Acclaimed poet Raymond Antrobus celebrates his new book The Quiet Ear; a memoir, a cultural history of deafness, a call to action

7:00pm-9:00pm Where Else?

An urgent and resonant 'investigation of missing sound' from multi-award-winning British Jamaican poet Raymond Antrobus, The Quiet Ear examines a life lived at the crossroads of race, disability and the deaf and hearing worlds. Raymond sets his own story alongside those of other D/deaf cultural figureheads, paying homage to deaf artistry and identity and weighing the shame of miscommunication against the joy of community.

Born in East London and now living and working in Margate, Raymond Antrobus is a poet, author and educator and D/deaf advocate whose work explores sound, identity and belonging. He has published a number of highly acclaimed poetry collections, including The Perseverance, All the Names Given and Signs, Music, as well as two children's books, Can Bears Ski? and Terrible Horses. His poems have been added to the GCSE syllabus in the UK and in 2020 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and appointed an MBE in 2021. Raymond will be discussing The Quiet Ear in conversation with fellow Margate-based poet Harry Baker, a World Slam Champion and maths graduate who needs no further introduction.

This event will be British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted.