Poetry Reading Group
The Wordsworth Trust Poetry Reading Group
with Literature Officer Andrew Forster
Lower Rotunda, The Jerwood Centre, The Wordsworth Museum, Grasmere
2.30pm - 4.00pm
Come and explore contemporary poetry with us. Whether you already read poetry regularly or have never read a poem before, these sessions will give us the opportunity to discuss new poetry in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere.
Join us to discuss the work of some of the poets who will be appearing in our Poetry in Grasmere season.
Thursday 22 April
Chase Twichell: Dog Language
Chase is reading at the Wordsworth Trust on Tuesday 11 May. Click here for further details.
Thursday 20 May
Ciaran Carson: Until Before After
Ciaran is reading at the Wordsworth Trust on Tuesday 25 May. Click here for further details.
Thursday 24 June
John Burnside: The Hunt in the Forest
John is reading at the Wordsworth Trust on Tuesday 6 July. Click here for further details.
Thursday 22 July
John Glenday: Grain
John is reading at the Wordsworth Trust on Tuesday 3 August. Click here for further details.
Thursday 19 August
Sinéad Morrissey: Through the Square Window
Sinéad is reading at the Wordsworth Trust on Tuesday 31 August. Click here for further details.
Thursday 23 September
Grace Nichols: I Have Crossed an Ocean: Selected Poems
Grace is reading at the Wordsworth Trust on Tuesday 12 October. Click here for further details.
We hope you will have the opportunity to read the book before each session.
These events are free. For further information, please complete our contact form, or telephone, 015394 35544
We are also running a series of poetry workshops throughout the summer in association with the Poetry School. Click here for further details.
Click here to listen again to some of the poems read during the Wordsworth Trust Poetry in Grasmere series.
The Wordsworth Trust offers residencies to both young and established poets giving them the time and resources to develop their craft: past artists and poets-in-residence include Jack Mapanje, Conrad Atkinson and Paul Farley. Our current poet-in-residence is Helen Mort.
