Newcastle Poetry Festival 2019: Northern Stage

Calling all poetry-lovers! Don’t miss this year’s four-day international festival at Northern Stage, celebrating the finest poetry from around the world by some of the art’s most acclaimed practitioners.

Featuring readings, lectures, discussions, workshops, and multi-genre performances.

Our main programme features many of the past year’s most lauded poets, including Hannah Sullivan(winner of the T S Eliot Prize), Phoebe Power (winner of the Forward Prize for Best First Collection), Toby Martinez de las Rivas (shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection), Deryn Rees-Jones (Poetry Book Society Recommendation), and Liz Berry (winner of the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem).