Ryan Dobran lives in Philadelphia. He has published seven books of poems, most recently The Meritocrat, out from Shit Valley. His edition of the The Collected Letters of Charles Olson and J.H. Prynne was published this year by the University of New Mexico Press.  

Daisy Lafarge lives in Scotland. Her poems and essays have appeared in Poetry London, Poetry Review, The White Review (online) and Blackbox Manifold. She was awarded an Eric Gregory Award in 2017, and her first pamphlet ‘understudies for air’ was published by Sad Press in August.

Emilia Weber is a poet and theatre maker currently undertaking doctoral work at UCL. Her poems have been published in Datableed, Zarf and Front Horse and her first pamphlet Familiars (2017) is published by Sad Press. 

Music from a thing, books, bar, and discussion. 

Upstairs at the Hope & Ruin, Queen’s Road Brighton.Doors at 7:30pm for an 8:00pm start. £3 OTD