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This March we are delighted to welcome back Anthony Joseph to the Exeter Custom House, for a reading from his new selected poems Precious and Impossible.
Featuring exclusive new work, Precious and Impossible gathers together over three decades of poetry from the T S Eliot Prize-winning Anthony Joseph.
About Anthony Joseph
Anthony Joseph is an award-winning Trinidad-born poet, novelist, academic, and musician. He is the author of five poetry collections and three novels. His 2018 novel Kitch: A Fictional Biography of a Calypso Icon was shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize and the Royal Society of Literature’s Encore Award, and longlisted for the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. In 2019, he was awarded a Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellowship. As a musician, he has released eight critically acclaimed albums. His most recent album, The Rich Are Only Defeated When Running For Their Lives, was released in May 2021. His latest poetry collection, Sonnets for Albert, is shortlisted for this years’ Forward Prize for Best Collection. He lectures in Creative Writing at Kings College, London.
| Ticket Type | Ticket Tariff |
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| Standard | £4.00 |
Note: Prices are a guide only and may change on a daily basis.
| Quay Words presents Anthony Joseph: Precious and Impossible (12 Mar 2025) | ||
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| Wednesday | 18:30 | |
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