13 October @ 18:30 – 20:30
Date: Tuesday 13 October
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Location: SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, Peckham, SE15 4NP
Admission: £5-8
Join us at SET Social as we celebrate the launch of Thembe Mvula’s new poetry pamphlet, Cloud Vigil. The evening will feature a special line-up of poetry and musical performances from Fathima Zahra, RUVIMBO, Jeremiah Brown, and Maxine Sibihwana.
About Cloud Vigil
In Cloud Vigil, Thembe Mvula explores grief, love, family, memory and the shifting spaces between tenderness and loss. The collection moves between the intimate and the everyday, finding humour and warmth alongside the complexities of grief.
“Mvula’s poems live in the uneasy territory between tenderness and damage, love that won’t behave, grief that keeps changing shape, family histories that refuse to stay buried. There is warmth here, but never quite comfort. This is a collection that knows grief has a long memory – and, importantly, a sense of humour.” – Rachel Long
“Rich with language that manages to shout and whisper at the same time. A beautiful meditation on grief, love, and all the places — real and imagined — in between, Cloud Vigil is a pamphlet to return to and savour again and again.” – Bridget Minamore
“Thembe Mvula renders the world anew with each glance, attentively balancing the beauty of renewed wonder with the tenderness of old grief. Cloud Vigil is a graceful pamphlet, both wide-eyed and wise.” – Victoria Adukwei-Bulley
“Thembe Mvula turns everyday reflections on love and loss into an immortal communal of modern feeling, written with an accessible yet precise eye. A strong collection from a vital voice.” – Inua Ellams
Find out more about Cloud Vigil and pre-order your copy via the link below.