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C. K. Williams at UEA Literary Festival

Wednesday 10 June 7pm, UEA

A final reminder to those of you within easy reach of Norwich. We’re delighted to flag up the visit by one of USA’s most outstanding poets - Pulitzer Prize winner C. K. Williams. He read first at Aldeburgh Poetry Festival in 1990 and then again in 2000 and most recently, you may have been lucky enough to hear his blistering, consciousness-raising poems at our unforgettable Poetry Prom at Snape Maltings Concert Hall in 2006. He’s one of our most essential poets and you should never miss the chance to hear him in person. Get to UEA tonight if you possibly can. Full details are here

 

Poetry at The Cut

Thursday 16 July 7.30pm
The Cut, Halesworth IP19 8BY

Tiffany Atkinson & Neil Rollinson 

Watch out for sparks from this brilliant summer duo!

Tiffany Atkinson won the Jerwood Aldeburgh First Collection Prize for Kink and Particle (2006), which led to her electric performance at the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival last year.

To hear more from Tiffany Atkinson, check out these two podcasts at The Poetry Channel:
Poem Show 1: Aldeburgh Highlights 2008
Aldeburgh Backchat 1: Tiffany Atkinson

Neil Rollinson’s three collections of poetry, most recently Demolition (2007), are known for boldly surreal and explicit poems that celebrate their risk-taking with wit and verve.

Tickets £7.50 0845 673 2123 or email The Box Office

Special Offer for current Friends of The Poetry Trust:
2 tickets for the price of 1 to hear Tiffany Atkinson & Neil Rollinson – contact the Box Office

Supported by The Limbourne Trust

 

Poetry Prom

Booking now open!
Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Suffolk
Tuesday 25 August at 7.30pm

Live Poetry with Alan Brownjohn, Finuala Dowling
and Sharon Olds

From Britain, South Africa and America - three world-class voices celebrate the power of the spoken word.

Tickets £14, £12, £10, Prom £6   Box Office 01728 687110

Full details here

Presented by The Poetry Trust in partnership with
Aldeburgh Music
Sponsored by Fairweather Stephenson & Co, Solicitors

 

The Poetry Channel

was launched in May with eleven poetry podcasts - featuring hand-picked highlights from the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival archive as well as newly-commissioned material.

The Poem Show is already proving popular - and if you missed the first three, it’s easy to catch up with Mimi Khalvati, Alan Brownjohn, Mourid Barghouti, Naomi Shihab Nye and Sinéad Morrissey among others by visiting the archive page. Plus Clive James in conversation with Naomi Jaffa at the 2009 Festival.

You can also hear tutors Michael Laskey and Peter Sansom in action and a behind-the-scenes documentary of the recent Jerwood Aldeburgh Seminar. 

All this and more at The Poetry Channel.

And look out for more perfect poetry podcasts coming your way this summer.

 

Friends of The Poetry Trust

If you like The Poetry Trust’s work and can offer a little extra support, then please become a Friend. In return for a £15 annual subscription, Friends enjoy Special Offers (see Poetry at The Cut above) as well as an exclusive priority booking period for the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival.

As dedicated Festival audiences know all too well, Aldeburgh events frequently sell out: so being a Friend offers a real benefit.

To join, email and we’ll do the rest.