Some big names in the poetry world, including Gillian Clarke, pictured, Philip Gross, Mimi Khalvati, Maurice Riordan, and Louis de Bernieres, are lined up for the Bodmin Moor poetry festival, over the weekend of 30 May to 1 June,  at Sterts theatre and arts centre, halfway between Bodmin and Liskeard. More details

 

MAY

Wigan and Leigh Words festival, 12-24 May 

Bodmin Moor poetry festival, Liskeard, 30 May-1 June 

Suffolk poetry festival, Stowmarket, 31 May 

 

JUNE

Bodmin Moor poetry festival, Liskeard, 1 June 

Bridlington poetry festival, 12-15 June

Charles Causley festival, Launceston, Cornwall, 12-16 June 

Dinefwr literature festival, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, 20-22 June

Poetry in the City, World Curry Festival, Bradford, 20-22 June

Worcestershire literary festival, 20-29 June 

Cornwall contemporary poetry festival, Calstock, 28-29 June

 

JULY

Stratford-upon-Avon poetry festival, 2 July - 3 August  

Ledbury poetry festival, 4-13 July

Wirral Festival of Firsts,  5-13 July

John Clare Society festival, Helpston, near Peterborough, 11-13 July 

Latitude festival, Southwold, 17-20 July

 

AUGUST

Stratford-upon-Avon poetry festival, until 3 August 

 

SEPTEMBER

Winchester poetry festival, 12-14 September