Following my previous blog about pandemic living, I thought it may be quite apt to review a fellow disabled poet’s recent release focussing on life within a pandemic as a person with serious illness. “…i want to be/ the…
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Poetry is Eternal: Pandemic Life and Poetry
I was watching an episode of Torchwood last night in which death no longer existed. On learning this Gwen Cooper said “well, we can’t have that. What’ll the poets write about?” While broody death poems are a staple I think…
HOW NOT TO GIVE A READING AT KENDAL POETRY FESTIVAL
BY ALISON BRACKENBURY How would you prepare to give a reading at one of your favourite festivals? Imagine that you have been asked to take part in the very first Kendal Poetry Festival, back in the days of freedom,…
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…
Report from the Festival by Hannah Hodgson
Stay tuned for a series of reports/reviews/overviews of the Festival! The first is from our wonderful Blogger-in-Residence, Hannah Hodgson, pictured here reading at the Open Mic. If you didn’t manage to get to the festival this year, we hope this…
2018 Kendal Poetry Festival highlights
The 2018 Kendal Poetry Festival is over and here at festival headquarters, we’re still feeling nourished by the poetry and sense of community that we felt over the weekend. In case any of you are having poetry withdrawal symptoms, we’ll…
Five Minute Interview with Peter Sansom
Welcome to ournext Five Minute Interview, this time with the legendary Peter Sansom. Peter will be appearing alongside our special guest Stuart Maconie in a literary pub crawl, introducing audiences to a variety of new writing celebrating the British…