Derby Poetry Festival returns for it’s third year from Thursday 21st to Tuesday 26th November, featuring a wealth of national and Derbyshire based talent including headline sets from Luke Wright, Joelle Taylor and Daljit Nagra, She Speaks, Dan Webber, Twisted Tongues 50th Event Celebration plus creative workshops and talks and the annual Performance Poetry Slam.
Supported by Cathedral Quarter Derby, Derby Live, Derby City Council, Apples and Snakes, QUAD, Derby, Artcore, Twisted Tongues, Furthest From The Sea Music, Comedy and Arts CIC, Waterstone’s Derby, Talking Heads and The Society of Authors.
Events include:
Thursday 21st November – QUAD, Derby – The 3rd Annual Performance Poetry Slam, 7.30pm – Free Entry
https://www.facebook.com/events/499963647221552/
Friday 22nd November – She Speaks presents Joelle Talyor, plus support, 6.30pm Quad
https://www.derbyquad.co.uk/whats-on/events/derby-poetry-festival-joelle-taylor
Saturday 23rd November
GRANT FUNDING AND SUPPORT FOR AUTHORS IN THE EAST MIDLANDS SOCIETY OF AUTHORS.
https://www.societyofauthors.org/Events/Events/Authors-Toolkit-November2019
Derby Libraries and Derby poetry Festival presents Award winning poet Daljit Nagra
https://www.inderby.org.uk/libraries/events/award-winning-poet-daljit-nagra/
Sunday 24th November
Dan Webber, Genre Fluid – QUAD – https://www.derbyquad.co.uk/whats-on/events/derby-poetry-festival-dan-webber-genre-fluid
Monday 25th – Luke Wright, Artcore – https://www.gigantic.com/luke-wright-tickets/derby-artcore/2019-11-25-19-30
Twisted Tongues Number 50 – The Big Tongue, The Old Bell Hotel – https://www.facebook.com/events/746513569125855/
