Images from the Newcastle Poetry Festival 2017 which took place between 9th May and 13th May 2017 at the Sage Gateshead and the Northern Stage. To…
Val McDermid in conversation with Jackie Kay at Culture Lab. This event took place on 22nd May 2017.
Lisa Higgs’ poem ‘Wild Honey Has The Scent Of Freedom’ won the second prize in the 2017 Basil Bunting Poetry competition. Read the second-prize poem
Peter Dukes’ poem ‘Tragic, Super-Tragic’ won the third prize in the 2017 Basil Bunting Poetry Competition. Read the third-prize poem
Jo Young’s poem ‘Canopoly’ won the first prize in the 2017 Basil Bunting Poetry Competition. Read the first-prize poem
Patricia Smith reading at the 2017 Newcastle Poetry Festival. This event took place in Northern Stage on 13th May 2017. More information about the 2017…
Jericho Brown reading at the 2017 Newcastle Poetry Festival. This event took place in Northern Stage on 13th May 2017. More information about the 2017…
Carolyn Forché reading at the 2017 Newcastle Poetry Festival. This event took place in Northern Stage on 13th May 2017. More information about the 2017…
David Harsent reading at the 2017 Newcastle Poetry Festival. This event took place in Northern Stage on 13th May 2017. More information about the 2017…
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