3rd to 12th July 2020
THE WINNERS HAVE BEEN DECIDED! Go to https://www.poetry-festival.co.uk/ledbury-poetry-competition/ Ledbury Poetry Festival 2019 Poetry Competition carries a great first prize of £1000 cash and a residential course at Ty Newydd , …[Read More]
Ledbury Poetry Festival and The University of Roehampton Poetry Centre are offering a fully catered, immersive poetry residential 1 – 4 July 2019 Dates Midday Monday 1st July to 2pm, Thursday …[Read More]
Walking Rodborough Common by Frances March Motherhood always had a hill to climb. Walks across the common or beneath scarp-tucked larches stretched limbs and minds. These grasslands cool the head, …[Read More]
A number of events at the 2018 Ledbury Poetry Festival are free! For some just turn up, for others you will need to book a ticket as space at the …[Read More]
Special for 2018 – these earthenware mugs are a bespoke project by Emma Bridgewater especially for Ledbury Poetry Festival. They are completely unique and once they’re gone, there will be …[Read More]
On Sunday 8th July Ledbury will be celebrating in the street! Music, performers, local food and drink suppliers and other local businesses will join the Festival to celebrate all that …[Read More]
Tickets for the 2018 Ledbury Poetry Festival are now on general sale. Events are listed in a number of ways: You can also call the Festival Box Office on 01531 …[Read More]
Tuesday 5 June 2018 with featured poet Jacqui Rowe (postponed from 3 April) In the Panelled Room of The Masters House, 7pm – 9pm Jacqui Rowe has had four poetry …[Read More]
Chant works by the Latin poet Venantius Fortunatus, 530 – 609, including ‘Vexilla Regis prodeunt’, ‘Pange lingua gloriosi’ and ‘Salve festa dies’ This event has now taken place.
Tuesday 8 May 2018 with featured poet Roy McFarlane Roy McFarlane was born in Birmingham of Jamaican parentage and spent most of his years living in Wolverhampton. He has held …[Read More]
Tuesday 6th Feb 2018. 7pm – 9pm The Panelled Room in The Master’s House, £5 (on the door) Do you want to discover more about poetry? Have you been looking for …[Read More]
Read all about Ledbury Poetry Festival in 2017. record audiences! fantastic international programme everything the festival does in schools and the community massive community involvement …and much much more. A …[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]
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
Recordings of many of the Ledbury Poetry Festival events are now available to listen to on this website. Look for the link to Audio Highlights 2015. Recordings should play on …[Read More]
Under sunny skies and balmy conditions, Ledbury Poetry Festival 2015 gets off to a great start in the courtyard at the newly restored Master’s House.
