

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Lemn Sissay: Let the Light Pour In
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Spend time with a master of the spoken word, seven years a chancellor, official poet of the London Olympics, Honorary fellow of Oxford and Cambridge colleges, winner of 2024 Hay festival medal for poetry, and a three times Sunday Times best seller.

For the past decade, Lemn Sissay has composed a short poem as dawn breaks each morning. Life-affirming, witty and full of wonder, these poems chronicle his own battle with the dark and are fuelled by resilience and defiant joy. Let the Light Pour In is a collection of the best of these poems, and a book celebrating this morning practice.

Join one of the best and most beloved British poets of our time for a rare appearance in Somerset. This special evening will see Lemn perform poetry readings from Let the Light Pour In. There will be a book signing afterwards.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/taunton/lemn-sissay-let-the-light-pour-in/200029290351749
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, festivals, spoken-word
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 47

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.tacchi-morris.com/lemn-sissay/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=taunton-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Taunton
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre
- **lat**: 51.035621588667
- **long**: -3.0620511459167
- **full address**: Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, School Rd,Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre (https://allevents.in/org/tacchi-morris-arts-centre/14381076)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, School Rd,Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, festivals, spoken-word
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Lemn Sissay: Let the Light Pour In ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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