Meet the Poet: Wendy Cope

FRIDAY 8 November 7.30pm £12, Tower Mill (Heart of Hawick), Kirkstile, Hawick, TD9 0AE MEET THE POET: WENDY COPE Heart of Hawick and The Eildon Tree Magazine present a unique opportunity to hear renowned poet Wendy Cope. Since her highly acclaimed poetry collection Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis (Faber and Faber 1986), Wendy Cope has been at the forefront of the British poetry scene. A winner of the Cholmondeley Award in 1987, other publications include Serious Concerns (Faber 1992), the Whitbread Poetry Award shortlisted If I Don’t Know (Faber 2001) and Cures for Love (Faber 2008). A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, in 1998 she was listeners’ choice in a BBC Radio 4 poll to succeed Ted Hughes as Poet Laureate. Wendy Cope’s incisive, funny and often heart wrenching verse justifies her National Treasure status. She was awarded an OB E in 2010. For tickets, phone 01450 360688.