Forward Prizes for Poetry 2019 Ceremony

The Forward Prizes for Poetry 2019 will be awarded at the Southbank Centre on Sunday 20th October 2019.

See the nation’s most coveted poetry prizes awarded live on stage by the chair of the jury Shahidha Bari, and hear readings from the 15 poets shortlisted.

Performance, Prize

Sweetshop of Words

This sweetshop of conceptual confectionary offers each member of the public a small gold coin which they can spend on just one thing at the counter and it explores the notion of choice in our lives - “Choose well. Your choice is brief, and yet endless” as Goethe says.

NPD Ambassador Sally Crabtree will then invite visitors to design a sweet wrapper for the confectionary that will fill a PinARTa which is hanging on the stall. The PinARTa can be ‘bashed’ at a spoken word event called GOBstopper where all the ‘goodies’ are shared out.

Performance, Exhibition

Great Malvern Primary Poetry Festival

In its second year, the Great Malvern Primary Poetry Festival will be launched this year by none other than 2018 CLiPPA Award winner and National Poetry Day Ambassador, Karl Nova. This year, the school community will be celebrating rhythm and rhyme in a blockbuster week of all things poetry related!

Performance, Free

Caswell Chat

In celebration of National Poetry Day Caswell Clinic Patient Magazine, the Caswell Chat, has brought all the poems ever published in the magazine together into one place.

Between now and National Poetry Day the posters are placed around the clinic and now await responses that will be published in the magazine.

Some patients are too unwell to leave the clinic or interact with the outside world so outside encouragement is welcomed on many fronts.

Free

Bath Children’s Literature Festival Poetry Slam

Schools from across Bath and the surrounding area will be coming together on National Poetry Day to perform on the festival stage and to compete for the title of Slam Champion!

Performance

Poetry at George’s

Patients in hospital at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust write poems.

Free

National Poetry Day

Poems of Truth declaimed by members of Suffolk Poetry Society and public from the spiral staircase of the South Outlook Tower at Aldeburgh beach.

Performance, Free

A day of poetry at the Place Theatre

The Place Theatre is giving over the whole of the 3rd of October to a mini-festival of poetry. Workshops in the morning, networking at lunch, readings in the afternoon and performances in the evening.

Performance, Open mic

Her 100 Cerdd

To celebrate National Poetry Day, Literature Wales has once again challenged four poets to compose 100 Welsh-language poems in 24 hours. Each poet will need to compose at least one poem every hour in order to complete the challenge in time. Past teams have reached the deadline with only seconds to spare. Will this year’s fabulous four follow suite and finish as the clock strikes twelve?

Free

An Illustrated Introduction to Modern Poetry with Jan Noble

A taster evening to our Cafe Society season of Poetry workshops over 6 weeks.

Tuesday 19th March
7 - 8.30pm
Sunbury Gallery

Tickets £8 with glass of wine included

To book 01932 788101 or barbara@sunburygallery.org

Performance, Exhibition

Cheltenham Poetry Festival

A poetry party with a healthy dose of anarchy (The Guardian) spread over 10 days. The Festival, which has been praised for its outspoken and socially conscious events, this year offers ground-breaking and provocative performances, workshops and the Slam! Come and join Kim Moore, Nafeesa Hamid, Jamie Thrasivoulou, Annette Badland and many more...

Performance, Open mic

Brave Poets National Poetry Day

We hold curated open mics - invitees are welcome to read a poem of their own.

Date: Thursday 3 October 2019
Location: Soho
Theme: Truth

Poets, writers, singers, rappers perform original work of their own, of any genre, in exchange for audience feedback. We include a live band in the second half. email:bravepoets@gmail.com or see facebook/bravepoets or instagram @bravepoets for more details.

Performance

Russian Poetic Crew

Meeting Russian-speaking people to read Russian and English poetry aloud in a great atmosphere of Manchester University.

Reading, Free, Library

Reclaim the Frame: The Kindergarten Teacher Screening, Live Q&A + Poetry Workshop

A film screening of The Kindergarten Teacher, followed by a poetry workshop, at Tyneside Cinema Newcastle.

Truth in Nature

Verses in the veg patch, and stanzas in the leaves!

Come along to community allotment PLOT 22 in Hove to discover some poems that explore Truth in nature.

This two hour workshop will facilitated by Story Chaplain, a social enterprise that encourages moments of connection through 'words for wellbeing'.

Reading, Free

An Evening in the Company of Lilian Ross

Poems and songs from the pen of Lilian Ross to celebrate National Poetry Day.

Laugh, listen, sing, join in!

Performance

Poetry Breakfast

Breakfast followed by workshop.

A.F.Harrold Creative Writing Club

Performance poet and all round wonderful author, A.F.Harrold, will be joining us for Creative Writing Club.

There's no need to book.
£5 each, age 6+
Saturday 5th October, 4:00pm-5:30pm

Performance

Poetry Slam

Join us on National Poetry Day for a poetry slam!
You can bring along your own verses to share, recite a well-loved poem or simply be part of the audience.
This is suitable for poetry lovers of all ages and abilities.
Book your free place to avoid disappointment.

Performance, Free

Verve Poetry Festival

Verve is a four-day festival in the heart of Birmingham city centre, 5 seconds walk from the shiny New Street Station. We’ve programmed the very best contemporary poetry all in one building. Hear award-winning poets and local legends sharing the same stage. Attend workshops open to all levels. Experience genre-defying performances. Bring the house down at a spoken word and music gig. Brave an open mic.
Meet your favourite poets and discover new ones. It’s the friendly, down to earth, cosmopolitan and deliciously bold festival you’ve heard everyone talking about. Most importantly, we want Verve to be for everyone: whether you’ve been writing for years or are just starting out; whether you’ve attended every festival on the circuit or this is your first.

Performance, Open mic, Exhibition

National Poetry Day

Come along to Waterstones Gateshead and share your poetry about Truth with us 3rd October from 5pm

Reading, Performance, Free