4 May 2025, 2.30pm-4pm, at the Barbican Centre's Conservatory
Free but booking required here.
Join us to rebirth Spells: 21st-Century Occult Poetry with our magical community of poets, artists and dreamers. Falling just after Beltane, we will celebrate the new and expanded edition of the iconic collection during this time of renewal and abundance among the beautiful plants of the Barbican Conservatory.
Spells editors Rebecca Tamás and Sarah Shin are joined by contributors for readings, performances, spells and divination. bones tan jones and Flora Yin-Wong perform musical invocations and sonic rituals; Rose Nordin, Silver Press’ art director, divines in talismans and molybdomancy; and Livia Franchini, Amy Key, Rebecca May Johnson, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Lucy Mercer, Rebecca Perry, Nisha Ramayya, E Scourti and others read poems by themselves and others.
Spells: 21st-Century Occult Poetry is published in an exuberant new edition by Spiral House, a new imprint of Silver Press exploring art, poetry, transformation and ways of knowing in the book form and beyond.
With
Flora Yin Wong
bones tan jones
Lucy Mercer
Nisha Ramayya
Livia Franchini
Amy Key
Rebecca May Johnson
Rebecca Perry
Karen McCarthy Woolf
E Scourti
Rose Nordin