Fresh from her appearance at Wenlock poetry festival last weekend, Elaine Feinstein, pictured, is booked for the Poetry-next-the-sea festival, at Wells in Norfolk, from 9-11 May. Andrew Motion, Rowan Williams, Emily Berry, Fiona Sampson, David Harsent, and Gillian Beer are also on the festival bill.

 

PHOTOGRAPH: DAVID ANDREW / WRITE OUT LOUD

 

 

MAY

Strokestown poetry festival, Co Roscommon,  2-4 May 

Poetry-next-the-sea, Wells, Norfolk, 9-11 May

Bodmin Moor poetry festival, Liskeard, 30 May-1 June 

Suffolk poetry festival, Stowmarket, 31 May 

 

JUNE

Bodmin Moor poetry festival, Liskeard, 1 June 

Bridlington poetry festival, 12-15 June

Charles Causley festival, Launceston, Cornwall, 12-16 June 

Dinefwr literature festival, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, 20-22 June

Poetry in the City, World Curry Festival, Bradford, 20-22 June

Worcestershire litrerary festival, 20-29 June 

Cornwall contemporary poetry festival, Calstock, 28-29 June

 

JULY

Stratford-upon-Avon poetry festival, 2 July - 3 August  

Wirral Festival of Firsts,  5-13 July 

 

AUGUST

Stratford-upon-Avon poetry festival, until 3 August 

 

SEPTEMBER

Winchester poetry festival, 12-14 September