Placeholder Poetry #4: Kat Sinclair, Verity Spott, Sarona Abuaker

Placeholder is home for poetry readings of the avant-garde, challenging, queer and radical. Following the success of this poetry reading series in Brighton, Wire Wool Events is collaborating with Placeholder to bring three outstanding poets together in Southampton.This is the 4th event of the partnership, and showcases the new title from Placeholder's founder.Kat Sinclair is a poet living in Southampton and a 2024 PhD candidate researching the political economy of feminised robots. She is the author of Very Authentic Person (the87press, 2019), PLEASE PRESS (Sad Press, 2022), and pamphlets with Face Press and Earthbound Press. Her work has also appeared in Chicago Review, Datableed, and in collections from SPAM Press and Dostoyevsky Wannabe. The Pharmacy is out now from the87Press.Verity Spott is a poet and musician. Verity runs Iodine Press and Horseplay in Brighton. Verity's books include Gideon, Balconette and Effort To No. The North Road Songbook is out now from Pilot Press.Sarona Abuaker is a poet, artist, and educational outreach worker. Her poems have been published in Berfrois, MAP Magazine, Ludd Gang, Senna Hoy, and the87press’ Digital Poetics series. Her mixed-media essay Suture Fragmentations – A Note on Return was published in December 2020 with KOHL: A Journal for Body and Gender Research. She is the author of Why so few women on the street at night (the87press, 2021).This event is a toiletries donation point for Basics Bank. Raffle prizes are books - proceeds go to Yellow Door.Limited seats available, book in advance to avoid disappointment.6:45pm doors, 7pm start