The summer treasure hunt is back. Join Live Canon, from anywhere in the world, for an August full of poetry. Discover new writers, revisit old favourites, and get a smidge competitive about it all. Each day you receive a an email, introducing you to the work of a particular poet. …
Scottish arts company I Am Loud Productions are delighted to return for a sixth consecutive year to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Presenting Loud Poets: Best of Fringe, they are featuring 69 fantastic poets performing across 24 shows throughout August. Learn more here.
Poets Anonymous originated in February 1990 at Ashburton Library, Addiscombe as a house-to-house workshop to encourage poetry writers to share their poems and offer constructive criticism. Some people attended as an aid to getting themselves into print, other to help one another, others for the pure pleasure of enjoying poetry. …
The Battle at the Border is here. There will be teams from Canada, and the US coming together to battle for Team Slam supremacy right by the border in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Look for teams from Buffalo, Rochester, Toronto, Burlington, St Catherines, Jamestown, and Albany. Learn more here.
At this series of poetry workshops at Sidmouth Folk Festival, participants will be encouraged to write their own poems using a series of prompts and guidance from Ilse Pedler, an experienced workshop leader. Poems, pictures and games will be used as starting points. The workshops are all stand-alone and at …