More news from the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival... Last night (Thursday) saw the official launch reception (great wine and nibbles btw) at the Peter Pears Gallery. This was a 3-in-1 event as it also included a preview of Peter Blegvad's Poetic Polydidsia & Other Pictures – Peter is The Poetry Trust's commissioned illustrator for 2009. And, the official book launch of Herbert "Bertie" Lomas' new collection A Casual Knack of Living – Bertie also gave a short reading of some selected pieces, including a poem written as a challenge to find words that rhyme with 'turd' – there's an awful lot of them, although some are a little absurd. Here are some random pix from the reception...
Poetry Trust director Naomi Jaffa welcoming everyone.
Some of Peter Blegvad's illustrations
Herbert Lomas signing copies of his latest collection.
The reception – poet Pascale Petit among others pictured
Poet and all-round Poetry Trust creative whiz Dean Parkin
Poet and festival founder Michael Laskey, among others
