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Inspire Poetry Festival
Thursday 26 - Thursday 3 October 2024
Various libraries
FREE - £10
Inspire's Poetry Festival is back for 2024! Join us from 26th September - 3rd October to celebrate a week of wonderful words with performances, workshops, exhibitions and film screenings.
The programme across all venues can be viewed online, and the printed version will be arriving in libraries very soon! This season’s What’s On brochure (see PDF copy to the right) contains details of Poetry Festival events in each festival library.
Featuring celebrated poetry stars, regional favourites and cutting-edge newcomers, and with styles ranging from the formal lyric to freestyle spoken word, this year’s festival promises a plethora of poetry delights at venues around the county.
Whether you’re already a poetry reader, writer, student or teacher, or a complete newcomer, join us this September to enjoy a week of wonderful words in the welcoming surroundings of your libraries.
All events at a glace...
Desert Island Poems with Daljit Nagra
Hexameter Presents, Poetry Bingo!
Poems While You Wait
Taking Your Poems Out into the World with Jane Commane - SOLD OUT
Beyond the Spectrum - Poetry Taster Session for Neurodivergent People
Poeting the Past - using local heritage collections as inspiration for new poetry
Five Leaves New Poetry Launch: Julie Gardner and Julie Burke
The Paper Crane Poets Showcase
Reading & Writing Poetry Workshop at Mansfield Central Library - SOLD OUT
The David 'Stickman' Higgins ensemble: Jazz & Poetry - Worksop Library
Film Screening: A Quiet Passion (12)
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