Laura Taylor, Joy France, Ian Whiteley, Tony Kinsella, Jeffarama!, and Gordon Zola will be performing at the fourth Wigan Diggers festival, on Saturday 13 September, commemorating Wigan-born Gerrard Winstanley (1609-1676) and the 17th century Diggers (True Leveller) movement. The festival takes place from 11am-9.30pm in the Wiend area of Wigan town centre. More details 

 

SEPTEMBER

Bristol poetry festival, 10-21 September 

Winchester poetry festival, 12-14 September

Release the Hounds performance festival, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, 12-14 September

Celebrating Seamus Heaney on Home Ground, Magherafelt, Northern Ireland, 12-15 September  

Wise Words festival, Canterbury, 12-21 September

Wigan Diggers' festival, 13 September 

Wakefield Lit Fest, 18-30 September

King's Lynn poetry festival, 26-28 September

Exeter poetry festival, 29 September - 5 October 

 

OCTOBER

Exeter poetry festival, until 5 October 

Warwick Words festival of literature and spoken word, 1-5 October

Swindon poetry festival, 2-5 October

Birmingham literature festival, 2-11 October

Cheltenham literature festival, 3-12 October 

Havant literature festival, 3-12 October

Ilkley literature festival, 3-19 October

Durham book festival, 6-18 October

Manchester literature festival, 6-19 October

Essex poetry festival, Chelmsford, 11 October 

Write Out Loud poetry jam, Marsden jazz festival, 12 October

Teesside poetry festival, Middlesbrough, 16-20 October

Tears in the Fence festival, Dorset, 24-26 October 

Ted Hughes festival, West Yorkshire, 24-26 October

 

NOVEMBER

Aldeburgh poetry festival, 7-9 November

Reading poetry festival, 7-9 November