The Southwell Library Poetry Festival

The Southwell Library Poetry Festival is a regular event in the library calendar to celebrate poetry in all its forms.

The 2012 festival takes place from Thursday 5 July to Sunday 8 July. Tickets are on sale now.

The festival will present some of the brightest and best poets in the land. Join poets Ian McMillan and Wendy Cope to celebrate poetry through readings, workshops, performances and a children’s competition.

Download the Southwell Library Poetry Festival programme [PDF]².

Events take place at Southwell Library except where specified in the event title.

Thursday 5 July

·         10am - 12 noon - Workshop: Reading Christina Rossetti with Ann Hardwick - 6pm

·         7pm - 9pm - Festival Highlight: Ian McMillan, Talking Myself Home - £10/£8

Friday 6 July

·         10am - 12 noon - Workshop: Writing Poetry with Sue Dymoke - £6

·         2pm - 2.30pm - Reading: Voice Versa with Folio Magazine - Free

·         5pm - 6pm - Talk: Andrew Graves - £3

·         6pm - 7pm - Talk: Irish Poetry with Deirdre O’Byrne - £3

·         7pm - 7.15pm - Reading: New Voices - Free

·         7.30pm - 9pm - Festival Highlight: Valerie Laws & Char March - £8/£6

Saturday 7 July

·         10am - 10.45am - Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats: Nicola Ellis

·         11am - 11.45am - The Pity of War Distilled: Kevin Tobin

·         12pm - 12.45pm - Write with Reindeers

·         1pm - 1.45pm - The Road Less Travelled: Gill Starkey

·         2 pm- 2.45pm - Odes to Fruit: Jenny Spencer

·         3pm - 3.45pm - The Poetry of Kingship: Dr Kate Wilkinson

·         4pm - 4.45pm - Reading: Crystal Clear Creators

·         5pm - 5.45pm - The Apple Sequence: Wayne Burrows

·         6.30pm - 8pm - Reading: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner with Friends of Southwell Library - £8

Sunday 8 July

·         10am -12noon - Pottery & Poetry at The Olde Mill, Main St, Caythorpe - £5

·         2pm - 2.30pm - Poetry Hullabaloo: Children’s event - Free

·         4pm - 5.30pm - Festival highlight: Afternoon Tea with Wendy Cope - £10/£8

·         7pm - 8.30pm - Reading: Paradise Lost performed by The Southwell Theatre Club and members of Nottingham’s Stanza Group at The Chapter House, Southwell Minster - £8/£6

·         Festival Box Office         Bookings for any of the events can be made at Southwell Library¹ in person or tel: 01636 812 148 - credit or debit cards accepted.