Eleanor is available for poetry readings and literary festivals, including workshops, and is keen to book events in advance. Please do email her with invitations or proposals even at the ideas stage.
Her poetry is written to be heard; the dense sound patterns and textures of her poetry fully coming to life when spoken aloud.
Commissioned poems have appeared on Radio 3, The Verb as part of the Free Thinking Festival, Liverpool — a live broadcast in front of a studio audience, BBC Radio 3 Breakfast Programme, BBC Radio Merseyside and BBC Radio 4, including an interview on arts programme, Front Row.
Notable readings include Stanza International Poetry Festival, the House of Commons and an art gallery in Bratislava as part of the EU Versopolis project.
Portents and Portals: Versopolis Poetry Expo 25
Eleanor is always keen to find fresh and atmospheric places for her poetry and to create a intimate and compelling relationship with an audience.
To book Eleanor for a poetry reading or event: reeseleanor@hotmail.com
A selection of public readings 2015-Present
Book launch for Portents.. Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, 2025; Birkenhead Priory, Wirral Poetry Festival, 2025, Poet’s Corner, Ainsdale, 2025; Poetry Wales Issue Launch, Tiger Bay, Cardiff, 2024; ‘Into the Wyld’ Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead, 2024; University of Exeter 2023; Waterstones, Liverpool, 2022; Plathfest, 2022, Hebden Bridge, University of Bangor 2022; 7th March 2020, Stanza International Poetry Festival, St Andrews;1st Mar, Salt Poets Reading 2020, Soho Theatre, London ;20th February, Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool;19th February, Bangor University;21st December, Poem-songs from The Well at Winter Solstice, Ullet Road Unitarian Church Liverpool with Emily Portman and Mikey Kenney ;Sept 21st, 2019, Williamson Art Gallery. Birkenhead;14th Sept 2019, Poetry Reading, Peter Barlow’s Cigarette, Waterstones, Manchester, UK; Sept 3rd, 2019, Vespers, Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh;21st June 2019, The Well at Winter Solstice Book Launch, St Brides Church, Liverpool.;22-25th May 2019, Le Printemps des Poètes & Versopolis 2019, Paris, France; Poetry Reading at ShadowPlay, Not Just Collective, Light Night Liverpool, Liverpool Central Library; 12th May 2019Stargazing, A Celebration in Music and Poetry, West Kirby Arts Centre; 12-14th April, ‘Literature and Wine’ International Literary Festival, Austria,; 1st March, Presence Exhibition Launch, Not Just Collective, Naked Lunch Café 26th Jan 2019, Poetry by the Fireside, St. Brides Poetry Evening, St. Brides Church, Liverpool; 16th Jan, 2019, The Cult of Water/Liverpool Arts Lab, Gibberish Brewpub; 1st Oct, 2019, A Reading at Dusk, Fulwood Gardens Happening, Not Just Collective, Liverpool Independent Biennale; 11th Sept 2018, Mystery Literary Festival, Wavertree; 28th May Verbose Manchester, Fallow Café, Fallowfield; 5th July, Guest Poet, Sounds of Wirral, West Kirby Arts Centre; 25th July, Guest Poet, Damson Poets, Preston; The Black Chair Eisteddfod Centenary Festival 2017, Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead, 9th Sept/3rd Nov 2017;Women on Brexit Magazine Launch, House of Commons, London, 20th June 2017;Tonight at Noon: A celebration of The Mersey Sound, Bluecoat Arts Centre, 16th July 2017;Ars Poetica International Poetry Festival, Bratislava, Nov, 2016;The Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, July, 2016; Druskinkai Poetic Fall, Lithuania, Oct 2015;Bradford Library September 2015; Keats House London August 2015;Ledbury Festival 11th July 2015;‘Pavilion Poetry’, University of Liverpool 27th April 2015; ‘Pavilion Poetry’ Manchester Launch, Centre for New Writing, University of Manchester 20th April 2015.
