An Evening of Poetry with Chancellor Lemn Sissay
29 Sep 2017
Award-winning poet Lemn Sissay will be performing a selection of new and favourite poems on Saturday 7 October at the Martin Harris Centre.
Lemn Sissay is the author of a series of books of poetry alongside articles, records, broadcasts, public art, commissions and plays. He was the first poet commissioned to write for the 2012 London Olympics. His Landmark Poems are installed throughout Manchester and London. They can be seen in The Royal Festival Hall and The Olympic Park.
Having published his first book of poetry aged 21, he received an MBE from The Queen for services to literature in 2010.
Sissay became Chancellor at The University of Manchester in June 2015.
All proceeds from this event will be donated to the Lemn Sissay Foundation. The Foundation has been established to support the causes that are close to his heart: the arts, education, young people in care, care leavers and the people of Ethiopia. Recently, the Foundation announced the launch of The Lemn Sissay Law Bursaries, designed to increase the number of black males embarking on careers in law and the criminal justice sector.
To book:
Tickets are priced at £10 / £8 and are available from:
- Martin Harris Centre Box Office 0161 275 8951 (12.30-2.30pm weekdays) or
- Online at Quaytickets
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