Take a seat at the main reading of poets Caleb Femi and Dalia Taha. This is the moment to get to know both the poetry and the person behind it.
Caleb Femi (1990, NGA+GBR) is a poet, filmmaker, and photographer whose first collections immediately won major awards. He writes about growing up on a social housing estate in South London, its architecture, and its nightlife. In The Wickedest, the reader follows, in a poetic long take, one night at a London shoob, where living rooms transform into clubs.
Dalia Taha (1986, PSE) was born in Berlin but grew up and works in Palestine. She gained recognition as a poet, teacher, and playwright, with work staged internationally, from European theatres to the West Bank. In her poetry, she interweaves language and history with the reality of life in Palestine.
Host Jelle van Riet opens the main reading with a short introductory conversation. After that, both poets will read from their own work, sharing a personal selection of brand-new poems, their response to the festival theme, or a surprising gem from their oeuvre.
