Join Ian Parks at readings around the UK where he will read from his latest collection The Sons of Darkness and the Sons of Light published by Crooked Spire Press in October 2025.
If you would like Ian to read near you and can help organize an evening with other readers, please email us or contact Ian directly.
Upcoming Readings
Summer 2026:
Retford Book Festival, Friday 12th June, 4pm with Mick Jenkinson.
Autumn 2026:
Leeds, details to follow
Past Events
Saturday October 11th 2025: the launch of The Sons of Darkness and the Sons of Light took place at the Unitarian Church in Doncaster.
Photos and feedback on this event are here.
Tuesday 18th October, 2025: Online launch of The Sons of Darkness and the Sons of Light with guests Bob Beagrie, Charlotte Wetton, Gaia Holmes, Vanessa Lampert and Allan Wilkinson. Information about the event and the supporting poets can be found here.
Friday 21st November, 2025: City Screen Picturehouse, Coney Street, York, YO1 9QL; with Janet Dean and Jane Stockdale, supported by Matthew Paul. Photos are on the main Events page.
Wednesday, February 11th, 2026: The Five Leaves Bookshop, Nottingham with Clare Pollard.
Friday, March 20th, 2026: Manchester Poets at Chorlton Library
Wednesday, April 15th, 2026: Albert Poets, Huddersfield
Friday May 1st, 2026: Beehive Poets, 7pm, Bradford Central Library with Ed Reiss
Ian Parks was born and lives in Mexborough. His Selected Poems 1983–2023 and his versions of poems by Cavafy were published by Calder Valley Poetry. He edited Versions of the North, Contemporary Yorkshire Poetry and the Selected Poems of Harold Massingham.
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