Isobel Dixon will be the guest poet at tonight's Off the Wall Poetry Session. Dixon will be reading as a guest poet after which an open mic session will follow at the wonderful A Touch of Madness Victorian Quaffery in Observatory, Cape Town.
She has three poetry collections out: Weather Eye (Carapace, 2001), A Fold in the Map (Jacana, 2007) — of which Clive James said, “Isobel Dixon was born with the gift of lyricism as natural speech” — and The Tempest Prognosticator (Umuzi, 2011), which JM Coetzee called “A virtuoso collection”. Isobel was born in Mthatha, grew up in the Karoo, in Graaff-Reinet, and now works in London. Her web-site is here. Isobel will be selling her books, so bring money!
Time: 20:00
Venue: A Touch of Madness Victorian Quaffery
12 Nuttall Road, Observatory, Cape Town
Cover: Free
Click here to read Rentia-Bartlett Möhl's interview with Isobel.