Clive Watkins and Chris Preddle will read from their latest collections
2022-05-22 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Choppards Mission, Cote Lane, Holmfirth, Yorkshire, HD9 2RP, United Kingdom
You are cordially invited to a book launch and poetry reading by Clive Watkins and Chris Preddle. Clive will be reading from his latest collection, Pedic’s Dream (‘… maturity of technique and sensibility … a distinctive power’), and Chris will be reading from his latest, The May Figures (‘ … lyrical, diverse in form … ingenious … alliterative, witty’). Entry is free, and drinks and nibbles will be available.

Launch Party for Danielle Blau's Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize-winning collection, peep
2022-05-15 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Footlight Underground at the Windjammer, 552 Grandview Avenue, Ridgewood, Queens, 11385
You are cordially invited to the launch party for Danielle Blau’s peep, which won the sixteenth annual Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize, and was awarded to her by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Vijay Seshadri. Danielle and Vijay will both read, as will Matthew Rohrer, Julia Guez, Maria Wojciechowski, Rohan Padhye, and Kenice Mobley. Full details of this event, including information about the other contributors, can be found by clicking on the Hecht Prize party link.
Please note: proof of vaccination & masks will be required.

15th Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize Reading (the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles)
2021-04-18 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Yorkshire
James Davis, winner of the 15th Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize will read from his winning collection, Club Q. He will be introduced by that year’s judge, Edward Hirsch, who will go on to read himself.The event will be introduced by Stephen Yenser, and Joseph Harrison (Waywiser’s Senior American Editor) and Philip Hoy (Waywiser’s founder and Editor-in-Chief) will say something about the press and the prize’s distinguished history. Do join us for the event, which will be broadcast on the Hammer Museum’s website at 2pm PDT and 5pm EST on Sunday April 18th. Here is a link. Clicking on it now will allow you to ask for a reminder of the event on the day:
https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2021/ed-hirsch-james-davis-anthony-hecht-poetry-prize-reading

Audrey Bohanan will read with Joseph Harrison and Dora Malech
2019-04-04 07:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Bird in Hand, 11 E. 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
Please join Waywiser Press for the launch of Audrey Bohanan’s new poetry collection, Any Keep or Contour, a finalist for the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize. Joseph Harrison and Dora Malech will read with Ms. Bohanan.

US launch of Christopher Cessac's The Youngest Ocean at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
2018-11-05 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE, Washington, DC, 200003, United States
Winner of the 13th Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize, Christopher Cessac, will be introduced by the judge who awarded the prize, Sir Andrew Motion, and the two poets will take it in turns to read from their work at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. The event will be introduced by Waywiser’s Editor in Chief, Philip Hoy.

US Launch of Austin Allen's Pleasures of the Game at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC
2016-10-24 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE, Washington, DC, 200003, United States
Winner of the 11th Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize, Austin Allen will be introduced by the judge who awarded the prize, Eavan Boland, and the two poets will take it in turns to read from their work at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC. The event will be introduced by Waywiser’s Editor-in-Chief, Philip Hoy.
Please click link for further information and to purchase tickets.
