Launch of A Poet Town

“These poems hit you in the eye like an arrow. At turns funny, melancholyand celebratory – there’s all of life in these pages.”

Luke Wright

A Poet Town is not your typical local poetry anthology as the most cursoryglance at the contents makes clear. Among those included are bestsellingand prize-winning authors like Iain Sinclair, Salena Godden, AK Benedict, Orna Ross, Penny Pepper; a million-selling children’s poet, Brian Moses; alegend of British TV comedy, Henry Normal, writer and producer for hitshows like The Royle Family and Gavin and Stacy; a former band mate ofEric Clapton, the British Beat poet and songwriter Pete Brown; a renowned cartoonist, Martin Honeysett, and classic poets known and loved the worldover.

These stars of page and screen have joined forces with fresh talent to celebrate the poetic legacy of Hastings; the seaside town on the Sussex coast known for its fish and chips, its towering castle,…