Festivals, Poetry Events & Workshops
15
May
Barcelona Poetry FestivalÂ
5pm Translation Slam, Ateneu Barcelonès, C/ Canuda, 6
18
May
Cork International Poetry FestivalÂ
Workshops, Wednesday 18th to Saturday 21st May, 9.30am - 12.30pm
Cork International Poetry Festival (corkpoetryfest.net)
Reading with Molly Twomey, May 20th, 8.30pm
25
May


‘Go To The Poets’ Reading Series
An Evening with Jessica Traynor - Wordsworth Grasmere
7.30pm-9.00pm
The Wordsworth Grasmere contemporary reading series continues! Each event will feature readings from a guest poet and a themed open mic. Hosted by Kim Moore. For more information and to book tickets or grab an open mic spot, head over to the Wordsworth Grasmere page.
Live transcription will be provided by Otter.
Free tickets available for anybody on a low income – see link for more details.
26
May


Open the Door: What the Pandemic Taught Us
Hosted by Kendal Poetry Festival
Celebrate the launch of our new free resource with an online evening of open mic, guided writing, film, and chat!
7.30pm-9.00pm
£5
The pandemic changed everything - including the poetry community. In "Open the Door" we examine some of those changes. We heard how the anxiety and isolation we experienced under Covid has ignited a deeper longing for the connection and expression poetry offers us. And we hear how our community reached out to each other. "Open the Door" marks an attempt to share the lessons, reflections and practical strategies shared with us by the organisers, poets, academics and audiences who took part in the creation of this online resource. Sign up at the link for an open mic slot!
Live transcription will be provided by Otter.
Free tickets available for anybody on a low income – see link for more details.
27
May
Dove Cottage Young Poets
4pm-6pm
Dove Cottage Young Poets meet fortnightly to read, discuss and write poetry with contemporary poet Kim Moore. The group look at a range of contemporary and historical poems each week and create their own work in response, with support from Kim and the group.
Young writers can also work towards a Bronze, Silver or Gold Arts Award, attend and perform at poetry events and meet other young writers.
Whilst the group is usually based in Kendal, because of the current national restrictions all sessions will take place on Zoom for the foreseeable future.
If you live in Cumbria and are aged between 14-21 and would be interested in joining Dove Cottage Young Poets then please get in touch by emailing Zoe McLain at education@wordsworth.org.uk
2
Jun

Ulverston International Music Festival
7.30pm, Ulverston Parish Church
Tickets: From £8.68-£16.76
ULVERSTON FESTIVAL CHORUS
ANASTASIA MICKLETHWAITEÂ Â director
ANDY PLOWMANÂ Â organ
KIM MOOREÂ Â trumpet
JESS DANDYÂ Â contralto
We celebrate Coronation Day with this special concert drawing on favourite British choral music used in the actual Coronation ceremony, including Parry’s I Was Glad, Tallis’ If Ye Love Me, Howells’ Like As the Hart , Handel’s Zadok the Priest and Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb. The celebration of the best of British continues with Elgar’s evocative Sea Pictures, with the concert culminating in Britten’s ever-popular choral work Rejoice in the Lamb. As the music and commemorations draw to a close, the town will light a beacon on Hoad Hill at 9.45pm.
4
Jun

Ulverston International Music Festival
6pm, Coronation Hall, Ulverston
Meet the Author EventÂ
Join Kim as she reads from her first non-fiction book What the Trumpet Taught Me and considers the pivotal role of music in both an individual and social history.
7
June
Untrodden Ways
4-5.30pm
Dowdales Secondary School, Dalton-in-Furness
Wordsworth Grasmere are pleased to announce the formation of a new poetry group for young people age 11-14 years.
Untrodden Ways: Poetry Club meet fortnightly to read, discuss and write poetry with contemporary poet Kim Moore. Kim will guide the young people through a range of writing exercises which will focus on creativity, expression and developing a love of language. The group will explore a range of contemporary and traditional poetry.
This club will be a hybrid group, meeting in person at Signal Films in Barrow-in-Furness. We will also be streaming the workshop on Zoom to enable young people to take part from across Cumbria. The sessions will be live captioned by Otter to enable young people who are deaf/Deaf to access the sessions. Otter uses AI to create real-time captions that we hope will make these sessions more accessible. This service is not 100% accurate but is similar to what you might see on a live news broadcast.
If you live in Cumbria and are aged between 11-14 and would be interested in joining Untrodden Ways: Poetry Club then please get in touch by emailing Zoe McLain at education@wordsworth.org.uk
27
May
Dove Cottage Young Poets
4pm-6pm
Dove Cottage Young Poets meet fortnightly to read, discuss and write poetry with contemporary poet Kim Moore. The group look at a range of contemporary and historical poems each week and create their own work in response, with support from Kim and the group.
Young writers can also work towards a Bronze, Silver or Gold Arts Award, attend and perform at poetry events and meet other young writers.
Whilst the group is usually based in Kendal, because of the current national restrictions all sessions will take place on Zoom for the foreseeable future.
If you live in Cumbria and are aged between 14-21 and would be interested in joining Dove Cottage Young Poets then please get in touch by emailing Zoe McLain at education@wordsworth.org.uk
8
JUN

ONLINE BOOK LAUNCH: WHAT THE TRUMPET TAUGHT MEÂ
With Amanda DaltonÂ
More details to follow
13
Jun
Arvon Residential Poetry Course
with Kim Moore and Jonathan Edwards
Poetry: Other Lives, Intertwined
13th-18th June 2022
£850 (grants available on application to Arvon to help with course fee)
at The Hurst, Shropshire
‘The poem is at last between two persons instead of two pages’
Frank O’Hara
‘Language is what eases the pain of living with other people, language is what makes the wounds come open again’
Anne Carson
Lovers, mothers, friends, enemies: often the hardest hitting poetry is about the smallest everyday detail of our most intimate relationships.
But how do we navigate writing about others? Do we have permission to write another person’s story? Can we make stuff up? Perhaps we can be another persona entirely? With poets Kim Moore and Jonathan Edwards, we will explore the complex and joyful world of writing about people, both ourselves and others. We will discuss the self-censorship we might encounter, as well as the love and joy. We will think about how poetry can explore communication, misunderstandings and silences, between ourselves and others, in a way that gets to the very essence of what it means to be human.
Over the course of the week, you will gain the tools to write richer ‘peopled’ poems, both real and imagined, while developing the most important connection of all: between poem and reader.
Arvon | residential creative writing courses and retreats UK
21
June
Untrodden Ways
4-5.30pm
Dowdales Secondary School, Dalton-in-Furness
Wordsworth Grasmere are pleased to announce the formation of a new poetry group for young people age 11-14 years.
Untrodden Ways: Poetry Club meet fortnightly to read, discuss and write poetry with contemporary poet Kim Moore. Kim will guide the young people through a range of writing exercises which will focus on creativity, expression and developing a love of language. The group will explore a range of contemporary and traditional poetry.
This club will be a hybrid group, meeting in person at Signal Films in Barrow-in-Furness. We will also be streaming the workshop on Zoom to enable young people to take part from across Cumbria. The sessions will be live captioned by Otter to enable young people who are deaf/Deaf to access the sessions. Otter uses AI to create real-time captions that we hope will make these sessions more accessible. This service is not 100% accurate but is similar to what you might see on a live news broadcast.
If you live in Cumbria and are aged between 11-14 and would be interested in joining Untrodden Ways: Poetry Club then please get in touch by emailing Zoe McLain at education@wordsworth.org.uk
23-26
JUN
KENDAL POETRY FESTIVAL
23RD -26TH JUNE
HYBRID FESTIVAL - WATCH THIS SPACE!
WWW.KENDALPOETRYFESTIVAL.CO.UK
29
JUN


‘Go To The Poets’ Reading Series
An Evening with Eric Ngalle Charles - Wordsworth Grasmere
7.30pm-9.00pm
The Wordsworth Grasmere contemporary reading series continues! Each event will feature readings from a guest poet and a themed open mic. Hosted by Kim Moore. For more information and to book tickets or grab an open mic spot, head over to the Wordsworth Grasmere page.
Live transcription will be provided by Otter.
Free tickets available for anybody on a low income – see link for more details.
30
jun

Manchester Poetry Library
Grand Larcenies - Anthology of Dutch Poetry Launch
7.30pm-9.00pm
More details to follow
21
july
