The Weekend’s Events
Friday 30th September, 7.30pm
• Anthony Thwaite tribute
Chaired by Lachlan Mackinnon with contributions from Wendy Cope, George Szirtes, Fleur Adcock, Blake Morrison and other poets & friends
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Saturday 1st October, 11.00am
• Discussion:
Developments in education are hostile to the teaching of literature
The poets, chaired by John Lucas
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Saturday 1st October, 3.00pm
• André Mangeot
• Jean Boase-Beier and Marian de Vooght will read from and discuss their anthology, Poetry of the Holocaust.
• Jean Boase-Beier will consider her translation of the poet Paul Celan
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Saturday 1st October, 8.00pm
• Tiffany Atkinson
• Robert Crawford
• Lachlan Mackinnon
Chaired by Lachlan Mackinnon
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Sunday 2nd October, 11.00am
• Sue Burge
• Kevin Crossley-Holland
• Sarah Mnatzaganian
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Sunday 2nd October, 3.00pm
• TS Eliot: Robert Crawford will discuss volume two of his biography published this year to coincide with the centenary of The Waste Land. With Lachlan Mackinnon and John Lucas
The festival closes at 5pm after the raffle draw