McGough and Armitage lined up for Wakefield Lit Fest
Roger McGough will be reading from his new collection, As Far As I Know, and Simon Armitage from his new book, Paper Aeroplanes: Selected Poems 1989-2014, at Wakefield Lit Fest next month. Other big poetry names at the festival include Jackie Kay and Zaffar Kunial. Full details
SEPTEMBER
Bristol poetry festival, 10-21 September
Winchester poetry festival, 12-14 September
Release the Hounds performance festival, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, 12-14 September
Celebrating Seamus Heaney on Home Ground, Magherafelt, Northern Ireland, 12-15 September
Wise Words festival, Canterbury, 12-21 September
Wigan Diggers' festival, 13 September
Wakefield Lit Fest, 18-30 September
King's Lynn poetry festival, 26-28 September
Exeter poetry festival, 29 September - 5 October
OCTOBER
Exeter poetry festival, until 5 October
Warwick Words festival of literature and spoken word, 1-5 October
Swindon poetry festival, 2-5 October
Birmingham literature festival, 2-11 October
Cheltenham literature festival, 3-12 October
Havant literature festival, 3-12 October
Ilkley literature festival, 3-19 October
Durham book festival, 6-18 October
Manchester literature festival, 6-19 October
Essex poetry festival, Chelmsford, 11 October
Teesside poetry festival, Middlesbrough, 16-20 October
Ted Hughes festival, West Yorkshire, 24-26 October
NOVEMBER
Aldeburgh poetry festival, 7-9 November
Reading poetry festival, 7-9 November