A sonnet, a sestina, plus four poppadoms: poetry and curry at Bradford festival
Poetry and curry – that combination must be hard to beat. Simon Armitage, Roger McGough, Moniza Alvi, Daljit Nagra, Patience Agbabi, Zaffar Kunial, Kate Fox and Ian Duhig are in the star-studded lineup organised by Ikley literature festival for Poetry in the City at Bradford’s World Curry Festival, from Friday 20 June to Sunday 22 June. There’s also a multilingual mushaira (gathering of poets). Write Out Loud’s David Andrew will be reading at that event on Sunday at 12pm. More details
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
Bolton poetry festival, 25-27 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
Buxton festival fringe, 9-27 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