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Literary Festival Links
Below you'll find a selection of links to a number of webpages
about literary festvials which host poetry events.
The Poetry Bookshop Online is not responsible
for the content of any of these sites. If you run a poetry
or literary festival and wish to be included in our links
pages then email us at editorial@poetrybookshoponline.com
All links appear at our discretion
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Aldeburgh Poetry Festival
Begun in 1989 by a group of local people who wanted to hear
published poets introducing and reading their work; Aldeburgh
is one of Britain's leading annual international poetry festivals.
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The Bath Literature Festival
Initiated in 1995, the annual nine day Bath
Literature Festival is held at various venues accross the
city usually in late-Feburary or early March and attracts
a wealth of big names and hosts some great poetry events.
In 2005 Sophie Hannah is the Festival's Poet in Residence.
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The Cheltenham Festival of Literature
Established in 1949, Cheltenham was the
world's first literary festival and is still one of the best.
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Durham Liteature Festival
Fifteen years young, Durham's Literature Festival normally
boasts an impressive array of poetry readings.
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The Edinburgh International Book Festival
Started in 1983 as a biennial event,
the book festival is now a key element in the August Festival
season, celebrated annually in Scotland's capital city.
The Essex Poetry Festival
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The Ledbury Poetry Festival
Ledbury is described by the Poet Laureate
Andrew Motion, no less, as 'the best in the country'.
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Manchester
Poetry Festival
Andrew Motion, Amanda Dalton, Matthew Welton, Jackie Kay and
Lemn Sissay are among the poets who have appeared at the Manchester
Poetry Festival in recent years.
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Poetry-next-the-Sea
An annual poetry festival
set up by locals that brings the best poets writing in English
to Wells-next-the-Sea on the North Norfolk coast
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The Wells Festival of Literature
This annual
festival with a poetry prize is staged each October in the
cathedral city of Wells in Somerset.
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