Poetry inspired by Elizabeth Smart

At Grand Central Station We Sat Down and Wept is the stunning new anthology devised and edited by Kevin Cadwallender. Using Elizabeth Smart’s On Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept as inspiration, Kevin selected lines, put a note on Facebook inviting poets write from the lines and received an overwhelming response.

This anthology features 57 poets from throughout the UK and includes a poem by Sebastian Barker (Elizabeth Smart’s son) who gave this book his blessing.

Contains poems by:
• Maureen Almond
• Carole Baldock
• Sebastian Barker
• Martin Belk
• Michael Blackburn
• Kevin Cadwallender
• Hayley Calder
• Hazel Cameron
• Jo Colley
• Anne Connolly
• Tom Coyopa
• Brittany N.Crosby
• Colin Donati
• Etta Dunn
• Crista Ermiya
• Sally Evans
• Adam Fish
• Alison Flett
• Linda France
• Naomi Foyle
• Eddie Gibbons
• Jon Glasper
• Aidan Halpin
• Harlequinade
• Ric Hool
• Ian Horn
• Andy Jackson
• Sally James
• Arielle Karro
• Tom Kelly
• Kath Kenny
• Valerie Laws
• S.J. Litherland
• Liz Loxley
• Roddy Lumsden
• Rob A. MacKenzie
• Lyn Moir
• Stephen James Moore
• Deborah Murray
• James Oates
• Nalini Paul
• M.R.Peacocke
• Andrew Phillip
• Fiona Pitt-Kethely
• Angela Readman
• Carolyn P. Richardson
• Alistair Robinson
• Gerard Rudolf
• Mairi Sharratt
• Nancy Somerville
• Sheila Templeton
• Texture
• Fanny Walker
• Colin Will
• J.L.Williams
• Andrew Wilson
• Rodney Wood

Monday 6th December, 7.30 pm

Launch of poetry anthology On Grand Central Station We Sat Down and Wept, based on lines from Elizabeth Smart

Poets reading include Kevin Cadwallender, Adam Fish, Linda France, Tom Kelly, Kath Kenny, Valerie Laws, Alistair Robinson and many more.
Centurion, Grand Central Station, Neville Street, Newcsatle upon Tyne NE1 5DG Tel: 0191 230 2714

More information from the Red Squirrel Site:

http://www.redsquirrelpress.com/index.php?grandcentral