Events on the Saturday of the Festival

Event Time Venue

Discussion: The 21st Century Poem?

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9:00am Jubilee Hall

Blind Criticism – Maurice Riordan & Sam Riviere

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9:30am Cinema Gallery

Short Take: The 21st Century Poem?

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10:15am Peter Pears Gallery

Reading: Draycott, Flynn, Wallace-Crabbe

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10:45am Jubilee Hall

Q & A: Roger McGough

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11:00am James Cable Room

Open Workshop – Laskey & Smith

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12:45pm James Cable Room

Craft Talk: Crossroads – The Private/Public Poem

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1:00pm Cinema Gallery

Close Reading – Fleur Adcock

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1:00pm Peter Pears Gallery

Close Reading – Meg Bateman

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1:45pm Peter Pears Gallery

Reading: New Voices

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1:45pm Jubilee Hall

Craft Talk: The Anxiety of Influence

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2:15pm James Cable Room

Craft Talk: Advancing The Sequence

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3:00pm Cinema Gallery

Talk: Best Words - In Translation – Jane Draycott

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3:00pm Peter Pears Gallery

Reading: Scottish Islands

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3:45pm Jubilee Hall

Exchange: Shared Enthusiasm

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3:45pm James Cable Room

Craft Talk: Ending A Poem

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4:45pm Cinema Gallery

Floating Boat: Dale Devereux Barker

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4:45pm Peter Pears Gallery

Reading: Smith Doorstop

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5:30pm Jubilee Hall

Exchange: 21st Century War Poetry

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5:30pm James Cable Room

Talk: Elizabeth Bishop's Animals

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6:30pm Cinema Gallery

Short Take: The 21st Century Poem?

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6:30pm Peter Pears Gallery

Reading: Allen, Nasser, Ryan

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7:30pm Jubilee Hall

Performance: Roger McGough – A Work In Progress

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10:00pm Jubilee Hall

Open Mic

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11:00pm James Cable Room