Poet Catherine Scott returning to Willerby Library by popular demand
Mon 14th October 2019
Willerby Library will be hosting an afternoon with local poet Catherine Scott on Thursday, 17 October at 2pm. She will be celebrating her latest collection of verse, ‘A Woman with a Grudge’.
Catherine is returning by popular demand, and the afternoon will be a chance to enjoy her wicked sense of humour, sometimes sweary, sometimes political but always thought provoking and ultimately tender.
Catherine is a highly regarded performance poet and playwright who is well known and very popular across Hull and the East Riding. She performs regularly at events across the region, from the Beverley Poetry Festival to guest poet at ‘The Ropery’ in Barton. She also shares her love of the written word by delivering poetry workshops in local schools and to the wider public.
Catherine has written three poetry compilations; ‘A Woman with a View’, ‘Add Verse to Therapy’ and ‘The Brazen Maiden from Hull’.
She has been described as ‘Hull’s answer to Pam Ayres’ and expresses her feelings and observations of life through poetry, embroidering the truth to add a bit of comedy. Catherine’s original poetry will make people laugh out loud and bring a tear to their eye.
One of her poems came second in the National Poetry Rivals Slam in 2015 and another was published in their anthology of the 100 best poems, from 6000 entries.
Tickets are free, and are available now in person from Willerby Library, or by calling 01482 658077.
The East Riding Festival of Words is also offering a chance for aspiring poets to attend a Poetry Writing Workshop at the Treasure House in Beverley on Friday, 18 October, from 10am to 3pm.
The Festival has commissioned Catherine Scott to deliver the workshop on the theme of ‘My Mind, My Thoughts’.
Tickets for the workshop cost £18 each and are available now online at www.festivalofwords.co.uk or by calling (01482) 392699. Please note all tickets are subject to a 10% booking fee, capped at a maximum of £1.
For full details, visit the website at www.festivalofwords.co.uk or follow @erwordfest on facebook, twitter or instagram.
