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TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE
Friday 11th – Sunday 13th May
Vicki Feaver
Matthew Hollis
Jehane Markham
Brian Patten
John Siddique
Jean Sprackland
Dame Gillian Beer, DBE
on a new edition of the poems
of Lewis Carroll
Matthew Hollis
reads from his award-winning
Edward Thomas biography
“Now All Roads Lead to France”
Poets from
Salt Publishing:
Penny Boxall
Tim Cockburn
Charlotte Geater
Meryl Pugh
Festival artist: Cecilia Evans, LGSM, MA, RADA
plus many of our usual events and features, including
Schools’ Programme, Competition winners, and Open Floor
All events take place at
The Maltings
Staithe Street
Wells-next-the-Sea
Norfolk
NR23 1AU
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From the firebrand declamations of Dylan Thomas, to the measured New England tones of Robert Frost; from the spectral and hypnotic Alfred, Lord Tennyson to the sing-song whimsicality of Hilaire Belloc, Poetry-next-the-Sea is delighted to be offering a new facility at our May festival.
Listen to some of the greatest examples of poetry in English, as read by their authors.
Including recorded work by all of our featured readers this year, some exclusively produced for PNTS.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of The Poetry Archive.
Take soundings from the depth and diversity of great poetry
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The much-loved Poetry-next-the-Sea festival takes place annually over one May weekend in the charming town of Wells-next-the-Sea on the evocative north Norfolk coast. In the arena of literary festivals, we punch above our weight, showcasing poets of national and international repute in an intimate setting.
In addition, we run an Education Programme which places a professional poet in local primary and secondary schools in order to extend and enhance young people’s experience of poetry. Our very successful Poetry Competition offers writers the opportunity to demonstrate their skills and the Open Floor event offers a supportive platform from which they can share their work.
Poetry-next-the-Sea has made an enduring impact on the cultural life of north Norfolk over the course of the last fourteen years. We are continually striving to develop the festival in order to meet the high expectations of our local community and our dedicated audience.
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