Introducing Out of Place: A Reading of Kate Rogers’ New Poetry Collection

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Part memoir, part journey, Kate Rogers’ new book Out of Place explores her relationship with Hong Kong through the years, posing questions on themes of belonging, ancestry and Orientalism. A lecturer at the Community College of City University, her poetry has appeared in The Guardian and the Asia Literary Review.

Rogers will read excerpts from her new book at Outloud, a monthly poetry reading event that will on this evening be introduced by poet Viki Holmes. Holmes will MC the ensuing “Out of Place” open mic session. The event start at 7:45.

[Illustration by Clara Blackwood]