Mary Jean Chan

_{22 Jan: 20th Century & Contemporary Literature Graduate Seminar, Faculty of English, University of Cambridge}

_{8 Feb: Faber & Faber at 90, Readings by Mary Jean Chan & Richard Scott, National Portrait Gallery, London}

_{22 Feb: 40 Years of Gay's the Word Bookshop, A Celebration, The British Library, London}

_{8 Mar: Border Crossings, StAnza 2019, Scotland's International Poetry Festival, St Andrews}

_{20 Mar: The National Poetry Competition 40th Anniversary Readings, Kings Place, London}

_{25 Mar: Readings at the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Poetry, The House of Lords, Westminster, London}

_{25 Apr: AWPI Keynote Poetry Reading by Mary Jean Chan, Humanities Institute, University College Dublin}

_{26 Apr: AWPI Plenary Roundtable on the PhD in Creative Writing, Humanities Institute, University College Dublin}

_{3 May: Keats Bicentenary Readings with Rachael Allen, Mary Jean Chan & Isabel Galleymore, Keats House, London}

_{12 June: Mary Jean Chan, Sarah Howe & Jennifer Wong in Conversation with Dorothy Wang, The Poetry Cafe, London}

_{14 June: An Evening of Poetry: Jay Bernard’s Surge & Mary Jean Chan’s Flèche, Greenwich Book Festival, London}

_{15 June: Roundtable on Canons and Values in Contemporary Literary Studies, University of Southampton}

_{26 June: National Poetry Library Lates with Mary Jean Chan & Keith Jarrett, Hayward Gallery Cafe, London}

_{3 July: The Poetry Review Summer Readings with Ilya Kaminsky & Suji Kwock Kim, The Poetry Cafe, London}

_{5 July: Launch of Debut Collection Flèche with Will Harris & Sarah Howe, The London Review Bookshop, London}

_{11 July: Ambit Magazine 60th Anniversary Celebration Readings (Bumper Issue 237), VO Curations, London}

_{12 July: Readings from Jay Bernard's Surge and Mary Jean Chan's Flèche, Gay's the Word Bookshop, London}

_{17 July: Launch of Debut Collection Flèche in Conversation with Daisy Johnson, Blackwell's Westgate, Oxford}

_{24 July: Readings by Fiona Benson & Mary Jean Chan, John Hewitt International Summer School, NI, Armagh}

_{3 Aug: The 2018/19 New Poets Prize Winners with Mary Jean Chan, Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester}

_{8 Aug: Amelia Abraham & Mary Jean Chan in Conversation, Burley Fisher Books, London}

_{4 Sept: Guest Reader, Towards a Collection with Tom Chivers & Sarah Hesketh, Arvon, Totleigh Barton}

_{11 Sept: Behind the Mask, Another Mask: A Corrupted Poetry Series Event, October Gallery, London}

_{13 Sept: Guest Reader, Launch of After the Formalities by Anthony Anaxagorou, Rich Mix, London}

_{21 Sept: Readings by Mary Jean Chan & Luke Kennard, Milton Keynes Literary Festival, Milton Keynes}

_{24 Sept: Readings by Mona Arshi, Mary Jean Chan & Jacqueline Saphra, Waterstones (Gower Street), London}

_{1 Oct: The Faber & Faber 90th Anniversary Readings: A Poetry Celebration, The Bloomsbury Theatre, London}

_{11 Oct: Debut Poets Showcase curated by Anthony Anaxagorou, Cheltenham Literature Festival, Cheltenham}

_{14 Oct: Readings by Mary Jean Chan & Will Harris, Cafe Writers, The Louis Marchesi, Norwich}

_{20 Oct: The 2019 Forward Prizes for Poetry Awards Ceremony, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank, London}

_{21 Oct: Readings by Mary Jean Chan, Chen Chen & Jay G Ying, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool}

_{28 Oct: Readings by Mary Jean Chan & (Details TBC), The Coronet Theatre, Notting Hill, London}

_{17 Nov: Readings Mary Jean Chan & Hannah Sullivan, The Woodstock Poetry Festival, Woodstock}

_{18 Nov: Guest Reader, Advanced Poetry Workshop with Kathryn Maris, The Poetry School, London}

_{28 Nov: Oh Mother Where Art Thou: An Evening of Poetry and Music, The London Library, London}

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^{24 Jan: The Ledbury Emerging Poetry Critics, University of Birmingham}

^{8 Feb: Poetry London Spring 2018 Readings, Kings Place, London}

^{15 Feb: Lodestone Poets at Tottenham Court Road | Waterstones, London}

^{22 Feb: International Mother Languages Day, Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester}

^{27 Feb: Race and Equality (An Evening of Poetry and Film), King's College London}

^{7 Mar: ignitionpress pamphlet launch, The Poetry Cafe, London}

^{8 Mar: ignitionpress pamphlet launch, Society Cafe, Oxford}

^{25 Mar: ignitionpress pamphlet launch, The Oxford Literary Festival, Oxford}

^{12 Apr: ignitionpress pamphlet launch, Lighthouse Bookshop, Edinburgh}

^{23 Apr: Celebration of Adrienne Rich with Poet in the City, Wilton's Music Hall, London}

^{30 Apr: Carcanet New Poetries VII Launch, The London Review Bookshop, London}

^{2 May: An Evening of Faber Poetry Readings (Spring 2018), Bloomsbury House, London}

^{4 May: Carcanet New Poetries VII Launch, The Old Library, All Souls College, Oxford}

^{28 May: Reading with Amy Key, Claudine Toutoungi & Eleni Cay, the Troubadour, London}

^{30 May: Reading with Will Harris, Theophilus Kwek & Jennifer Tsai, 11 Bedford Square, London}

^{31 May: Reading at the UN Human Rights Symposium, The American School in London}

^{5 June: Out-Spoken Live at the 100 Club, 100 Oxford Street, London}

^{8 June: The Forward Prizes at the Second Home Literary Festival, Holland Park, London}

^{16 June: "Poets Poets" Day 2018 (Readings & Discussion), UCL English Department, London}

^{18 June: Poetry Reading Series at Bradfield College, Bradfield, Berkshire}

^{20 June: Rogers, Coleridge & White Literary Salon, RCW Offices, London}

^{30 June: Poetry and Psychoanalysis Conference, The Institute of Psychoanalysis, London}

^{5 July: The National Poetry Competition Winners, Ledbury Poetry Festival, Ledbury}

^{6 July: Modern Poetry in Translation with Richard Scott & Jennifer Tsai, Ledbury Poetry Festival, Ledbury}

^{8 July: 20 minutes with Mary Jean Chan, The Ledbury Poetry Festival, Ledbury}

^{12 July: Launch of The Dictionary of Rare and Precious Words, Oxford Spires Academy, Oxford}

^{19 July: Reading with Richard Scott and Sophie Robinson, Islington | Waterstones, London}

^{25 July: The Poetry Book Society Summer Showcase, Southbank Centre, London}

^{6 Sept: Modern Poetry in Translation London Launch, Gay's the Word, London}

^{7 Sept: The White Review Poetry Salon with Raymond Antrobus and Rachel Long, Burley Fisher Books, London}

^{30 Sept: The Echo Chamber with Paul Farley, the BBC Contains Strong Language Festival, Hull}

^{16 Oct: An Evening of Poetry and Classical Music, Goodenough College, London}

^{27 Oct: Race and Poetry and Poetics in the UK (RAPAPUK) Conference, Queen's College, Cambridge}

^{3 Nov: "Queer Studio" with Richard Scott and guest readers, Poetry in Aldeburgh, Suffolk}

^{10 Nov: Reading with ignitionpress poets, the Woodstock Poetry Festival, Oxford}

^{29 Nov: Reading and launch of Wretched Strangers, Waterstones, Oxford}

^{10 Dec: Reading with Eley Williams and Gulsum Altinbas, Sid Motion Gallery, London}