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Reading Poetry Festival children’s event

As part of the Reading Poetry Festival we ran a children’s workshop on Tuesday 20 October. It was attended by a total of 60 Year 2 & 3 children from Shinfield Infant School and Manor Primary School.   Dr Neil Cocks … Continue reading

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Kei Miller to give a lecture tonight

All members of staff and students are encouraged to come along to the London Road Campus this evening, Friday 23 October, to hear the wonderful Jamaican writer Kei Miller give a public lecture titled ‘In Praise of Volume’, and to read from his prize-winning … Continue reading

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Gerald Finzi Memorial Lecture and Reading Poetry Festival 2015

Forward Prize-winning poet Kei Miller will be giving the annual Gerald Finzi Memorial Lecture in the Lecture Theatre of Building L22, London Road Campus, at 6:30pm onFriday 23 October 2015. His talk will be ‘In Praise of Volume’, which will reinscribe the idea of … Continue reading

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Gerald Finzi Memorial Lecture 2014

On Friday 7 November, acclaimed poet Don Paterson will deliver the Gerald Finzi Memorial Lecture 2014, at 6:30 p.m. in the Lecture Theatre (L22) at the London Road campus. The Finzi lecture is one of the major public events in … Continue reading

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Poetry and Italy

Poetry and Italy was the title of the second day of the Reading Poetry Festival. Featuring numerous guest speakers, the day began with lectures which followed the theme of “A Centenary Conference on Vittorio Sereni (1913-1983)”, featuring Davide Castiglione, Barbara … Continue reading

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Reading Poetry Festival and Reading in Secure Environments (RISE)

Reading Poetry Festival is delighted to be working with The Reader Organization as one of its literature festival partners in the RISE programme of events. RISE is an important year long pilot project funded by the Arts Council that brings contemporary writers to both public … Continue reading

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