Chrissie Gittins

Chrissie reading from one of her collections of poetry for children

With her gentle but economical, unsentimental and often surprising language, her humour, irony and acute power of observation (and memorable titles) Chrissie has rightly gained a high profile in the literary world, especially for her poems for children. The audience at West Greenwich Library were enchanted and entertained – and also moved when in the second half Chrissie read from her semi-autobiographical short-story collection Between Here and Knitwear about her father’s dementia. Her books were snatched up by the parents and grandparents in the audience. And if you missed out, they are available in bookshops and, of course, on Amazon. www.chrissiegittins.co.uk

A big thank you to Chrissie, the audience and, as always, to Debra and staff at the Library for making us so welcome and comfortable.

Events

It’s been an exciting and stimulating run of poetry events these last nine months – with such varied voices making us smile, laugh and feel moved, and always spellbound.

Thank-you to all of you who’ve attended, and of course to the staff at the splendid West Greenwich Library.

But now a break for the summer, and before we know it, the next ‘season’ will start. Hope to see you then. In the meantime, have a good summer!

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 2 at West Greenwich Library – ‘Wildings, Edgelands and Elsewheres’. Poetry with Jude Rosen, Derrick Porter and Jemma Borg

TUESDAY OCTOBER 7 at West Greenwich Library – Fiona Moore, Gale Burns and Lisa Kelly

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 11 at West Greenwich Library – tbc