{"product_id":"hard-graft-event-ticket","title":"Online Book Launch - Hard Graft with Di Slaney","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eby Di Slaney\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoin us for a Poetry Pharmacy online launch of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHard Graft\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the emotive new collection from poet \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDi Slaney.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring this online launch, Di will read from her new collection and talk about the stories behind the poems. The event is introduced by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeborah Alma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, founder of the Poetry Pharmacy and hosted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKatie Dunstan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e from our Oxford Street store. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions during a live audience Q\u0026amp;A.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoin us for tears and laughter in this memorable evening.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDi Slaney’s collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHard Graft\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e asks what it means to keep going when the body becomes strange to itself.  Moving between brain tumour, rural life, hospital wards, graveyards, family history, desire, money, memory and care, these poems do not sentimentalise illness, nor do they turn survival into easy triumph. Instead, they stay close to the work of living. Across its four movements, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHard Graft\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e turns from memento mori towards memento vivere: from remembering death to remembering how fiercely, foolishly and tenderly we live. And, perhaps, towards the hardest graft of all: staying alive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Riotous, raw, and tender, these musical poems honour lost friends, finding both  humour and aching beauty a lump-in-the-throat of a collection, and with Slaney’s wide ranging fascinations, one I couldn’t put down.” DEBORAH ALMA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDi Slaney lives in an ancient farmhouse on the edge of Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire, where she runs livestock sanctuary Manor Farm Charitable Trust and independent publisher Candlestick Press. Di was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2019.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWednesday September 23rd from 6 to 7pm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYour ticket includes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLive access to the online event via Google Meet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA poetry reading by Di Slaney\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLive audience Q\u0026amp;A\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Poetry Pharmacy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58877391896960,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9436\/9563\/files\/7b0f27_a6e2c78eb0a04f4d9de40fc3edb0b45d_mv2.avif?v=1788773246","url":"https:\/\/poetrypharmacy.live\/products\/hard-graft-event-ticket","provider":"The Poetry Pharmacy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}