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David Harsent, Sinéad Morrissey and Ahren Warner17:30–18:45 | Northern Stage | Stage 2 | £6 (£4 conc)
8 Mar 2017

David Harsent, Sinéad Morrissey and Ahren Warner

17:30–18:45 | Northern Stage | Stage 2 | £6 (£4 conc)

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Tickets: £6 (£4 conc) available from webstore   The work of these poets push the boundaries of poetry. David Harsent’s most recent collection Fire Songs (Faber & Faber) won the T.S. Eliot Prize in 2014. Winner of the T.S. Eliot … Continued

Discussion: Poetry and Translation15:00–16:00 | Northern Stage | Stage 2 | FREE
8 Mar 2017

Discussion: Poetry and Translation

15:00–16:00 | Northern Stage | Stage 2 | FREE

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Walter Benjamin said ‘ All translation is only a provisional way of coming to terms with the foreignness of languages’.   Join us for a discussion about translating poetry with the poets, editors and translators W.N. Herbert, Jean Boase-Beier, Sophie … Continued

MA in Writing Poetry student readings13:30–14:30 | Northern Stage | Stage 2 | FREE
8 Mar 2017

MA in Writing Poetry student readings

13:30–14:30 | Northern Stage | Stage 2 | FREE

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Come and hear the inspiring work of current Newcastle University students based at The Poetry School, London, and Newcastle. With readings from: Edmund English Imogen Forster Sandra Galton Stephen Kendall Steph Morris Nick On Molly Rowan Elizabeth Young

Discussion: What role does poetry have in the current political landscape?12:00–13:00 | Northern Stage | Stage 2 | FREE
8 Mar 2017

Discussion: What role does poetry have in the current political landscape?

12:00–13:00 | Northern Stage | Stage 2 | FREE

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Join the poets, Patricia Smith, Carolyn Forché and Jericho Brown who are from the USA, and whose work reflects international and humanitarian concerns, for a discussion on poetry and politics.  

Discussion: Writing a Competition Poem11:00–11:45 | Northern Stage | Stage 2 | FREE
8 Mar 2017

Discussion: Writing a Competition Poem

11:00–11:45 | Northern Stage | Stage 2 | FREE

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Is there a difference between a poem that works on the page and a poem that wins a competition? How can you make your stand-alone poem grab the attention of the judges? Mslexia Editor Debbie Taylor, ex chair of the … Continued

The Basil Bunting Poetry Award 2017: Prize Announcement and Reading10:30–10:55 | Northern Stage | Stage 2 | FREE
8 Mar 2017

The Basil Bunting Poetry Award 2017: Prize Announcement and Reading

10:30–10:55 | Northern Stage | Stage 2 | FREE

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The Basil Bunting Poetry Award is an annual, international poetry prize administered by the Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts. This year’s judge, Ahren Warner, will present the prizes and welcome winners to the stage to read their poems.

PBS Presents: Alice Oswald and Penelope Shuttle19:00–20:15 | Northern Stage | Stage 2 | £6 (£4 conc)
8 Mar 2017

PBS Presents: Alice Oswald and Penelope Shuttle

19:00–20:15 | Northern Stage | Stage 2 | £6 (£4 conc)

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Tickets: £6 (£4 conc) available from webstore   An enthralling double bill: Alice Oswald’s Falling Awake (Cape, 2016) is a meditation on the primacy of humans in the natural world. Penelope Shuttle’s new collection will-you-walk-a-little-faster (Bloodaxe Books, 2017) explores the … Continued

Pippa Little, Fiona Sampson and Jo Shapcott17:30–18:45 | Northern Stage | Stage 2 | £6 (£4 conc)
8 Mar 2017

Pippa Little, Fiona Sampson and Jo Shapcott

17:30–18:45 | Northern Stage | Stage 2 | £6 (£4 conc)

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Tickets: £6 (£4 conc) available from webstore   Join us for a reading from three inspiring poets. Royal Literary Fund Fellow Pippa Little’s most recent collection is Twist (Arc Publications, 2017). The author of twenty-seven books, Fiona Sampson’s most recent … Continued

Tara Bergin, Sophie Collins and Wayne Holloway-Smith16:00–17:15 | Northern Stage | Stage 2 | £6 (£4 conc)
8 Mar 2017

Tara Bergin, Sophie Collins and Wayne Holloway-Smith

16:00–17:15 | Northern Stage | Stage 2 | £6 (£4 conc)

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Tickets: £6 (£4 conc) available from webstore   We present three exciting new voices. Tara Bergin’s debut collection This Is Yarrow won the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry Prize for Best First Collection in 2014. Sophie Collins’ poems have appeared … Continued

Cynthia Fuller, Marilyn Longstaff and Andrew Sclater15:00–15:45 | Northern Stage | Stage 2 | FREE
8 Mar 2017

Cynthia Fuller, Marilyn Longstaff and Andrew Sclater

15:00–15:45 | Northern Stage | Stage 2 | FREE

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Tickets: FREE Three poets based in the North East read from their new publications. Cynthia Fuller has five poetry collections and her latest publication is a pamphlet, Home is where (Red Squirrel Press, 2017). A graduate of the Newcastle Creative … Continued

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