To celebrate its tenth birthday, Pen to Paper, the North Laine’s dedicated stationery shop, will have Maria Jastrzebska as its Poet in Residence on National Poetry Day, Thursday October 7.

Maria will be exploring this year’s National Poetry Day’s theme of Home from 10.30am to 4.30pm at Pen to Paper, 4 Sydney Street. Maria will read a poem every hour on the hour. She will welcome customers offering their own thoughts on what home means to them which may be incorporated into a poem written at a later date.

Maria Jastrzebska was born in Warsaw, grew up in London, studied at Sussex and now lives in Hove. Poet, editor, translator and creative writing tutor, her recent collections include I’ll Be Back Before You Know It (Pighog Press, 2008) and Everyday Angels (Waterloo Press, 2009). Dementia Diaries, a play with original music by Peter Copley, was performed in Lewes and Eastbourne last year. Maria won the 2009 Off-Press International Writing Competition. Her work has been published in translation in France, Finland, Romania and Slovenia.

Pen to Paper is celebrating ten years of supplying stationery and pens to the inhabitants of North Laine, Brighton and beyond. Its shop stocks notebooks, such as Moleskines and journals for cooks, musicians and book lovers.

This is a free event.

For more information about Maria Jastrzebska’s residency at Pen to Paper call Maria on 01273 230563 or email: maria.jastrzebska@ntlworld.com

Joyce Chester or Margaret Monod of Pen to Paper can be contacted at 01273 676670 or email: info@pentopaperonline.com