Derby Poetry Festival

21/11/2019 - 26/11/2019, Various Various Venues

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/

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