![A Poetry readingby Ahren Warner](http://archive.nclacommunity.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Ahren-Warner.png)
Ahren Warner reading at the 2017 Newcastle Poetry Festival. This event took place in Northern Stage on 13th May 2017. More information about the 2017…
![A reading by Bejan Matur and Jean Boase-Beier](http://archive.nclacommunity.org/content/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Bejan Matur and Jean Boase-Beier reading at Northern Stage. This event took place on 13th May 2017.
![Readings by students: MA in Writing Poetry](http://archive.nclacommunity.org/content/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Students in the MA in Writing Poetry at Northern Stage. This event took place on 13th May 2017.
![A Discussion on Poetry and Politics with Patricia Smith, Jericho Brown, and Carolyn Forché](http://archive.nclacommunity.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Politics-and-Poetry.png)
A discussion on the role of poetry in the current political landscape with Patricia Smith, Jericho Brown, and Carolyn Forché at the 2017 Newcastle Poetry…
![Highlights from Newcastle Poetry Festival 2016](http://archive.nclacommunity.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_7775.jpg)
Highlights from the 2016 Newcastle Poetry Festival at the Northern Stage. Featuring readings from Linda France, Colette Bryce, Sean O’Brien, W.N. Herbert, Don Share, Stephen…
![Dr Alex Nivenon Basil Bunting and Briggflatts](http://archive.nclacommunity.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/basil-bunting-1.jpg)
Dr. Alex Niven talks about the work of the great English modernist poet Basil Bunting ahead of a panel discussion with Don Share and Stephen…
![Review of Newcastle Poetry Festival 2015 by Pippa Little](http://archive.nclacommunity.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/OBrien_Little_35.jpg)
The Newcastle Poetry festival has filled me with new spirit and hope! A wonderful, immersive experience through which Nerval wandered with his lobster on a…
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