COME BE INSPIRED BY OUR FESTIVAL POETS!
Join Festival Patron Ella Frears in welcoming local poetry groups, poets in residence and The Maker featured writers as they read their work on the main stage.
Saturday, 2nd May
10am-11am
Town Hall – Guildhall
Donations Welcome!
Join award winning poets Penelope Shuttle and Philip Gross for a poetry reading which features work from their back catalogues and recent collections including History of the Child (Penelope) and The Shores of Vaikus (Philip).
Saturday, 2nd May
11am-12pm
Town Hall – Guildhall
£10
Join award winning poets Sarah Howe and Rachel Long for a poetry reading which features work from their back catalogues and recent collections including Foretokens (Sarah) and My Darling from the Lions (Rachel).
Saturday, 2nd May
1.30-2.30pm
Town Hall – Guildhall
£10
This event has been generously sponsored by Falmouth Poetry Group
Join celebrated poets Victoria Adukwei Bulley and Luke Kennard for a poetry reading which features work from their back catalogues and recent collections including QUIET (Victoria) and The Book of Jonah (Luke).
Saturday, 2nd May
2.45-3.45pm
Town Hall – Guildhall
£10
Join award winning poets Mona Arshi and Liz Berry for a poetry reading which features work from their back catalogues and recent collections including Mouth (Mona) and The Home Child (Liz).
Saturday, 2nd May
4.45-5.45pm
Town Hall – Guildhall
£10
This event has been generously sponsored by Falmouth Poetry Group
Join celebrated poets Ella Frears and Cathy Galvin for a poetry reading which features work from their back catalogues and recent collections including Goodlord (Ella) and Ethnology: a love song for Connemara (Cathy).
Saturday, 2nd May
6.30-7.15pm
Town Hall – Guildhall
£10
In memory of Trust patron, Brian Patten
Join Causley Trust Director, Nicola Nuttall, and Chair, David Devanny, and contributory poet Rowan Williams for readings from The Drifted Stream – a poetic tribute commemorating the 21st anniversary of Charles Causley’s death. Followed by a poetry reading by Rowan Williams and Luke Kennard which features work from their back catalogues and recent collections including The Edge of Words (Rowan) and The Book of Jonah (Luke).
Saturday, 2nd May
7.30-10.15pm
Town Hall – Main Hall
£20
