Events
Newcastle Poetry Festival: Northern Stage
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A new international festival celebrating contemporary poetry. This inaugural festival will mark the culmination of the AHRC-funded project, The Poetics of the Archive: Creative and Community Engagement with the Bloodaxe Archive.
Thursday 19th March
18:00 19:00
Sean OBrien launch of The Beautiful Librarians.
Friday 20th March
10:00 12:00
Presentations of creative responses to the Bloodaxe Archive from participants in the Poetics of the Archive project:
Helen Farish, Peter Armstrong, Tony Williams, Kathy Towers, Kathy Bainbridge Moran, Eileen Jones, Degna Stone and Pippa Little
13:00 14:00
Announcement of the 2015 Basil Bunting Prize.
14:30 15:30
Roundtable discussion with Professor Linda Anderson, Ahren Warner, Richard Price and Neil Astley.
16:00 17:30
Readings from Niall Campbell, Rebecca Perry and Vidyan Ravinithiran.
19:00 20:30
Readings from Mark Doty, Kei Miller and Susan Stewart.
Saturday 21st March
10:00 12:30
Presentations of creative responses to the Bloodaxe Archive from participants in the Poetics of the Archive project: John Challis. Beverley Nadin, David Spittle, Kris Johnson, Stevie Ronnie, Tara Bergin, Chrissie Williams, Kayo Chingonyi, Christy Ducker, Linda France, Cynthia Fuller, Anne Ryland, Ellen Phethean, Helen Collard, Bernie McAloon and Wendy Smith
14:00 15:30
Readings from Anne Stevenson and George Szirtes.
16:00 17:30
Translation event featuring Valerie Rouzeau, Susan Wicks, Antonella Anedda and Jamie McKendrick.
19:00 20:30
Readings from Sujata Bhatt, Michael Longley and Karen Solie.
