National Poetry Day Live!
This event on 8th October 2009 at 14:00 has past.
Contact: The_Poetry_Society@mail.vresp.com
Clore Ballroom at the Royal Festival Hall
Join us in an afternoon devoted to our poetic heroes and heroines! As the BBC announces the winner of its poll to find Britain’s Favourite Poet, The Poetry Society will celebrate National Poetry Day and its 100th year with a celebration of the heroes and heroines of British poetry.
Britain’s Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy will read her very first National Poetry Day poem. Expect a verse of heroic proportion.
Join John Hegley, Roger McGough, Lemn Sissay, Selima Hill and Dreadlock Alien all reading their work, emceed by the indomitable superhero partnership of Mr G and Joelle Taylor.
Alongside these readings, stunning (and rare) archive footage will be shown of the poet-heroes of history: Stevie Smith, Dylan Thomas and TS Eliot.
Enjoy a world of words and wool with the creators of the world’s first giant knitted poem. And to end the afternoon there will be Valerie Laws with a new interactive game of beach-ball haiku.
The afternoon will be a gala of the many superheroes of British poetry… A one-in-a-hundred-years party and not to be missed!
And it is all completely FREE.
Entry: Free
Time: 2:00pm
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