Celebratory live poetry events will be happening up and down the land, of course, on next Thursday. But here, as a taster, is what's happening in one small area of London. At the Poetry Society headquarters (22 Betterton Street, near Covent Garden) many famous poets & poet-performers will be massing together for an entire afternoon and evening of pure poetry and plenty of alcoholic beverages (I hope and imagine!).
The basic line-up:
From 3pm to 6pm: £4/3 NATIONAL POETRY DAY - IDENTITY PARADE hosted by Nii Parkes and John Hegley great line-up incl Rise Slam winners and Jackie Kay – drop in. See below for full details of who's on when.
And at 8pm, absolutely FREE, you can 'Celebrate NPD with The Organisers': Roddy Lumsden, Agnes Meadows, Adam O’Riordan, Nii Parkes, Niall O’Sullivan & l.k. robinson
Schedule for National Poetry Day:
3.00pm Intro Nii Parkes and John Hegley
3.03pm New Blood – Wayne Smith (one of the hosts), Sara Byrne & Ash tbc
3.22pm African Writers – Hisham Matar (Shortlisted for Booker Prize)
3.40pm Tall Lighthouse - Maria Morales & Asan Ugborogho
4.00pm The Cellar –Tim Wells (shortlisted for a Forward Prize)
POSSIBLE BREAK HERE
4.15pm Loose Muse – Patricia Foster Ebele and Agnes Meadows
4.35pm Exiled Writers INK – Mir Mahfuz Ali
4.50pm Dodo Modern Poets - tba
5.05pm Broadcast – Ahren Warner & Roddy Lumsden
5.25pm Rise Slam Poets – Shadow 1 & Clown, Eltham Hill Technology College
for Girls & Cashman
5.45pm Jackie Kay
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