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…
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…
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…
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…
Five Minutes with Wayleave Press
Hannah Hodgson has been busy interviewing Mike Barlow, the editor and publisher of Wayleave Press. Mike will be appearing at the festival to be interviewed by one of our Festival Directors, Kim Moore on Sunday 18th June at 10.30. Mike…
Five Minutes With…Co-Directors Kim Moore and Pauline Yarwood
HH: I asked Kendal Poetry festival directors Kim Moore and Pauline Yarwood to take some time out from their busy schedules to answer some questions about what it is really like to start and run a poetry festival. I was…
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…
Andrew Forster at Kendal Poetry Festival
Ticket sales are going very well, and very fast! Quite a few events have sold out – the Friday night Main Reading with Helen Mort and Mir Mahfuz Ali, the Saturday Afternoon Main Reading with Clare Shaw and Hilda Sheehan…
Two New Poems by Helen Mort
We are very excited today because the lovely Helen Mort has sent us two new poems from her forthcoming collection No Map Could Show Them. Helen will be launching her collection at the festival, and we asked her to say…
Even it up Poetry Challenge: The Winners!
We were really excited today to learn that our Young Poet in Residence, Hannah Hodgson was a winner in the 15-18 category of the ‘Even it Up Poetry Challenge’, run by The Poetry Society. The theme of the competition was…