Poetry festival 2010 archive

Friday 24th September 7.30pm

President of the Poetry Society

Jo Shapcott

John Fuller

Selima  Hill 

 Saturday 25th September 11.00am

Discussion by the writers

Poetry in Translation

The panel of writers will discuss what point 

there may be in trying to penetrate

another culture through translation

Saturday 25th September 3.00pm

Agnes Meadows 

John Lucas 

and from India Amarjit Chandan 

with his translator John Welch

Saturday 25th September 8.00pm

Kit Wright

Penelope Shuttle

and celebrating his 80th birthday

Anthony Thwaite

Sunday 26th September 11.00am

Dannie Abse

John Welch

and from FranceValérie Rouzeau

with her translator Susan Wicks

Sunday 26th September 3.00pm

The Life and Poems of

Peter Porter (1929-2010) 

Chaired by John Fuller

with contributions from the writers