David Morley and Liz Berry

Sunday November 17, 4pm, Woodstock Methodist Church, £5.

David Morley 

     

David Morley is Professor of Writing and Director of the Warwick Writing Programme at the University of Warwick. His most recent poetry collection is The Gipsy and the Poet, a Poetry Book Society Recommendation, published by Carcanet in August and inspired by a real-life encounter between the poet John Clare and a gipsy called Wisdom Smith. David was one of the judges of the 2012 TS Eliot Prize and is judging the 2013 Foyle Young Poets of the Year. He has read before in Woodstock, at The Woodstock Arms, and we are delighted to welcome him back.

Liz Berry



Liz Berry was born in the Black Country. She received an Eric Gregory Award in 2009 and won the 2012 Poetry London competition. She is assistant poetry editor for Ambit magazine and tell-lighthouse published her pamphlet The Patron Saint of Schoolgirls in 2010. Her debut collection is being published by Chatto & Windus next year: '...a compelling new voice - one that will continue to grow in range and authority' - Andrew Motion.