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, …
Festival News (page 3)
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…
Meet our ‘Opening Doors’ Bursary recipients
We are very happy to announce the names of our three ‘Opening Doors’ bursary recipients. We wanted to provide an opportunity for three writers to access the festival who might not otherwise be able to, and we’re really looking forward…
Last Chance to Apply for a Bursary Place
The deadline for applying for one of our three Bursary places is midnight tonight! Two places available for a low-income writer and one available for a writer who identifies as disabled. Please don’t hesitate to apply. A bursary covers accommodation…
Update to our Opening Doors Project – 3 Places now available
We have a rather exciting and uplifting update to our Opening Doors Project. The poet Christine Webb has offered to provide financial assistance to support a third writer in accessing the festival this year. Christine and the festival team would…
Opening Doors – Opportunities for Poets
Here at Kendal Poetry Festival headquarters, we have been plotting and planning – please read on for information about our new project – and spread the word to anyone you know who might be interested! Opening Doors Are you…
2018 Programme
We are really excited to reveal our line up for the 2018 Kendal Poetry Festival. We enjoyed ourselves so much last year we decided to add an extra night! On Thursday 6th February we are running a ‘Writing Summit’ Open…
Kendal Poetry Festival, 7th-9th September 2018
It’s been a while, but the team behind Kendal Poetry Festival (ie Pauline and I) have quietly yet frantically been working away behind the scenes. We’ve spent the last few months putting together grant applications to fund the 2018 Kendal…