Inspiring Older Readers

posted on 26 Sep 2015

The Woodstock Poetry Festival 2015

The Woodstock Poetry Festival is organised through the Woodstock Bookshop and will take place between 13th-15th November 2015.

Highlights include Don Paterson and the legendary Tony Harrison. The full line-up looks like this:


Friday 13 November
7 pm, Sarah Howe, Choman Hardi & Liz Berry
8.30 pm, Don Paterson & Kei Miller
Saturday 14 November
2.30 pm, Patrick McGuinness & Rian Evans discuss John Ormond's work
4 pm, Elaine Feinstein & Jonathan Edwards
6 pm, Kathleen Jamie
7.30 pm, Katrina Porteous reads her own work and launches Shorelines
Sunday 15 November
2 pm, Jenny Lewis introduces four poets from the Poet's House, Oxford, followed by an open mic session
4 pm, Poetry in performance: Katrina Porteous performs Horse; Helen Mort & Alan Buckley perform 'The Body Beautiful'
6 pm, Tony Harrison
8 pm, Bernard O'Donoghue & Tom Paulin with music from Mick Henry and Nick Hooper

There are more details to be found on the Woodstock Bookshop blog which can be found here.