Buy your ticket for Polyverse before they're all gone! If you're still deciding on whether or not to buy a ticket, here's why you should:

1) AMAZING VALUE - a crazy low price only £20 for the entire festival (£15 concessionary rate), or only £10 for ALL of the following: Brand new Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, the critically-acclaimed play 'Dreams of May', AND be the first to see a very impressive gaggle of up-and-coming young poets.

2) CAROL ANN DUFFY - not only is this a golden chance to catch one of her rare readings, and one of her first since becoming Poet Laureate, you will also have the opportunity to ask her questions afterwards!

3) FREE WORKSHOPS! Just say which one you want to attend when you book your ticket - they're all listed on the group page. A exclusive workshop just for children has been added to the menu.

4) OUTSTANDING LINE-UP: Every single one of the writers is of impeccable quality - they're ALL published, many have won major literary awards - there is literally no 'dross' to fill the programme out.

5) 'STORIES DRUMMED TO POLAR SKIES' - have your breath taken away by this show that has graced the British Museum,and which will be complemented by an awe-inspiring picture show!

6) 'PLANET YOUNG' - the brilliant new show by Gerry Potter, the man who made and murdered the outrageously glamorous Chloe Poems!

7) 'DREAMS OF MAY' - the critically-acclaimed play on its very first staging outside London, written by Sue Guiney, and performed by Rosalind Cressy, from the hit ITV drama "Footballers' Wives".

8) CONVENIENT LOCATION - Loughborough University is at the geographical heart of England, easily accessible by car, bus, train, and aeroplane. Admittedly, you might have trouble sailing to it.

9) Get to meet and mingle with the authors!

10) OPPORTUNITY - if you're a published poet, and wish to be considered in the event of a performance vacancy becoming available, e-mail your writing CV to Radcliff.freeradical@googlemail.com.

So what are you waiting for? Get your tickets while you still can! E-mail H.L.Relf@lboro.ac.uk NOW and remind everyone else you know to do the same. And don't forget to invite everyone you know to join the facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9528966169&ref=ts) so that they, too, can see where they need to be on the weekend of July 24-26th.

See you at Polyverse!

Radcliff Gregory,
Festival founder