Panel discussion with Philip Rush, Alan Humm. Chair: Martha Sprackland TBC? Held at Holy Trinity Church.
Philip Rush was born in Middlesex. Big Purple Garden Paintings was short-listed for the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize. He has collaborated with the photographer Andrew Fusek Peters; his most recent book of poems is Camera Obscura from The Garlic Press, and his most recent pamphlet is Dusk Code.
Alan Humm is an author and the editor of One Hand Clapping magazine. Praised for his "absolutely terrific" recreation of Dickensian London, his "ecstatic phrasemaking" and his "powerfully visceral" and "luminous" poems, he has written four novels, a collection of short stories and two books of poetry. The Sparkler, his novel about Charles Dickens, and his first poetry collection, A Brief and Biased History of Love, were both published in 2024. His second collection of poems, My Father is Calling the Neighbours Names, was published in 2025 by Vine Leaves Press. https://www.alanhummswriting.com
Martha Sprackland is an editor, writer and translator. Citadel (Pavilion, 2020) was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and the Costa Poetry Award; a new collection is forthcoming in 2027. Dark Night, her translation of sixteenth-century Spanish mystic St John of the Cross, is published by Penguin Classics.
Panel discussion with Philip Rush, Alan Humm. Chair: Martha Sprackland TBC? Held at Holy Trinity Church.
Philip Rush was born in Middlesex. Big Purple Garden Paintings was short-listed for the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize. He has collaborated with the photographer Andrew Fusek Peters; his most recent book of poems is Camera Obscura from The Garlic Press, and his most recent pamphlet is Dusk Code.
Alan Humm is an author and the editor of One Hand Clapping magazine. Praised for his "absolutely terrific" recreation of Dickensian London, his "ecstatic phrasemaking" and his "powerfully visceral" and "luminous" poems, he has written four novels, a collection of short stories and two books of poetry. The Sparkler, his novel about Charles Dickens, and his first poetry collection, A Brief and Biased History of Love, were both published in 2024. His second collection of poems, My Father is Calling the Neighbours Names, was published in 2025 by Vine Leaves Press. https://www.alanhummswriting.com
Martha Sprackland is an editor, writer and translator. Citadel (Pavilion, 2020) was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and the Costa Poetry Award; a new collection is forthcoming in 2027. Dark Night, her translation of sixteenth-century Spanish mystic St John of the Cross, is published by Penguin Classics.
