Sean O'Brien and shades of green at Cheltenham poetry festival

Friday 24th April 2015 7:15 am (first posted 21st April 2015)

Environment and the natural world is the theme of this year’s Cheltenham poetry festival, from 22 April to 3 May, which includes a reading sponsored by the Campaign to Protect Rural England by Sean O'Brien, pictured, and environmental poet Michael McKimm; the launch of Dear World, an anthology from the festival’s publishing arm, Frosted Fire Press, featuring poems by some of the poets reading at the festival, and with a foreword by CPRE president and former poet laureate, Sir Andrew Motion. Other highlights include the festival’s (and Carol Ann Duffy’s) favourite poetry band Little Machine; David Morley, Claire Trévien, Tim Liardet, Martyn Crucefix, Jo Bell, Wendy Klein and many other poets; bands, comedy, hip hop, a slam workshops, and children’s poetry shows. More details

PHOTOGRAPH: GREG FREEMAN / WRITE OUT LOUD

APRIL

Cheltenham poetry festival, from 22 April

Wenlock poetry festival, Much Wenlock, Shropshire, 24-26 April

Live from Worktown, Bolton's festival of words, from 24 April

MAY

Cheltenham poetry festival, until 4 May

Live from Worktown, Bolton's festival of words, until 30 May

Poetry-next-the-sea, Wells next-the-sea, Norfolk, 8-10 May

South Yorkshire poetry festival, 18-24 May

The Last Word festival, Roundhouse, London, 19-31 May

Bodmin Moor poetry festival, Liskeard, Cornwall, 29-31 May