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19 February 2023

Verve Poetry Festival Reading – Protest

The Verve Competition on the Theme of Protest opened for entries from Nov 14 2022 to Jan 2 2023, judged by the wonderful Kim Moore. This FREE to attend event will feature all the winners and commended poets, as well as four commissioned poets, who will read their poems on our subject and help launch our annual festival anthology. The event will be hosted by Kim herself and will be a fun and lively affair, featuring poets of all kinds and levels of experience. Always a festival highlight!

11 June 2022

Welshpool Poetry Festival

Of course, it’s wonderful to see the return of in-person events, and to be able to offer the best hybrid festival we can. It will be an exciting leap into this brave new world and we hope friends old and new will join us for what is certain to be an amazing day and evening, whether in-person or on-line. THANK YOU for supporting us, believing in us and staying loyal to what Jonathan Edwards recently called “one of the best poetry festivals anywhere”.

1 April 2021

Seren First Thursdays Reading

Seren's First Thursdays Poetry Readings with Glyn Edwards

6 September 2020

SEPTEMBER PROMISES: Mid Wales Arts, Caersws

Our headline poets Glyn Edwards, Kate Garrett and Chris Kinsey come with many publications and accolades to their names so we are in for an eclectic and stimulating afternoon. They will read and take part in Q&A hosted by Pat Edwards. We will also hear from guest poets Jen Hawkins, recently published in Prole Magazine, and award-winning Ben Gwalchmai.

2 June 2020

Headline reading at Testify, Chester

17 February 2020

Gladstone’s Library: An Evening with Poetry Wales

Join the new editor of Poetry Wales magazine, Jonathan Edwards, as he introduces a range of poets appearing in the magazine’s new and forthcoming issues. Poetry Wales recently celebrated its 55th birthday and is one of the leading poetry magazines in the UK. Come along to this special event to experience the work of an exciting range of […]

11 January 2020

Venue Cymru (Llandudno): Take Part 2020

take pART 2020 11- 12 January 2020 1 building; 2 days; 300+ workshops, drop-ins, talks, performances; 10,000 participants; loads of fun. Venue Cymru will host an explosion of arts and literature workshops and events in January 2020, with the return of take pART. Following on from last year’s hugely successful event’ which attracted some 10,000 […]

25 November 2019

Verbatim

I will be the guest poet at Verbatim in Welshpool on the 25th November. The event is coordinated by the Welshpool Poetry Festival organised Pat Edwards.

28 October 2019

Verbose Manchester

Manchester’s Saboteur-Award winning night of Spoken Word

5 October 2019

Milieu, Swansea Fringe Festival

Milieu is a night of literature, spoken word, art, photography and visual concepts, bringing together a collective of writers and artists alike.