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HWAET! 20 Years Of Ledbury Poetry Festival

Posted onWednesday, 6th July 2016AuthorChloe Garner

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]

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Book of Job – The Musical

Posted onTuesday, 5th July 2016AuthorSandra Lees

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]

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Dinah Prentice Exhibition at The Feathers

Posted onMonday, 4th July 2016AuthorChloe Garner

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]

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Recordings now online

Posted onSunday, 3rd July 2016AuthorDavid Hewitt

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]

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Poetry as Protest

Posted onFriday, 1st July 2016AuthorChloe Garner

‘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]

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Conversation with Versopolis poet Judith Nika Pfeifer

Posted onWednesday, 22nd June 2016Wednesday, 22nd June 2016AuthorChloe Garner

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]

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Interview with Goran Colakhodžic

Posted onTuesday, 21st June 2016Tuesday, 21st June 2016AuthorChloe Garner

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]

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Interview with Versopolis poet Samantha Barendson

Posted onWednesday, 15th June 2016AuthorChloe Garner

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]

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Interview with Versopolis poet Kim Moore

Posted onTuesday, 14th June 2016AuthorChloe Garner

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]

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Last Poetry Salon Before the Festival with Cliff Yates!

Posted onTuesday, 24th May 2016Tuesday, 24th May 2016AuthorChloe Garner

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]

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Walking on Stilts: Four Days at the European Poet of Freedom Festival, Gdansk by Jonathan Edwards

Posted onTuesday, 10th May 2016Monday, 16th May 2016AuthorChloe Garner

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]

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Poetry Salon and Open Mic – Tuesday 10 May

Posted onThursday, 28th April 2016AuthorChloe Garner

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]

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Versopolis poet Adam Horovitz reports back from Croatia

Posted onTuesday, 26th April 2016AuthorChloe Garner

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]

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Poetry Salon with David Clarke – Tuesday 12 April

Posted onThursday, 31st March 2016Thursday, 12th May 2016AuthorChloe Garner

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]

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Poetry Salon with Myra Connell on Tuesday 8 March

Posted onTuesday, 23rd February 2016AuthorChloe Garner

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]

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Poetry Salon Tuesday 9 February with Maitreyabandhu

Posted onFriday, 22nd January 2016Friday, 22nd January 2016AuthorChloe Garner

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]

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Main Film - Haiku

Ledbury Poetry Festival Film

Posted onThursday, 21st January 2016Sunday, 7th February 2016AuthorDavid Hewitt

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]

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Ledbury Poetry Festival Schools Film

Posted onThursday, 21st January 2016Sunday, 7th February 2016AuthorDavid Hewitt

Ledbury Poetry Festival schools and education programme promotes children and young people’s enjoyment of poetry and the use of language. See also

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Ledbury Poetry Festival Community Film

Ledbury Poetry Festival Community Film

Posted onThursday, 21st January 2016Sunday, 7th February 2016AuthorDavid Hewitt

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

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Community Programme Sessions

Posted onTuesday, 19th January 2016AuthorPhillippa Slinger

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]

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14.01.2016 – Worldwide Reading of selected poems and other texts in support of Ashraf Fayadh

Posted onTuesday, 5th January 2016Thursday, 14th January 2016AuthorChloe Garner

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]

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