After a countywide search, the hunt for the Hampshire Poet is over. Nazneen Ahmed Pathak from Southampton was selected from a very strong...

We are delighted to announce the appointment of a new Artistic Director. The poet, editor and writer, Clare Pollard, joins the festival...

“I welcomed the festival with open arms! It was so good to have active, vibrant energy in the space once more. Most enjoyable!” “I loved...

Greg Gilbert 1977 – 2021 It is with great regret that we hear that Greg Gilbert has died. In an announcement on social media his wife...

Sasha Dugdale talks about programming the 2021 festival As you’ll know we had to cancel the poetry festival last year, and this year we...

The 2020 Winchester Poetry Prize has been won by Lewis Buxton of Norwich for his poem Field Dressing a Rabbit. Lewis becomes the fifth...

In view of the continuing uncertainty about restrictions arising from the pandemic, the festival’s trustees have decided it is not...

Stephen Boyce, Chair of Winchester Poetry Festival, talks about the development of the Winchester Poetry Prize which is now in its fifth...

An update from Kathryn Bevis, Hampshire Poet 2020 Since hearing the news of my appointment just before Christmas, I’ve been like a small...

For the last 18 months our creative team have been putting together our fourth biennial festival due to take place in October. Our theme...

Following a county-wide search, the hunt for the Hampshire Poet 2020 is over. Kathryn Bevis from Winchester was chosen as Hampshire Poet...

Winchester Poetry Festival and ArtfulScribe announce new education partnership. Winchester Poetry Festival and ArtfulScribe, are pleased...

Winchester Poetry Festival has been successful once again in obtaining Arts Council funding and will return in October 2020 with a more...

'Things Being Various' is an interview format with a bit of a difference. It's based on five 'things' the poet brings with them to...

Poetry is alive and stronger than ever. It has a heartbeat. Anyone with a glimmer of interest in poetry can come close to that heartbeat...

One of the principles we have inherited from our founder, Robert Hutchison, is that we are a “festival of poetry, not simply a festival...

As usual, this year’s Festival Programme contains some of the biggest names in UK poetry. It was such a wonderful experience to be...

Sarah Hesketh and I programmed the weekend like children in a sweet shop and, as you might expect, it’s a line-up of poets we both loved...

Bishops of the Church of England are not always known for their poetic talents. However, one bishop of London, Henry Montgomery Campbell,...