The Southwell Library Poetry Festival is a regular event in the library calendar to celebrate poetry in all its forms.
The 2013 festival will take place from Monday 15 July to Monday 22 July.
Join poets Gwynne Jones and Gillian Clarke to celebrate poetry through readings, workshops and performances.
Previous festivals
2012 festival
The 2012 festival took place from Thursday 5 July to Sunday 8 July.
Poetry lovers were not deterred by the heavy rain. Benefiting from the cosy indoor locations within Southwell Library and Southwell Minster, organisers from Nottinghamshire County Council reported excellent crowds to welcome top poets including Wendy Cope and Ian McMillan.
Sheelagh Gallagher, Literature and Reading Development Officer at Nottinghamshire County Council, added: "We also had 100 plus people for Wendy Cope, great audiences for all events including the fish and chip supper with reading of ancient Mariner, as well as for Valerie Laws and Char March. The workshops were also extremely popular and there was a real buzz about the whole festival."
2011 festival
The 2011 festival ran from 3 to 9 July and included featured Simon Armitage, American Jazz and Poetry and Brian Moses .
2010 festival
The 2010 festival took place in July of that year and featured Sir Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate 1999 - 2009; Michael Rosen, one of the UK's most-loved children's poets; and Jo Shapcott and Don Paterson, two of Britain's leading contemporary poets.
