{"product_id":"splendor-trans-poetry-night","title":"SPLENDOR: Trans Poetry Night","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 4;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eWednesday 18 Nov\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 4;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e6:30-9pm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 4;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eSPLENDOR: Trans Poetry Night\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eA Celebration of Shared Humanity Through Poetry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eIn partnership with \u003cb\u003eBurley Fisher\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI'; color: #444444; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eBodies. Being. Becoming.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;\"\u003eBurley Fisher x SPLENDOR Open Mic Night \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;\"\u003eJoin Burley Fisher \u0026amp; Two Lines Press, on the penultimate day of Trans Awareness Week, for an evening of poetry, community, and connection to celebrate the publication of SPLENDOR: Trans Poets—five voices from Denmark, Argentina, Korea, Norway, and Quebec. Exploring what it means to inhabit a body, to change, to claim yourself, these poems emerge from the trans and nonbinary experience, yet speak to something universal: the courage it takes to become who you are.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;\"\u003eFeaturing readings from award-winning writers and poets Juliet Jacques, Leo Boix, \u003cspan style=\"color: #242424;\"\u003eGayathiri Kamalakanthan\u003c\/span\u003e, Hasti Crowther, \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003efollowed by an open mic for all voices\u003c\/span\u003e. Whether trans, queer, or ally, come celebrate Bodies that transform. Identities that defy borders. Poetry that speaks to becoming.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e(Arrive at 6:30pm to sign up for the open mic) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;\"\u003eTheme: Bodies. Being. Becoming.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;\"\u003eReader Bios\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;\"\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;\"\u003eJuliet Jacques\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;\"\u003e is a writer, filmmaker, broadcaster and academic based in London. She has published seven books, including \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrans: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (2015), two short story collections including \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVariations \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e(2021)\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFront Lines: Trans Journalism 2007-2021 \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e(2022), and a novella, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonaco\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (2023). Her fiction, journalism and essays have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e (including her ‘Transgender Journey’ column, longlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2011), \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrieze\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e and many other publications; her short films have screened in galleries and festivals across the world. She teaches at the Royal College of Art and elsewhere, and hosts the arts discussion podcast Suite (212). She has played football for Clapton Community FC, Horley Town and Surrey.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;\"\u003eInsta @juliet.variations \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/julietjacques.com\/about\/\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; background: white;\"\u003ehttps:\/\/julietjacques.com\/about\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;\"\u003eLeo Boix\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;\"\u003e is a bilingual Latinx poet, born in Argentina and based in London. His second collection,\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Southernmost: Sonnets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (Chatto \u0026amp; Windus, 2025), was shortlisted for the Forward Prizes and named book of the year by The Guardian, the Daily Telegraph and The Week. His debut English collection, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBallad of a Happy Immigrant \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e(2021), was a Poetry Book Society Wild Card Choice. Boix is editor and lead translator of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHemisferio Cuir: An Anthology of Young Queer Latin American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, introducing English readers to major Latin American voices. His work appears in POETRY, The Poetry Review, Modern Poetry in Translation, Poetry London, Letras Libres and international anthologies. He co-directs Un Nuevo Sol, which nurtures Latinx writers in the UK, and has been awarded the Bart Wolffe Poetry Prize, the Keats-Shelley Prize, and a PEN Award. Boix was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (RSL) in July 2026.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;\"\u003eInsta @boixleo \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leonardoboix.wixsite.com\/poetry\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; background: white;\"\u003ehttps:\/\/leonardoboix.wixsite.com\/poetry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;\"\u003eReading: \u003ci\u003eThis is an ode to my ugliness\u003c\/i\u003e by Camila Sosa Villada (tr. from the Spanish by Kit Maude)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;\"\u003eBooks: Southernmost Sonnets (Penguin); Hemisferio Cuir: An Anthology Of Young Latin American Queer Poetry edited by Leo Boix (Fourteen Poems)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: #242424;\"\u003eGayathiri Kamalakanthan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #242424;\"\u003eis a disabled writer based in London. Gayathiri is a recipient of the Poetry Archive Now Prize 2025 and the Disabled Poets Prize 2024. Their debut novel-in-verse \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBad Queer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is out with Faber. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; background: white;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;\"\u003eInsta \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: #242424;\"\u003e@unembarrassable \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.gayathiri.co.uk\/\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.gayathiri.co.uk\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: #242424;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;\"\u003eHasti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eCrowther\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet and writer living in South East London. Their debut pamphlet '\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eyoung, dumb, and full of poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e' won the Michael Marks Award and is out now with Bad Betty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;\"\u003eInst @youarehasti \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youarehasti.com\/\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youarehasti.com\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;\"\u003eReading: \u003ci\u003eThe Last Hare\u003c\/i\u003e by Ida Hove Solberg (tr. from the Norwegian by Olivia Lasky)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;\"\u003ePamphlets: ‘U’ (Reference Press); ‘Agitations \u0026amp; Birdsong’ (Bleet! Zine); ‘young, dumb, and full of poems’ (Little Betty)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burley Fisher Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64901300158841,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0405\/3385\/2310\/files\/8175TysA7vL._SL1500.jpg?v=1792145805","url":"https:\/\/burleyfisherbooks.com\/products\/splendor-trans-poetry-night","provider":"Burley Fisher Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}