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Scotland's Poetry Festival - Starts Wednesday!

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StAnza, Scotland's International Poetry Festival, starts on Wednesday 17th and runs to the 21st March. The festival features: Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney, Don Paterson, Vicki Feaver, Jen Hadfield, Matthew Sweeney, Moniza Alvi, Dennis O’Driscoll, Grevel Lindop and Kei Miller.

To this stellar list of poets, who will be at the heart of the Poetry Centre Stage evenings at the Byre The...

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Sunday 14th March 2010 10:56 am

News

Bolton Wanderers win FA Cup!

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Well, they did in 1923, and will continue to do so every night until 10th April, at Bolton’s Octagon Theatre.
It’s all thanks to those fr...

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Sunday 14th March 2010 2:22 pm

Headingley LitFest

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The Headingley LitFest, which runs from 16th– 27th March 2020, will, this year, have the theme ‘A Sense of Place’. Headingley is a...

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Sunday 14th March 2010 12:41 pm

1st Wenlock Poetry Festival

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The first Wenlock Poetry Festival boasts a line up that includes: Carol Ann Duffy(founding patron), Roger McGough, Gillian Clarke, Imtiaz Dharker, Dal...

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Friday 12th March 2010 7:31 pm

Essex Poetry Festival Competition

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The 10th open Essex Poetry Festival Competition is now open for submissions with the sole adjudicator being Kathryn Simmons

Closing date for entr...

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Friday 12th March 2010 5:43 pm

Page One - Internet Radio

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On Page One this week... An engaging interview with Kuwaiti poetess Fatima Al Matar...and another taster of the poetry of Simon Armitage...Don’t...

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Friday 12th March 2010 10:19 am

Manchester Poets Wanted

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Puppy Wolf Press are currently seeking submissions for the first issue of the anthology from all corners of the Manchester poetry/spoken word scene....

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Wednesday 10th March 2010 10:01 am

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