What is it like, as a daily, lived experience, to feel like a fraud or a fake? And what can ‘the imposter phenomenon’ – a sense that our true abilities and achievements, and other core aspects of our identities, are unreal, undeserved or mistakenly bestowed – tell us about who we are and how we relate to one another?

In her new book Pretenders (Bloodaxe Books), poet Kate Potts weaves together interview material and original poems with essay fragments to create a multi-voice exploration of imposter feelings.  Pretenders shines a light on our value systems and hierarchies, interrogating notions of realness, self-assurance and the self.

‘As a study of imposter feelings, Pretenders is revelatory: humane in its ability to hold and make space for vulnerability, and alert to the socio-political dynamics that underpin the impulse to self-doubt.’ Sarah Howe

Join us to celebrate the launch of Pretenders, with readings from guest poets JLM Morton, Adam Horovitz and Cath Drake.

 All welcome. Tea, coffee, cake and wine will be provided (donations appreciated).
Books will be available to buy.