Past event

Poetry Reading by Vahid Davar Something the Colour of Pines on Fire

Vahid will read extracts from Something the Colour of Pines on Fire recently published by Matecznik Press.

Vahid's reading will be followed by the screening of a short video interview with the poet and questions will be invited from the floor.

Vahid Davar is the author of two highly acclaimed volumes of poetry published in his native Iran. Since his migration to the UK in 2013, his writing has been anthologised in Britain and Germany and several poems have appeared at exhibitions of image and text in Liverpool, Munich, and Abu Dhabi. He is currently studying for a PhD in Persian Literature in the School of Modern Languages.

The event will be set up in hybrid format (via Teams). For enquiries or to request to link to attend remotely, please email Elodie Laügt ([email protected]).