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Poetry Live For Haiti

The Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and Poetry Live have invited 20 of Poetry Live's leading poets to perform at Westminster Central Hall on Saturday 30 January 2010 at 2.30 pm in a fundraising event for the people of Haiti.

Other poets include the National Poet Gillian Clarke, Roger McGough, Andrew Motion, John Agard, Dannie Abse, Brian Patten, Imtiaz Dharker, Grace Nichols, Elaine Feinstein, Daljit Nagra, Ian Duhig, Lachlan Mackinnon, Owen Sheers, Glyn Maxwell, Jo Shapcott, Robin Robertson, Colette Bryce, Maura Dooley and Robert Minhinnick, along with the musicians John Sampson and Andy Roberts.

Tickets cost £10 and are available by calling 01497 822629  or go to www.poetryliveforhaiti.org. Tickets will be available at the door on the day for cash only.

All proceeds will go to the Disasters Emergency Committee’s Haiti Earthquake Appeal.

This event has been made possible thanks to the huge generosity of the Guardian Hay Festival, Westminster Central Hall and Eclipse Sound and Light.