Essex Poetry Festival Progamme

September 25th - October 22nd 2009

2009 Brochure available now email with your address for a copy or download as PDF

in conjunction with Essex & Southend Libraries there will be a series of poetry writing workshops around the county.

At Masterclass a vitual exhibition by Chelmsford artist John Weedon with poems specially commissioned for the festival from 6 Essex poets

Friday 25th September 2009
HOWL; The Poetry Link
Featuring Featuring David J & Tim Turnball
8pm Cramphorn Theatre
£5 Admission
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Saturday 26th September
An Introduction to Live Poetry with Luke Wright
10-4pm Cramphorn Theatre
Tickets cost: £30
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Friday 2nd October
Derek Adams, Tim Cunningham & Adrian Green
8pm at Rochford Library
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Wednesday 7th October   
Allison McVety & Susan Utting
8pm at Southend Poetry Group
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Saturday 10th October 2009

Big Day of Poetry
at the Cramphorn Theatre
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John Hartley Williams,  Kathryn Simmonds & Inua Ellams
& competition winners reading introduced by adjudicator Jo Bell.
Essex Poets: Jeremy Over, Joanna Ezekiel & Sally Festing.
Tall Lighthouse poets: Alex Brockhurst, Alan Buckley, Brendan Cleary, David Crystal & Helen Mort
Plus Open Mic at 1.30pm (sign up from 1pm)

Sunday 11th October
I Scream Sunday 
Celebration! In Black and White - Josh Idehen (MC), Musa Okwonga, Efua Sey Koi Larbi, Bryan Wilson, Dee Mardi, Anita Marie Sackett, Martin Reed, Adrian Green.
Music from Lee from the Doll Set Tones& Jazz Trio Zhong
plus Poetry Open Mic. 
Chelmsford
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Thursday 22nd October
Katrina Naomi and Denis Ahern
at poetrywivenhoe
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