Thursday 2 July · 7pm · Leah’s Yard, Sheffield · Free · Part of Leah’s Lates

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Helen Mort, Stepmother

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We’re delighted to welcome Helen Mort to Leah’s Yard for an evening of performance and conversation as part of Leah’s Lates.

Helen will be reading from Stepmother — her bold new collection that moves between lyric essay and gothic verse to explore that most maligned of female archetypes. Casting a sharp, tender gaze on fairytale, film, and the shifting terrain of the modern family, it’s a book about female power, the fear it provokes, and the surprising shapes love can take.

She’ll be in conversation with Sheffield poet Suzannah Evans.

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About

Helen Mort is a Sheffield poet whose work has been shortlisted for the Forward, T.S. Eliot and Costa Prizes. Her collections include The Illustrated Woman (Chatto & Windus, 2022) and Stepmother (Chatto & Windus, 2026). She is a Professor in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Suzannah Evans is a Sheffield-based poet whose work combines eco-poetry with dark humour — described as ‘doom-pop poetry with an apocalyptic edge’. Her collections include Space Baby (Nine Arches Press, 2022) and pamphlet Green (Bad Betty Press, 2024).

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