Congratulations to Joelle Taylor and all of the wonderful shortlisted poets this year: Victoria Kennefick, Daniel Sluman, Kevin Young, Jack Underwood, Selima Hill, Raymond Antrobus, Kayo Chingonyi & Michael Symmons Roberts. “Cool as the trickster, ridiculous as the fool” – Hannah Lowe reads from The Kids @tseliotprize @southbankcentre > https://t.co/zHdURwANvg pic.twitter.com/K9vlGbVMuA — PoetryBookSoc (@PoetryBookSoc) […]
I had a lovely trip to Broadcasting House this week to talk to Tom Sutcliffe of BBC Radio 4 Front Row about The Kids (17 mins in!)
I’m delighted The Kids has won the Costa Poetry Award! Thanks to the judges – Rishi Dastidar, Ian Duhig and Maya Jaggi
So happy to be shortlisted with Ray Antrobus, Kayo Chingonyi and Victora Kenneflict for the Costa!
‘The Kids combines formal skill with a rare bravery, and bears a lightness of touch that is often virtuosic…Lowe is attuned to changing language, and to the politics of class and race and their intersections with education and the educator. The classroom channels all the vibrant and violent aspects of English culture, and Lowe’s skill […]
I’ll be reading from The Kids with Imtiaz Dharker and Kayo Chingonyi at The Coronet on Thursday December 9th – ticket info here
I’ve been dreaming of being on this shortlist since I began my life in poetry. It’s an amazing list this year – delighted to have been shortlisted among old and new poetry friends
Looking forward to my first live reading in a year and a half! Reading and Q & A with Maitreyabhandu at Poetry East, London Buddhist Centre, 7pm, Sat 25th September.
16 OCT / BLOODAXE LAUNCH with Selima Hill and Stephanie Norgate (online) 20 SEPT / FOREST POETS (online) 25 SEPT / POETRY EAST London Buddhist Centre (live) 30 SEPT / OVER THE EDGE (online) 1 OCT / POETICS OF HOME with Jennifer Lee-Tsai, Shirley Lim and Kit Fan (online) 7 OCT / DURHAM BOOK FESTIVAL […]
Happy to see The Kids is reviewed here in the Guardian’s poetry roundup alongside brilliant collections by Daniel Sluman, Ray Antrobus and Gail McConnell