Faber Poets: David Harsent, Jo Shapcott and Don Paterson
Thursday 10 February 2011, 7 p.m. · 61 minutes![](https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/storage/300_filter/images/8/8/0/0/530088-10-eng-GB/53a03a8425d76.jpg 300w, https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/storage/400_filter/images/8/8/0/0/530088-10-eng-GB/53a03a8425d76.jpg 400w, https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/storage/800_filter/images/8/8/0/0/530088-10-eng-GB/53a03a8425d76.jpg 800w, https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/storage/1200_filter/images/8/8/0/0/530088-10-eng-GB/53a03a8425d76.jpg 1200w)
This next poem is about the concept of emergence, which is: how can you start 13.7 billion years ago with some hot gas and a bit of random quantum fluctuation, and end up having a one sided conversation in the London Review Bookshop? If that doesn't impress you, I don't know what will.
An evening of poetry was held at the Bookshop to celebrate the publication of David Harsent's Griffin International Poetry Prize-winning collection, Night. Jo Shapcott and Don Paterson joined David Harsent for a spellbinding set of readings, touching upon bee-keeping, Rothko, saints and siestas, and culminating in an atmospheric reading from Night itself.
David Harsent will be returning to the shop for the first of our Sunday Poetry Salons.