Sylvia Plath died 50 years ago, leaving a black binder of poems that was to become her final, posthumously published collection, Ariel. Forty leading female poets and performers will read one poem each from the restored edition of the unedited manuscript in an evening introduced by Plath's daughter, Frieda Hughes, at London’s Royal Festival Hall on 26 May, at 7.30pm.

The readers include Emily Berry, Samantha Bond, Anna Chancellor, Gillian Clarke, Julia Copus, Imtiaz Dharker, Ruth Fainlight, Haydn Gwynne, Miranda Richardson, Jo Shapcott, Jean Sprackland, Juliet Stevenson, and Harriet Walter. The event is part of the London Literature festival, which starts on 20 May, and continues through until 8 September. More details