Beverley Poetry Day 27th June
Poetry is in the air at the moment – get a lung-full in Beverley on 27 June at the East Riding Poetry Day
East Riding Poetry Day offers you the chance to spend a day, or
part of the day, with some of the best poets currently writing. You’ll
have the chance to write poems of your own, listen to a lecture and
hear some of the best poets around read their work.
The poets involved in the day include Carol Rumens, Christopher Reid, Fiona Sampson and Pat Borthwick.
John W. Clarke, Director of the Beverley Literature Festival and organiser of the poetry day says:
To celebrate the award ceremony for our enormously successful
East Riding Poetry Competition we thought we’d put together a day of
top-quality poetry events so that aspiring writers and established
poets could work together and read together. It’s turned out better
than I could have hoped. Fiona Sampson, poet and editor of ‘Poetry
Review’ will be giving a lecture and leading workshops alongside two of
our finest poets: Christopher Reid and Carol Rumens. It should be a
great day – and if you’ve ever thought of giving poetry a try, start
here.
East Riding Poetry Day is part of a season of literary events that
will culminate in the Beverley Literature Festival 09, 1-11 October.
To to book tickets ring 01482 392706. For more information go to www.bevlit.org
This event is
organised by Wordquake, the literature development organisation run by
East Riding Libraries and part-funded by Arts Council England
Yorkshire.
