Gwyneth Lewis & Pascale Petit | Two Poets, One Story
Thu 24 Apr 2025 | 4:00pm – 5:00pm

Two of our finest poets present their latest collections of moving, lyrical and ultimately redemptive poetry which reflect their experiences of family abuse.  First Rain in Paradise relates to the emotional abuse Lewis received by her mother, also the subject of a memoir, Nightshade Mother. Pascale Petit’s latest collection Beast relates to her upbringing with abusive parents coupled with explorations of our abused planet, whilst her first novel My Hummingbird Father is a semi-autobiographical account of a young artist who has survived an abusive upbringing.