Yesterday’s workshop looking at the long poem Bristol Poetry Festival was very fun. Here I am trying to explain everything at the same time.
Had a lush time at Bristol Poetry Festival this weekend, talking with brilliant poets about curating collections & indie publishing. Great to see rooms packed out for poetry. Team Lyra are smashing it 👏💖👏💖👏
If you didn't know, I run a poetry festival in Bristol @lyrafest 🎤✍️
We've just launched a HUGE programme. It'd mean the world if you can check out the lineup and show support 🙌 lyrafest.com. Here's a picture of me last year introducing the legend Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓
Excited to be in Bristol to co-judge the Bristol Poetry Festival poetry slam tonight and perform a guest set. Stunning venue St George's Bristol is sold out at 300+. The poets will blow the bloody doors off. 🎤🔥
It’s almost time for the Bristol Poetry Festival! 📜🖊️
Taking place from 22 April-1 May in venues across the city, this incredible event is co-directed by Bath Spa Professor, Dr Lucy English and Creative Writing grad, Danny ‘Craft-D’ Pandolfi.
Read more on our website: bit.ly/3KeI80j
Why not join us tonight for an evening of Caribbean poetry and music from some of the best in the business - headlined by the legendary John Agard💥
We Liming is co-hosted by Edson Burton and Melanie Abrahams. Line up features Muneera Pilgrim & Dr Lawrence Hoo D.Litt
Part of Bristol Poetry Festival.
Hi Bristol! My Bristol Poetry Festival workshop on Curating Your First Collection has SOLD OUT - yay/eek 💫
But tickets are still available for the Small Press Symposium with me, Anthony Anaxagorou Jacob Sam-La Rose
Pamenar Press & Girasol Press 💫
23/04, 2pm lyrafest.com/#events/e86946
The poetry love continues....We're excited about the poetry slam house competition next week, hosted by Ruby from the V6_Bristol Head Student team Venturers Trust #workhardbekindhavecourage Poetry By Heart Bristol Poetry Festival
Still grinning from last night’s Bristol Poetry Festival All hail, the Cat Prince, Michael Pedersen, and Malaika Kegode (and Hollie McNish, but I was too shy to photograph her). And yay to accidentally ending up next to the lovely JohannaWrites and deliberately to Varosha
Getting ready to go to Bristol!! See you all at Lyra Festival!! Bristol Poetry Festival Raise the Bar Bristol Beacon Nikita Gill Cecilia Knapp #Bristol #Poetry
Join Bristol Poetry Festival for Queering the City, a performance, open mic and social for Bristol’s LGBTQIA+ poetry communities and straight allies, featuring Bristol City Poets past and present, Kat Lyons and Caleb Parkin!
Caleb Parkin @Words_and_weeds
lyrafest.com/#events/e87554
Scenes from tonight’s Bristol Poetry Festival which saw an evening of poems about Bristol and our announcement that we have given a grant to Lyra to support the city poet work for another two years. Another legacy project of Bristol Ideas.
Festival of Economics is now part of Economics Observatory and Festival of the Future City is run as a new festival of cities and regions by the Growing Together Alliance. The city poet work continues with Bristol Poetry Festival. 2/
We are delighted to be collaborating with Bristol Poetry Festival ! Come and experience Nikita Gill Stephen Lightbown and 🦻🏽Raymond Antrobus reading their work live!
This event will bring stories and poems to make you feel, think, laugh and smile.
Link to webpage: lyrafest.com/#e105195
Wow! I’m still buzzing from the BBC Upload and Tonic showcase for Bristol Poetry Festival last night!
Celebrating poetry in all forms from poets across the West Country!
Look at our amazing performers!
Thanks Bristol Poetry Festival & Watershed for having us on Saturday as part of *Translation & Displacement*, to Stephen Watts & Poetry Translation Centre for organising & chairing, & to Al-Saddiq Al-Radd, Sabrin Hasbun & Ibrahim Hirsi for gorgeous, stirring multilingual performances. A grand afternoon!
