Sean O’Brien & Lydia Kennaway: a poetry reading

Join us at The Leeds Library for an evening of poetry with two acclaimed writers, Sean O’Brien and Lydia Kennaway. Drawing on themes of landscape, memory, history and the traces we leave behind, both poets will read from their latest books and discuss the inspirations behind their work. Join us at The Leeds Library for an evening of poetry with two acclaimed writers, Sean O’Brien and Lydia Kennaway. Drawing on themes of landscape, memory, history and the traces we leave behind, both poets will read from their latest books and discuss the inspirations behind their work. Sean O’Brien: What Lies at the Back of Beyond? Sean O’Brien follows his acclaimed twelfth poetry collection The Bonfire Party (Picador, 2026) with his new pamphlet, Back Of  Beyond (Red Squirrel Press). The new poems explore taken-for-granted rituals in the back of an English beyond, including sheds, cricket, rural auctions, Guy Fawkes Night, and slow trains heading even further beyond. Sean O’Brien’s work ha