Thu 18 Sept
|Observer Building
Launch of Poet Town
Hastings Book Festival is delighted to launch Poet Town: The Poetry of Hastings & Thereabouts – it promises to be a magical evening
Time & Location
18 Sept 2025, 19:00
Observer Building, 53 Cambridge Rd, Hastings TN34 1DT, UK
About The Event
“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
Poet Town is not your typical local poetry anthology as the most cursory glance at the contents makes clear. Among those included are bestselling and 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 hit shows like The Royle Family and Gavin and Stacy; a former band mate of Eric 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,…
Tickets
General admission
£12.00
+£0.30 ticket service fee
General admission plus book
This ticket includes a paperback copy of the anthology (RRP £12.99)
£16.50
+£0.41 ticket service fee
Total
£0.00