Poetry Reading

Hannah Copley and Gustav Parker Hibbett

Thursday 31 July | 11.15am | £12

Hannah Copley is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Westminster and the author of Speculum (Broken Sleep Books, 2021), and Lapwing (Pavilion Poetry, 2024), which was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation, runner up in the Laurel Prize, and shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. She is a poetry editor at Stand and her latest work is a collaborative pamphlet with Alycia Pirmohamed.

Gustav Parker Hibbett is a Black poet, essayist, and MFA dropout. Their debut poetry collection, High Jump as Icarus Story (Banshee Press), was shortlisted for the 2024 T.S. Eliot Prize. They are the 2025 Commissioned Writer for Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, and they are currently pursuing a PhD in Literary Practice at Trinity College Dublin, where they are an Early Career Research Fellow at the Long Room Hub.