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…
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…
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…
Five Minutes With…Kathryn Maris
Our next 5 Minute Interview with Festival poet Kathryn Maris, interviewed by our Young Blogger-in-Residence Hannah Hodgson Kathryn Maris has two collections published. Her most recent collection God Loves You was published by Seren in 2013. A selection…