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Eco Poetry

Respond! in Cardiff

Ecopoetry performance featuring Susan Richardson and Emily Hinshelwood, in association with aMuse@IKEA.

Friday, June 5th 2009 – 2pm

in the Living Room Department at IKEA, Ferry Road, Cardiff CF11 OXR

Radio 4 Saturday Live poet Susan Richardson will be performing poems from her most recent collection, Creatures of the Intertidal Zone. The collection was inspired by her journey through Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland and focuses on how climate change and other environmental issues are impacting on the Arctic and sub-Arctic.

Emily Hinshelwood is an award-winning performance poet specializing in environmental issues, who has been widely published both in popular magazines and literary journals. Her poems have been turned into songs, been inspiration for dancework, and are currently riding around on buses to celebrate the bicentenary of Charles Darwin.

www.susanrichardsonwriter.co.uk

www.emily-hinshelwood.co.uk

For further information, please contact: susan@susanrichardsonwriter.co.uk

http://www.susanrichardsonwriter.co.uk/ 



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