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Festival Programme is Announced
Festival Programme is Announced
Award-winning poets Fleur Adcock, Liz Berry, Imtiaz Dharker, Jackie Kay, Zaffar Kunial, Paul Muldoon and AE Stallings join Poet Laureate Simon Armitage headlining this year’s festival, which runs 28 June…
Award-winning poets Fleur Adcock, Liz Berry, Imtiaz Dharker, Jackie Kay,…
Exciting Development News
Exciting Development News
Ledbury Poetry has been successful in securing income from The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) for the development of its new home, Ledbury Poetry House. This success is built on…
Ledbury Poetry has been successful in securing income from The…
Exciting opportunity for new and emerging poets to improve their performance technique.
Exciting opportunity for new and emerging poe…
VOICE WITH POETS: A FREE TWO-WEEKEND WORKSHOP DATES: 20 – 21 APRIL & 4 – 5 MAY, 2024 VENUE: LEDBURY POETRY HOUSE Ledbury Poetry presents an exciting opportunity for new…
VOICE WITH POETS: A FREE TWO-WEEKEND WORKSHOP DATES: 20 –…
Volunteers needed to help open Ledbury Poetry House
Volunteers needed to help open Ledbury Poetry…
We are pleased to announce that Ledbury Poetry House will be open to the public on a more regular basis for year-round events and activities, browsing our beautiful poetry book…
We are pleased to announce that Ledbury Poetry House will…
Working with Volunteers Forum
Working with Volunteers Forum
Ellie from Creative Pathways hosted a Best Practices for Working with Volunteers Forum today, inviting organisations from across Herefordshire to come together and share knowledge and experience. Some interesting and…
Ellie from Creative Pathways hosted a Best Practices for Working…
Creative Pathways workshop on funding applications
Creative Pathways workshop on funding applica…
Brilliant feedback from today’s Creative Pathways workshop Writing Better, Stronger Funding Applications: “A great day, thank you!” ‘Informative’ ‘Very helpful’ ‘Inspiring’ ‘I gained clarity, motivation and top tips’ ‘Bespoke training…
Brilliant feedback from today’s Creative Pathways workshop Writing Better, Stronger…
Fundraising Weekend for Medical Aid for Palestinians
Fundraising Weekend for Medical Aid for Pales…
Brilliant fundraising night on 1st February for Medical Aid for Palestinians at Ledbury Poetry House with The Hey Yahs, Azthetic Poetry, The Youth Within, Pixie Muse, Holly Winter-Hughes and music…
Brilliant fundraising night on 1st February for Medical Aid for…
New Director and Co-Chairs for Ledbury Poetry
New Director and Co-Chairs for Ledbury Poetry
Ledbury Poetry is delighted to announce Amy Howard as the new Director (sabbatical cover). Amy Howard has a diverse professional background, with experience across the marketing, mental health, and arts…
Ledbury Poetry is delighted to announce Amy Howard as the…
Neurodiversity training with The Brain Charity
Neurodiversity training with The Brain Charit…
On Wednesday the 6th of December #Creative Pathways in the Shire hosted a ‘Neurodiversity in the Workplace’ workshop at #LedburyPoetry, which was delivered by The Brain Charity. Our aim for…
On Wednesday the 6th of December #Creative Pathways in the…
Creative Pathways Workshop Report
Creative Pathways Workshop Report
This December Creative Pathways facilitated two fantastic lighting technician workshops at The Malvern Cube community arts centre. The workshops were led by Paul Jones: lighting technician, musician, pilot and co-manager…
This December Creative Pathways facilitated two fantastic lighting technician workshops…
WINNER ANNOUNCED for Ledbury Hellens Poetry Prize for Second Collections
WINNER ANNOUNCED for Ledbury Hellens Poetry P…
WINNER ANNOUNCED for Ledbury Hellens Poetry Prize for Second Collections Ledbury Poetry is pleased to announce ZAFFAR KUNIAL as the WINNER for the fourth edition of the Ledbury Hellens Poetry…
WINNER ANNOUNCED for Ledbury Hellens Poetry Prize for Second Collections…
The Box of Delights at The RSC Review by Heidi Udell
The Box of Delights at The RSC Review by Heid…
The story is about a young orphan boy called Kay who is given a small wooden box with powers unmatchable. He finds himself in a situation involving two well-known Magicians…
The story is about a young orphan boy called Kay…
The Box of Delights review at The RSC by Kara Udell
The Box of Delights review at The RSC by Kara…
I recently had the pleasure of watching “The Box of Delights” at the RSC in Stratford. To begin with the story line was quite slow which created a sense of…
I recently had the pleasure of watching “The Box of…
The Box of Delights at The RSC Review by Heather Sykes
The Box of Delights at The RSC Review by Heat…
I got the opportunity to attend the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of John Masefield’s The Box of Delights, as adapted by Piers Torday and directed by Justin Audibert, on Friday…
I got the opportunity to attend the Royal Shakespeare Company’s…
The Box of Delights at The RSC Review by Alice Drury
The Box of Delights at The RSC Review by Alic…
Travelling through trains and time, combating wolves and magicians, ‘Box of Delights’ peruses the challenges to family life and Christmas spirit. Originally written by John Masefield, this work was brought…
Travelling through trains and time, combating wolves and magicians, ‘Box…
Diversion@LedburyPoetryhouse
Diversion@LedburyPoetryhouse
Diversion@ledburypoetryhouse is our bi-monthly spoken word and open-mic event here in Ledbury Poetry House. Come along and join us for this friendly Friday night event. November’s event featured Clive Oseman…
Diversion@ledburypoetryhouse is our bi-monthly spoken word and open-mic event here…
Ledbury’s Town of Delights Christmas Celebrations!
Ledbury’s Town of Delights Christmas Ce…
PRESS RELEASE November 2023 LEDBURY’S CHRISTMAS TOWN OF DELIGHTS Ledbury Town Council and Ledbury Traders are celebrating the Poet Laureate John Masefield this year and his fabulous story A Box…
PRESS RELEASE November 2023 LEDBURY’S CHRISTMAS TOWN OF DELIGHTS Ledbury…
Ledbury Poetry Competition 2023 WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Ledbury Poetry Competition 2023 WINNERS ANNOU…
PRESS RELEASE 16 November 2023 LEDBURY POETRY COMPETITION 2023 WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT Ledbury Poetry is thrilled to announce this year’s Poetry Competition winners, runners up and highly commended poets. Philip Gross,…
PRESS RELEASE 16 November 2023 LEDBURY POETRY COMPETITION 2023 WINNERS…
Maun International Arts Festival, Botswana by Chloe Garner, Director at Ledbury Poetry
Maun International Arts Festival, Botswana by…
Chloe Garner, Director of Ledbury Poetry writes, I am looking forward to my trip to Maun International Arts Festival (MIAF) in Botswana in November. MIAF is organised by poetry collective…
Chloe Garner, Director of Ledbury Poetry writes, I am looking…
Job Opportunities at Ledbury Poetry
Job Opportunities at Ledbury Poetry
Ledbury Poetry is looking for a Director to cover Chloe Garner’s 18 month sabbatical from April 2024. To find out more information and how to apply please see here:…
Ledbury Poetry is looking for a Director to cover…