Book launch: On The Scent Of The Honeyed Hive – Lesley O’Brien
Wednesday July 10th, 2024 7 for 7.30pm
Avant Garde, 34-44 King St, Glasgow G1 5QT
Lesley O’Brien is a musician, who performs with her female band Kittlin and the Carlton Jug Band. She is also a storyteller and poet. On The Scent Of The Honeyed Hive is her first collection.
On The Scent Of The Honeyed Hive
Available to buy at the launch and from Seahorse Publications – £10

Kittlin, the three women band, will perform at the loaunch.
‘Lesley’s poetry is lyrical, insightful, and poignant with moments of deep memory. I love how her work can both be formally inventive and also rooted in the natural world, a seamless marriage of mood which makes this collection a wonderful experience from beginning to end.’
(Beth Cochrane)
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