This event involves a performance of Deryn Rees-Jones’s new poem by actress Juliet Stevenson accompanied by the exquisite animated collages of artist Charlotte Hodes, in collaboration with Kristina Pulejkova. This …[Read More]
Five Years of Winners Hosted by our Young Poet in Residence, Dom Hale The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award is the key award for young poets aged 11-17. …[Read More]
Clare Short was MP for Birmingham Ladywood for 27 years and Secretary of State for International Development. In 2003, Clare resigned from the government over the Iraq war and later …[Read More]
This special event celebrates the publication of My Voice: A Decade of Poems from the Poetry Translation Centre, a dazzling array of 111 poems translated from 23 different languages – …[Read More]
Exploring representations of homosexuality or the homoerotic in poetry. Gregory Woods is author of A History of Gay Literature: The Male Tradition. He was the first Professor of Gay and …[Read More]
Robert Perkins delivers a talk about creating the Written Image, an exceptional body of visual work on show at The Heritage Centre and Shell House Gallery. He talks about the …[Read More]
Elizabeth Bishop is now widely accepted as ‘one of the most important American poets’ of the twentieth century (New York Times). Her poems are renowned for their precision and beauty. …[Read More]
Renowned as a supreme performer, Kei Miller’s poems inhabit sound, and his speaking voice brings to life beautifully the warm music of the Jamaican English of his homeland. His new …[Read More]
Jo Gill, Associate Professor of 20th Century Literature at Exeter University, argues that even though post-war American suburbia was widely regarded to be a cultureless wasteland, its rituals and topographies …[Read More]
with Juliet Stevenson and Michael Pennington Since the start of World War 1 in 1914 humanity has been caught up in war after war. In this deeply moving event Michael …[Read More]
Join Ian McMillan for a combination of words and stories and glee and delight. Ian McMillan is Poet in Residence for The Academy of Urbanism and Barnsley FC. He presents …[Read More]
Jacqueline Saphra, Rachel Piercey, Richard O’Brien and Jerrold Yam celebrate the diversity and eccentricity of human sexuality, peeling back the glamour to reveal eroticism in all its messy, sexy glory. …[Read More]
Dora Wordsworth and Sara Coleridge, were life-long friends and this biography reflects themes including fathers and daughters, love and friendship and the legacy of genius and fame. ‘Never has the …[Read More]
What happens when you give five poets each an anonymous bottle of perfume to try, and ask them to write a new poem in response to that scent? And what …[Read More]
For anyone who writes poetry and anyone who’s interested in how and why poetry is written, or anyone who’s interested in what poetry is: ‘On Poetry is the best book …[Read More]
Sound recordist Chris Watson and poet Linda France recreate a special live version of their 2008 collaboration The Moon & Flowers – a lunar year in a walled garden. They …[Read More]
Ali Cobby Eckermann is firmly established as a strong and vital emotive voice within Australian Aboriginal literature and she is one of the most remarkable poets to emerge in Australian …[Read More]
