A Poetry of Migration
Jewish Book Week
| Stephen Duncan | speaker |
|---|---|
| Annie Freud | speaker |
| Jennifer Langer | speaker |
| Monica Bohm-Duchen | chair |
A blend of poetry readings and discussions explores the heritage of German-Jewish poets living and writing in the UK today.
Poets Annie Freud, Stephen Duncan, and Jennifer Langer, chaired by Monica Bohm-Duchen, explore German-Jewish heritage in the UK.
Using poetry, they reflect on exile, Weimar culture, memory, and identity, considering what the Second Generation inherits from their parents’ emigration, the Holocaust, and the cultural richness of pre-war Germany, and how it shapes their sense of being British today.
This event blends readings and discussion, examining how literature can illuminate complex legacies, negotiate trauma, and celebrate the enduring vitality of cultural memory across generations.
This event will last approximately 1 hour, with no interval.
Concessions & Under 30s tickets
Kings Place Concessions Tickets
We want to ensure that people who may be struggling financially to purchase a ticket can still enjoy visiting Kings Place. A limited number of tickets are allocated for certain events (if the ticket type does not show in the booking pathway, it means they are not available for this event or have all been sold). Concessions tickets are accessible for people on the following criteria (for more information visit our FAQs)
- Pension Credit
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£10 ‘Under 30s’ tickets
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Plan your visit
Getting here
Kings Place is situated just a few minutes’ walk from King’s Cross and St Pancras stations, one of the most connected locations in London and now the biggest transport hub in Europe.
Our address is:
90 York Way, London, N1 9AG.
The Venue
Our performance spaces are situated on the lower ground floor. Hall One, Hall Two and St Pancras are located in level -2, reached by stairs, escalator and lift from the ground floor entrance level.
Event Times
Door times indicate auditorium entrance times only. Visitors are welcome to enjoy the Kings Place seating areas, gallery-level art, canal-side terrace, café, restaurant and bar throughout the day and evening.
- Our events begin promptly at the advertised start time. Typically, there is no support unless otherwise stated.
- We recommend arriving in good time before the performance. The Hall doors will open 30 minutes before the performance to allow time to take your seats, or to choose a space for standing shows.
- Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance where possible
Access
We aim to make your visit to Kings Place as comfortable as possible. For more information about the accessibility of Kings Place, including details about our Access Scheme, please visit this page.
If you would like to discuss your access requirements with a member of our team, please get in touch with the Box Office team at info@kingsplace.co.uk.
Food & Drink
Rotunda Bar & Restaurant
Rotunda, situated on the ground floor of Kings Place, offers a unique dining and drinking experience alongside Regent’s Canal. The concert bar in the venue foyer will also be open for select events.
Green & Fortune Café
Recently re-furbished and now open with a new look, the Green & Fortune Café is open for selected concerts. Serving hot and cold food and drinks, including sandwiches, salads, soup, stew and a pie of the day, alongside a choice of cakes made by the on-site bakery team. See here for selected concert dates and standard opening hours.
Stephen Duncan
Stephen Duncan is an award-winning artist and poet with poetry exploring his German heritage. He is also the editor for his late mother, the poet Beata Duncan, celebrated for her poetry collections on her life in the Weimar period, emigration from Berlin to London, and her experience of the London Blitz.
Annie Freud
Annie Freud is a poet, artist, teacher and editor. She has four poetry collections in print with Picador: The Best Man that Ever Was (2007), The Mirabelles (2010) (shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize), The Remains (2015), Hiddensee (2020). She was included in 2014 Next Generation Poets and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She is a 2025 Cholmondeley Award winner.
Jennifer Langer
Jennifer Langer is a poet, editor and founding director of Exiled Writers Ink, the organisation working with refugee and migrant writers. Her poetry collection The Search explores the complexity of her German Jewish English identity. She has edited five anthologies of exiled literature and holds a PhD from SOAS in exile and cultural memory.
Monica Bohm-Duchen
Monica Bohm-Duchen is a London-based art historian and the founding director of Insiders/Outsiders, an ongoing celebration of the contribution made by refugees from Nazi Europe to British culture. The project also gives voice to the responses of the ‘second generation’ – and beyond – to their families’ complex histories.