The launch of Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana's 2nd Salt collection, Skinship, at Blackwell's Newcastle : Bubbly, Cake & Guest Poet Sam Szanto!

Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana will be reading at Newcastle Blackwell's from her second Salt poetry collection, Skinship, with guest poet, Sam Szanto, supporting her, followed by a conversation about the book with Sam.

About Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana:

Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana is author of Sing Me Down from the Dark and Skinship (Salt Books).

In 2026, she won the Frome Festival Crysse Morrison Poetry Prize, and Verve's February Poem of the Month, and was placed third in the Kent and Sussex competition. She is currently shortlisted for the Forwards Prize for Best Single Poem Written for her zuihitsu, Madam Gout, originally published by Magma. Alexandra lived in Japan for 10 years and has Masters degrees in Japanese Language and Culture and in Writing Poetry. She teaches for The Poetry Business and The Poetry School.

About Sam Szanto:

Sam Szanto is a poet and short-fiction writer living in Durham. Her poetry pamphlet ‘This Was Your Mother’ was published by Dreich Press; ‘Splashing Pink’ (a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice) by Hedgehog Press. Her work appears in literary journals including ‘The Rialto’, ‘The North’, ‘The Madrid Review’, ‘Northern Gravy’, ‘Ink Sweat and Tears’, ‘South Carolina Review’ and ‘The Storms’. She is a creative writing PhD candidate at York St John University.

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