Lemn Sissay: Let The Light Pour In

Lemn Sissay: Let The Light Pour In

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About the show

Spend time with a master of the spoken word, seven years a chancellor, official poet of the London Olympics, Honorary fellow of Oxford and Cambridge colleges, winner of 2024 Hay festival medal for poetry, and a three times Sunday Times best seller.

For the past decade, Lemn Sissay has composed a short poem as dawn breaks each morning. Life-affirming, witty and full of wonder, these poems chronicle his own battle with the dark and are fuelled by resilience and defiant joy. Let the Light Pour In is a collection of the best of these poems, and a book celebrating this morning practice.

Join one of the best and most beloved British poets of our time for a rare appearance in Somerset. This special evening will see Lemn perform poetry readings from Let the Light Pour In. There will be a book signing afterwards.

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Lemn Sissay appearing at this event

Lemn Sissay

Energetically performed, Lemn's work fuses the lyrical and the polemical with upbeat humour and forthright seriousness. He has published many books including The Emperor's Watchmaker, his first for children, and worked with artists and musicians including Leftfield, whose top 10 album Leftism includes Lemn's 21st Century Poem. 'His name is magic in poetry circles. His poems are songs of the street'. (The Independent)

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on Saturday 28 February 2026