{"id":3895,"date":"2013-09-22T08:11:43","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T08:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/?p=3895"},"modified":"2013-11-16T00:22:50","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T00:22:50","slug":"triple-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/09\/triple-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Toynbee Theatre Winter Launch Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Four of the UK\u2019s most exciting voices launch new collections in a night of cutting-edge poetry from independent publisher Penned in the Margins.<\/p>\n

In Siddhartha Bose\u2019s Digital Monsoon<\/a>, dreams trigger extraordinary visions of an apocalyptic London populated by the ghosts of a multicultural city. His new collection celebrates the dynamism of urban edgelands in his trademark open field, rhythmical style.<\/p>\n

Melissa Lee-Houghton reads from her second book, Beautiful Girls<\/a>: a raw and powerful account of mental illness that has been awarded a PBS Recommendation. (\u2018Not a book for the feint-hearted\u2019 \u2013 Chris McCabe.)<\/p>\n

Hannah Silva, widely acclaimed for her innovative vocal performances, launches her debut collection Forms of Protest<\/a> \u2013 her texts deconstruct the defunct languages of political and literary discourse, claiming a new space, a liminal zone between things as they sound… and things as they are.<\/p>\n

And finally Meghan Purvis reads from her vigourousnew translation of Beowulf<\/a>, published in Summer 2013 and awarded a Recommended Translation by the Poetry Book Society.<\/p>\n