“Rain Tree” launch at Toppings Bookshop, Bath
reading at Toppings Bookshop
West Wilts Radio’s “Poetry Place”
Reading from "Rain Tree" on West Wilts Radio's "Poetry Place"
New Collection
"Rain Tree" draws on recent journeys in South India, revisiting the country of my childhood
Book launch and poetry reading at Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
BSU BA and MA graduate Matt Haw will launch his second pamphlet, Boudicca (Templar, 2021), on 28 October 2021 . He will be joined for a poetry reading at Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution by Carrie Etter, Pey Oh, and Ruth Sharman. The reading starts at 8 p.m. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, [...]
Scarlet Tiger reviewed by Claire Dyer in The High Window
Ruth Sharman’s Scarlet Tiger reviewed by Claire Dyer in The High Window Scarlet Tiger by Ruth Sharman. £10. Templar Poetry. ISBN: 9781911132103 Although there has been a twenty year pause between the publication of Ruth Sharman’s first collection, Birth of the Owl Butterflies (Picador, 1997) and Scarlet Tiger (Templar, 2016), what is striking is that [...]
Grey Hen Press 10th Anniversary Reading, Saturday 16 September.
R V Bailey, Ann Drysdale, June Hall, Joy Howard, Ruth Sharman and Pat Simmons will showcase a selection from the Grey Hen anthologies ‘Nothing mimsy about these poems by older women. Fierce, funny, disturbing and fairly vicious. Lovely’. Michele Hanson 'Seriously good poetry…the fruit of long-life experience – brave writing, full of love and subversive wit and [...]
Coffee House Poetry at the Troubadour, Monday 15 May.
On Monday 15th May, Ruth will be reading at Coffee-House Poetry at The Troubadour, 263-267 Old Brompton Road, London SW5. Anne-Marie Fyfe, the Coffee-House Poetry organiser writes: Looking forward to welcoming you all back after our Easter/Spring Break to Summer 2017 with a classic Troubadour Poetry Monday, May 15th, see right, showcasing eight great poets. Read more at www.coffeehousepoetry.org
Five poems by Ruth Sharman included in The High Window: Issue 5 Spring 2017
The latest edition of The High Window, Issue 5 Spring 2017, includes five poems by Ruth Sharman: After the Fire Eve Speak Tinnitus Leaving Waiting for the Perseid Meteors The High Window: Issue 5 Spring 2017
interLitQ interview with Ruth Sharman
Interlitq: You refer in some of your poems to your childhood in India. Do you feel you need to travel to exotic places to gain a sense of wonderment? Ruth Sharman: I do feel a sense of wonderment – largely second hand – through my father’s experience of remote regions like the Amazon Rainforest and [...]
Martin Malone reviews ‘Scarlet Tiger’ in The Interpreter’s House
Scarlet Tiger reviewed by Martin Malone in the current issue (64) of The Interpreter's House. You were right: it was never just about butterflies. Scarlet Tiger by Ruth Sharman. Templar Poetry. 78pp; £10.00, ISBN 978-1-911132-10-3. Five years on from my own – somewhat callow – Straid success, it’s a pleasantly humbling experience to encounter the [...]