Experience our poetry installation in the Museum.
Commissioned by the Bront
ë Parsonage Museum to create a new body of poetry exploring themes of childhood, motherhood, and family, poet Maria Ferguson takes inspiration from the lives and works of the Bront
ës.
Her poetry pays particular attention to the Bront
ës' mother, Maria Branwell, and the short but lasting relationship she had with her children.
Find Maria's poetry installation in the Bonnell Room when you visit the Museum, as part of our exhibition theme, The Bront
ës' Web of Childhood. Maria's poems are presented through visuals as well as audio recordings, so you can listen to and read them in the way that works best for you.
Date: Running from September to the end of 2024.
Tickets: This installation is free with entry to the Museum. Book your ticket to the Museum here.
Maria Ferguson is a writer and performer. Her poetry has been widely anthologised and published in literary magazines such as Magma, The Rialto, The North, and The Poetry Review. Her debut collection, Alright, Girl? (Burning Eye, 2020), was Highly Commended in the Forward Prizes.
On the stage, her one-woman show Fat Girls Don’t Dance (Oberon, 2017) won the Saboteur Award for Best Spoken Word Show; Essex Girl (Oberon, 2019) was shortlisted for the Tony Craze Award and won Show of the Week at VAULT Festival. She’s been commissioned by the Royal Academy of Art, Stylist magazine, The Brontë Parsonage, and BBC Radio.
Maria is the Associate Producer of LIVEwire Poetry and teaches creative writing in a variety of settings. Her second poetry collection, Swell, will be published by Penguin in 2025.
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