Jackie Kay
Join Jackie Kay as she reveals the musical influences on her award-winning poetry, and passes on some of her tips for helping you put pen to paper.
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07 July 2009
Pamela Robertson-Pearce presents her film, which will accompany the first British edition of Samuel Menashe's New & Selected Poems. Filmed in the apartment where he has lived for the past half century and where his reading for the Poetry Archive was recorded, Menashe speaks direct to camera - almost as if he's talking to posterity - and recites some of his poems.
5.30 p.m. till 6.45 p.m.
Market Theatre, Ledbury
08 July 2009
Alan Brownjohn and Eddie Linden in conversation. Come and listen to these two wise, opinionated poets as they converse and read from their work. When the readings are over, relax in their company with a glass of wine.
8 p.m. till 9 p.m.
Burgage Hall, Ledbury
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