Quiet Time
Poetry by the Fireside
Acclaimed poet and artist Olly Williams will be in conversation with Chips Hardy for a winter evening by our crackling fire.
Join us for an evening of poetry and conversation with OIly Williams
Olly Williams
Olly Williams is an artist, writer and conservationist. Quiet Time is his fourth collection of poetry. For the past 35 years Olly has worked in wild and remote regions of the world, documenting the plight of the endangered predators, predominantly in painting and drawing with his collaborative art-making partner Suzi Winstanley. He lives with his family in West Sussex and Arctic Sweden.
Quiet Time
This book is:
Of both love and loss.
Of family.
Of getting older,
Of owning choices that I’ve made.
Of being in nature, every day.
Of today and yesterday
Of creatures I’ve been blessed to meet
Of wildest memories.
Of looming war and of my tribe,
Of camaraderie.
Of questioning,
Of reading, learning, wondering but most of all –
Of listening.
Chips Hardy
Chips Hardy is a novelist, playwright and screenwriter across television, film, theatre, and stand-up. His productions include television drama, Taboo, which he worked on alongside his son, Tom Hardy, as a co-creator, writer, and consulting producer. For Taboo, Chips won a 2018 Writer’s Guild of Great Britain award for Best Long Form TV Drama, and a second season of Taboo was announced in 2023. He has also won a British Comedy Award for his work with Irish comedian Dave Allen.
Practical Information
There will be an opportunity to buy a signed, limited edition poetry book
Bar will be open from 6pm
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