A event on Sunday 14th April. The event starts at 14:00.
Ticket link: https://www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk/whats-on/simon-armitage-poet-laureate/
A solo poetry reading + Q&A with the UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, as part of Lyra – Bristol Poetry Festival 2024.
Date: Sunday 14th April
Venue: St George’s Bristol
Time: 2:00 - 3:00pm
Tickets: £10 (£8 concessions)
Poet Laureate Simon Armitage was born and grew up in West Yorkshire. He is the recipient of numerous prizes and awards, including the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry and the PEN Prize for Translation. He has published over a dozen poetry collections, including Magnetic Field: the Marsden Poems, and acclaimed medieval translations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Owl and the Nightingale. He also writes, records and performs with the band LYR and has received an Ivor Novello Award for his song writing. His latest book Never Good with Horses assembles his song lyrics for the first time. His new book Blossomise is due out in Spring. He is also the author of two novels and three non-fiction bestsellers: All Points North, Walking Home and Walking Away. A regular broadcaster, Armitage presents the popular BBC Radio 4 series The Poet Laureate has Gone to his Shed. An award-winning dramatist, his play Hansel and Gretel: A Nightmare in Eight Scenes, was performed at Shakespeare's Globe this winter. Armitage is Professor of Poetry at the University of Leeds. A Vertical Art brings together the vibrant and engaging lectures from his tenure as Oxford Professor of Poetry (2015-2019). www.simonarmitage.com
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Live Event
Part of #LyraFest
Entry requirements: 14+ (under 18s must be accompanied by an adult)
A solo poetry reading + Q&A with the UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, as part of Lyra – Bristol Poetry Festival 2024.
Date: Sunday 14th April
Venue: St George’s Bristol
Time: 2:00 - 3:00pm
Tickets: £10 (£8 concessions)
Poet Laureate Simon Armitage was born and grew up in West Yorkshire. He is the recipient of numerous prizes and awards, including the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry and the PEN Prize for Translation. He has published over a dozen poetry collections, including Magnetic Field: the Marsden Poems, and acclaimed medieval translations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Owl and the Nightingale. He also writes, records and performs with the band LYR and has received an Ivor Novello Award for his song writing. His latest book Never Good with Horses assembles his song lyrics for the first time. His new book Blossomise is due out in Spring. He is also the author of two novels and three non-fiction bestsellers: All Points North, Walking Home and Walking Away. A regular broadcaster, Armitage presents the popular BBC Radio 4 series The Poet Laureate has Gone to his Shed. An award-winning dramatist, his play Hansel and Gretel: A Nightmare in Eight Scenes, was performed at Shakespeare's Globe this winter. Armitage is Professor of Poetry at the University of Leeds. A Vertical Art brings together the vibrant and engaging lectures from his tenure as Oxford Professor of Poetry (2015-2019). www.simonarmitage.com
Filters:
Live Event
Part of #LyraFest
Entry requirements: 14+ (under 18s must be accompanied by an adult)
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