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The 22nd Aldeburgh Poetry Festival

We’re settling back into the office after an absorbing and exhilarating Aldeburgh Poetry Festival. And we’d like to say a big thank you to all the poets and the Aldeburgh audience for making the 2010 Festival rather special.

We’ve already started work on bringing you some of the highlights of the weekend. Three new podcasts are available on The Poetry Channel. Relive the Festival Launch with poems from Mandy Coe, Bill Manhire, Marie Howe, Harry Clifton & Dorianne Laux. Enjoy celebrated Swedish writer Lars Gustafsson talking to Head of BBC History (and TPT board member) Robert Seatter. And don’t miss Andrew Motion live from the Mill Inn, Aldeburgh sharing a pint with BBC producer Nick Patrick. Gustafsson also appeared on Radio 4’s Start the Week on Monday 8th November talking to Andrew Marr about his Festival topic ‘The Subversive Poet’. Anyone who caught the event at Aldeburgh will know what a deeply perceptive & reflective man Lars is, do ‘listen again’ if you missed it.

Look out for more Aldeburgh 2010 podcasts in the coming weeks - behind the scenes interviews and discussions with Festival poets, Poem Shows and the best bits from this year’s programme and the Aldeburgh Experience.