Thu 30th June at 7pm
‘Welcome to Ledbury Poetry Festival’ 1-10th July 2022’
Weekend Passes
Save money by using a weekend pass! These allow entry to 13 selected events for £34 over the first weekend of Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd and 8 selected events for £24 over the second weekend of Friday 8th to Sunday 10th July.
Are you 25 years old or under?
You are entitled to free tickets to any event in the festival. Please contact boxoffice@ledburypoetry.org.uk for details.
Ledbury Poetry Festival 2022
02. Valzhyna Mort: Music for the Dead and Resurrected Reading and conversation with Sandeep Parmar
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
Fri 1st July at 5pm
03. Simon Armitage
The Poet Laureate reads from his new translation of The Owl and the Nightingale, a jewel of Middle English verse, new poems, Laureate poems, and poems from his most recent collection Magnetic Field.
Fri 1st July at 7pm
04. Sonnets for Albert: with Anthony Joseph performing alongside Jason Yarde (Saxophones/ Electronics) and Rod Youngs (Drums)
Weekend Pass event
Fri 1st July at 8:30pm
07. Poetry Translation Breakfast: Readings and conversation over coffee and croissant
Weekend Pass event
Sat 2nd July at 9:30am
10. Polish Translation Duel with Bohdan Piasecki and Anna Blasiak hosted by Clare Pollard
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
Sat 2nd July at 11am
11. Nicole Sealey and Kevin Young
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
Sat 2nd July at 1pm
13. Forrest Gander and James Byrne
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
Sat 2nd July at 3pm
14. Sarah Hymas and Jason Allen-Paisant: Reading and conversation
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
Sat 2nd July at 5pm
15. Somali Poetry Modern Poetry in Translation Summer Launch
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
Sat 2nd July at 7pm
19. Reviewing the Reviews, with special guest Kevin Young, The New Yorker’s Poetry Editor and Ledbury Critic Oluwaseun Olayiwola
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
Sun 3rd July at 11am
20. Poetry Reading: Alex Dimitrov and Deborah Landau
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
Sun 3rd July at 1pm
24. Wagtail Women: Jo Clement, Raine Geoghegan and Sarah Wimbush
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
Sun 3rd July at 3pm
25. Identity and Womanhood: Readings and conversation
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
Sun 17th July at 5pm
26. John Murillo and Thomas Lynch
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
Sun 3rd July at 7pm
32. Mererid Hopwood and Peter Florence – Dead Poets Society 1: Gabriela Mistral
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
Mon 4th July at 4pm
Mon 4th July at 6pm
Wed 6th July at 10am
Wed 6th July at 10:30am
49. Michael Wood Dead Poets Society 3, DuFu: China’s Greatest Poet.
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
Wed 6th July at 5pm
50. Jasmine Gardosi: Dancing to Music you Hate
The spectacular new show about gender identity from the award-winning poet, beatboxer and slam champion.
Wed 6th July at 7pm
Thu 7th July from 11am
57. Dead Poets Society 4: Backlisted – Christopher Logue’s War Music
With Natalie Hayes
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
Thu 7th July at 6pm
62. Daphne Astor and Sasha Dugdale with Claire Armitstead Dead Poets Society 5: Irina Ratushinskaya
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
Fri 8th July at 2pm
64. The Long Form Poem: Accessibility, Class and Strangeness Anthony Anaxagorou and Holly Pester
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
Fri 8th July at 6pm
68. The Power of Endings with Elaine Beckett, Greta Stoddart, Gill Barr and Helen Evans
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
Sat 9th July at 11am
71. Poetry Claudine Toutoungi and Emma Purshouse
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
Sat 9th July at 3pm
72. Jessica Mookherjee and Maria Jastrzebska on Foreignness and Assimilation.
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
Sat, 9th July at 5pm
73. Chris Riddell and A.F. Harrold
As A.F. Harrold reads a selection of poems, Chris Riddell will create art before your very eyes.
Sat 9th July at 6.45pm
76. Kayo Chingonyi and Victoria Adukwei Bulley.
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
Sun 10th July at 11am
79. Em Strang, Alyson Hallett and Iain Galbraith: What Gladness Can Poetry Offer Us?
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
Sun 10th July at 1pm
80. Vidyan Ravinthiran and Seni Seneviratne: Sri Lankan and Diasporic Poetry
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
Sun 10th July at 3pm
01. Hollie McNish and Michael Pedersen
Thu 30th June at 7pm
84. Ledbury BookArts Exhibition
Fri 1st-Sun 10th July, 10am-4pm
02. Valzhyna Mort: Music for the Dead and Resurrected Reading and conversation with Sandeep Parmar
Fri 1st July at 5pm
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
03. Simon Armitage
Fri 1st July at 7pm
The Poet Laureate reads from his new translation of The Owl and the Nightingale, a jewel of Middle English verse, new poems, Laureate poems, and poems from his most recent collection Magnetic Field.
04. Sonnets for Albert: with Anthony Joseph performing alongside Jason Yarde (Saxophones/ Electronics) and Rod Youngs (Drums)
Fri 1st July at 8:30pm
Weekend Pass event
07. Poetry Translation Breakfast: Readings and conversation over coffee and croissant
Sat 2nd July at 9:30am
Weekend Pass event
05. Coat of Hopes Open Mic Readings
Sat 2nd July at 11am and 3pm
08. Tree Whispers
Sat 2nd July at 11am
09. Transforming Photographs into Poetry: Workshop with Sarah Wimbush
Sat 2nd July at 11am
Sold out
10. Polish Translation Duel with Bohdan Piasecki and Anna Blasiak hosted by Clare Pollard
Sat 2nd July at 11am
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
11. Nicole Sealey and Kevin Young
Sat 2nd July at 1pm
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
12. Writing the Green Canopy with Mandy Ross
Sat 2nd July at 2pm
13. Forrest Gander and James Byrne
Sat 2nd July at 3pm
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
14. Sarah Hymas and Jason Allen-Paisant: Reading and conversation
Sat 2nd July at 5pm
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
15. Somali Poetry Modern Poetry in Translation Summer Launch
Sat 2nd July at 7pm
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
16. Brian Bilston
Sat 2nd July at 9pm
17. David Colmer and Radna Fabias
Sun 7th July at 10am
18. 50 Ways to Score a Goal with Brian Bilston
Sun 3rd July at 10:30am
19. Reviewing the Reviews, with special guest Kevin Young, The New Yorker’s Poetry Editor and Ledbury Critic Oluwaseun Olayiwola
Sun 3rd July at 11am
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
20. Poetry Reading: Alex Dimitrov and Deborah Landau
Sun 3rd July at 1pm
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
22. Poets Passing HereAbouts
Sun 3rd July at 2pm
23. Into writing with Writer’s Imaginarium facilitator Sarah Hymas
Sun 3rd July at 2pm
24. Wagtail Women: Jo Clement, Raine Geoghegan and Sarah Wimbush
Sun 3rd July at 3pm
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
25. Identity and Womanhood: Readings and conversation
Sun 17th July at 5pm
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
26. John Murillo and Thomas Lynch
Sun 3rd July at 7pm
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
27. It’s a Mad Madrigal
Sun 3rd July at 7pm
29. Fiona Stafford walk Hope End
Mon 4th July at 9.30am
28. Short course for Experienced Writers led by Nicole Sealey
Mon 4th July at 10am + Tue or Wed
30. Death Salon with Thomas Lynch
Mon 4th July at 11am
31. Malvern Writers’ Circle and friends with open mic
Mon 4th July at 2pm
32. Mererid Hopwood and Peter Florence – Dead Poets Society 1: Gabriela Mistral
Mon 4th July at 4pm
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
33. Polly Atkin and Hannah Hodgson: Reading and conversation on illness, health and death
Mon 4th July at 6pm
On Zoom
34. Feminista! Open Reading and Musical Celebration
Mon 4th July at 8:00pm
35. Literary Landmarks Minibus Tour
Tue 5th July at 10am
36. Mererid Hopwood and Owen Sheers Dead Poets Society 2: Aneirin and Taliesin
Tue 5th July at 1pm
38. Voyages of the Mind: Camino de Santiago in music and poetry
Tue 5th July at 3.30pm
39. Odes to the Ledbury Bells
Tue 5th July at 5.45pm
40. The Hidden Life of Dorothy Wordsworth with Polly Atkin
Tue 5th July at 6pm
On Zoom
41. Homend Poets Open Mic
Tue 5th July at 6.30pm
42. It’s a Mad Madrigal
Tue 5th July at 7pm
43. Polarbear
Tue 5th July at 7.30pm
44. ‘What’s in a name? Tips for giving your poem a title’ Workshop with Jack McGowan
Wed 6th July at 10am
45. Ledbury Poetry Community Sharing Showcase hosted by Sara Jane Arbury
Wed 6th July at 10:30am
On Zoom
46. Poetry Performance Skills with Jasmine Gardosi
Wed 6th July at 12.30pm
48. Sealey Residency Participants Performance
Wed 6th July at 4pm
49. Michael Wood Dead Poets Society 3, DuFu: China’s Greatest Poet.
Wed 6th July at 5pm
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
50. Jasmine Gardosi: Dancing to Music you Hate
Wed 6th July at 7pm
The spectacular new show about gender identity from the award-winning poet, beatboxer and slam champion.
56. Odes to the Ledbury Bells
Thu 7th July at 5.45pm
51. Peter Sutton on his collection Elgar Country
Thu 7th July at 9.30am
85. Art Exhibition: Experiential Translation Curated by Ricarda Vidal and Madeleine Campbell
Thu 7th July from 11am
52. Screening: Du Fu: China’s Greatest Poet
Thu 7th July at 1pm
55. Maria Galina reading and in conversation with Sasha Dugdale
Thu 7th July at 4pm
On Zoom
57. Dead Poets Society 4: Backlisted – Christopher Logue’s War Music
Thu 7th July at 6pm
With Natalie Hayes
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
58. Harry Baker and Gecko
Thu 7th July at 8pm
59. Catherine Swire walks two poems from Soil
Fri 8th July at 9.30am
62. Daphne Astor and Sasha Dugdale with Claire Armitstead Dead Poets Society 5: Irina Ratushinskaya
Fri 8th July at 2pm
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
61. The Unusual and Unexplained: workshop with Anthony Anaxagorou
Fri 8th July at 2pm
64. The Long Form Poem: Accessibility, Class and Strangeness Anthony Anaxagorou and Holly Pester
Fri 8th July at 6pm
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
65. Caleb Femi: Poor
Fri 8th July at 8pm
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
67. Embodied Poetry Workshop with Em Strang
Sat 9th July at 10am
68. The Power of Endings with Elaine Beckett, Greta Stoddart, Gill Barr and Helen Evans
Sat 9th July at 11am
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
66. John Hegley with I am a Poetaetoe
Sat 7th July at 11am
69. Versopolis
Sat 9th July at 1pm
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
70. Desert Island Poems with Alistair McGowan
Sat 9th July at 3pm
71. Poetry Claudine Toutoungi and Emma Purshouse
Sat 9th July at 3pm
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
72. Jessica Mookherjee and Maria Jastrzebska on Foreignness and Assimilation.
Sat, 9th July at 5pm
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
73. Chris Riddell and A.F. Harrold
Sat 9th July at 6.45pm
As A.F. Harrold reads a selection of poems, Chris Riddell will create art before your very eyes.
74. Ledbury Poetry Slam!
Sat 9th July at 8.30pm
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
75. Ledbury Celebration 2022!
Sun 10th July 11am-5pm
76. Kayo Chingonyi and Victoria Adukwei Bulley.
Sun 10th July at 11am
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
78. What Can you Find in a Poet’s Beard? Chris Riddell and A.F. Harrold
Sun 10th July at 11am
77. Workshop: Finding Words for the Pandemic
Sun 10th July at 12noon
79. Em Strang, Alyson Hallett and Iain Galbraith: What Gladness Can Poetry Offer Us?
Sun 10th July at 1pm
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
80. Vidyan Ravinthiran and Seni Seneviratne: Sri Lankan and Diasporic Poetry
Sun 10th July at 3pm
Weekend Pass event
In-person and live-streamed on Zoom
81. Another Time This Time Directed by John London and Karen Morash
Sun 10th July at 5pm
82. Heavy is the head that wears the Crown
Tue 12th July at 5pm
Online Poetry Workshops led by Sara-Jane Arbury
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