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Ledbury Poetry Competition 2022
Forthcoming Events at The Poetry House!
Solidarity with Ukraine
Free Versopolis Chapbooks
Online Workshops with Casey Bailey
Online Poetry Workshops led by Sara-Jane Arbury
Tree Writing Workshop, on Zoom, led by poet Mandy Ross
Maps of the Imagination – Reflective mapping workshops led by artist Andrea McLean
Judges’ Comments – Ledbury Munthe Poetry Prize for Second Collections
Sweetshop of Words – Free! Drop into the Poetry House in Ledbury!
Poetry on Platforms: Celebrating the poetic heritage of the railway line to Ledbury
Winning Poems from the 2021 Ledbury Poetry Competition
Ledbury Poetry Competition 2021 Winners
Interview with Claudine Toutoungi – Ledbury Munthe Poetry Prize for Second Collections
Online Reading Group
Prize Giving Ceremony – Ledbury Munthe Poetry Prize for Second Collections
Work with Us! Job Opportunities
Volunteer Get-together!
Poetry School Seminar in Ledbury, Led by Angela France
Asemic Writing Workshop
Coffee mornings and patch making sessions
LPF2021 Programme Preview!
Festival extras! Pop-ups, installations, community, family events!
Friday 2 July
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Wednesday 7 July
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Saturday 10 July
Sunday 11 July
At A Glance
What are your hopes for the Barrett Browning Institute?
The Line is a Circle, two-part online writing workshop led by Rhys Trimble
Ley Hunt: Ways, Lines and Tracks
Ledbury Poetry Festival Poetry Competition 2021
Lockdown Reads
Versopolis Chapbooks
19 New Mentees Join Ledbury Poetry Critics Network
Festival Online Recordings
Donate!
Ledbury Under 18’s Poetry Competition 2020
Lockdown Poems
Links and Resources for Aspiring Writers
Pictures and Poetry Online Transcripts
Transcripts of Online Community Poetry Workshops
Segments March Workshop
Upload Your Poetry of The Woods
2020 Ledbury Poetry Competition launches!
2019 Annual Report
Pop Up Poetry Shop (now closed)
Aleš Šteger and Ilya Kaminsky interview by Sandeep Parmar
Ledbury: Junction for Poetry and the Poetry Chair at Ledbury Station
New Ledbury Emerging Poetry Critics Announced!
A.K. BLAKEMORE WINNER OF THE LEDBURY FORTE POETRY PRIZE FOR SECOND COLLECTIONS – Hear the Podcast
2019 Festival Programme!
New! Kickstarter Campaign – please support!
FREE Voice Coaching Workshop for poets!
Become a Festival Intern! Deadline 17 April
2019 Ledbury Poetry Residential – sold out!
Ledbury Emerging Poetry Critics
Troubadour of The Hills!
Join LPF’s Unity Lottery
Young Poet in Residence Eloise Unerman
Poets and Schools
Free Events
Emma Bridgewater Mugs For Sale
Ledbury Celebration 8th July
Festival tickets now on sale
Poetry Salon with Jacqui Rowe 5th June
Gregorian Chant Workshop
Poetry Performers’ Bowls 2018
Poetry Salon with Roy McFarlane, Tuesday 8th May
Arts Award Supporter Information
Community Poetry Workshops – 2021 dates!
WINNER: BEST COMMUNITY FESTIVAL
Poetry Salon with Roz Goddard 6th March
Poetry Salon with Adam Horovitz 6th Feb
Festival Annual Report is out!
2018 Festival Press Release!
Event Recommendations! Top Tips from the Team!
Air Poems in the Key of Voice – rich, immersive, spine-tingling!
Interview with Versopolis poet Nikolina Andova from Macedonia
Interview with Versopolis poet Helen Mort
Festival Events Celebrate D/deaf and Disabled Poets
Ledbury Poetry Salon with Alison Brackenbury
Fantastic Beasts – Performance
Next Ledbury Poetry Salon – Gregory Leadbetter
Ledbury Residential – Book your place
Fantastic Beasts – Call for Poems
HWAET! 20 Years Of Ledbury Poetry Festival
Book of Job – The Musical
Dinah Prentice Exhibition at The Feathers
Recordings now online
Poetry as Protest
Conversation with Versopolis poet Judith Nika Pfeifer
Interview with Goran Colakhodžic
Interview with Versopolis poet Samantha Barendson
Interview with Versopolis poet Kim Moore
Last Poetry Salon Before the Festival with Cliff Yates!
Walking on Stilts: Four Days at the European Poet of Freedom Festival, Gdansk by Jonathan Edwards
Poetry Salon and Open Mic – Tuesday 10 May
Versopolis poet Adam Horovitz reports back from Croatia
Poetry Salon with David Clarke – Tuesday 12 April
Poetry Salon with Myra Connell on Tuesday 8 March
Poetry Salon Tuesday 9 February with Maitreyabandhu
Ledbury Poetry Festival Film
Ledbury Poetry Festival Schools Film
Ledbury Poetry Festival Community Film
Community Programme Sessions
14.01.2016 – Worldwide Reading of selected poems and other texts in support of Ashraf Fayadh
Voice Coaching Workshop 2016
2016 Sneak Preview
Poetry By Heart
Damian Walford Davies – Poetry Salon
New Community Programme Sessions Leominster
Ledbury Talking Poetry
Women editors shine as small, independent presses punch above their weight
Tadeusz Dabrowski- Review of Black Square by Cristina Florescu
Interview with Gill McEvoy by Christina Florescu
Listen again to a favourite event
Versopolis: A Celebration of Emerging European Poets
Festival launched in sultry summer weather
Poetry as Protest
Celebrating Words!
Interview with Versopolis Poet Meirion Jordan
Conversation with Eleanor Rees
George Szirtes to appear alongside Jo Bell and Chris McCabe
Interview with Versopolis poet Liz Berry
Spoken Word Poetry Show with Mark Gwynne Jones and Mamta Sagar
Extra event with poet Pele Cox
Herefordshire Libraries have some great poetry events in March
Jonathan Edwards Ledbury Poetry Competition winner 2014 Costa Book Awards Winner
Joelle Taylor – poet in residence for three Herefordshire high schools
New Writers’ Programme – Versopolis
Captive
The Poetry Orchard
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