Amy Key: Author Event

Amy Key, talking about and reading from Arrangements in Blue, with Q&A. When poet Amy Key was growing up, she looked forward to a life shaped by romance, fuelled by desire, longing and the conventional markers of success that come when you share a life with another person. But that didn't happen for her. Now in her forties, she sets out to explore the realities of a life lived in the absence of romantic love. Using Joni Mitchell's seminal album Blue - which shaped Key's expectations of love - as an anchor, Arrangements in Blue elegantly honours a life lived completely by, and for, oneself. Building a home, travelling alone, choosing whether to be a mother, recognising her own milestones, learning the limits of self-care and the expansive potential of self-friendship, Key uncovers the many forms of connection and care that often go unnoticed. With profound candour and intimacy, Arrangements in Blue explores the painful feelings we are usually too ashamed to discuss: loneliness, envy, grief and failure. Amy Key is a writer based in London. Arrangements in Blue, her first work of non-fiction, was published in 2023 by Jonathan Cape. She is also the author of two collections of poetry, Luxe (Salt) and Isn't Forever (Bloodaxe) and her essays have appeared in Vittles, Granta, Vogue, and elsewhere. Please register for your free place. If you don't currently have a Lewisham Libraries card you can book as a guest.