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…
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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…
Five Minute Interview with David Constantine
We are less than two weeks away from the start of the 2018 Kendal Poetry Festival and things are hotting up here at festival headquarters. Pauline is travelling around Kendal so fast she has turned into a blur, distributing brochures, …
Five Minute Interview with Claudine Toutoungi
Our third Five Minute Interview of 2018 is with the wonderful Claudine Toutongi, who will be reading on the 9th September at 11am, along with David Constantine. You can get a ticket for Claudine’s reading here. Claudine Toutoungi’s debut…
Five Minute Interview with Liz Berry
Welcome back to the return of Kendal Poetry Festival’s Five Minute With series. Our Young Blogger-in-Residence Hannah Hodgson interviewed the fantastic Liz Berry, who will be reading on the 9th September at 4.30-6.30pm with David Harsent. You can get…
Five Minute Interview with Wayne Holloway-Smith
Welcome back to the return of Kendal Poetry Festival’s Five Minute With series. Our Young Blogger-in-Residence Hannah Hodgson interviewed the fantastic Wayne Holloway-Smith, who will be reading on the 8th September at 11am with Dean Parkin. You can get…