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Versopolis Chapbooks

Posted onThursday, 2nd July 2020Tuesday, 7th July 2020AuthorBox Office

Versopolis is a European poetry platform that creates opportunities for emerging European poets. Ledbury Poetry Festival is proud to be a founder member of this platform. Find out more at …[Read More]

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Ledbury Poetry Critics Report

Posted onWednesday, 24th June 2020Thursday, 17th September 2020AuthorBox Office

THE STATE OF POETRY AND POETRY CRITICISM IN THE UK AND IRELAND 2009- 2019 Latest state of poetry and poetry criticism in the UK and Ireland report finds that whilst …[Read More]

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Festival Online Recordings

Posted onTuesday, 16th June 2020Thursday, 23rd July 2020AuthorBox Office

Ledbury Poetry Festival Online 4th – 5th July 2020 We were very pleased to have presented these 9 specially curated events over the weekend of 4 – 5 July (which …[Read More]

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Donate!

Posted onFriday, 5th June 2020Thursday, 2nd July 2020AuthorDavid Hewitt

Photo credit @PaulLigas

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Ledbury Under 18’s Poetry Competition 2020

Posted onThursday, 30th April 2020Thursday, 16th July 2020AuthorDavid Hewitt

Poetry Competition for Young People (12 – 17 years) and Children (11 years and under)  Entry has now closed. You may not be aware that the annual Ledbury Poetry Festival …[Read More]

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Lockdown Poems

Posted onThursday, 30th April 2020Sunday, 5th July 2020AuthorBox Office

Thank you to everyone who has submitted Lockdown poems. On Sunday 5 July, at 12.30pm – 1.30pm, there was a Poetry of the Lockdown event as part of Ledbury Poetry …[Read More]

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Links and Resources for Aspiring Writers

Posted onWednesday, 29th April 2020Monday, 1st June 2020AuthorBox Office

Links and Resources for Aspiring Writers Don’t forget to enter any poems you write to Ledbury Poetry Competition: https://www.poetry-festival.co.uk/ledbury-poetry-competition/ Deadline – 5pm, 16 July 2020 Judge – the wonderful Liz …[Read More]

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Pictures and Poetry Online Transcripts

Posted onThursday, 23rd April 2020Thursday, 7th January 2021AuthorBox Office

Pictures and Poetry In these workshops, we use artworks as the inspiration for writing ekphrastic poetry (poetry inspired by pictures). They are run in partnership with Hereford Mind, Heffernan House, …[Read More]

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Segments Online Transcripts

Posted onThursday, 16th April 2020Thursday, 10th December 2020AuthorBox Office

Segments online Workshops The Festival is very grateful to practitioner Sara-Jane Arbury for adjusting to life in lockdown and delivering these workshops on line. Make yourself a cup of tea …[Read More]

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Segments March Workshop

Posted onThursday, 26th March 2020Tuesday, 21st April 2020AuthorBox Office

This is the Segments workshop which would have taken place on Wednesday 18th March in Ledbury’s Burgage Hall The Festival is very grateful to practitioner Sara-Jane Arbury for sharing her …[Read More]

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Upload Your Poetry of The Woods

Posted onThursday, 19th March 2020Monday, 11th January 2021AuthorDavid Hewitt

What We Know                                          Mandy Ross We know we’re small, walking …[Read More]

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2020 Ledbury Poetry Competition launches!

Posted onTuesday, 11th February 2020Sunday, 5th July 2020AuthorDavid Hewitt

LEDBURY POETRY FESTIVAL’S INFLUENTIAL INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION IS OPEN FOR ENTRIES! JUDGE: LIZ BERRY  CLOSING DATE: Thursday 16 July 2020 FIRST PRIZE: £1000, a residential course at Ty Newydd Writing …[Read More]

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2019 Annual Report

Posted onWednesday, 18th December 2019AuthorBox Office

Read all about our amazing 10 day festival, and our year round work in schools, vulnerable community groups, emerging poets and poetry critics. Record audiences, volunteers and fantastic poetry competition …[Read More]

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Pop Up Poetry Shop (now closed)

Posted onMonday, 25th November 2019Tuesday, 17th December 2019AuthorBox Office

Too late for Christmas now. The Ledbury Poetry Festival shop has now closed.  Sorry we missed you.

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Aleš Šteger and Ilya Kaminsky interview by Sandeep Parmar

Posted onMonday, 29th July 2019Monday, 29th July 2019AuthorBox Office

Text by Sandeep Parmar. Aleš Šteger is a poet, prose writer and essayist, based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. His work has been widely translated into several languages including German, Czech, Croatian …[Read More]

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Ledbury: Junction for Poetry and the Poetry Chair at Ledbury Station

Posted onMonday, 29th July 2019Tuesday, 30th July 2019AuthorBox Office

Passengers passing through Ledbury station during the July poetry festival noticed something unusual. The railway station was renamed “Ledbury: Junction for Poetry” in honour of the town’s poetry festival and …[Read More]

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New Ledbury Emerging Poetry Critics Announced!

Posted onThursday, 6th June 2019Monday, 25th November 2019AuthorBox Office

Four new mentees join the existing cohort of eight poetry critics: Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Joanna Lee, Stephanie Sy-Quia and Sarah-Jean Zubair Victoria Adukwei Bulley is a British-born Ghanaian poet, writer …[Read More]

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A.K. BLAKEMORE WINNER OF THE LEDBURY FORTE POETRY PRIZE FOR SECOND COLLECTIONS – Hear the Podcast

Posted onThursday, 4th April 2019Tuesday, 9th July 2019AuthorChloe Garner

Congratulations to A.K. Blakemore who is the winner of the 2017/18 Ledbury Forte Poetry Prize for Second Collections for Fondue published by Offord Road Books. You can hear a podcast of …[Read More]

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2019 Festival Programme!

Posted onWednesday, 3rd April 2019Friday, 19th July 2019AuthorBox Office

The 2019 Festival Programme! Friday 5 – Sunday 14 July, 2019 To view the programme please click the link below: Ledbury Poetry Festival Programme 2019 Want a programme sent to …[Read More]

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New! Kickstarter Campaign – please support!

Posted onWednesday, 20th March 2019Wednesday, 20th March 2019AuthorBox Office

Ledbury Poetry Festival’s first ever crowdfunding campaign is launched!     Ledbury Poetry Festival is launching its first ever crowd funding campaign with Kickstarter. This campaign aims to raise funds to …[Read More]

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FREE Voice Coaching Workshop for poets!

Posted onThursday, 14th February 2019Monday, 3rd February 2020AuthorBox Office

LEDBURY POETRY FESTIVAL FULLY FUNDED LINKLATER METHOD VOICE COACHING RESIDENTIAL WORKSHOP FOR NEW POETS   DATES: 5 – 8 MAY 2020 HELLENS MANOR, MUCH MARCLE NR LEDBURY, HEREFORDSHIRE, HR8 2LY …[Read More]

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Become a Festival Intern! Deadline 17 April

Posted onTuesday, 12th February 2019Monday, 3rd February 2020AuthorBox Office

Applications are now being taken for this fantastic opportunity! Think you have what it takes to be Festival intern? Meet famous poets, celebrities and performers! Learn skills in event managing, …[Read More]

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2019 Ledbury Poetry Residential – sold out!

Posted onTuesday, 5th February 2019Saturday, 11th May 2019AuthorDavid Hewitt

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]

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Ledbury Emerging Poetry Critics

Posted onFriday, 25th January 2019Monday, 28th January 2019AuthorBox Office

Ledbury Emerging Poetry Critics The successful national mentoring programme, to encourage diversity in poetry reviewing, returns and opens for applications from new and emerging critical voices Application deadline: April 1st …[Read More]

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Troubadour of The Hills!

Posted onThursday, 4th October 2018Thursday, 11th July 2019AuthorDavid Hewitt

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]

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Join LPF’s Unity Lottery

Posted onMonday, 16th July 2018Tuesday, 12th February 2019AuthorBox Office

Unity Lottery Ledbury Poetry Festival has teamed up with Unity Lottery, a charity lottery, and we receive a significant proportion of the payment into it where we are the participant’s named …[Read More]

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Young Poet in Residence Eloise Unerman

Posted onSaturday, 7th July 2018Sunday, 8th July 2018AuthorBox Office

Hear Ledbury, a poem by Eloise Unerman, Ledbury Poetry Festival Young Poet in Residence           As winner of the Young Person’s category of the Ledbury Poetry Festival …[Read More]

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Poets and Schools

Posted onMonday, 2nd July 2018Monday, 22nd July 2019AuthorBox Office

Margaret Atwood Visits John Masefield High School Ledbury Poetry Festival arranged for English students at John Masefield High School to have an intimate audience with world famous Canadian author Margaret …[Read More]

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Free Events

Posted onMonday, 25th June 2018Monday, 25th June 2018AuthorDavid Hewitt

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]

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Emma Bridgewater Mugs For Sale

Posted onWednesday, 6th June 2018Thursday, 7th June 2018AuthorDavid Hewitt

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]

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Ledbury Celebration 8th July

Posted onFriday, 25th May 2018Friday, 25th May 2018AuthorDavid Hewitt

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]

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Festival tickets now on sale

Posted onSaturday, 19th May 2018Sunday, 20th May 2018AuthorDavid Hewitt

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]

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Poetry Salon with Jacqui Rowe 5th June

Posted onWednesday, 9th May 2018Monday, 23rd September 2019AuthorDavid Hewitt

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]

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Gregorian Chant Workshop

Posted onTuesday, 24th April 2018Monday, 23rd September 2019AuthorDavid Hewitt

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.

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Poetry Performers’ Bowls 2018

Posted onWednesday, 4th April 2018Friday, 18th May 2018AuthorPhillippa Slinger

This year Ledbury Poetry Festival has partnered with Hereford College of the Arts to bring a unique opportunity to HCA students: design and make the festival bowls we give to …[Read More]

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Roy McFarlane

Poetry Salon with Roy McFarlane, Tuesday 8th May

Posted onMonday, 12th March 2018Monday, 12th March 2018AuthorDavid Hewitt

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]

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Arts Award Supporter Information

Posted onWednesday, 28th February 2018Monday, 3rd September 2018AuthorPhillippa Slinger

Ledbury Poetry Festival celebrates over two decades as nation’s pre-eminent poetry festival, with award winning programmes in the community and schools. The Festival has been awarded “Best Community Festival” by …[Read More]

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Community Poetry Workshops – Autumn 2020 dates!

Posted onTuesday, 30th January 2018Thursday, 1st October 2020AuthorPhillippa Slinger

Feeling inspired? Feel like to learning to express yourself better? Get your poetry muscles flexing at these wonderful events, ALL of them are FREE to attend so that income is …[Read More]

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WINNER: BEST COMMUNITY FESTIVAL

Posted onThursday, 25th January 2018Thursday, 26th April 2018AuthorChloe Garner

WINNER: BEST COMMUNITY FESTIVAL in VISIT HEREFORDSHIRE AWARDS ! ‘It is a brilliant festival in a lovely town and I recommend it highly, an absolute must for anyone who believes …[Read More]

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Poetry Salon with Roz Goddard 6th March

Posted onThursday, 25th January 2018Thursday, 25th January 2018AuthorChloe Garner

In the Panelled Room of The Masters House, 7pm – 9pm Tuesday 6th March Roz Goddard will read from a new pamphlet Spill published by Flarestack Press. Previously she published …[Read More]

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Poetry Salon with Adam Horovitz 6th Feb

Posted onMonday, 22nd January 2018Thursday, 25th January 2018AuthorDavid Hewitt

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]

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Festival Annual Report is out!

Posted onMonday, 22nd January 2018Thursday, 25th January 2018AuthorDavid Hewitt

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]

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2018 Festival Press Release!

Posted onMonday, 22nd January 2018Monday, 4th June 2018AuthorDavid Hewitt

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Event Recommendations! Top Tips from the Team!

Posted onThursday, 29th June 2017Saturday, 20th January 2018AuthorChloe Garner

Festival News! Malika’s Kitchen Saturday 8 July Malika’s Poetry Kitchen cooks up a feast of poetry on Saturday 8 July. Featuring a delectable array of contemporary and spoken word poets …[Read More]

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Air Poems in the Key of Voice – rich, immersive, spine-tingling!

Posted onThursday, 22nd June 2017Tuesday, 4th July 2017AuthorChloe Garner

Air Poems in the Key of Voice is a unique and innovative work of translation and performance: “The piece will offer hearing audiences something of the rich, immersive, spine-tingling experience …[Read More]

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Interview with Versopolis poet Nikolina Andova from Macedonia

Posted onTuesday, 20th June 2017AuthorChloe Garner

Versopolis is a celebration of emerging European poets on Sunday 9 July at 4.15pm – 5.30pm in The Market Theatre. It is FREE to attend. This is the third year …[Read More]

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Interview with Versopolis poet Helen Mort

Posted onFriday, 9th June 2017AuthorChloe Garner

Versopolis is a celebration of Emerging European Poets. This year the event, on Sunday 9 July, will feature Tiziano Fratus (Italy), Charlotte Van den Broeck (Belgium), Nikolina Andova (Macedonia), Veronika …[Read More]

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Festival Events Celebrate D/deaf and Disabled Poets

Posted onTuesday, 6th June 2017Tuesday, 6th June 2017AuthorChloe Garner

Stairs & Whispers: D/deaf and Disabled Poets Write Back is the first major UK anthology of poetry and essays from D/deaf and disabled writers, published by Nine Arches Press. Join …[Read More]

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Ledbury Poetry Salon with Alison Brackenbury

Posted onTuesday, 23rd May 2017AuthorChloe Garner

Tuesday 6 June, 7pm – 9pm, The Master’s House in Ledbury Tickets £5 (includes a glass of wine) ‘Alison Brackenbury loves, lives, hymns and rhymes the natural world and its …[Read More]

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Fantastic Beasts – Performance

Posted onTuesday, 2nd May 2017AuthorChloe Garner

First reading of Fantastic Beast poems at Hereford River Carnival on Saturday 29 April. Thanks to all the poets who came along to read their poems – Peter Wyton, Simon …[Read More]

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Next Ledbury Poetry Salon – Gregory Leadbetter

Posted onWednesday, 26th April 2017AuthorChloe Garner

Ledbury Poetry Salon with Gregory Leadbetter Tuesday 16 May This Salon will take place at Hellens Manor in Much Marcle 7pm – 9pm Tickets £5 to include a glass of …[Read More]

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Ledbury Residential – Book your place

Posted onWednesday, 26th April 2017AuthorChloe Garner

Refreshing the Word, with Fiona Sampson and David Harsent Monday 26 June – Thursday 29 June 2017 £450 (includes fully catered accommodation for 3 nights) Poetry expresses the self, captures …[Read More]

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Fantastic Beasts – Call for Poems

Posted onWednesday, 26th April 2017AuthorChloe Garner

Herefordshire is a county of fantastic beasts and mythical creatures: The Dragon of Mordiford, the ‘enormous panther’ supposedly spotted near Ross on Wye, the Kilpeck Basilik. Also the minotaur, unicorn …[Read More]

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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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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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Voice Coaching Workshop 2016

Posted onThursday, 17th December 2015Thursday, 14th January 2016AuthorPhillippa Slinger

We’ve just heard news we have funding for this workshop in 2016. See New Writers’ Page for details

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2016 Sneak Preview

Posted onThursday, 17th December 2015AuthorPhillippa Slinger

The programme is already looking very exciting for what will be the twentieth anniversary of the Ledbury Poetry Festival! We are delighted to announce that Carol Ann Duffy will return on Saturday …[Read More]

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Poetry By Heart

Posted onTuesday, 24th November 2015AuthorChloe Garner

“Taking a poem into your heart makes it part of you. Saying a poem aloud makes you part of its life in the world. This is a rich and nourishing …[Read More]

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Damian Walford Davies – Poetry Salon

Posted onFriday, 20th November 2015Saturday, 19th December 2015AuthorChloe Garner

Talking Poetry Poetry Salon with Damian Walford Davies Tuesday 10 November A final Poetry Salon for 2015. The first part of the evening will involve a reading from Judas and …[Read More]

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New Community Programme Sessions Leominster

Posted onMonday, 9th November 2015Monday, 16th November 2015AuthorPhillippa Slinger

Poet and story teller Carol Florence has commenced new sessions at Grange Court, Leominster. Visit Community Page for details

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Ledbury Talking Poetry

Posted onMonday, 14th September 2015AuthorChloe Garner

These are the first of what we hope will become monthly ‘poetry salons’. The first part of the evening will involve a reading and conversation with a featured poet. The …[Read More]

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Women editors shine as small, independent presses punch above their weight

Posted onWednesday, 15th July 2015AuthorChloe Garner

It is no longer the ‘holy grail’ for aspiring poets to be published by the five ‘big names’ in poetry publishing – such as Carcanet, Faber, Picador, Cape and Bloodaxe. …[Read More]

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Tadeusz Dabrowski- Review of Black Square by Cristina Florescu

Posted onThursday, 9th July 2015AuthorChloe Garner

Tadeusz Dabrowski’s book, Black Square, is a very personal collection of poems where issues about identity, relationships and human emotions surface in a free verse filled with humour, sarcasm and …[Read More]

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Interview with Gill McEvoy by Christina Florescu

Posted onWednesday, 8th July 2015AuthorChloe Garner

After Gill McEvoy’s 20 minute event Christina Florescu, who is one of the Festival interns from the University of Worcester, interviewed her: Your pamphlet, The First Telling, deals with quite …[Read More]

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Listen again to a favourite event

Posted onWednesday, 8th July 2015Wednesday, 8th July 2015AuthorDavid Hewitt

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]

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Versopolis: A Celebration of Emerging European Poets

Posted onSaturday, 4th July 2015AuthorChloe Garner

With our Versopolis celebration of emerging European poets happening tomorrow, we chatted with Adam Horovitz: 1) If you could write poetry in another language, what would it be and why? …[Read More]

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Festival launched in sultry summer weather

Posted onSaturday, 4th July 2015Sunday, 5th July 2015AuthorDavid Hewitt

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.

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Poetry as Protest

Posted onFriday, 3rd July 2015AuthorChloe Garner

English PEN and Ledbury Poetry Festival join forces to support persecuted poets On Sunday 5 July, PEN and LPF are also hosting a special discussion on poets, poetry, protest and …[Read More]

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Celebrating Words!

Posted onThursday, 2nd July 2015Thursday, 2nd July 2015AuthorChloe Garner

Continuing our celebration of words! Words we never want to lose: Dr. Rowan Williams says, ‘I’d propose ‘translucent’ – not just for its meaning but because it has one of …[Read More]

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Interview with Versopolis Poet Meirion Jordan

Posted onWednesday, 1st July 2015AuthorChloe Garner

Interview with Meirion Jordan who is appearing in our Versopolis Celebration of Emerging European Pets event on Sunday 5 July: 1) If you could write poetry in another language, what …[Read More]

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Conversation with Eleanor Rees

Posted onThursday, 25th June 2015Thursday, 25th June 2015AuthorChloe Garner

Coffee-break chat with Eleanor Rees, who is appearing at the Festival with Mona Arshi and Sarah Corbett on Monday 6 July in an event celebrating the launch of Pavilion Poetry, …[Read More]

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George Szirtes to appear alongside Jo Bell and Chris McCabe

Posted onWednesday, 24th June 2015AuthorChloe Garner

The Festival is excited to announce that George Szirtes will now appear alongside Jo Bell and Chris McCabe in the opening event at 6pm – 7pm on Friday 3 July. …[Read More]

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Interview with Versopolis poet Liz Berry

Posted onThursday, 18th June 2015AuthorChloe Garner

Versopolis is a celebration of emerging European poets. In the first of a series of Versopolis inspired interviews we chatted with poet Liz Berry: 1) If you could write poetry …[Read More]

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Spoken Word Poetry Show with Mark Gwynne Jones and Mamta Sagar

Posted onWednesday, 17th June 2015AuthorChloe Garner

England’s Peak District meets India’s Karnataka region: Mamta Sagar Mark Gwynne Jones

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Extra event with poet Pele Cox

Posted onWednesday, 17th June 2015AuthorChloe Garner

Pele Cox will read from her new autobiographical collection The Mistress Account on Saturday 11 July at 7.15pm – 7.35pm in The Panelled Room in The Master’s House. Pele is …[Read More]

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Herefordshire Libraries have some great poetry events in March

Posted onTuesday, 3rd March 2015AuthorChloe Garner

Thursday 26 March – Here There and Everywhere – Offa’s Press An entertaining hour at Leominster Library with some of the most popular poets from Offa’s Press. Dave Reeves, Simon …[Read More]

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Jonathan Edwards Ledbury Poetry Competition winner 2014 Costa Book Awards Winner

Posted onTuesday, 27th January 2015AuthorChloe Garner

Jonathan Edwards, 2014 Ledbury Poetry Competition winner for ‘Servant Minding a Seat for his Master Before a Performance of The Rivals, Covent Garden Theatre, 1775’. Judged by Ian McMillan. Excited …[Read More]

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Joelle Taylor – poet in residence for three Herefordshire high schools

Posted onTuesday, 27th January 2015AuthorChloe Garner

Identity is the theme of a series of writing and performance workshops for pupils at Aconbury Centre, St David’s Centre in Hereford and John Masefield High School in Ledbury in …[Read More]

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New Writers’ Programme – Versopolis

Posted onTuesday, 27th January 2015Tuesday, 27th January 2015AuthorChloe Garner

Versopolis: Promoting and translating emerging poets in partnership with 10 other European Festivals This is a European poetry platform that creates new opportunities for emerging European poets and is supported …[Read More]

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Captive

Posted onThursday, 10th July 2014Thursday, 10th July 2014AuthorChloe Garner

This high energy dance piece by Motionhouse, a world class dance company, is happening at Ledbury Recreation Ground on Saturday 12 July at 12 noon and 2.30pm – don’t miss …[Read More]

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The Poetry Orchard

Posted onThursday, 24th April 2014AuthorChloe Garner

Thanks to Paul Henry our Herefordshire Poet in Residence for this wonderful idea. He has filled this barrel with the names of some Herefordshire apples. If you’d like to add your …[Read More]

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