The Sydney launch of Paris Rose debut poetry collection, Banana Girl. I’m doing the honours—a great joy since Paris is one of my most accomplished graduates, and a good friend. Her book is steeped in sass and sense, sensibility, sestinas, Sijo and sestets. She herself is a siren among poets. The incomparable Ali Whitelock, another of Paris’s mentors, introduces us both. Paris will read and we’ll Q & A a while before Paris signs copies of her book for you, published by Westwords. Monday 20 November, Better Read than Dead, Newtown.

Book here