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Helen Mort

Poetry Arena

Saturday 18th July, 2009
18:40 - 18:50

Poetry Arena

Saturday 18th July, 2009
11:40 - 11:50

Luke Wright is co-programmer of Latitude's Stand-up Poetry Arena and its main host. This year he will be bringing a wealth of new talent including Emily Berry, Ash Sarkar, Brigitte Aphrodite, Joe Duggan, David VanCauter, Mark Grist, Ian Horn, Helen Mort, Steve Rooney and Jack Stannard.

For The Ghost' is set in a deserted pub after hours where strange characters come to introduce themselves. From the phantom miner at Hanging Flatt to the spirit in the hospital x-ray machine, the ghosts of Derbyshire and South Yorkshire saunter in for a drink. Helen Mort's pamphlet 'the shape of every box' is published by tall-lighthouse press. She won an Eric Gregory Award in 2007 and the Manchester Young Writer prize in 2008.

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