Spring is springing and so here's some gigs and festivals.
Keep an eye on this blog for news and updates...
I'll also be updating my linktree as more is confirmed
linktree: https://linktr.ee/salenagodden
See you very soon my lovelies! sgxx
"PESSIMISM IS FOR LIGHTWEIGHTS - 30 Pieces of Courage and Resistance" a beautiful new hard back edition, out now with Rough Trade Books
One of the very first publications to come off the Rough Trade Books press, 'Pessimism is for Lightweights' began life as thirteen pieces of courage and resistance from the pen of the one and only Salena Godden. These are poems written for the women’s march, poems that salute peaceful protest, poems on sexism and racism, class discrimination, poverty and homelessness, immigration and identity. This new edition expands the collection to full book length and shows Godden at her inimitable best—deft technique and powerful emotional heft, with additional new poems reflecting on our fast- changing world with her trademark humour and resilience. With a new foreword by John Higgs and an Old English translation by Emily Cotman this is a book full of light, courage and most of all hope. We all need some positivity right now and who better than Salena Godden to give it to us. Go check her out at one of these events or bookshops soon to get that injection of hope!
"MRS DEATH MISSES DEATH" Highly acclaimed award winning debut novel, out now in hardback, paperback, ebook and audiobook with Canongate Books
Mrs Death tells her intoxicating story in this life-affirming fire-starter of a novel. Mrs Death has had enough. She is exhausted by her job and now seeks someone to unburden her conscience to. She meets Wolf, a troubled young writer, who – enthralled by her stories – begins to write Mrs Death’s memoirs. As the two reflect on the losses they have experienced, their friendship flourishes. All the while, despite her world-weariness, Death must continue to hold humans’ fates in her hands, appearing in our lives when we least expect her …
WINNER OF THE INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION
WINNER OF THE PEOPLES BOOK PRIZE
13-14 May: COLCHESTER, BIG WOMEN, First Site
25 May: EXETER, Book Bag Bookshop
27 May: TOTNES, Sea Change Festival
5 June: LONDON, The Social with Scarlett Sabet
9 June: LONDON, Windrush 75, Royal Albert Hall
14 June: HASTINGS, Hastings Book Festival
16 June: WENDOVER, Real Magic Books
23 June: BRIGHTON, Brighton Book Festival
28 July: WOMAD, Wiltshire
5 August: GREEN GATHERING, Chepstow
28 August: SHAMBALA, Northamptonshire
NEW poetry on my YouTube channel: Salena Godden shares poem ‘Courage is a Muscle’ with Anita Rani on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour. This poem shared with love and solidarity. You can hear the rest of our wonderful conversation about books, poetry and the power of optimism at BBC Sounds
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001kh0d
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13-14 May: COLCHESTER, Big Women, First Site |
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13-14 May: COLCHESTER, Big Women, First Site |
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25 May: EXETER, Book Bag Bookshop |
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| 5 June: LONDON, The Social with Scarlett Sabet |
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9 June: LONDON, Windrush 75, Royal Albert Hall |
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9 June: LONDON, Windrush 75, Royal Albert Hall  |
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16 June: WENDOVER, Real Magic Books |
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23 June: BRIGHTON, Brighton Book Festival  28 July: WOMAD, Wiltshire  |
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