A literary evening with Julian Roup, author of “Into the Secret Heart of Ashdown Forest”, and Ashdown Forest Poet in Residence, Sian Thomas.

About this event

Into the Secret Heart of Ashdown Forest – a literary fundraising evening hosted by Natasha Kaplinsky.

Join local author, Julian Roup, as he reads from his latest book – “Into the Secret Heart of Ashdown Forest”- and Ashdown Forest Poet in Residence, Sian Thomas, who will read poems from her new collection “Ashdown”, celebrating Ashdown Forest.

 

 

Julian says of his book: “After the best part of a year in lockdown thanks to Covid-19 it became clear to me as never before how much I owed to the place that has been my home for 40 years – Ashdown Forest in East Sussex – and to my horses who have carried me across its green miles. The forest and the horses have brought me health and peace and contentment when in fact life offered just the opposite. The pandemic truly brought it home to me how important nature is to our wellbeing. So this book is a thank you to the Forest and to the horses, particularly my newest horse, Callum, the big chestnut Irish Sports Horse who has been my salvation during this plague year.”

 

Sian Thomas describes her collection – “Having spent most of my life living near the forest, I wrote these poems as a love-song to the place. There are many walking poems in the collection, along with poems of childhood and youth. They trace the Forest’s paths and record my encounters with the animals, plants and people of this extraordinary place. ”

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From: 17 November 2021 19:30 To : 17 November 2021 21:00
Location: Ashdown Park Hotel & Country Club, Wych Cross, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5JR
Cost: £ 15