In Conversation: Karen Solie and Sarah Howe
Sat 14 Nov · 15:55
The Pleasance Edinburgh
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In Conversation: Karen Solie and Sarah Howe is set for 14 November 2026 at The Pleasance Edinburgh. The event will feature a discussion between the two poets about their recent collections, which address themes of beauty, terror, family, and colonialism. The conversation will be moderated by Theresa Muñoz and is supported by the T.S. Eliot Prize.
When granting Karen Solie the 2025 T.S. Eliot Prize for Wellwater, the judges described the collection as holding “the two sentiments, The world is a beautiful place / The world is a terrible place, in perfect equipoise”. Wellwater had been shortlisted alongside Sarah Howe’s collection Foretokens, which navigates the complex inheritance of family, language and colonialism, re-examining the clouded past of Howe’s mother: abandoned as a baby and taken in, at the turbulent dawn of Communist China, by a woman with her own hidden motives. Join both poets as they discuss these two luminous collections, in conversation with Theresa Muñoz. This event is supported by the T.S. Eliot Prize.
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In Conversation: Karen Solie and Sarah Howe takes place on Saturday, 14 November 2026 at 15:55.
In Conversation: Karen Solie and Sarah Howe is held at The Pleasance Edinburgh in Edinburgh (60 Pleasance, Edinburgh South EH8 9TJ).
The forecast for In Conversation: Karen Solie and Sarah Howe is Mainly clear · 4°C.
Yes — hotels within walking distance of The Pleasance Edinburgh can be compared using the accommodation search further down this page.
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In Conversation: Karen Solie and Sarah Howe is set for 14 November 2026 at The Pleasance Edinburgh. The event will feature a discussion between the two poets about their recent collections, which address themes of beauty, terror, family, and colonialism. The conversation will be moderated by Theresa Muñoz and is supported by the T.S. Eliot Prize.
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When granting Karen Solie the 2025 T.S. Eliot Prize for Wellwater, the judges described the collection as holding “the two sentiments, The world is a beautiful place / The world is a terrible place, in perfect equipoise”. Wellwater had been shortlisted alongside Sarah Howe’s collection Foretokens, which navigates the complex inheritance of family, language and colonialism, re-examining the clouded past of Howe’s mother: abandoned as a baby and taken in, at the turbulent dawn of Communist China, by a woman with her own hidden motives. Join both poets as they discuss these two luminous collections, in conversation with Theresa Muñoz. This event is supported by the T.S. Eliot Prize.
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