Glyn Maxwell is a poet, playwright, novelist, librettist, and lecturer.

His many poetry collections include The Big Calls (2023); How The Hell Are You (2020); Pluto (2013); One Thousand Nights and Counting: Selected Poems (2011);Hide Now (2008); The Nerve (2002), which won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize; and Out of the Rain (1992), which won the Somerset Maugham Award. Maxwell’s critical guidebook On Poetry (Oberon Books, 2012) was described by Adam Newey in The Guardian as ‘the best book about poetry I’ve ever read’. He is currently working on 101 poems about endangered species.

This event is part of the Manchester Poetry Library reading series curated by Professor Helen Mort.

Including Isabelle Galleymore, Glyn Maxwell and Roy MacFarlane the series will feature readings and opportunity to ask questions. Professor Mort said ‘I’m interested in how contemporary poets engage with the more-than-human in their work, from Isabel Galleymore’s examination of ‘cuteness’ in an era of hyper-capitalism, to Glyn Maxwell’s new poems on endangered species, to Roy Macfarlane’s experiences as canal poet laureate. How do we give voice to species and place in poetry? What are the challenges of doing so? And can poetry protect and preserve?’ Please join us for three thought-provoking and timely discussions