Blackwell's Newcastle Launch of Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana's 'Skinship'.

Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana will be reading at Newcastle Blackwell's from her second Salt poetry collection, Skinship, with guest poet, Sam Szanto, supporting her, followed by a conversation about the book with Sam.

About Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana:

Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana is author of Sing Me Down from the Dark and Skinship (Salt Books).

In 2026, she won the Frome Festival Crysse Morrison Poetry Prize, and Verve's February Poem of the Month, and was placed third in the Kent and Sussex competition. She is currently shortlisted for the Forwards Prize for Best Single Poem Written for her zuihitsu, Madam Gout, originally published by Magma.