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All steamed up for Worcestershire literary festival

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Poetry and trains are on the timetable at Worcestershire literary festival, which begins on Friday 20 June and continues until Sunday 29 June. The Steam Poets, led by Dave Reeves, the grand station master of ceremonies, pictured, will be reading poetry on the concourse at the Severn Valley Railway’s Kidderminster station, from 11am-3pm on Thursday 26 June.  The Steam Poets are Suz Winspear, Deborah Alma, Alison Absolute, Stephen Clarke, Rohit the Poet, and Write Out Loud’s Greg Freeman, and they will be joined by Staffordshire poet Bert Flitcroft. Other poetry highlights on the festival bill include Worcestershire poet laureate competition, a pop-up poets’ bus tour, poems from folk singer/comedian Mike Harding, spoken word star Jonny Fluffypunk, poems in the park, and a Sunday night slam to mark the end of the festival. More details

 

JUNE

Worcestershire literary festival, 20-29 June 

Bolton poetry festival, 25-27 June 

Cornwall contemporary poetry festival, Calstock, 28-29 June

Felixstowe book festival, 28-29 June 

 

JULY

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

Ledbury poetry festival, 4-13 July

Wirral Festival of Firsts,  5-13 July

Buxton festival fringe, 9-27 July 

John Clare Society festival, Helpston, near Peterborough, 11-13 July 

Latitude festival, Southwold, 17-20 July

 

AUGUST

Stratford-upon-Avon poetry festival, until 3 August 

Edinburgh festival fringe, 1-25 August 

 

SEPTEMBER

Winchester poetry festival, 12-14 September

King's Lynn poetry festival, 26-28 September

 

OCTOBER

Swindon poetry festival, 2-5 October

 

◄ End of month deadline for poems 'in the spirit' of Wilfred Owen

Deadline nears for £1,000 Ledbury festival competition ►

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