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The English River reading, East Coker

Virginia Astley will recite poems from her new book The English River accompanied by Florence Astley on the harp.
Her first book-length collection, The English River combines both photographs and poems to paint a vivid picture of the river Thames and the community that surrounds it.
Virginia grew up by the river’s upper reaches, knew the old lock-keepers and was familiar with all aspects of the Thames and its hinterland: both the natural world and the people whose lives are intimately connected with the river.
In recent years, she has returned to the Thames, working for a summer as an assistant lock-keeper, and walking its length to record and respond to its landscapes, river life and river folk as a poet and photographer.
You can read more about the book, and order copies, here: http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/the-english-river-1180