Lemn Sissay

Part of Live Age Festival 2027

Spend time with a master of the spoken word, seven years a chancellor, official poet of the London Olympics, Honorary fellow of Oxford and Cambridge colleges, winner of  2024 Hay festival medal for poetry, and a three times Sunday Times best seller.

Lemn Sissay is a poet, playwright, memoirist and broadcaster. He has performed throughout the world from The Library of Congress in The United States to  the national Theatre of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa to London Palladium in England. His television documentaries have been nominated for Grierson BAFTA and RTS awards. His work in radio has been nominated for Sony and Palm D’Ors.

This evening will feature a specially curated selection of poetry followed by an ‘in conversation’ section with Professor David Amigoni FEA – Director, Keele Institute of Social Inclusion| Professor of Victorian Literature | Chair, Advisory Council, Institute of English Studies.

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