Sarah Holland-Batt UK Tour
‘The Jaguar is a tour de force. It will leave you dazzled and devastated. The wisdom, kindness and musical rigour of these poems is everywhere apparent. Their emotional range is considerable: intimate, sorrowing, celebratory and philosophical by turn. Holland-Batt possesses a mighty and singular talent, showcased here in all its glory.’ – Michelle de Kretser, on The Jaguar (2022)
Australian poet Sarah Holland-Batt published The Jaguar: Selected Poems with Bloodaxe in September 2024. Sarah will be launching the book with a month-long UK reading tour in October and November 2024. Scroll down to watch a video of her joint online reading and discussion event with Bloodaxe.
With its rich selection from her three books of poetry, up to and including her her Stella Prize-winning collection The Jaguar (2022), this volume introduces one of Australia’s best-known and widely read poets to many readers for the first time.
The poem 'The Gift' is featured in The New Yorker here, where you can also listen to her read it. 'The Gift' is included in The Jaguar: Selected Poems.
Sarah Holland-Batt's piece in The Guardian of 21 September 2024 about the establishment of an Australian Poet Laureate can be read here. The article was extracted from a keynote address delivered at the University of Technology Sydney on 20 September 2024.
UK TOUR: OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2024
Sarah will be giving readings at Berwick and Ilkley and Literature Festivals in October. She'll conclude her tour with readings in Edinburgh on 5 November and Newcastle on 7 November. Full details of these and other events to follow.
Saturday 12 October 2024, 12pm
Bloodaxe Poetry event at Berwick Literary Festival
Berwick Baptist Church, 8 Golden Square, Berwick-upon-Tweed TD15 1BG
Sarah will read from The Jaguar at this special Bloodaxe showcase event at Berwick Literary Festival. She will be joined by Scottish poet Niall Campbell, whose third collection The Island in the Sound is also published in September, and Northumberland poet Katrina Porteous, whose fourth collection Rhizodont was published in June 2024 and is on the shortlist for the TS Eliot Prize.
Tickets £9. More information here.
Sunday 13 October, 8pm
Ilkley Literature Festival
Bloodaxe showcase event
Sarah will be reading alongside fellow Bloodaxe poets Amanda Dalton and Matt Howard.
More information and booking here. Tickets £12 (£9 concessions).
Tuesday 22 October, 6pm
Bath Spa University, Bath
Main House, Room NP.MH.G17, Bath Spa University
Sarah will be reading from The Jaguar. This event will be open to the public.
Thursday 24 October, 6pm
Creative Conversations, University of Glasgow
Sarah will be reading from The Jaguar.
Monday 28 October, 6.30pm
St Andrews University
Sarah will be reading from The Jaguar.
Monday 4 November, 7.30pm
Leeds Trinity University, Leeds
Sarah will be reading from The Jaguar in Leeds.
Tuesday 5 November, 7pm
Reading at the Scottish Poetry Library
Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton’s Close, Edinburgh EH8 8DT
Award-winning Australian poet, editor, and critic Sarah Holland-Batt visits the Scottish Poetry Library with her new book The Jaguar: Selected Poems.
Tickets: £5 - £7. More information and booking here.
Thursday 7 November, 7-8pm
Reading at Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts, Culture Lab, Newcastle University
Bloodaxe showcase event
Sarah Holland-Batt will be reading with Dzifa Benson, whose debut collection Monster is published by Bloodaxe in October 2024. Hosted by Bloodaxe editor Neil Astley.
Free event, all welcome.
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/ncla/events/event-items/-bloodaxe-showcase/
Sunday 10 November, 3pm
Oxford University
Blackwell's Bookshop, 48-51 Broad St, Oxford OX1 3BQ
Sarah will be reading from The Jaguar alongside Patrick McGuinness, Jane Draycott and Jenny Lewis.
Free event. More information and booking here.
Further details for these events to be announced soon.
PAST EVENTS
Tuesday 24 September 2024, 7pm BST
Online launch reading by Nia Broomhall, Niall Campbell, Sarah Holland-Batt and Laura Wittner, with translator Juana Adcock
Sarah joined the authors of our other September titles to celebrate the publication of their books with readings and discussion. This free Bloodaxe launch event was streamed on YouTube Live and is now available on this YouTube page: https://youtube.com/live/GIeiEhAvavQ
Sarah joined the event live from Australia. The breaking dawn could be seen in the window behind her during the discussion part of this wonderful event.
[31 July 2024]
