BLACKWELL’S Bookshop at Westgate is to stage the launch of Mary Jean Chan’s poetry collection Flèche.

The launch will be held on Wednesday at 7pm.

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The poet will read from her collection, and will be in conversation with Daisy Johnson, acclaimed author of Fen and Everything Under.

Flèche, the French word for arrow, is a technique commonly used in fencing, a sport the author enjoyed in her home city Hong Kong. The talk is free to attend.