Thursday, October 15 • 7 PM - 8 PM
Skinship and The Dodo Stories
Poetry Pharmacy’s launch of Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana’s Skinship (Salt Publications) and Mary Mulholland’s The Dodo Stories (Nine Arches).
Mary and Alex will discuss and read from their newest collections, reflecting on themes of cultural inheritance, identity, home and motherhood.
Wednesday, October 28 • 7 PM - 8 PM
A Haunted Halloween -readings from 'Ghosts & Ginnels'
Join us with award-winning poet Carole Bromley for a ghoulish reading from her new book,Ghosts and Ginnels. Explore through words the hidden passages, ancient alleyways and atmospheric corners of York that inspired her new book. She will be joined with poetry readings from Word Up's wonderful Nicky Kippax and Charlotte Oliver.
4–8 November • 5.30–9.30pm
Poetry Pharmacy at Ghosts After Dark
As darkness falls over York, the Poetry Pharmacy is travelling from Coney Street and setting up a suitably spectral dispensary at Ghosts After Dark.
Find us among the ghosts in York Museum Gardens, with Poetry Pills, Poisons, books and remedies for troubled souls, dark nights and other mysterious ailments.
Friday, November 20 • 7 PM - 8 PM
The Northern Launch of 'UP//ROAR: Poems of Queer Resistance'
Sassy queers show their claws in poetry as an act of resistance.
Join the Poetry Pharmacy as we welcome editor/poet Cherry Potts and some of the poets from Arachne Press's latest LGBTQ+ Poetry Anthology, UP//ROAR: Poems of Queer Resistance. UP//ROAR is a follow up to best-selling JOY//US: Poems of Queer Joy.
Accessibility
We aim to make our events as welcoming and accessible as possible.
There is an access call button at the shop entrance. This will alert a member of staff, who will be happy to assist wheelchair users with a ramp and offer support with access or seating.
If you have any specific access needs, please do let us know in advance at hello@poetrypharmacy.live. For example, we can reserve seating towards the front for those who are hearing impaired or ensure wheelchair users are comfortably positioned near the exit.
