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Saturday 27th October
2.00 - 2.55 pm. Opening Reception for guests
and Festival Ticket Holders with
complimentary refreshments.
A Free Event for guests, festival poets & all
day Ticket holders
3.00 - 4.00 pm. Awards Presentation by Jean
Sprackland to the winners of the 2007
Templar Poetry Pamphlet Competition with
Readings from the Anthology Poets.
A Free Event
4.00 - 5.00 pm. Reception continues with Book
Displays and a variety of Poetry Stands.
A Free Event
5.00 - 6.00 pm. Poetry Reading with the 2007
Winning Pamphlet Poets; Pat Borthwick, Pat
Winslow and Linda Cash.
Tickets: £6 Adult, £5 Concession & £4 U16
6.00 - 7.00 pm. Pamphlet signings and displays.
7.00 - 8.00 pm Poetry Reading with Jean
Sprackland & Jane Weir from their new
collections.
Tickets: £8 Adult, £7 Concession & £6 U16
8.00 - 9.00 Book signings and displays.
2.00 - 2.55 pm. Opening Reception for guests
and Festival Ticket Holders with
complimentary refreshments.
A Free Event for guests, festival poets & all
day Ticket holders
3.00 - 4.00 pm. Awards Presentation by Jean
Sprackland to the winners of the 2007
Templar Poetry Pamphlet Competition with
Readings from the Anthology Poets.
A Free Event
4.00 - 5.00 pm. Reception continues with Book
Displays and a variety of Poetry Stands.
A Free Event
5.00 - 6.00 pm. Poetry Reading with the 2007
Winning Pamphlet Poets; Pat Borthwick, Pat
Winslow and Linda Cash.
Tickets: £6 Adult, £5 Concession & £4 U16
6.00 - 7.00 pm. Pamphlet signings and displays.
7.00 - 8.00 pm Poetry Reading with Jean
Sprackland & Jane Weir from their new
collections.
Tickets: £8 Adult, £7 Concession & £6 U16
8.00 - 9.00 Book signings and displays.
Sunday 28th October
12.00 - 2.00 pm. Displays of Books, Pamphlet
and Magazine Publishers, creative writing and
poetry organisations.
A Free Event
2.00 - 3.00 pm Poetry Reading with Mike
Barlow & Derek Adams.
Tickets: £6 Adult, £5 Concession & £4 U16
3.30 - 4.30 pm Poetry Reading with Angela
Cleland and Jim Caruth from their first
collections.
Tickets: £6 Adult, £5 Concession & £4 U16
4.15 - 5.00 pm Book signings, Displays and
refreshments.
5.00 - 6.00 pm Pamphlet Anthology Reading
with Judy Brown and Rob Hindle reading
from their 2006 winning pamphlets.
Tickets £6 Adult, £5 Concession & £4 U16
6.00 - 7.00 pm Pamphlet Anthology signings,
Displays and reception.
7.00 - 8.00 pm Poetry Reading with
SimonArmitage.
Tickets: £8 Adult, £7 Concession & £6 U16
8.00 - 9.00 pm Simon Armitage:
Book Signings & Festival farewell reception.
12.00 - 2.00 pm. Displays of Books, Pamphlet
and Magazine Publishers, creative writing and
poetry organisations.
A Free Event
2.00 - 3.00 pm Poetry Reading with Mike
Barlow & Derek Adams.
Tickets: £6 Adult, £5 Concession & £4 U16
3.30 - 4.30 pm Poetry Reading with Angela
Cleland and Jim Caruth from their first
collections.
Tickets: £6 Adult, £5 Concession & £4 U16
4.15 - 5.00 pm Book signings, Displays and
refreshments.
5.00 - 6.00 pm Pamphlet Anthology Reading
with Judy Brown and Rob Hindle reading
from their 2006 winning pamphlets.
Tickets £6 Adult, £5 Concession & £4 U16
6.00 - 7.00 pm Pamphlet Anthology signings,
Displays and reception.
7.00 - 8.00 pm Poetry Reading with
SimonArmitage.
Tickets: £8 Adult, £7 Concession & £6 U16
8.00 - 9.00 pm Simon Armitage:
Book Signings & Festival farewell reception.
Templar Poetry is pleased to present the inaugural Derwent Poetry
Festival staging a diverse and eclectic range of readings as well as
launching and publishing three new poetry pamphlets, two new
collections, two anthologies and a poetry monograph - all worth
reading and available at the festival with generous discounts.
We are delighted to welcome established poets alongside our new
poets, including Simon Armitage, who was named ‘most promising
young poet’ in the inaugural Forward Prize in 1992 and who has
subsequently become one of our most respected contemporary poets.
Festival staging a diverse and eclectic range of readings as well as
launching and publishing three new poetry pamphlets, two new
collections, two anthologies and a poetry monograph - all worth
reading and available at the festival with generous discounts.
We are delighted to welcome established poets alongside our new
poets, including Simon Armitage, who was named ‘most promising
young poet’ in the inaugural Forward Prize in 1992 and who has
subsequently become one of our most respected contemporary poets.
Jean Sprackland, was nominated as a New Generation Poet in 1994
and her work has been shortlisted for the Forward Prize, T S Eliot
Prize and the Whitbread Prize. She was the Judge for the 2007
Templar Poetry Competition which attracted submissions from all
over the British Isles as well as twelve other countries. Jean, born in
Burton upon Trent, will present the 2007 Pamphlet Awards as well as
reading on Saturday evening from her new collection Tilt.
Jane Weir’s first collection The Way I Dressed During the Revolution,
was shortlisted in 2006 for the prestigious Glen Dimplex New
and her work has been shortlisted for the Forward Prize, T S Eliot
Prize and the Whitbread Prize. She was the Judge for the 2007
Templar Poetry Competition which attracted submissions from all
over the British Isles as well as twelve other countries. Jean, born in
Burton upon Trent, will present the 2007 Pamphlet Awards as well as
reading on Saturday evening from her new collection Tilt.
Jane Weir’s first collection The Way I Dressed During the Revolution,
was shortlisted in 2006 for the prestigious Glen Dimplex New
Writers Awards by novelist Colm Toibin and poet Ciaran Carson.
Jane will be reading from her second collection, Before Playing
Romeo, published by Templar Poetry.
Mike Barlow was the winner of the 2007 National Poetry
Competition and Derek Adams was the BBC Wildlife Poet of the
Year in 2006. Mike’s new collection is published in October.
Scottish born Angela Cleland, one of the winners of the 2006
Templar Poetry Competition will be launching her first collection,
reading alongside Jim Caruth, a Sheffield based poet who was born
in Northern Ireland.
Rob Hindle and Judy Brown, the two other winners of the 2006
Templar Poetry competition will launch the Pamphlet Anthology
bringing together the three 2006 pamphlets. Many poets will also
read from Solitaire, the 2007 Anthology which publishes the best
individual poems from the Templar Poetry Pamhlet & Collection
Competition.
Box Office number: 01629 582500
Jane will be reading from her second collection, Before Playing
Romeo, published by Templar Poetry.
Mike Barlow was the winner of the 2007 National Poetry
Competition and Derek Adams was the BBC Wildlife Poet of the
Year in 2006. Mike’s new collection is published in October.
Scottish born Angela Cleland, one of the winners of the 2006
Templar Poetry Competition will be launching her first collection,
reading alongside Jim Caruth, a Sheffield based poet who was born
in Northern Ireland.
Rob Hindle and Judy Brown, the two other winners of the 2006
Templar Poetry competition will launch the Pamphlet Anthology
bringing together the three 2006 pamphlets. Many poets will also
read from Solitaire, the 2007 Anthology which publishes the best
individual poems from the Templar Poetry Pamhlet & Collection
Competition.
Box Office number: 01629 582500