Inspired by Newcastle’s iconic cityscape, students were asked to write poems under the theme of ‘Bridges’. The prize will be presented by judges Imtiaz Dharker, Chancellor…
The special event will feature the luminous words of Imtiaz Dharker and Carol Ann Duffy, who will also be accompanied by the musician John Sampson. Carol…
This event with two award-winning poets explores home, landscape and language. Owen Sheers is a poet, author and playwright. He has been twice-winner of Welsh Book of…
Patrick James Errington is a Scottish-Canadian poet and has won the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award from the Writers’ Trust of Canada’ and the Callan Gordon Award…
This event offers meditations on the dynamics of romantic and family relationships, and how these relationships affect our identities. Kim Moore’s recent collection All The Men I Never…
This event explores family migration, legacies of trauma, and climate emergencies, in powerful works. Sarala Estruch’s debut collection After All We Have Travelled is a Poetry Book Society Spring…
This dual event showcases work by Newcastle University students and winners of the ‘Dear Neighbour’ commissions. Curated by John Challis, we will first hear poems written…
We are thrilled to to be working with the T.S.Eliot Foundation to bring you two poets recently short-listed for the T.S. Eliot prize, who will…
A powerful collective poetry experience to close the day’s discussions, featuring poems from Malika Booker and an electrifying choreo-poetry performance by Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa. Use the ‘CC’ button…
Our final panel tackles how poetry can represent and reach more diverse communities. The PBS Summer Choice Airea D Matthews joins virtually from the US to share…
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