alnisaCelebrate National Poetry Day on Thursday 7 October 2010
Posted on 14/09/2010On National Poetry Day readers and writers young and old will mark the seventeenth National Poetry Day with the theme of Home.
A poem by National Poetry Day Poet-in-Residence Daljit Nagra will be unveiled on the National Poetry Day website. Members of the public around the country, from Land’s End to John O’Groats and the Giant’s Causeway, will also show off their poetic flair and be creative for a day, celebrating home in verse, with events inspired by their homes, their towns or countries of origin, and things associated with the home, from cups of tea to washing-up! Why not also use the day to visit a poet’s home?
Events happening around the UK include:
London
National Poetry Day Live at Southbank Centre - join National Poetry Day Poet-in-Residence Daljit Nagra and poets Simon Armitage, Ian Duhig, Jane Draycott and Luke Kennard for an afternoon celebration of poetry, hosted by Southbank Centre in association with The Poetry Society Date and times: Thursday 7 October, 2-6pm
Venue: Clore Ballroom at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London
Tickets: Free
Website: www.poetrysociety.org.uk
Start the day at Poet in the City’s annual Poetry Breakfast with Jo Shapcott, shortlisted for this year’s Forward Prizes for Poetry.
Date and times: Thursday 7 October, 8am
Venue: Bates Wells and Braithwaite, Scandinavian House, 2-6 Cannon Street, London, EC4 M 6YH
For more information: info@poetinthecity.co.ukWebsite: www.poetinthecity.co.uk/
Attend the annual Jazz Poetry Superjam with poetry and music from John Hegley, Hank Wangford, Adam Horovitz and Michael Horovitz, and musicians Pete Lemer, Annie Whitehead, Ian Smith, Martin Davison and the William Blake Klezmatrix Band. Date and times: Thursday 7 October, 7.30pm – Midnight
Venue: The 100 Club, 100 Oxford Street, London
Tickets: £10 at the door from 7.15pm, or book at www.wegottickets.com/event/90456.
k Join Faber’s leading poets, including Don Paterson and National Poetry Day Poet-in-Residence Daljit Nagra, at the Faber Poetry Day at Foyles bookshop
Date and times: Saturday 9 October, 11am–5pm
Venue: Foyles bookshop, Charing Cross Road, London
Tickets: £15/£12
Website: www.foyles.co.uk
Wellingborough, Northants
Hear CBE award winning poet Roger McGough read from his new poetry collection, That Awkward Age, followed by a book signing.
Date and times: Wednesday 6 October, 7:30pm
Venue: The Castle, Castle Way, Wellingborough, Northants, NN8 1XA
Tickets: £12.50, Concessions £10
Website: http://www.thecastle.org.uk/home/
Chatham, Kent
The Historic Dockyard Chatham’s first ever Poet in Residence Patience Agbabi will perform a corona of 7 sonnets, Chains, which she has written during her residency, sonnets which forge the vital links between the site’s unique architectural legacy and the voices of those who have helped to shape its incredible 450 year history. This roving performance will take place in locations around the dockyard. Date and times: Thursday 7 October, 7.30pm
Venue: The Historic Dockyard Chatham, Kent, ME4
Tickets: £10, for further information or to book call 01634 823814
Burwash, East Sussex
Visit National Trust property Bateman’s, the home of Rudyard Kipling, which will be hosting readings of Kipling verse throughout the day.
Date and times: Wednesday 6 October, 11am – 5pmVenue: Bateman’s, Bateman’s Lane, Burwash, East Sussex, TN19 7DS
Website: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-batemans
Exeter
Exeter Poetry Festival kicks off on National Poetry Day, with highlights including readings from the works of Ronald Duncan and Charles Causley; a poetry workshop from TS Eliot Prize winning poet Jen Hadfield; and a reading and discussion with poet Ruth Padel.
Date and times: 7 - 10 October, 6pm
Venue: Exeter Central Library, Castle Street, Exeter, Devon EX4 3PQ
Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, Exeter, EX4 3LSTickets: Range from free - £8
Website: http://exeterpoetryfestival.com/
Bristol
Bristol Central Library will host Renga Master Alan Summers of literature organisation ‘With Words’ as he collects short verses from library visitors to create a multi-voiced renga poem similar to those traditionally created in Japan. Specially adapted to reflect the day's theme of Home, and what that means in Bristol, the poem will be developed throughout the day.
Dates and times: Thursday 7 October, 10am – 6pm
Venue: Bristol Central Library, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TL
Tickets: Free, for more information contact Andrew Cox, 0117 9222 180
Swansea
Paul Henry, one of Wales’ leading poets, launches The Brittle Sea: New and Selected Poems (Seren). Originally a songwriter, Henry has authored five collections and has read at festivals across the UK and Europe. He recently presented the 'Inspired' series of arts programmes for BBC Radio Wales. Reading with him is Swansea poet and teacher Richard James Jones, who is working with Paul under the Academi’s mentoring scheme for talented young writers.
Date and times: Thursday 7 October, 7:30pm
Venue: Dylan Thomas Centre, Somerset Place, Swansea, SA1 1RR
Tickets: Free entry and wine, in association with Seren Books
Website: http://www.dylanthomas.com
Birmingham
Birmingham will announce their new Poet Laureate on National Poetry Day followed by a performance at the Festival in their first official capacity. The occasion will also welcome guest Poet Pascale Petit, shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize for The Huntress and The Zoo Father.
Date and times: Thursday 7 October, 6.45 - 8.45pm
Venue: The Library Theatre, Birmingham Central Library, Chamberlain
Square, Birmingham, B3 3HQ
Tickets: Free, please reserve with the box office at 0121 303 2323 or
www.birminghambookfestival.org
Derby
Celebrate National Poetry Day with poetry readings by Derby’s longest running poetry workshop group Derby City Poets. It will be a veritable stanza bonanza with a range of styles and subjects to suit all tastes and welcomes those new to the poetry scene.
Date and times: Thursday 7 October, 7pm – 9pm
Venue: Central Library, The Wardwick, Derby, DE1 1HS
Tickets: Free, booking essential through any Derby City Library or call 01332
641702 for more information
Website: www.derby.gov.uk/LeisureCulture/Libraries
Hull
Former Poet Laureate Sir Andrew Motion speaks at the second 25Larkin autumn lecture series. Motion will explore the effects of the publication of Larkin’s Collected Poems, letters and biography on the poet’s reputation.
Date and times: Tuesday 5 October, 6pm
Venue: Middleton Hall, Hull Campus, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX
Tickets: Free, for booking call 01482462045
Website: http://www.larkin25.co.uk/index.php
Grasmere, Cumbria
Dove Cottage, home to William Wordsworth for 19 years, will be hosting poetry readings on National Poetry Day with new Wordsworth Trust Poet-in-Residence Helen Mort. There are also guided tours of the house, and visitors can see the Wordsworth Museum with original manuscripts, possessions and pages from the diaries of his dear sister and English author Dorothy Wordsworth.Date and times: Thursday 7 October
Venue: Dove Cottage and Wordsworth Museum, Grasmere, LA22 9SH
Tickets: Adults £7.50, child £4.50, family £17.20
Website: www.wordsworth.org.uk
Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
The childhood home of late poet Laureate Ted Hughes has been recently refurbished as a writer’s retreat holiday home, decorated to a 1930s aesthetic to conjure the era in which Ted Hughes lived. In honour of National Poetry Day, The Elmet
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