# Event Details - **Event Name**: Little Griefs: Book Launch and Reading with Andrew Neilson and Guests - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 06 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 06 May, 2026 at 08:00 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: Join Andrew Neilson, Kathryn Gray, Katy Mahon and Matthew Paul for the York launch of Little GriefsAbout this EventCelebrate the York launch of Andrew Neilson's debut poetry collection, Little Griefs. Also reading at the Poetry Ph*rm*cy will be Kathryn Gray, Katy Mahon and Matthew Paul."This collection has got everything – philosophy, myth, elegy, hilarity, grace, tenderness, pain and wisdom, all in brilliant proportion." – Rachael BoastAndrew Neilson was born in Edinburgh and lives in London. He works in Pr*son reform and co-edits the digital poetry journal, Bad Lilies, with Kathryn Gray. A pamphlet, Summers Are Other, was published by Rack Press in 2025. His debut collection, Little Griefs, is out now from Blue Diode Press.Kathryn Gray's first collection,The Never-Never (Seren, 2004), was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Her pamphlet, Flowers, was published by Rack Press in 2016. Her second full collection, Hollywood or Home, was selected as a Sunday Times Poetry Book of the Year in 2023.Katy Mahon is an Irish musician and poet living in York. Her poems have appeared in Irish and English publications, including The High Window, Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal and The Galway Review. She was New Irish Writing's featured poet for The Irish Independent in 2022, and her debut chapbook Some Indefinable Cord was published that year. Her pamphlet, Cry, was published in 2025.Matthew Paul hails from South London and lives in South Yorkshire. His second poetry collection, The Last Corinthians, was published by Crooked Spire Press in 2025, following The Evening Entertainment (Eyewear Publishing, 2017). He is also the author of two haiku collections published by Snapshot Press, and reviews regularly for The Friday Poem and elsewhere. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/york/little-griefs-book-launch-and-reading-with-andrew-neilson-and-guests/100001986079215397 - **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art, Entertainment, Music - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: York - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: 20 Coney St - **lat**: 53.9592429 - **long**: -1.0839134 - **full address**: 20 Coney St, 20 Coney Street, York, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Little Griefs: Book Launch and Reading with Andrew Neilson and Guests - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/9a3ec2891ff0ea00db9c8c9dbb828dca4e72365800c094370b3efc2e13ddebaa-rimg-w1200-h600-dcc4b511-gmir.jpg?v=1774649275 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Little Griefs: Book Launch and Reading with Andrew Neilson and Guests being held? - **A:** Little Griefs: Book Launch and Reading with Andrew Neilson and Guests takes place on Wed, 06 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Wed, 06 May, 2026 at 08:00 pm at 20 Coney St, 20 Coney Street, York, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing Little Griefs: Book Launch and Reading with Andrew Neilson and Guests? - **A:** Little Griefs: Book Launch and Reading with Andrew Neilson and Guests is organized by Poetry Pharmacy- Deborah Alma. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Little Griefs: Book Launch and Reading with Andrew Neilson and Guests", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/9a3ec2891ff0ea00db9c8c9dbb828dca4e72365800c094370b3efc2e13ddebaa-rimg-w1200-h600-dcc4b511-gmir.jpg?v=1774649275", "startDate": "2026-05-06T19:00:00+01:00", "endDate": "2026-05-06T20:00:00+01:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/york/little-griefs-book-launch-and-reading-with-andrew-neilson-and-guests/100001986079215397", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "20 Coney St", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "20 Coney Street", "postalCode": "YO1 9ND", "addressLocality": "York", "addressRegion": "EN", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "53.9592429", "longitude": "-1.0839134" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Join Andrew Neilson, Kathryn Gray, Katy Mahon and Matthew Paul for the York launch of Little Griefs", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-03-27", "availabilityEnds": "2026-05-06T20:00:00+01:00", "validFrom": "2026-03-27", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/york/little-griefs-book-launch-and-reading-with-andrew-neilson-and-guests/100001986079215397" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-03-27", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-03-27", "url": "https://allevents.in/york/little-griefs-book-launch-and-reading-with-andrew-neilson-and-guests/100001986079215397", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Poetry Pharmacy- Deborah Alma", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/poetry-pharmacy-deborah-alma/22563038", "description": "EVENTS & WORKSHOPSBook here for ticketed events in our light and airy Distillery space, with its own poetry library, tea and coffee and other resources. 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