We're gearing up here in Cheltenham for the Poetry Festival, now only a couple of weeks away. And the advertising certainly isn't exaggerating when it says that this year's Festival is the "most diverse and exciting we've yet produced"! There are special student offers on selected sessions and workshop offers too; the workshops (this year to be run by John Hegley, David Clarke, Michael Scott and Ben Parker) are always a popular feature of the festival and are usually oversubscribed. Do look at the website to see what an amazing breadth of poetry is on offer and join us if you can. The Guardian once called the Festival "a poetry party with a healthy dose of anarchy" and it should definitely live up to that next month.
I'm particularly looking forward to hearing Roy McFarlane (who has kindly agreed to be the poetry judge for the Gloucestershire Writers Network competition this year) and the John Goodby talk on Dylan Thomas. I'm event managing some sessions and I'll also be performing myself, as part of the Cheltenham Poetry Festival Players; with Robin Gilbert, Frances March and Peter Wyton I'll be doing a series of readings on the theme of "Time" in the Lounge at the Playhouse Theatre on Monday May 8th at 20.30. We're covering a broad span, era and style-wise - it promises to be an interesting evening.
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