Literature
Meet the Author – Hollie Starling
The Heath Bookshop (Kings Court (opposite Asda), R/O94 High Street, Kings Heath,, BirminghamAuthor of The Bleeding Tree, Hollie Starling will be sharing an excerpt from her book and will join in a discussion The Heath Bookshop owners Claire Dawes and Catherine Gale. About The Bleeding Tree: As summer falls into autumn, Hollie Starling is hit by the heart-stopping news that her father has died by suicide. At […]
Meet the Author – Helen Calcutt
The Heath Bookshop (Kings Court (opposite Asda), R/O94 High Street, Kings Heath,, BirminghamIn September 2017, Helen Calcutt’s brother Matthew took his own life. He was 40 years old. ‘… the phone rang / and when I answered it / you’d killed / yourself, and that was the start / of you being dead.’ This is the starting point of an astonishing new pamphlet of poems by Helen […]
‘The Archaeology of Loss’ – author event with Sarah Tarlow
The Heath Bookshop (Kings Court (opposite Asda), R/O94 High Street, Kings Heath,, BirminghamCome and join us at The Heath Bookshop for an evening with author, Sarah Tarlow. As part of A Matter of Life and Death Festival 2024 we are delighted to showcase her book, 'The Archaeology of Loss' and hear about the writing of her very first memoir. Sarah Tarlow is a British archaeologist and academic. As […]
The Comfort of Poetry
Thimblemill Library Thimblemill Rd,, SmethwickAn afternoon of poetry with Maggie Parsons
Pop up Death
Library of Birmingham Centenary Square,, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomOur final event of A Matter of Life and Death Festival Together in Central Birmingham, bringing together many contributors and creative responses to death and dying created during the Festival.
