Morecambe Poetry Festival: Luke Wright and Kate Fox

Later Life Letter tells the story of Luke Wright’s

adoption – the life he leads, and the one he might

have done. What’s it like to stumble across your

birth mother on Facebook? How do you honour

the parents who have raised you while satisfying

a curiosity about where you came from? Is it

telling that you married a social worker?

Wright navigates his audience through a warm

and honest hour of poems and stand-up with the

wit, pathos, and silliness that has made him one

of the most popular live poets in England.

On Sycamore Gap

Words and music of loss, hope and renewal

Join poet Kate Fox and musicians and musicians Staithe in a performance of On Sycamore Gap, based on Kate’s recent publication of the same name.

Inspired by the shocking vandalism in 2023 that resulted in the felling of the world-famous tree, the poetry book was published on 26 September on the eve of the first anniversary of this criminal act. Kate’s collection of beautifully crafted verse, supported by the haunting and intimate music of Staithe, echoes in the empty space we now encounter and helps to fill the void with hope.