Simon Barraclough and Stephen Sturgeon will be reading from their latest work on Sunday, May 11, 2008.

Simon Barraclough was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire but has lived in London for 11 years. He won the poetry section of the London Writers’ Competition in 2000 and has been published widely in magazines such as Poetry Review, The Manhattan Review, Time Out, and Magma. His work has also been broadcast several times on BBC Radio 4 and Radio 3. His debut collection Los Alamos Mon Amour was published by Salt in April 2008 and has already been noted by Sarah Crown of The Guardian as one of the poetry books to look out for this year. He also appeared in The Times’ list of ‘Top Ten Literary Stars of 2008’.

Stephen Sturgeon's poems have appeared in Boston Review, Fulcrum: an Annual of Poetry and Aesthetics, Harvard Review, and Jacket, among other journals. He was recently named Editor of Fulcrum.

The reading will begin at 6 pm at the Pierre Menard Gallery, located at 10 Arrow Street in Harvard Square (up Arrow Street from the Cafe Pamplona). Admission is free and a reception will follow.