DERWENT POETRY FESTIVAL 2016: FESTIVAL and WORKSHOP TICKETS

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4th - 6th NOVEMBER 2016 | MASSON MILLS | MATLOCK BATH | DE4 3PY

The Eleventh Derwent Poetry Festival - our unique annual publishing event - is open for listeners and readers at Masson Mills, Matlock Bath over the first weekend in November.

This year our main guest poet is Jean Bleakney from Belfast launching her Selected Poems on Saturday evening. Saturday also features the launch of  seven of our latest pamphlets and  five collections including two Straid Collection Award winners - Victor Tapner with Waiting to Tango and Ruth Sharman with Scarlet Tiger. Mark Fiddes follows his iOTA Shot pamphlet with the launch of his first collection, The Rainbow Factory and Jane Weir launches her latest collection, Anna Magnani, eat with me.

The annual Templar Anthology, DE4 | A1, the first in our second decade is the first in our new annual anthology series featuring ten poets each year. The dedicated anthology launch is our popular lunchtime reading on Saturday.

 On Friday evening two innovative pamphlets are aired at the opening reception. Battling Against the Odds by Oliver Comins brings wit, wisdom and human frailties to light in a witty and occasionally outrageous collection of poetry about golf.

The Mask of Anarchy by Percy Bysshe Shelley is our first classic pamphlet and includes a selection of political poems by Templar poets. The pamphlet will be read by Templar poets and Shelley's political response to the Peterloo Massacre by Jane Weir, Ellen Cranitch and Jean Bleakney.

The Festival workshop this year is led by Ian Harker and focuses on political poetry.

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FRIDAY 4th November  from 6.00 pm

• RECEPTION with a glass of wine
• FESTIVAL BOOKSHOP OPENS
• PAMPHLET LAUNCH  - Battling Against the Odds by Oliver Comins
• PAMPHLET LAUNCH  - The Mask of Anarchy by Percy Bysshe Shelley

SATURDAY 5th November from 10.00 am

• DOWNLOAD WORKSHOP DETAILS CLICK  ..WRITING WORKSHOP with Ian Harker
• PAMPHLET & COLLECTION LAUNCHES throughout the day ..
• FEATURING... (Click Titles below for further information)
• JAMES GIDDINGS - Everything is Scripted
• VICTOR TAPNER - Waiting to Tango
• RACHEL SPENCE - Furies
• JANE WEIR - Anna Magnani, eat with me
• MICHAEL BROWN - Locations for a Soul
• MARK FIDDES - The Rainbow Factory
• MARA BERGMAN - Crossing into Tamil Nadu
• RUTH SHARMAN - Scarlet Tiger
• ELLEN CRANITCH - Dressing for Vesuvius
• JEAN BLEAKNEY - Selected Poems 

Come and hear excellent contemporary poets reading their new work live, from across the British Isles. The second Templar decade launches five collections and seven pamphlets, the Templar annual anthology, DE4 |1A

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• The Full Festival Ticket offers admission to all live reading events
• Admission to the workshop requires separate booking  - places are strictly limited
• All Festival and Workshop tickets may be purchased online on this page
• Collect your Tickets on arrrival at the Entrance to The Main Suite
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