An ongoing series of cultural events exploring the meaning and value of the arts. This time Maitreyabandhu interviews the poet, novelist and essayist, Kei Miller.

Kei Miller will be reading from his 2019 collection - In the Nearby Bushes

ABOUT THE BOOK

The highly anticipated new collection from Forward Prize-winner Kei Miller explores his strangest landscape yet – the placeless place. Here is a world in which it is both possible to hide and to heal, a landscape as much marked by magic as it is by murder.

‘An extraordinary new voice singing with clarity and grace’ – Olive Senior.

PoetryEast is an ongoing series of cultural events at the London buddhist Centre, hosted by Maitreyabandhu, exploring the meaning and value of the arts. Each event focuses on the life and work of a single guest artist, by way of an interview and a reading.

The London Buddhist Centre teaches meditation and Buddhism in a way that is relevant to modern London life. We are a public centre, open to all, with no expectation of Buddhist involvement. We also teach Mindfulness for health and well-being. The Centre opened in 1978 in what was a disused fire station. Since its opening, a thriving Buddhist community has grown up around the Centre, which today includes a vegetarian restaurant, charity shops and residential communities.