Welcome to Winchester Poetry Festival
Winchester Poetry Day will take place Saturday 5 October 2024.
Winchester Poetry Festival in 2024
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Winchester Poetry Festival is a biennial festival, with our next full festival taking place in 2025. This year we will be holding a shorter, one-day poetry festival at The ARC, Winchester on Saturday 5th October 2024.
Programme to be announced in the Summer.
We are hosting and collaborating on a number of poetry events throughout the year, the details and ticket links for which are below.
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What's on
Poetry Hub at Bournemouth Writing Festival 2024
The Avenue, Bournemouth
Saturday 27th April 2024
poetry activities from 10am-5pm
Poetry activities for all ages and abilities. Drop-in activities inspiring wordplay and expression through poetry. Have your creative spark activated by our experienced facilitators!
10-5pm: contribute to Bournemouth's Community Landscape Poem by submitting lines in advance to Estelle Phillips via instagram @estelle_writer44 or email estelleathalterworth@yahoo.co.uk or in person - as Estelle will be at the Poetry Hub all day.
10:30-12pm: Aiysha Jahan (Write Beyond Borders) explores Pakistani Truck Art - it is not just about bold colours and images - words feature prominently on Pakistan's jingle trucks too! Praise, aphorisms, prayers and poetry. Read some examples and add your own to our truck art wall.
1-2:30pm: Make waves with your writing, with Yasmin Inkersole! Dip your toes into poetry by using collage methods to create your own poems inspired by famous verses about the seaside. In this workshop you will be encouraged to turn poems from celebrated writers into new verses that channel your own voice - so there’s no need to worry about starting from a blank page.
3:30-5pm: Join Kaycee Hill (Bloodaxe Books) to explore Bournemouth's stunning landscapes - from its beaches and sea to parks and gardens - through poetry and collage, culminating in a group poem that reflects the community's connection to these natural spaces.
Bournemouth Writing Festival is a three day, city-wide, literary festival inspiring writers to write.
Poetry Hub activities are free to attend, suitable for all ages, and open to all.
Mother Tongue Poetry Evening: A celebration of languages at their most beautiful
Learning Rooms at The ARC, Jewry St, Winchester
Tues 14th May 2024
poetry activities from 6-8pm
Winchester Poetry Festival and Bridges Not Borders invite you to share your languages in a session of creativity, collaboration and performance. Join us for a creative evening and meet people from different cultures, celebrate their languages and share your own!
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Write poems inspired by multi-cultural poets.
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Write a collaborative poem uniting the languages in the room.
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Share work by a poet you love or read us a poem you've written in your mother tongue.
Bridges not Borders is a literature and art project run by Susmita Bhattacharya and Aiysha Jahan, funded by Arts Council England and the AHRC-funded Diverse Capacities Project.
Winchester Poetry Festival is here to be a round table for poetry where everyone is welcome.
No experience of poetry required. Speakers of all languages encouraged to attend.
FREE to attend, suitable for all ages and abilities.
Please reserve your free ticket if you plan on joining in.
Please note, tickets for Winchester Poetry Festival events are bookable directly from this page. Please do not purchase tickets from resale websites/marketplaces. Tickets for collaborative events may be hosted by other platforms. You can find our refund policy here.
If you have queries regarding tickets, or are concerned your ticket is not valid please email hello@winchesterpoetryfestival.org