Ella Frears poetry reading and in-conversation with Q&A

Friday 7th June, 7.30pm - 9pm, The Hypatia Trust, Chapel Street

We are so pleased to have Ella Frears at this year's Women in Word literary festival. Ella is an exciting, modern poet and writer with acclaimed published works. Her new book, Goodlord, is due to launch soon with Rough Trade Books and she is currently the Royal Literary Fund Fellow for the Courtauld Institute of Art. Ella will be reading from a selection of her work, followed by a short interval and then an in-conversation with Q&A.

Ella Frears

Ella Frears is a poet and artist, from Cornwall, based in London. Her debut collection, Shine, Darling, (Offord Road Books, 2020) was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and was shortlisted for both the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, and the T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry.

Goodlord, her new hybrid work which takes the form of one long email to an estate agent, will be out in June published through Rough Trade Books.

Ella is a tutor in poetry and creative writing at City Lit, was an Associate Lecturer at Goldsmiths University for the BA English with Creative Writing, has taught for Falmouth University, and University East London, as well as running freelance workshops for various spaces and organisations including Arvon, the Guardian, the Poetry School, the Poetry Society, Kew Gardens, Dartington, and Spread the Word.

In 2023 Ella was Creative Fellow at Exeter University working with the Maritime Environmental History Department, and is currently the Royal Literary Fund Fellow for the Courtauld Institute of Art.

Read her full biography here: https://ellafrears.com/biography/

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