Welcome to the 2017 Newcastle Poetry Festival. READINGS | MUSICAL COLLABORATIONS | PERFORMANCES | WORKSHOPS | FILMS | BOOK SIGNINGS | FOOD STALLS
We’re thrilled to conclude with two leading international poets. Slovenian writer Aleš Šteger has published seven books of poetry, three novels, and two books of essays. A Chevalier des Artes et Lettres in France and a member of the … Continued
The opening of this year’s festival is marked by a special event featuring critically-acclaimed poet Terrance Hayes. Hayes is the author of numerous collections of poetry, including American Sonnetsfor My Past and Future Assassin (Penguin, 2018), shortlisted for both the … Continued
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
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