BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:12085@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261119T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261119T203000 DTSTAMP:20260820T105328Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/bluecoat-liverpool-poetry-space- pig-data-with-anne-vegter/ SUMMARY:Bluecoat: Liverpool Poetry Space: Pig Data with Anne Vegter DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome Anne Vegter and translator Astri d Alben to Liverpool\, in partnership with UK publisher Prototype. This e vent is part of New Dutch Writing\, supported by the Dutch Foundation for Literature.\n\nPig Data is a collection that exposes the raw nerves of po wer and desire\, and is the winner of the Ida Gerhardt Poetry Prize.\n\nAn ne Vegter is the author of numerous poetry collections\, children’s boo ks\, theatre monologues\, and erotic stories. Her first poetry collection\ , Het veerde\, appeared in 1991\, followed in 1994 by Ongekuiste versies \, a book of erotic tales. Since then\, she has published widely across ge nres. Her work is characterised by an elastic style that is playful\, erot ic\, enigmatic\, and disturbing.\n\nVegter regularly works as a performer\ , collaborating with composers and musicians. She has received numerous aw ards for children’s literature\, theatre\, and poetry\, including the Wo utertje Pieterse Prize\, the Awater Poetry Prize\, the Anna Blaman Prize\, and the Ida Gerhardt Poetry Prize. In 2013\, she became the first woman t o be named Poet Laureate of the Netherlands\, a role she held until 2017.\ n\nAstrid Alben is a poet\, editor\, and translator. She is the author of  Ai! Ai! Pianissimo\, Plainspeak\, and Little Dead Rabbit. Alben self-t ranslated Little Dead Rabbit\, published as Klein dood konijn by Poëzi eCentrum. Her poetry and non-fiction have appeared in literary journals in cluding Granta and the Times Literary Supplement. She has worked with B BC Radio\, the Serpentine Gallery\, and Wellcome Collection\, as well as a cross performance and animation.\n\nPrototype is an independent publisher of fiction\, poetry\, anthologies\, and interdisciplinary projects\, foun ded in 2019. It is committed to expanding the possibilities of contemporar y publishing through distinctive book design and cross-genre publishing. I n 2022\, it published Astrid Alben’s translation of Vegter’s Island M ountain Glacier\, which won an English PEN Translates Award.\n\nThu 19 Nov \, 6-8.30pm\n£2-5\, booking required\n\nA limited number of free tickets are available for those who are unwaged or experiencing financial hardship . Please select this option if it applies to you.\n\n \;\n\nBook now: https://www.thebluecoat.org.uk/whatson/pig-data ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2026/07/Anne-Vegter.png CATEGORIES:Literature & Poetry LOCATION:Bluecoat\, School Lane\, Liverpool\, L1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United K ingdom GEO:53.404542;-2.984173 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=School Lane\, Liverpool\, L 1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bluecoat:geo :53.404542,-2.984173 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261025T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR