, in conversation with fellow poet Katie Griffiths about their writing and what inspires them. They will also read from their work.
There’ll also be a Poets Open Mic – so if you’d like to bring a poem to read that you yourself have written, you can register at the door on the night and we’ll slot you into the evening!
Don’t miss this evening of inspirational words – book your place today!
A poem from Rishi Dastidar’s Laurel Prize long-listed third collection, Neptune’s Projects (Nine Arches Press), was included in The Forward Book of Poetry 2024. He is editor of The Craft: A Guide to Making Poetry Happen in the 21st Century (Nine Arches Press), and co-editor of Too Young, Too Loud, Too Different: Poems from Malika’s Poetry Kitchen (Corsair). He also reviews poetry for The Guardian (UK) and is chair of Wasafiri, the leading magazine of international contemporary writing.
Tamsin Hopkins has an MA in Creative Writing from Royal Holloway, London and runs regular poetry workshops for Exiled Writers Ink. A previous winner of the Aesthetica Prize for Poetry, her work has appeared in many magazines and anthologies including The Rialto, Mslexia, Poetry Ireland Review and Best New British and Irish Poets 2019-21. Her poems have been listed in a range of competitions including the Mslexia, Winchester and Bedford Prizes, The National Poetry Competition and The Gingko Prize. Recently she was a featured reader at the Tears in the Fence poetry festival. Her poetry pamphlet Inside the Smile and short fiction collection SHORE TO SHORE (River Stories) are published by Cinnamon Press. Once We Get Past Poker Night won the 2023/24 Live Canon pamphlet competition.
Katie Griffiths is author of The Attitudes (Nine Arches Press) and My Shrink is Pregnant (Live Canon). In 2024 she won the Gregory O’Donoghue Poetry Prize, and in 2018 came second in The National Poetry Competition. She regularly mentors, and leads poetry workshops, including here at Riverhouse.