Tuesday 31st July
6.30pm – 9pm/ Free- but please reserve places
Ikon Gallery, 1 Oozells Square
Brindleyplace, Birmingham, B1 2HS
Award-winning Birmingham Poetry press Flarestack Poets launches 3 new pamphlets, with readings from the winners of their 2012 Pamphlet Competition, David Clarke and Nichola Deane, as well as from some of the poets represented in the competition anthology, including Oliver Comins, Michael Conley, Claire Dyer, Jacci Garside, Roy Marshall, Janet Smith, Michael W. Thomas, Charles Wilkinson and Madeleine Wurzburger.
Of David Clarke's collection Gaud Alison Brackenbury writes 'David Clarke's exact, unsparing poems are executed with an eerie coolness. His intriguing narratives have their own sensual music, as subtle as his rhymes.' 
Nichola Deane's My Moriarty is a series of meditations – at times urgent, at times playful – on memory, relationships, and the mechanics of language. The poet is an elegant sleuth, aware that meaning is an elusive quarry.
Sylvia Is Missing offers a selection of the best poems submitted for Flarestack Poets 2012 pamphlet competition.
Flarestack Poets is well known for writing that is both adventurous and accessible, and has produced distinctive collections from established and new voices. For more information, please visit their website www.flarestackpoets.co.uk.
How to book: Please call the Ikon Gallery to reserve places on 0121 248 0708.
This event is organised in partnership with Ikon, Writing West Midlands and Flarestack Poets.
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