News, Readings & Workshops
Find out where Sarah is reading next, details of upcoming workshops and the latest publications to feature her poetry.
Newcastle book launch and reading
Excited to launch my new pamphlet, Pond, with The Braag, reading with Nina Murray.
Book Launch Monday 26 February, 2024 from 6pm - 8pm.
FREE ENTRY at Loftus Room, Lit and Phil, Newcastle, NE1 1SE
Drinks and nibbles. Come and join us!
Book launch reading
Reading at the launch of Arboreal by Corinna Board - free tickets here
A new pamphlet, Pond, to be published by Braag press in February 2024
“Pond by Sarah Westcott is an ecological glimpse into another world. Filled with strange and sprawling life, and how we might reach towards the more-than-human through language."
My new pamphlet, Pond, will be published by The Braag press end February.
Book Launch Monday 26 February, 2024 from 6pm - 8pm.
FREE ENTRY at Loftus Room, Lit and Phil, Newcastle, NE1 1SE
An evening of poetry - reading with Declan Ryan, Emily Hasler, James Goodman
An evening of poetry at The Horton, Epsom, Surrey. For tickets book here: https://thehortonepsom.org/events/an-evening-of-poetry/
Shortlist reading and award ceremony for the Ledbury Hellens Poetry Prize for second collections
Bloom is one of six books shortlisted for the Ledbury Hellens Poetry Prize for second collections published in 2021 and 2022. The winner will be announced at an online reading and award ceremony on Monday 4th December at 7pm. Further details here: https://ledburypoetry.org.uk/home/ledbury-hellens-poetry-prize/
New work in berlin lit
Pleased to have two new poems published in berlin lit alongside some wonderful work. These poems are part of a sequence of twelve months of the year and the first two to find a home. Read them and the whole issue here: https://www.berlinlit.com/sarah-westcott/
Writing Eco-Poetry - an online course for City Lit
How might we write and think about poetry that reflects the precarity of the natural world? Book here: https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/writing-eco-poetry
Margate Bookie - reading at the launch of 14 magazine
Reading at the launch of 14 magazine at the Turner Contemporary, Margate. Tickets here: Margate Bookie 2023
Nevada Street Poets - a reading at West Greenwich library for Inwords
A poetry reading at West Greenwich library for Inwords, with Lorraine Mariner, Richard Meier and more
Reading at Sunrose Arts Festival
Guest reader at Sunrose Arts Festival, Canterbury, with Jennifer Wong, Jessica Mookherjee and more.
New work in The Rialto
Delighted to have new work in The Rialto Issue 100 edited by Will Harris and Ella Frears.
Poetry Reading
Pavilion poets - a reading with Jodie Hollander and Emily Hasler, Chener Books, Lordship Lane, London, 7pm.
Poetry Workshop
I am teaching a new course for City Lit this spring - an intensive poetry workshop for feedback on work in progress.
Book Launch
Launch of Living with other People, a new anthology from Corrupted Poetry, Chener Books, Lordship Lane, London, 7pm.