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The event
is sponsored by Leicester City Libraries and Browsers
Bookshop and forms part of the citys "Everybodys
Reading" festival and the 150 year anniversary celebrations
of Abbey Park.
Moniza
Alvi left Pakistan for England when a few months old. Her
poems have been described as "vivid, witty and imbued
with unexpected and delicious glimpses of the surreal"
(Maura Dooley).
Mimi Khalvati was born in Tehran and grew up on the Isle of
White, fluent in English and Farsi. Her books of poetry include
In White Ink (1991) and Mirrorwork (1995).
Sarah Maguire was born in London. She is poet and editor of
a new anthology of botanical verse Flora Poetica,
which includes work by herself, Moniza Alvi and Mimi Khalvati.
The
three poets will read from their work and audience members
can join them for coffee and a chat and buy signed copies
of Flora Poetica in Abbey Park Tea Rooms after
the event. Tickets
are £2.50/£1.50 and are available from Browsers
Bookshop, Allandale Road, or on the day.
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