Join Bloodaxe for this launch event for Rachael Boast's international anthology Versus Versus: 100 poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets, published on Thursday 22 May. Rachael will be joined by the three poets who helped on the book as its Advocacy and Advisory Panel, Karthika Naïr (India/France), Chisom Okafor (Nigeria) and Daniel Sluman (UK), who also have poems included in the anthology.  

The event will also include film clips of twelve other poets reading their poems from Versus Versus: Han Mac Tu (Vietnam), Kathryn Gray (Wales), Andy Jackson (Australia), Kate Davis (England), Riyad al-Saleh al Hussein (Syria), Khairani Barokka (Indonesia/UK), Naomi Ortiz (Mexico), Levent Beskardes (Turkey/LSF), Jack Mapanje (Malawi/UK), Jamie Hale (UK), Lateef McLeod (USA) and Nuala Watt (Scotland). 

This free Bloodaxe launch event will be streamed on YouTube Live and will be available below or here: https://youtube.com/live/07usVjBxJo8. Available to watch live or later via YouTube.

To receive reminder events about the event, you can register on TicketTailor here: https://buytickets.at/bloodaxebooks/1664193