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Lunchtime poetry reading and discussion, with poets Maggie O'Sullivan and David Dunn.
Maggie O’ Sullivan is an internationally renowned poet, performer and visual artist, whose books include In the House of the Shaman (1996), red shifts (2001), Palace of Reptiles (2003), all origins are lonely (2003) and Body of Work (2006). The Salt Companion to Maggie O’Sullivan (2011) collects essays by contemporaries on her work.
David Dunn, a pioneer in the fields of acoustic ecology, bioacoustics, interspecies communication, and scientific sonification, has composed a body of experimental musical work that investigates the ultrasonic world beyond human hearing:The Sound of Light in Trees (2006), The Lion in Which the Spirits of the Royal Ancestors Make Their Home (1995), Angels and Insects (1992).
Feel free to bring your bag lunch. Free and open to the public.