HWAET! 20 Years Of Ledbury Poetry Festival
Ledbury has brought together poets from all over the world in the past 20 years and the anthology, edited by Mark Fisher and published by Bloodaxe Books, is a distillation of the …[Read More]
Ledbury has brought together poets from all over the world in the past 20 years and the anthology, edited by Mark Fisher and published by Bloodaxe Books, is a distillation of the …[Read More]
I don’t like musicals, and I’m not that keen on religion, either, so when I was dragged along to see The Book of Job – the Musical, it was very …[Read More]
Dinah Prentice will be showing her print / prose / poems during the Ledbury Poetry Festival at The Feathers Hotel “I found myself explaining the sources and repercussions that accompany …[Read More]
We are recording many of the events and some of those from Day 1 and Day 2 are now available as podcasts. Go to http://www.poetry-festival.co.uk/series/festival-2016/ to listen to them or use the …[Read More]
‘Poetry as Protest’ – LEDBURY POETRY FESTIVAL and English PEN Throughout this year’s Ledbury Poetry Festival (1-10 July), twenty-five poets will be taking part in ‘Poetry as Protest’, a joint initiative …[Read More]
If you could write poetry in another language, what would it be and why? I like the idea of writing a poem in a new language one that everyone immediately …[Read More]
If you could write poetry in another language, what would it be and why? I actually do write in another language – English – or rather, I used to. While …[Read More]
Samantha Barendson from France is appearing in Versopolis: A Celebration of Emerging European Poets on Saturday 2 July. She will also give a 20 minute event on Sunday 3 July. Both …[Read More]
Kim Moore will read at Versopolis: A Celebration of European Poets on Saturday 2 July If you could write poetry in another language, what would it be and why? I …[Read More]
Ledbury Poetry Salon with featured poet Cliff Yates on Wednesday 8 June at 7pm – 9pm, the Panelled Room, The Master’s House in Ledbury. Tickets £5 on the door, to include …[Read More]
Walking on Stilts: Four Days at the European Poet of Freedom Festival, Gdansk by Jonathan Edwards It’s difficult to walk on stilts. It’s difficult to walk on stilts on cobblestones. …[Read More]
Yvonne Green is the featured poet at the next Poetry Salon on Tuesday 10 May, 7pm – 9pm, the Panelled Room in The Master’s House in Ledbury. Her new collection …[Read More]
Versopolis poet Adam Horovitz reports back from Croatia where he appeared in the poetry festival Goranovo Prolje?e (Goran’s Spring): Imagine On the Road repurposed as a brief European bus tour, …[Read More]
Ledbury Poetry Salon with Featured Poet David Clarke and the Open Mic! Tuesday 12 April 7pm – 9pm £5 to include a glass of Poetry Gold cider! No need to …[Read More]
Poetry Salon with Myra Connell and Open Mic: Tuesday 8 March and 7pm – 9pm, The Panelled Room in The Master’s House Ledbury, Tickets £5 to include a glass of …[Read More]
Poetry Salon, Tuesday 9 February featuring Maitreyabandhu and our friendly and supportive open mic session! 7pm – 9pm, Ledbury Master’s House in the Panelled Room. Just come along! £5 including …[Read More]
A film celebrating Ledbury’s 10 day Poetry Festival, expressed through a series of original haiku poems. Meet the poets, volunteers, shopkeepers and members of the local community who make the …[Read More]
Ledbury Poetry Festival schools and education programme promotes children and young people’s enjoyment of poetry and the use of language. See also
Ledbury Poetry Festival community programme works all year round with the most vulnerable in society providing them with the well-being and creative opportunities that poetry provides. See also
Ledbury Poetry Festival poet Brenda Reed-Brown is commencing sessions at St Michael’s Hospice, Hereford for day care patients. Brenda is also resuming her therapeutic work with patients in the Living …[Read More]
On 14 January 2016 – Ledbury Poetry Festival is participating in a Worldwide Reading of selected poems and other texts in support of Ashraf Fayadh, a Palestinian poet who has …[Read More]