"A spectral circuit of London, more mysterious than the M25" - Iain Sinclair

Join literary detective Chris McCabe for a poetic wandering in Abney Park Cemetery. Discover the rich stories of the poets who are buried here and listen to extracts from McCabe's new book, Buried Garden, the fourth instalment of his project to unearth the lost poets of London's Victorian cemeteries – the Magnificent Seven. McCabe will be joined by legendary writer Iain Sinclair who will read poems inspired by walking among the headstones.

Produced by Penned in the Margins in association with Abney Park Trust and Stoke Newington Bookshop

Please meet at the Stoke Newington High Street entrance 5 minutes before the walk is due to start

About Chris McCabe

Chris McCabe’s work spans artforms and genres including poetry, fiction, non-fiction, drama and visual art. His work has been shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award and the Republic of Consciousness Prize. His latest poetry collection, The Triumph of Cancer, is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and he is the editor of several anthologies including Poems from the Edge of Extinction: An Anthology of Poetry in Endangered Languages. His first novel, Dedalus, is a sequel to Ulysses; his second, Mud, a version of the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, set beneath Hampstead Heath. He works at the National Poetry Library in his role as the National Poetry Librarian.

Photo: Katia Biggart