by Kim Moore Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have had to make some changes to our programme, including some venue changes. Please see below for more details: Friday 24th June, Painting the Poets with Clae Eastgate and Joelle Taylor This…
Guest Blog by Josephine Dickinson
It’s difficult to believe that Kendal Poetry Festival is only six years old. Already, it is one of the most prominent fixtures on the national poetry calendar, with an international scope and following. But there it is, in Kim Moore’s…
Young Poet-in-Residence 2022
Introducing our Young Poet-in-Residence Elizabeth Reid The Young Poet-in-Residence post is a vital part of Kendal Poetry Festival. It’s an opportunity for us to showcase the work of one of the many talented young poets that co-director Kim Moore works…
Open the Door – What the Pandemic Taught Us
by Kim Moore MAY 26TH, 7.30PM-9.30PMOnline Event Celebrate the launch of our new free resource with an online evening of open mic, guided writing, film, and chat! The pandemic changed everything – including the poetry community. In “Open the Door”…
How to Survive a Poetry Festival…? With a Festival Survival Kit, of course!
by Katie Hale It’s a sunny afternoon, I’m driving home from Kendal, and my whole car smells of mint. I’ve just made my annual pilgrimage to Minstfeet Industrial Estate, through the traffic lights, around the winding branching side roads,…
Express: Free Creative Writing Workshops for 14-18 year olds with Clare Shaw
Poetry Is For Everyone This year we are running free Creative Writing workshops for young people aged 14-18. These will run from 2-4pm on Sunday May 8th, May 22nd and June 5th. These are hybrid workshops which will take place…
The Guerilla Poetry Project
Lockdown is hitting young people hard In troubled times, without school and a social life, it’s easy for young people to feel down to feel anxious and alone. Nowhere is this effect more obvious than in our empty schools and…
Black Lives Matter Statement and Open Mic
A Statement From Kendal Poetry Festival ‘Change is going to come’ Poetry is one of the most human of art forms. It asks us to look closely, to think carefully, to feel deeply. It asks us to be open and…
Kendal Poetry Festival 2020 News
It’s hard to believe that six months have passed since the last instalment of Kendal Poetry Festival – those months seem to have flown by for more reasons than one! There’s lots of news and some big changes to report!…
Report from the Festival by Jamie Hale
In the second of our series of ‘Reports from the Festival’, one of our Bursary recipients, Jamie Hale gives his account of the weekend. Reading his thoughts after the weekend is over brings home how important it is that organisations…