Through live gigs and an indie magazine, GRAVY brings the UK's leading poets to unique venues around South-East London. This Christmas edition features words and music from Luke Kennard, Amy Acre, Declan Ryan, Billie Manning and Alice Grey. A free copy of GRAVY issue #3 is included with every ticket. About the performers: Luke Kennard is a poet and novelist who lives in Birmingham. His 6th collection, Notes on the Sonnets, won the Forward Prize in 2021. Amy Acre is a poet and editor, born in London and living in Nottingham. Her work has been selected as a BBC Pick of the Week, and her debut collection, Mothersong, was published by Bloomsbury in September 2023. She runs award-winning indie publisher Bad Betty Press. Declan Ryan's first poetry collection, Crisis Actor, is published by Faber & Faber. His reviews and essays - mostly on books and boxing - have appeared in The Guardian, The Observer, and New Statesman. Billie Manning is a poet and teacher from Hackney. She has been published in Magma, bath magg, and Bad Betty's Survival anthology. She teaches was a Barbican Young Poet in 2020. Alice Grey is an East London-based alt folk musician originally from Essex. Her EP What's In Your Head? is available on Spotify and Amazon Music.
