Essex Poetry Festival UK

Welcome to the Essex Poetry Festival 2018 is in the planning stage

Particpating last year we had...
Mosaic, Derek Adams, Denis Ahern, Tim Cunningham, Frank Dullaghan, Katy Evans-Bush, Maggie Freeman, Adrian Green, Keely Mills, Rosie Sandler, Dorothy Turner, J.S.Watts
and many more... including You!

Photos from the Essex Young Poet of the Year Awards 2017

Find out about the Essex Young poet of the Year 2018 below

2017 Events

Essex Young Poet of the year 2017 Daniel Pereira

Young Essex Poet of the Year competition 2018
Click here for details & entry form

Katy Evans-Bush and J. S. Watts
Wednesday October 4th 2017
Southend Poetry Group

Mervyn Linford, plus readings from Poetry Wivenhoes Freedom Poems Competition
Thursday 28th September 2017
poetrywivenhoe

Poetry events in Essex Libraries 2017

South Woodham Ferrers
Saturday 30th September 2017
Mindful Words
in aid of Mind

Chelmsford
School for Spooks
A funny storytelling, performing and writing workshop
for 8 to 12 year olds
led by Martin Reed.

28th October

Southend
Dangerous Poetry presented by Sadie Davidson and Cat Howe
Feature act plus Open mic
26th October

Colchester
Great Big Poetry Open Mic with Martin and Dave
11th October

$‘Three Acres And A Cow’ connects the Norman Conquest and Peasants’ Revolt with current issues of fracking and the housing crisis via the Enclosures, English Civil War, Irish Land League and Industrial Revolution, drawing a compelling narrative through the radical people’s history of Britain in folk song, stories and poems.$
Loughton
Three Acres And A Cow
history of land rights in folk song, stories and poems
21st October

Festival Photo Archive

Welcome to the Essex Poetry Festival 2018 is in the planning stage

2017 Events

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