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Lemn Sissay | Cambridge Literary Festival

Author, poet and broadcaster Lemn Sissay returns to Cambridge!

  • 18th November 2023 - 11th November 2023
  • 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

As dawn breaks each morning, Lemn Sissay composes a short poem. He has done this every day for the past decade. The poet, playwright, comedian and acclaimed author returns to Cambridge to present his life-affirming and characteristically witty new collection of these stirring sunrise poems, Let the Light Pour In. Expect resilience and defiant joy.

Introduced by the New Statesman‘s Britain Editor Anoosh Chakelian.

Facilities

  • Assistance dogs welcome
  • Disabled Accessibility
  • Facilities for Disabled Guests
  • Non-Smoking Rooms
  • wheelchair access

Accessibility Facilities

  • Assistance dogs welcome
  • Designated wheelchair public toilet
  • Induction loops
  • Staff available to assist
  • Wheel chair accessible
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Did you know?

First World War poet Rupert Brooke studied at King’s College, Cambridge, and spent time living in Grantchester. He was so enamoured with the Cambridgeshire village he penned one of his most famous works, The Old Vicarage, about his home there.