Welcome to the 2013
Essex Poetry Festival

Photos from 2013 Big Day of Poetry at the Cramphorn Theatre in Chelmsford now Online

Poets performing at this year's festival will include:
Maura Dooley, Mario Petrucci
and Tony Walsh(Longfella) .

Essex poets
Kayo Chingonyi,Mike Harwood
and Hannah Lowe

Nancy Mattson, Peter Phillips, Tim Cunningham,
Roger Caldwel, Derek Adams, Adrian Green,
Peter Kennedy, Dorothy Turner, Suzanne Conway,
Denis Ahern, Madeline Parsons

Calling all Essex poets, this we shall be producing a volume of poetry from the festival which will include poems by Essex-based writers as well as poems from the readers to be featured at the Big Day of Poetry on 5th October at the Cramphorn Theatre in Chelmsford.
For more details follow link to Anthology 2013

Be part of the art of the spoken word!

Enjoy poetry and spoken word performances.

Take part in poetry events all over Essex.

Big Day of Poetry 5th October at the Cramphorn Theatre in Chelmsford.

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