Author Conversations: Joseph Fasano

In brief

Guest - Joseph Fasano

Series - Author Conversations: A Reading Series

Venue - The Argyle Cellar Bar

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About the event

In this special event, multi-talented author and musician Joseph Fasano brings us poems, songs and selections from his fiction.

About the author

Joseph Fasano is an American poet, novelist, and songwriter. His novels include The Swallows of Lunetto (Maudlin House, 2022) and The Dark Heart of Every Wild Thing (Platypus Press, 2020). His books of poetry include The Crossing (2018), Vincent (2015), Inheritance (2014), and Fugue for Other Hands (2013).

He has won the Cider Press Review Book Award and the Rattle Poetry Prize, and was nominated the Poets' Prize, which is "awarded annually for the best book of verse published by a living American poet two years prior to the award year."

His writing has been widely translated and anthologised, most recently in The Forward Book of Poetry 2022 (Faber and Faber). His debut album of original songs, The Wind That Knows the Way (2022), is available wherever music is streamed or sold.

About the series

Every year, the Writer-in-Residence programmes a series of Author Readings and Conversations with the best and brightest writers around.

These free events are open to everyone. Spaces are limited, so please book your ticket through Eventbrite.

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