We do like to be beside the seaside! Write Out Loud is going to Morecambe poetry festival
Write Out Loud is going to Morecambe poetry festival in September! To mark our regard for this fabulous festival combining top names and grassroots poets - and to celebrate our 20th anniversary year - we will be hosting a couple of events there.
Who’s on the bill? It’s a poetry world Who’s Who! Now in its fourth year, the seaside town’s festival promises three nights of wall to wall poetry with the nation’s favourites along...
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