Read on for news of our lineup at our event Where To Next? Tickets, Wed 2 Jun 2021 at 13:00 | Eventbrite Naush Sabah is Editor and Publishing Director at Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal, a visiting lecturer at Birmingham City University, and…
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Where To Next? – A Seminar Hosted by Kendal Poetry Festival
June 2nd, 1pm-4pm The literary landscape has been transformed by the pandemic – how do we move forwards? In February 2021, Kendal Poetry Festival staged 45 online events over 10 days, including “Rising to the Challenge: Poetry in an Age…
An Em Humble Film
We have been working with film-maker Em Humble to create a record of the 2021 Kendal Poetry Festival, and we are absolutely stunned with the result. Thanks to Em for all our hard work in bringing this together, and to…
Kendal Poetry Festival shortlisted for 2021 Saboteur Awards
Shortlist for 2021 Saboteur Awards We were absolutely delighted and surprised to find out a few days ago that the 2021 Kendal Poetry Festival has been shortlisted for ‘Best Literary Festival’ in the 2021 Saboteur Awards. It is particularly lovely…
Getting to Know our Young Poet in Residence
As Kendal Poetry Festival has moved online his year, we’ve also moved our Young Poet in Residence post online for 2021. Heather Hughes is our Young Poet in Residence for 2021, here we get to know her, and get a…
Poetry as an Ever-Changing Beast
Poetry is a political statement, and also serves as historical documents. Wordsworth charted the Lakes and environmentalism, and Carol Ann Duffy maps our current century for future generations. Whether poets think about this while they’re writing is debatable, but the…
Accessibility and poetry
For those of you who don’t know me, I’m a disabled poet with a life limiting illness. One of the reasons I decided to join the Kendal Poetry Festival team is that they have shown a commitment to accessibility.…
Free Zoom Workshops!
Free Zoom Workshops! The last ten months have been a crash course in online connection. Workshops, courses, church services, gigs – and now, of course, the Kendal Poetry Festival – are all conducted on Zoom. But a year ago, most…
The Original Dove Cottage Young Poets
If you’re been coming to Kendal Poetry Festival for the past three years, you may have noticed the ever changing faces of those within Dove Cottage Young Poets. So what happened to these previous members? Find out below. Chim…
COME TO MY EVENT, PLEASE
By Jonathan Davidson Sometimes you just have to say what you mean. This blogpost is designed expressly to tempt the many tens of thousands, millions really, probably billions, who have not signed up to come to my talk and discussion…