The Ted Hughes Poetry Festival

The fourth Ted Hughes Poetry Festival takes place over the weekend of 7 – 9 September 2018. There is an exciting and diverse programme of events at venues in and around Mexborough, including readings and performances

The 2018 festival weekend opens at Mexborough Business Centre on Friday 7 September, with an evening of performances and readings from Philadelphia’s Moor Mother, The Mixtape Tour with Nick Makoha and Roger Robinson, and a Hive South Yorkshire young writers’ showcase.

Saturday 8 September Take part in a range of activities, starting with a workshop for young writers led by Moor Mother (followed by our popular ‘Democracy of Words’ collective performance on Mexborough High Street). At the Business Centre, Matthew Clegg presents a talk and workshop on the Caribbean poet Derek Walcott, while Mike Garry leads a workshop ahead of his evening performance. Later that afternoon, Steve Ely discusses the developments that have enriched our understanding of Hughes’s work in the 20 years since his death in ‘Ted Hughes: 20 Years On’. An unmissable line-up of Pete Green, Mike Garry and Kate Fox brings Saturday’s programme to a fitting conclusion.

On Sunday 9 September, we revisit the paths and perspectives of Ted Hughes’s Paper Round (recently featured on Radio 4’s The Echo Chamber) led by Steve Ely and Dominic Somers: a collective walk in the footsteps of the young Hughes, from Mexborough to Old Denaby, with readings along the route.

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