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URL:https://burnleywordsfestival.co.uk/events/finding-inspiration-in-natur
 e-with-isobel-dixon/
SUMMARY:'A Whistling of Birds' Finding Inspiration In Nature with Isobel Di
 xon
DESCRIPTION:Come and join acclaimed poet Isobel Dixon as she reads from her
  vivid new collection A Whistling of Birds and engages in a conversation a
 bout favourite nature writers and themes.\n\nLyrical\, vigorous\, inventiv
 e\, A Whistling of Birds shares points of creative contact with D.H. Lawre
 nce’s iconic collection\, Birds\, Beasts and Flowers\, but also ranges w
 idely through the worlds of other writers\, artists and musicians – from
  Emily Dickinson to Ted Hughes\, Albrecht Dürer to Georgia O’Keeffe\, i
 n moments closely examined and delicately drawn. Syrian roses\, an abundan
 ce of apricots in Santa Fe\; bats\, bees\, tortoises\, snakes\, the genero
 us\nbody of a whale. Threaded throughout is the beautiful complexity and v
 ulnerability of the planet\, and the joy and difficulty of making art\, al
 so in times of war and displacement.\n\nThis event is Free to Attend / Pay
  What You Decide on the day\, but due to limited capacity we recommend sav
 ing your seat in advance by booking online here: https://www.ticketsource.
 co.uk/burnley-words/t-xmyokzj\n\nSee more about A Whistling of Birds here:
 \nhttps://ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/a-whistling-
 of-birds\n\nPraise for A Whistling of Birds: \n‘In Isobel Dixon’s A W
 histling of Birds she gets\, and shares with her readers\, new slants on l
 ife on earth…. This book gives shocks of pleasure and gratitude in equal
  measure.’ – David Constantine\n\n‘These are warm\, attentive\, movi
 ng poems\, full of feeling but also full of precision and clarity of mind.
  Isobel Dixon's work is engaged not just with life\, but with poetry as li
 fe\, and this haunting book is a testament to the doubleness of the poetic
  art: an engagement with the world\, and a world in and of itself' – Pat
 rick McGuinness\n\n‘Isobel Dixon’s writing is lit by a fierce sense of
  landscape. … Her work is visually exuberant\; its sounds\, delicious\, 
 especially when bound by rhyme. Dixon’s lines flash with humour and tend
 erness. Her poems marry exactitude to emotion. In both\, they are memorabl
 e.’ – Alison Brackenbury\n\nAbout Isobel Dixon \n\nIsobel Dixon is a 
 poet and literary agent. Born in South Africa she studied in Edinburgh and
  now lives in Cambridge. Her debut collection Weather Eye won the Oliver S
 chreiner Prize and her work is published in journals and anthologies aroun
 d the world. She is known for her striking nature poetry\, shown at its fu
 llest in her fifth collection\, A Whistling of Birds\, with illustrations 
 by acclaimed Scottish nature artist\, Douglas Robertson.\n\nwww.isobeldixo
 n.com\nwww.douglasrobertson.co.uk
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CATEGORIES:Author Talk
LOCATION:Burnley Words Fest Hub\, Market Square\, Charter Walk\, Burnley\, 
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