Seeking Refuge /Jan Fortune (ed)
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Poetry from Ruth O’Callaghan’s Lumen and Camden annual open mic seasons in aid of the Cold Weather Shelters
Supported by a wide range of nationally acclaimed poets
This is real poetry with a real purpose – accessible, entertaining, varied and able to make a difference, Seeking Refuge is both a great way to get into poetry and a fantastic way to support an essential charity housing London’s homeless. Each year Ruth O’Callaghan, poet, mentor and poetry organiser, hosts a series of readings in venues in central London and Camden show-casing the best in small press poetry together with open mic slots for a large range of new and established poets. The best of these poems are selected for an annual anthology, which also features contributions from nationally acclaimed poets – names like Fiona Sampson, Penelope Shuttle and many more.
Jan Fortune is commissioning editor for Cinnamon Press, a family-run small press publishing fiction and poetry and innovative non-fiction. She has written four novels, an anthology of poetry sequences and working on a novel and poetry collection.