A note on : Japanese UK Poetry Exchange in Norwich and London

JUPE in the UK : At Dragon Hall, Norwich and Candid Arts, London : Sept 16th & 18th 2022 A great start to the long delayed and much enjoyed JUPE project for three UK events. At National Centre for Writing’s amazing Dragon Hall venue in Norwich we travelled to Glasgow, and then to a remarkable Camarade event at Angel’s Candid Arts Basement Gallery. Very different spaces, all brilliant events. All told over 40 British based poets welcomed visiting Japanese poets Fukudapero and Kyoko Yoshida, alongside UK based Shina Shihoko Naga and Hinako Matsumoto. As ever before with these camarade collaborative events, it was a real range of what poetry can be, from all angles, and styles, and ages, and approaches, in the midst of two friendly, playful, supportive nights of literary performance. Click the link for more on each event September 16th in Norwich : National Centre for Writing / September 18th in London : Candid Arts